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G01R 27/26 (2006.01) A01C 7/02 (2006.01) A01C 15/02 (2006.01) A01D 75/00 (2006.01) A01M 21/00 (2006.01) G01N 27/22 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2430204
A meter is disclosed for measuring the dielectric constant of a particulate material, particularly grain, as a function of its moisture content. The meter includes a test cell for containing a sample of the particulate material to be tested. An oscillator includes a variable frequency tuned circuit for varying the frequency of the oscillator output The tuned circuit includes a test cell capacitor using a sample of material to be tested as a dielectric, a calibrated variable standard capacitor and a variable trimming capacitor. An indicator is coupled to the calibrated variable standard capacitor to display a value representing the capacitance setting of the calibrated variable standard capacitor. A frequency monitor compares the output frequency of the oscillator with a selected frequency and a null display displays the difference between the output frequency of the oscillator and the selected frequency. In the invention, the frequency monitor generates DC outputs of opposite polarity according to whether the output frequency of the oscillator is greater than or less than the selected frequency and the null display is a digital display, displaying the frequency difference as zero when the output frequency of the oscillator equals the selected frequency, as a positive value when the output frequency of the oscillator is greater than the predetermined frequency and as a negative value when the output frequency of the oscillator is less than the predetermined frequency.
Battison Williams Dupuis
Fraser William D.
Fraser William John
LandOfFree
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