Measuring tank fluids and remote monitoring system
AssigneeTarco Trazabilidad SPA
InventorPablo Andrés Gaete Maureira
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Abstract
A device that measures fluid level in fuel storage tanks of mining trucks resistant to rapid filling includes an externally mounted sensor, a protective metallic tube, an anchorage system, and a pressure dissipator; and a remote monitor system that controls fluid level in fuel storage tanks of mining trucks includes a device that measures fluid level in fuel storage tanks of mining trucks including an externally mounted sensor, a protective metallic tube, an anchorage system and pressure dissipator, antennas, a Web server, remote means, and a power source.
Claims7
A device that measures fluid level in fuel storage tanks of mining trucks resistant to rapid filling, is easily installed and effectively protects a sensor inside the device, comprising:
- a protective metallic tube;
- a level sensor arranged inside the protective metallic tube;
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- an anchorage system connecting the protective metallic tube to the tank and allowing fluid communication between the tank and the protective metallic tube;
- wherein the anchorage system comprises a packing, an exterior base mounted on the packing, a pressure dissipator located in the exterior base and attached to an interior base including stems that are expanded once the anchorage system is inserted into the tank, and the stems contact an interior surface of a tank wall;
- the exterior base is attached to the interior base by bolts bolted from outside by holding the packing between the exterior base, the interior base and the tank wall;
- the interior base is a cylindrical metallic piece whose diameter is smaller than a perforation diameter made in the tank, and has an inner orifice forming an inner diameter where the stems are radially perpendicularly distributed;
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- the exterior base has a circular flat shape, with an outer diameter larger than the perforation diameter made in the tank and has a circular inner orifice whose diameter is larger than an outer diameter of the pressure dissipator, and the exterior base has an inner bevel to accommodate the pressure dissipator and hold it into place.
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