Patent ID: 9696459
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G01W

Claim:
1. A weather measurement instrument sensor system comprising: a housing having an air inlet; a temperature sensor located within the housing; a fan positioned within the housing for drawing outside air into the housing, channeling the outside air past the temperature sensor and circulating the air within the housing; and means to power the fan; a basin to collect rainwater and funnel the rainwater through an opening; a sensor located proximally to the bottom of the basin to measure the rainwater collected in the basin; a tipping receptacle positioned opposite the opening, the tipping receptacle having equally sized spoon members which cause the receptacle to teeter-totter back and forth to produce a signal indicative of the amount of water collected in the basin; and a pair of downwardly directed pins positioned across the opening for directing the flow of the water from the basin in a vertical path between the pins and onto the tipping receptacle.