US PATENT SUBCLASS 73 / 170.21
.~.~ Sensing accumulated amount (e.g, rain gauge)

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73 /   HD   MEASURING AND TESTING

170.16  DF  METEOROLOGY {6}
170.17  DF  .~ Precipitation (e.g., rain gauge) {3}
170.21.~.~ Sensing accumulated amount (e.g, rain gauge) {2}
170.22  DF  .~.~.~> Using a float
170.23  DF  .~.~.~> Weight actuated (e.g., tipping bucket)

DEFINITION

Classification: 73/170.21

Sensing accumulated amount (e.g., rain gauge):

(under subclass 170.17) Subject matter wherein the total amount of precipitation falling over a given period of time is determined.

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149, for volumetric content measuring, per se.

290+, for a liquid level or depth gauge, per se.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

340, Communications: Electrical,

601+, for an electrical indicator which produces a humanly perceptible signal in response to the attainment of a predetermined meteorological condition. 364, Electrical Computers and Data Processing Systems,

420, for an electrical computer or data processing system applied to the weather.