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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
Applicant:
Jon P. Longtin, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Inventor:
Jon P. Longtin, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 11/06 (2006.01); G01R 1/28 (2006.01); G06F 1/26 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G01D 4/00 (2006.01); G01D 5/251 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 4/008 (2013.01); G01D 5/2515 (2013.01); Y02B 90/24 (2013.01); Y02B 90/247 (2013.01); Y04S 20/30 (2013.01); Y04S 20/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a meter retrofit and method for use thereof, utilizing a transducer with an encoder driven by a rotating shaft of a meter reading dial, the transducer including a plurality of encoder contacts surrounding a rotation axis, with each encoder contact connected to a magnetic switch. A wiper connects to the shaft and rotates around the rotation axis, sequentially contacting the plurality of encoder contacts, providing a variable signal to a monitoring device.