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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2010
Ambroise Prinstil, East Hartford, CT (US);
Joseph Tessitore, Orange, CT (US);
Ambroise Prinstil, East Hartford, CT (US);
Joseph Tessitore, Orange, CT (US);
Veeder-Root Company, Simsbury, CT (US);
Abstract
A fluid level probe for use in a tank containing a first fluid, including a probe shaft, a first float with a first magnet that is slidably disposed for movement along the probe shaft and adapted to float at the top surface of the first fluid, a second float with a first magnet that is slidably disposed for movement along the probe shaft beneath the first float and adapted to float within the first fluid, and electronics adapted to determine a first distance between the first magnet of the first float and the first magnet of the second float which is used to determine a first density of the first fluid.