Encoder device and fluid meter comprised thereof
AssigneeDresser, Inc.
InventorsGiuseppe Triaca, Gary Martin Lawlor, Franco Morosini
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Abstract
Embodiments of an encoder device and a fluid meter incorporating the encoder device, wherein the fluid meter can embody a gas meter that monitors supply of gas to a consumer. The encoder device is configured to generate a signal with information that quantifies the supply of gas, for example, by associating the movement of a moveable element with a volume of fluid that flows through the gas meter. In one example, the gas meter can include a metrological part with a housing that forms an interior space that wholly encloses the encoder device therein. This embodiment can also be configured with an input/output member that conducts the signal from inside of the interior space to outside of the housing.
Claims11
A fluid meter, comprising:
- a metering device configured with a moveable element that moves in response to flow of fluid;
- an encoder device coupled with the metering device, the encoder device configured to generate an output that associates the movement of the moveable element with a volume of fluid that flows through the metering device;
- a first housing enclosing the metering device and the encoder device;
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- an input/output member coupled with the first housing, the input/output member configured to receive the output from the encoder device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.