Transducer for sensing a parameter of a fluid
AssigneeThe Solartron Electronic Group Limited
InventorJames W. Stansfeld
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Abstract
A transducer for sensing density, pressure or pressure difference in fluids comprises a resonantly vibratable cylinder as its sensing element. The cylinder has a mounting ring at one end, the mounting ring being clamped against a base member by means of a spring arranged to exert a substantially constant clamping force on the mounting ring. An outer cover fits over the cylinder, the cover having a flange which is directly bolted to an upstanding annular rim of the base member and a depending skirt portion in which the spring is integrally formed by machining.
Claims10
A transducer for measuring a characteristic of a fluid, comprising:
- means forming a substantially rigid cylindrical base, said means having two annular shoulder surfaces;
- a cylindrical hollow body of which a wall is relatively resilient and resonantly vibratable, said hollow body including a mounting mass structure with two annular clamping surfaces, the first of the clamping surfaces being applied against the first shoulder surface;
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- a cylindrical cover including an annular spring defined between two further annular surfaces, one of the two said further surfaces being applied against the second annular shoulder surface, and the other of the two further surfaces being applied against the second clamping surface.
A transducer for measuring a characteristic of a fluid, the transducer comprising:
- at least one hollow body having a relatively resilient, resonantly vibratable, wall;
- a relatively rigid base for supporting said body;
- means for exciting resonant vibration of said relatively resilient wall;
- means for generating an output signal representative of the frequency of said vibration;
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- means for clamping said body to said base, wherein said clamping means forms part of a unitary cover for said hollow body, a first part of said cover including at least one resilient convolution arranged to clamp said body to said base and a second part of said cover being fixed to said base so as to compress said convolution by a predetermined amount to produce a substantially constant predetermined clamping force between said body and said base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.