Instantaneous on-line water tester

Abstract

Abstract ING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF INDICATOR MATERIAL INTO EACH ISOLATED QUANTITY OF WATER. THE INJECTING MEANS MAY INCLUDE PRESSURE PRODUCING MEANS FOR FORCING INDICATOR MATERIAL INTO THE ISOLATED QUANTITY OF WATER, AND PRESSURE RELIEF MEANS MAY BE PROVIDED FOR PERMITTING ESCAPE OF A QUANTITY OF WATER EQUAL TO THE QUANTITY OF INDICATOR MATERIAL FORCED INTO THE ISOLATED QUANTITY OF WATER. THE GATE MEANS MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A FORK PROJECTING THROUGH THE WATER FLOW LINE, THE FORK OPERATING THE INJECTING MEANS WHEN THE PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF WATER HAS BEEN ISOLATED. THE FORK MAY HAVE THREE PRONGS CONSTITUTING GATE ELEMENTS TO ISOLATE TWO PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF WATER, SUCH GATE ELEMENTS BEING OPERABLE TO CLOSE THE WATER FLOW SEQUENTIALLY, FIRST AT THE FARTHEST DOWNSTREAM LOCATION, THEREAFTER AT THE INTERMEDIATE LOCATION AND FINALLY AT THE FARTHEST UPSTREAM LOCATION, THE INJECTING MEANS INJECTING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF INDICATOR MATERIAL INTO EACH ISOLATED QUANTITY OF WATER. AN INSTANTANEOUS ON-LINE WATER TESTER FOR USE IN A WATER FLOW LINE COMPRISING GATE MEANS FOR CLOSING THE WATER FLOW LINE AT SPACED APART LOCATIONS TO ISOLATE A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF WATER THEREBETWEEN, MEANS FOR INJECTING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF INDICATOR MATERIAL INTO THE ISOLATED QUANTITY OF WATER AND MEANS FOR VIEWING THE ISOLATED QUANTITY OF WATER WITH THE PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF INDICATOR MATERIAL INJECTED THEREINTO. THE GATE MEANS MAY COMPRISE SPACED APART GATE ELEMENTS OPERABLE TO CLOSE THE WATER FLOW LINE SEQUENTIALLY, FIRST AT A RELATIVELY DOWNSTREAM LOCATION AND THEREAFTER AT A RELATIVELY UPSTREAM LOCATION. THE TESTER INCLUDES AN OPERATING MEMBER AND CONNECTIONS FROM THE OPERATING MEMBER OPERABLE SEQUENTIALLY UPON OPERATION OF THE OPERATING MEMBER TO FIRST OPERATE THE GATE MEANS TO ISOLATE THE PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF WATER AND THEREAFTER INJECT THE PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF INDICATOR MATERIAL INTO THE PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF WATER. THE GATE MEANS MAY CLOSE THE WATER FLOW LINE AT SPACED APART LOCATIONS TO ISOLATE TWO PREDETERMINED QUANTITIES OF WATER, THE INJECTING MEANS INJECT-

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• 👤 R Tower

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