chain-float liquid-level gage

chain-float liquid-level gage

[′chān ¦flōt ′lik·wəd ¦lev·əl ‚gāj]

(engineering)

Float device to measure the level of liquid in a vessel; the float, suspended from a counterweighted chain draped over a toothed sprocket, rises or falls with the liquid level, and the chain movement turns the sprocket to position a calibrated depth-indicator.

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