SENSOR ARRANGEMENT

A sensor arrangement for detecting the degree of wetting of a transparent plate, consisting in particular of glass, with droplet-shaped precipitation is proposed which is provided with a radiation guide element which is coupled to the plate, to which on the one hand a radiation transmitter and on th...

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Main Authors WIEGLEB, GERHARD, BENDICKS, NORBERT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
German
Published 18.03.1992
Edition5
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Summary:A sensor arrangement for detecting the degree of wetting of a transparent plate, consisting in particular of glass, with droplet-shaped precipitation is proposed which is provided with a radiation guide element which is coupled to the plate, to which on the one hand a radiation transmitter and on the other hand a radiation receiver are assigned and which for the purpose of multiple reflection of the radiations emitted by the radiation transmitter has a reflection means. In such a sensor arrangement, the technical problem of reliably preventing the signal which is supplied by the radiation receiver and has a dependency on the amount of precipitation from being adversely affected by air humidity even in the case of relatively large temperature differences is to be solved. This is achieved in that the reflection means consists of a very thin material layer which is intimately connected to a surface of the radiation guide element extending parallel to the plate and preferably has a surface with a mirror finish.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19910102489