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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reto Schöb, Volketswil, CH;
Simon Huwyler, Oberägeri, CH;
Assignee:
Levitronix LLC, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/114 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for determining the viscosity of a fluid includes an electrical rotary drive ( ) with a stator ( ), which has a stator winding ( ), and with a rotational body ( ) which can rotate in the fluid ( ). The rotational body ( ) is designed as a rotor ( ) of the rotary drive ( ) and is magnetically journalled in a contact-free manner with respect to the stator ( ).