Measurement of specific gravity and basic sediment and water content of oil

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF OIL PASSING THROUGH A PIPELINE COMPRISING MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING A STREAM OF OIL FROM SAID PIPELINE, MEANS FOR TAKING SAMPLES FROM SAID STREAM, MEANS FOR REINTRODUCING THE REMAINDER OF SAID STREAM INTO SAID PIPELINE, A FIRST CONTAINER, MEANS FOR INTRODUCING INTO SAID FIRST CONTAINER THE SAMPLES FROM SAID MEANS FOR TAKING, MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE OIL IN SAID FIRST CONTAINER SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT AT A PREDETERMINED VALUE, A CAPACITANCE MEASURING CELL, MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING OIL FROM SAID FIRST CONTAINER AND PASSING THE THUS WITHDRAWN OIL INTO AND THROUGH SAID CAPACITANCE MEASURING CELL AS THE DIELECTRIC MATERIAL THEREFOR, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID CAPACITANCE MEASURING CELL FOR PRODUCING A SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BASIC SEDIMENT AND WATER CONTENT OF THE OIL PASSING THROUGH SAID CAPACITANCE MEASURING CELL, A SECOND CONTAINER, MEANS FOR PASSING THE OIL FROM SAID CAPACITANCE MEASURING CELL INTO SAID SECOND CONTAINER, MEANS IN SAID SECOND CONTAINER FOR INDICATING THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF THE OIL IN SAID SECOND CONTAINER, AND MEANS FOR INTRODUCING A GAS INTO SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTAINERS UNDER PRESSURE, AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE PRESSURE OF THE GAS IN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTAINERS SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT AT A PREDETERMINED VALUE.