Patent ID: 9645284
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G01W

Claim:
1. A precipitation gauge comprising: a precipitation receiving member having a water collecting part disposed in a shape of a funnel at a lower portion of a cylindrical body and a drain tube; a photodetector installed on an inner sidewall of the cylindrical body to detect snow collected in the precipitation receiving member; heating parts installed on a bottom surface of the water collecting part and a wall of the drain tube to receive a snow signal detected by the photodetector for operation of the heating parts; a rotatable fluid supply unit coupled on a connection tube coupled with the drain tube of the precipitation receiving member; and a flow rate measuring unit disposed in a discharge tube coupled with the connection tube coupled with the rotatable fluid supply unit to measure a flow rate, wherein the connection tube includes a capturing part disposed at a lower end portion thereof, and the capturing part includes a discharge cap disposed on a bottom surface thereof to discharge foreign substances.