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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Cidra Corporate Services Llc, Wallingford, CT (US);

Inventors:

John Biesak, Durham, CT (US);

Douglas H. Loose, Southington, CT (US);

James Michael Sullivan, East Hampton, CT (US);

Paul Dolan, Portland, CT (US);

Michael A. Davis, Glastonbury, CT (US);

David Vincent Newton, Madison, CT (US);

Charles Winston, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Assignee:

CiDRA Corporate Services LLC, Wallingford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/14 (2006.01); G01F 22/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/38 (2006.01); G01N 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 11/14 (2013.01); G01F 22/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/383 (2013.01); G01N 2011/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for sensing the volume and/or viscosity of a slurry (e.g., like concrete) contained in a rotating container or drum, having a sensor and a signal processor. The sensor is configured to attach inside a rotating container or drum having a known geometry, sense angular positions of the sensor and also sense associated entry and exit points when the sensor enters and exits the slurry, including concrete, contained in the rotating container or drum, and provide signaling containing information about the angular positions and the associated entry and exit points. The signal processor receives the signaling, and determines corresponding signaling containing information about a volumetric amount, or a viscosity, or both, of the slurry in the rotating container or drum, based upon the signaling received.


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