Structure of fluid level controller of piping type
OwnerEvans Wenginventor
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Abstract
A fluid level controller flexibly set up according to the number of level steps to be controlled and the pitch between such level steps, which comprises a plurality of joint pipes connected in series to form a pipe assembly; a ring-shaped magnetic floating member sleeved on such a pipe assembly to follow fluid level to move up and down; a plurality of reed elements having each a reed switch connected in series with one another and received in the joint pipes; a main control circuit comprising latching relays in quantity one less than the quantity of the reed elements and a plurality of controlled actuators respectively connected to the reed elements.
Claims10
A pipe joint type fluid level controller for a tank, comprising:
- a plurality of joint pipes connected in series to form a pipe assembly;
- a plurality of reed elements disposed within a plurality of sleeve members and sealably arranged within said joint pipes and in direct abutting relationship with one another, each reed element having a single reed switch contained therein, a conductor connected to a common terminal of said reed switch and a conductor connected to an active terminal of said reed switch;
- a single magnetic floating member sleeved on said pipe assembly and slidable from one end to the other end thereof;
- a main control circuit connected to said reed elements and comprised of at least one latching relay and at least one fluid controller, said main control circuit comprising a plurality of conductors, latching relays in quantity one less than the quantity of said reed elements, and fluid controllers in quantity equal to said latching relays, said latching relays each comprising two coils, said coils respectively having a first terminal connected in series with said common terminal of said reed switches for further connection to a power supply and a second terminal connected with at least one active terminal of said reed switches, and each said latching relay is respectively connected to one fluid controller;
- wherein said main control circuit performs fluid level control operation by alternatively turning its respective fluid controller on and off in response to said magnetic floating member following a fluid level by moving up and down along said pipe assembly and alternatively turning said reed switches on and off and wherein the number of said joint pipes and said reed elements are changed to control a different number of level steps with an equal number of controlling reed elements to accommodate different size tanks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.