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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:
Nov. 01, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel P Hearn, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503571 ; 378 52 ;
Abstract
The level of liquid or solid substances in a cylindrical chamber is detected using a radioactive source and detector mounted on a vertically movable member in horizontally spaced fixed relation to each other in a manner such that the source and detector measure across a horizontal sector of 90.degree. or more of the cylinder in which the level of the solid or liquid is to be measured. Vertical movement of the source and detector is accomplished through a drive means whose action is correlated with a recording chart on which is simultaneously plotted the amplitude of the signal produced by the detector.