Patents Assigned to Siena College
  • Patent number: 4477917
    Abstract: A plurality of thin, conductive wires are stretched across the open center of a frame through which the liquid drops to be measured will fall. Adjacent wires are maintained at a potential difference with respect to each other so that when the wires are momentarily connected by a passing conductive drop, the potential of one rises while that for the other falls. The wires are connected to circuitry which detects the change in potential in each individual wire and stores an indication of such change for later use. By counting the number of adjacent wires whose potential has changed, and knowing the dimensions of the wires and the spacing between them, it is possible to calculate drop size to accuracies dependent upon the design dimensions chosen for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: Siena College
    Inventor: Denis P. Donnelly