AU2002221275A1 - Liquid depth sensing system - Google Patents

Liquid depth sensing system

Info

Publication number: AU2002221275A1
Authority: AU; Australia
Prior art keywords: sensing system; depth sensing; liquid depth; liquid; sensing
Prior art date: 2000-10-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

AU2002221275A

Inventor

William J. Van Ee

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Individual

Original Assignee

Individual

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2000-10-24

Filing date

2001-10-22

Publication date

2002-05-06

2001-10-22 Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual

2002-05-06 Publication of AU2002221275A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002221275A1/en

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
- B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
- B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
- B67C3/04—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus without applying pressure
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
- B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
- B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
- B67C3/02—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus
- B67C3/22—Details
- B67C3/28—Flow-control devices, e.g. using valves
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F23/00—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm
- G01F23/14—Indicating or measuring liquid level or level of fluent solid material, e.g. indicating in terms of volume or indicating by means of an alarm by measurement of pressure
- G01F23/16—Indicating, recording, or alarm devices being actuated by mechanical or fluid means, e.g. using gas, mercury, or a diaphragm as transmitting element, or by a column of liquid
- G01F23/165—Indicating, recording, or alarm devices being actuated by mechanical or fluid means, e.g. using gas, mercury, or a diaphragm as transmitting element, or by a column of liquid of bubbler type

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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Measurement Of Levels Of Liquids Or Fluent Solid Materials (AREA)
Infusion, Injection, And Reservoir Apparatuses (AREA)

AU2002221275A 2000-10-24 2001-10-22 Liquid depth sensing system Abandoned AU2002221275A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US09694373		2000-10-24
US09/694,373 US6510736B1 (en)	2000-10-24	2000-10-24	Liquid depth sensing system
PCT/US2001/032553 WO2002035189A1 (en)	2000-10-24	2001-10-22	Liquid depth sensing system

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
AU2002221275A1 true AU2002221275A1 (en)	2002-05-06

Family

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Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
AU2002221275A Abandoned AU2002221275A1 (en)	2000-10-24	2001-10-22	Liquid depth sensing system

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
US (2)	US6510736B1 (en)
EP (1)	EP1337814A1 (en)
AU (1)	AU2002221275A1 (en)
CA (1)	CA2426771C (en)
WO (1)	WO2002035189A1 (en)

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2000
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2001
- 2001-10-22 CA CA002426771A patent/CA2426771C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2001-10-22 AU AU2002221275A patent/AU2002221275A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2001-10-22 EP EP01988852A patent/EP1337814A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2001-10-22 WO PCT/US2001/032553 patent/WO2002035189A1/en not_active Ceased
2003
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Publication number	Publication date
WO2002035189A1 (en)	2002-05-02
WO2002035189A8 (en)	2002-07-11
CA2426771C (en)	2008-01-08
US6510736B1 (en)	2003-01-28
US20030140697A1 (en)	2003-07-31
CA2426771A1 (en)	2002-05-02
EP1337814A1 (en)	2003-08-27

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