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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Armin Wendler, Freiburg, DE;
Qi Chen, Maulburg, DE;
Tamas Bartfai, Budapest, HU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG, Maulburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for ascertaining and/or monitoring fill level of a medium in a container. The apparatus includes an antenna, which transmits and receives high frequency signals in a predetermined oscillatory mode in a bounded space in a predetermined radiation direction, wherein, in front of the antenna in the radiation direction, an antenna protection element of a material transmissive for the high frequency signals is provided, and wherein a control/evaluation unit is provided, which evaluates the received high frequency signals and ascertains the fill level.