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US 9,234,828 B2Granted
Free floating tilt hydrometer
OwnerNoah Ananda Baron, Tyler Michelson Bryantinventors
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Abstract
A hydrometer embodied as self-contained buoyant structure that reacts to the buoyant force of a fluid by equilibrating at a tilt. The tilt of the structure can then be used to calculate the specific gravity of the fluid. In one embodiment, an accelerometer for measuring the inclination of the buoyant structure, a radio for transmitting the data wirelessly and a battery is contained within the buoyant structure, which allows for a convenient, and efficient automated process for monitoring the specific gravity of a liquid.
Claims15
An apparatus comprising:
- a float structure in which the center of mass and the center of buoyancy are not coincident;
- a measuring component within or affixed to the float structure for measuring the inclination of the float structure indicating the specific gravity of a fluid;
- a power source within or affixed to the float structure;
- and
- a network communicating module within or affixed to the float structure for transmitting raw data.
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A hydrometer comprising:
- a buoyant water-proof container, the container is weighted such that the center of buoyancy moves as the specific gravity of the fluid to be measured varies, and the resulting equilibrium tilt is an indication of the specific gravity of the fluid, the center of mass is also such that it is optimized to measure a particular range of specific gravity of a fluid;
- an accelerometer contained within the container for measuring the resulting equilibrium tilt;
- a battery contained within the container;
- and
- a radio contained within the float structure for transmitting raw data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.