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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1980
Rainer Decker, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A device for measuring the fill level of a liquid medium in a container by easuring the capacitance between electrodes contained in the medium is disclosed. A pair of electrodes in which one of the electrode is divided over its height into two partial surfaces (F1, F2) which are insulated from one another. Each surface forms a partial capacitor (C1, C2) with the other electrode. The divided electrode is characterized in that at least one of the surfaces (F1) or (F2) has a width which increases or decreases over the height of the electrode. By the appropriate combination of the partial capacitances, the level of the medium can be determined as well as a separate determination of the fluid's susceptibility (K).