| 20110234244 | DEVICE FOR THE CAPACITIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE QUALITY AND/OR DETERIORATION OF A FLUID - The invention concerns a device for the capacitive measurement of the quality and/or deterioration of a fluid, comprising a sensor encapsulated in a perforated case fixed in the vat of a cooking apparatus that has a bottom, wherein the sensor is connected to an electronic processing circuit, wherein the sensor includes a pair of flat electrodes that each have the shape of a comb with a plurality of teeth, which are approximately parallel to each other and extends from a base, which the electrodes are arranged in relation to each other such that the teeth of one electrode fit between the teeth of the other electrode in approximately the same plane, and wherein the encapsulated sensor is oriented in the vat such that the longitudinal axis of each electrode base extends parallel to the bottom of the vat and in that the plane of the sensor electrodes forms an angle of between 0° and 60° with the vertical direction. | 09-29-2011 |
