Fluid metering device

Claim 1

A system for controlling in a container the concentration and the restoration of a water solution of sulphure dioxide to be supplied from the container to the treatment of must, comprising said container having an inlet for water supply, an ingress for the supply of sulphur dioxide and a valve controlled discharge outlet for the water solution of sulphur dioxide formed in the container, first electromagnetic valve means at said inlet, said electromagnetic valve means opening said inlet when energized and closing the inlet when deenergized, first float means in said container buoyant in respect of any concentration of said water solution, said first float means having a maximum level float member and a minimum level float member, a first electrical circuitry having first electrical switch means operatively connecting said maximum and minimum level float members with said first electromagnetic valve means to alternatively energize and deenergize said first electromagnetic valve means when the level of said water solution reaches its preestablished minimum and maximum defining a minimum and a maximum level positions of said float members respectively, said first circuitry including a retention switch, thereby to energize, during the rise of the liquid solution level from said minimum upwards, said electromagnetic valve means when said minimum level float member exceeds upwardly the minimum level position thereof, while said maximum level float member is below the maximum level position thereof, and to deenergize said first electromagnetic valve means when also said maximum level float reaches its maximum level position and moreover to again energize, during the sinking of said liquid solution level, from said maximum level downwards, said electromagnetic valve means only when said minimum level float member reaches its minimum level position thereby to delay fluctuation of water supply into the container, second electromagnetic valve means at said ingress, second float means immersed in said water solution within said container, the hydrostatic action on said second float means urging upwardly said second float means into an uppermost position thereof when the concentration of said sulphur dioxide water solution exceeds a predetermined value and allowing said second float means to sink to a lowermost position thereof when the concentration is below said value, a second electrical circuitry connected with said first electrical circuitry and including second electrical switch means operatively connecting said second float means with said second electromagnetic valve means to energize them when the concentration of sulphur dioxide in the water solution is below said preestablished value and said second float means attain their lowermost position and to deenergize said second electromagnetic valve means whenever the concentration of sulphur dioxide in the water solution exceeds said preestablished value and said second float means attain their uppermost position, a protective shunt circuitry for preventing any supply of sulphur dioxide when the water solution level in the container is below said minimum, said protective shunt circuit preventing supply of electrical energy to said second electrical circuitry whenever said minimum level float member is below its minimum level position, thereby deenergizing said second electromagnetic valve means to shut off said ingress for sulphur dioxide and allowing supply of electrical energy to said second electrical circuitry whenever said minimum level float member is above its minimum level position, a first alarm circuitry operatively connected with said first float means to signal the lack of water supply whenever after a predetermined time delay said first float means remain in their minimum level position, and second alarm circuitry operatively connected with said second float means to signal the lack of sulphur dioxide supply whenever after a predetermined time delay said second float means remain in their lowermost position.

Claim 2

A system for controlling in a container the concentration and the restoration of a water solution of sulphure dioxide to be supplied from the container to the treatment of must, comprising said container having an inlet for water supply, an ingress for the supply of sulphur dioxide and a valve controlled discharge outlet for the water solution of sulphur dioxide formed in the container, first electromagnetic valve means at said inlet, said electromagnetic valve means opening said inlet when energized and closing the inlet when deenergized, first float means in said container buoyant in respect of any concentration of said water solution, said first float means having a maximum level float member and a minimum level float member, a first electrical circuitry having first electrical switch means operatively connecting said maximum and minimum level float members with said first electromagnetic valve means to alternatively energize and deenergize said first electromagnetic valve means when the level of said water solution reaches its preestablished minimum and maximum defining a minimum and a maximum level positions of said float members respectively, said first circuitry including a retention switch, thereby to energize, during the rise of the liquid solution level from said minimum upwards, said electromagnetic valve means when said minimum level float member exceeds upwardly the minimum level position thereof, while said maximum level float member is below the maximum level position thereof, and to deenergize said first electromagnetic valve means when also said maximum level float reaches its maximum level position and moreover to again energize, during the sinking of said liquid solution level, from said maximum level downwards, said electromagnetic valve means only when said minimum level float member reaches its minimum level position thereby to delay fluctuation of water supply into the container, second electromagnetic valve means at said ingress, second float means immersed in said water solution within said container, the hydrostatic action on said second float means urging upwardly said second float means into an uppermost position thereof when the concentration of said sulphur dioxide water solution exceeds a predetermined value and allowing said second float means to sink to a lowermost position thereof when the concentration is below said value, a second electrical circuitry connected with said first electrical circuitry and including second electrical switch means operatively connecting said second float means with said second electromagnetic valve means to energize them when the concentration of sulphur dioxide in the water solution is below said preestablished value and said second float means attain their lowermost position and to deenergize said second electromagnetic valve means whenever the concentration of sulphur dioxide in the water solution exceeds said preestablished value and said second float means attain their uppermost position, a protective shunt circuitry for preventing any supply of sulphur dioxide when the water solution level in the container is below said minimum, said protective shunt circuit preventing supply of electrical energy to said second electrical circuitry whenever said minimum level float member is below its minimum level position, thereby deenergizing said second electromagnetic valve means to shut off said ingress for sulphur dioxide and allowing supply of electrical energy to said second electrical circuitry whenever said minimum level float member is above its minimum level position, a first alarm circuitry operatively connected with said first float means to signal the lack of water supply whenever after a predetermined time delay said first float means remain in their minimum level position, and second alarm circuitry operatively connected with said second float means to signal the lack of sulphur dioxide supply whenever after a predetermined time delay said second float means remain in their lowermost position.