Patent ID: 6840266
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An interchangeable fitting, comprising a fitting housing, a removable measurement probe which is movably guided axially in the housing for insertion into a container, a shut-off element which closes the fitting relative to the interior of the container, and a guide means which can be guided to move axially in the housing for holding and guiding the measurement probe in the fitting housing between a measurement position in which the measurement probe has been inserted into the container, and a stand-by position in which the measurement probe is located within the fitting housing, the measurement probe comprising a measurement probe body and a sensor, wherein the measurement probe is fixed with its measurement probe body on the end face of the guide means, the sensor being mounted on the free side of the measurement probe body which points in the direction to the container and the cross section of the guide means being smaller than the cross section of the measurement probe