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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:
Jul. 07, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hugh R McGookin, Whittier, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7329 / ; 73296 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for measuring the level of containerized or free standing semi-solid material is disclosed. A substantially smooth uniform cable is suspended above and into the semi-solid material. A predetermined amount of slack is introduced into the cable. The slackened portion of the cable above the level of the semi-solid material is coupled to a weighing apparatus. The weighing apparatus weighs the slackened portion of the cable, the weight of such a portion being related to the amount of cable above the level of the material and thus an indication of the level of the material. Subsequent to a measurement, the cable is raised for uncoupling the cable from the weighing apparatus.