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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Hasan-özkan Karagöz, Altensteig, DE;
Michael Littmann, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Thilo Krätschmer, Stutgart, DE;
Hasan-Özkan Karagöz, Altensteig, DE;
Michael Littmann, Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE;
Thilo Krätschmer, Stutgart, DE;
Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG, Gerlingen, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for cleaning deposits and accretions from an end plate of a sensor body, for accommodating a measuring apparatus for determining one or more physical and/or chemical, process variables. The sensor body is sealed against penetration by liquid and a wiper is provided having a wiper blade for cleaning the end plate. The wiper is arranged as a subcomponent on a peripheral, appended module, wherein geometries of the wiper and the peripheral, appended module are so embodied that the wiper in the case of rotary movement from a rest position into a cleaning position, with the lower edge of the wiper blade being flush with the upper edge of the end plate, in the cleaning position, and in order that the wiper cleans the end plate by contact of the wiper blade with the end plate, and the wiper then returns to the rest position.