Flowmeter
AssigneeNestec S. A.
InventorsRudolf Schmied, Peter V. Hafner
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A magnetically inductive flow meter having a measuring tube is positioned in a pipe line for measuring the flow of a fluid product in the pipe line for enabling control of a control element. The flow meter is aligned between a control element positioned in the pipe line, which is for influencing the flow of fluid product, and a drive unit associated with the pipe line, which is for actuating the control unit for influencing the fluid product flow. A mechanically displaceable actuating rod connected with the drive unit extends into the pipe line and extends axially through the measuring tube to a connection with the control element for actuating the control element by means of the drive unit.
Claims11
In a device for monitoring and controlling flow of a fluid product delivered through a pipe line wherein the device includes a control element for influencing the flow of the product in the pipe line, a drive unit for actuating the control element by means of a mechanically displaceable actuating rod extending to the control element and a magnetically inductive flow meter having a measuring tube for measuring fluid product flow for enabling control of the control element, the improvement comprising a pipe line having a magnetically inductive flow meter being positioned and aligned in the pipe line between a drive unit associated with the pipe line and a control element positioned in the pipe line and having an actuating rod being connected with the drive unit extending into the pipe line and axially through a measuring tube of the magnetically inductive flow meter and extending to and being connected with the control element for actuating the control element for influencing fluid product flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.