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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. 30, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donn M Matteson, South Windsor, CT (US);
Daniel A Peck, South Windsor, CT (US);
Assignee:
Combustion Engineering, Inc., Windsor, CT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376258 ; 73295 ; 374 54 ;
Abstract
A tank (18) forms a chamber having an upper and lower region. The tank (18) is in even elevation with a horizontal pipe (12) having a top region and a bottom region. An upper connecting pipe (14) fluidly connects the top region of the pipe (12) to the upper region of tank (18). A lower connecting pipe (16) fluidly connects the bottom region of pipe (12) to the lower region of the tank (18). Heat junction thermocouples (22) generate a signal indicative of water in the pipe (12). The signal is transmitted to a remote location by line (24).