Liquid level sensor having a plunger core

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PATENT NO 5651285
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08429128

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The liquid level sensor comprises a graduated tape or cable whose free end is fixed to a plunger core that includes a housing and a probe for detecting the presence of a liquid. The probe comprises a metal waveguide having a cylindrical solid top portion, a portion of smaller section constituting a mechanical amplifier, a frustoconical portion, and a cylindrical bottom end portion constituting the sensitive portion of the probe. The metal waveguide is connected to the housing of the plunger core in sealed manner via a support flange which is fixed to the conical portion of the metal waveguide in such a manner that only the portion of the waveguide situated beneath the fixing zone emerges from the housing and can come into contact with a liquid. A transducer electrically powered by electronic processing circuits is disposed at the free end of the top portion and is excited at a predetermined frequency f.sub.i to create incident elastic waves in the waveguide.

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AUXITROL S A18000 BOURGES

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Legras, Olivier Asnieres les Bourges, FR 8 59

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