Apparatus for determination of average temperature of fluids in storage

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MEASURING THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF A BODY OF LIQUID SUBJECT TO VARIATIONS IN QUANTITY IN COMBINATION WITH A STORAGE VESSEL COMPRISING AN ELONGATE MEMBER UNIFORMLY RESPONSIVE THROUGHOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL EXTENT TO SURROUNDING TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS, A PIVOTAL CONNECTION MAINTAINING ONE END OF SAID MEMBER PROXIMATE THE BOTTOM OF THE LIQUID BODY, FLOAT MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID MEMBER TO ROTATABLY POSITION THE MEMBER ABOUT THE PIVOTAL SUPPORT IN MAXIMUM CONTACT WITH THE LIQUID AT ALL LEVELS THEREOF, AND MEANS TO INDICATE THE TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SAID MEMBER INCLUDING A HOUSING ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A VOLUME OF FLUID, AN ARCUATE BRACKET EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE STORAGE VESSEL IN SPACED RELATION FROM AND IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE FREE END OF THE PIVOTED TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE MEMBER, A SUPPORT MEMBER SLIDABLY CONTACTING SAID ARCUATE BRACKET AND SUPPORTING SAID HOUSING, A DIAPHRAGM MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTED TO OPERABLY ENGAGE THE FREE END OF SAID TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE MEMBER, AN INDICATOR CALIBRATED IN DEGREES OF TEMPERATURE EXTERIOR SAID STORAGE VESSEL AND CONNECTING MEANS TO TRANSMIT DIAPHRAGM RESPONSE TO THE PRESSURE CONDITIONS FROM SAID HOUSING TO THE INDICATOR.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUSLY MEASURING THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF A BODY OF LIQUID SUBJECT TO VARIATIONS IN QUANTITY IN COMBINATION WITH A STORAGE VESSEL COMPRISING AN ELONGATE MEMBER UNIFORMLY RESPONSIVE THROUGHOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL EXTENT TO SURROUNDING TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS, A PIVOTAL CONNECTION MAINTAINING ONE END OF SAID MEMBER PROXIMATE THE BOTTOM OF THE LIQUID BODY, FLOAT MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID MEMBER TO ROTATABLY POSITION THE MEMBER ABOUT THE PIVOTAL SUPPORT IN MAXIMUM CONTACT WITH THE LIQUID AT ALL LEVELS THEREOF, AND MEANS TO INDICATE THE TEMPERATURE RESPONSE OF SAID MEMBER INCLUDING A HOUSING ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A VOLUME OF FLUID, AN ARCUATE BRACKET EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE STORAGE VESSEL IN SPACED RELATION FROM AND IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF THE FREE END OF THE PIVOTED TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE MEMBER, A SUPPORT MEMBER SLIDABLY CONTACTING SAID ARCUATE BRACKET AND SUPPORTING SAID HOUSING, A DIAPHRAGM MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTED TO OPERABLY ENGAGE THE FREE END OF SAID TEMPERATURE RESPONSIVE MEMBER, AN INDICATOR CALIBRATED IN DEGREES OF TEMPERATURE EXTERIOR SAID STORAGE VESSEL AND CONNECTING MEANS TO TRANSMIT DIAPHRAGM RESPONSE TO THE PRESSURE CONDITIONS FROM SAID HOUSING TO THE INDICATOR.