Measuring apparatus with pressure amplifier

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FACLITATING THE CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENT OF A QUALITY OF A FLUID THAT IS PRESENT AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS IN A STREAM OF RAW WATER, COMPRISING A FIRST CHAMBER, A FIRST FLEXIBLE MEMBER FORMING A FLEXIBLE WALL PORTION OF THE CHAMBER AGAINST WHICH THE PRESSURE OF THE RAW WATER IS APPLIED, A SECOND FLEXIBLE MEMBER FORMING A WALL PORTION OF A SECOND CHAMBER, A PASSAGEWAY INCLUDING A REFERENCE ELECTRODE UNIT EXTENDING FROM THE SECOND CHAMBER INTO THE RAW WATER, AN ELECTROLYTE FLUID WITHIN THE SECOND CHAMBER AND THE PASSAGEWAY, A FIRST PISTON POSITIONED FOR MOVABLE CONTACT WITH THE INNER WALL SURFACE OF THE FIRST FLEXIBLE WALL PORTION, A SECOND PISTON, SAID SECOND PISTON BEING OPERABLY CONNECTED FOR JOINT MOVEMENT WITH THE FIRST PISTON TO PROVIDE A MEANS OF APPLYING A GREATER PRESSURE TO THE ELECTROLYTE FLUID THAN THE PRESSURE THAT THE STEAM APPLIES TO THE FIRST PISTON BY WAY OF THE FIRST FLEXIBLE WALL MEMBER TO THEREBY FORCE THE ELECTROLYTE FLUID THROUGH THE REFERENCE ELECTRODE UNIT OUT INTO THE STREAM.