Fluid analyzing instrumentation system

Claim 1

A FLUID ANALYZING APPARATUS, COMPRISING A CONTAINER, A PLURALITY OF SPACED APART SAMPLING TANKS RETAINED WITHIN AND IN SPACE RELATION TO THE SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS OF THE CONTAINER, THE CAPACITY OF THE CONTAINER BEING A PRESELECTED, FIXED NUMBER OF TIMES GREATER THAN THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE TANKS A MANIFOLD POSITIONED WITHIN A BASE PORTION OF THE CONTAINER AND HAVING INLET BRANCH CONNECTIONS THEREOF OPENING INTO ASSOCIATED INNER BOTTOM PORTIONS OF THE SAMPLING TANKS, MEANS ADAPTED TO CONVEY FLUID TO BE ANALYZED INTO SAID MANIFOLD TO EFFECT A FLOW OF THE FLUID THROUGH OPEN OVERFLOW DRAINS FORMED BY AN UPPER WALL PORTIONOF ECH OF THE TANKS AND THE CONTAINER, MEANS POSITIONED IN EACH OF THE TANKS THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO A DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FLUID UNDER MEASUREMENT, A MUTLIPOINT RECORDER, AND INTERLOCK SWITCHING MEANS POSITIONED BETWEEN THE OUTER SIDE WALL OF THE TANKS AND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE WALL OF THE CONTAINER, SAID SWITCHING MEANS BEING OPERABLY ARRANGED TO CONNECT THE RESPONSIVE MEANS WITH THE MULTI-POINT RECORDER FOR RECORDING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FLUID INE ACH TANK WHEN A PRESELECTED NUMBER OF FULL TANKS OF THE FLUID UNDER MEASUREMENT HAVE BER OF FULL TANKS OF THE FLUID UNDER MEASUREMENT HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE OVERFLOW DRAINS OF THE TANKS INTO THE CONTAINER.