Ingredient content determination

Claim 1

IN APPARATUS FOR DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF AN INGREDIENT EXHIBITING DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES WITHIN A SUBSTANTIALLY HOMOGENEOUS MATERIAL, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING; A CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND HOLDING A SAMPLE OF MATERIAL TO BE TESTED, SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING AT LEAST A PAIR OF ELECTRODES AND A PAIR OF OUTPUT TERMINALS; OSCILLATOR MEANS, INCLUDING CIRCUIT MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TERMINALS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE CAPACITANCE THEREACROSS FOR VARIABLY AFFECTING THE FREQUENCY OF SAID OSCILLATOR MEANS IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH AND FURTHER VARIABLE CAPACITOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID CIRCUIT MEANS FOR AFFECTING THE FREQUENCY OF SAID OSCILLATOR MEANS; DIAL SCALE RECEIVING MEANS; ADJUSTING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CAPACITOR MEANS AND TO AN INDICATOR MEANS, SAID INDICATOR MEANS BEING MOVABLE TO A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS ALONG SAID DIAL SCALE RECEIVING MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE POSITION OF SAID ADJUSTMENT MEANS; A STATIONARY INDICATOR ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SCALE RECEIVING MEANS; REMOVABLE SCALE MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID SCALE RECEIVING MEANS AND MOVABLE THEREIN, SAID SCALE MEANS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND SCALES AND BEING CONSTRUCTED SO THAT SAID FIRST SCALE IS IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID MOVABLE INDICATOR AND SAID SECOND SCALE IS IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID STATIONARY INDICATOR; AND MEANS FOR INDICATING THE DEVIATION OF SAID OSCILLATOR FROM A PREDETERMINED FREQUENCY WHEREBY THE POSITION OF SAID MOVABLE INDICATOR WITH RESPECT TO FIRST SCALE IS INDICATIVE OF VARIATIONS IN FREQUENCY OF SAID OSCILLATOR MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CAPACITANCE OF SAID CONTAINER.