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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 1978
Filed:
May. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nippon Soken, Inc., Nishio, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ; G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73291 ; 340604 ;
Abstract
A liquid sensor for sensing a level of liquid contained in a tank as well as the presence or absence of water remaining at the bottom of the tank is disclosed. The liquid sensor comprises a housing mounted at the bottom of the tank, a liquid level detecting element mounted on the housing, a pair of electrodes arranged at the bottom of the tank to detect water remaining at the bottom of the tank and an indicator operated in response to signals developed by the liquid level detecting element and the pair of electrodes.