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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Vega Americas, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Shawn Gregory Ahlers, Mason, OH (US);
David Williams, Fairfield, OH (US);
Assignee:
Vega Americas, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/10 (2018.01); G01F 23/288 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/10 (2013.01); G01F 23/288 (2013.01); G01N 2223/637 (2013.01);
Abstract
A source well divider for use with a nuclear level gauge on a process vessel, permits the insertion of multiple radiation sourcesin the source well. The divider includes a plurality of lengths of flexible interlocked metallic tubing, each length extending into the source wellfrom a nozzle in the vessel, forming a plurality of independent sub-wells each permitting the installation of an independently cabled radiation sourceinto the source well.