US 5,305,638 AGranted

Mass flowmeter having non-adjustable flow splitter

AssigneeDXL International, Inc.

InventorsHamid Saghatchi, Daniel T. Mudd, Charles F. Drexel

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Abstract

A split path mass flowmeter includes a housing having a longitudinally extending bore within which a flow splitter is positioned. The flow splitter includes a tapered portion having a taper corresponding generally to that of a tapered portion of the bore. The tapered portion of the flow splitter is nested within the tapered portion of the bore, the tapered portions of these elements thereby forming a self-holding retention section for non-adjustably retaining the flow splitter within the bore. The retention section may taper outwardly or inwardly in the direction of fluid flow. A calibration section may precede or follow the retention section or may be combined into the retention section. Further, a recovery section may be separately disposed downstream of the retention and calibration sections or may be combined along with the calibration function in the retention section.

Claims22

Dependent claims

In a fluid flowmeter, a flow splitter path comprising:

a surface defining a bore forming a longitudinal fluid flow path having a central longitudinal axis, said surface including a tapered portion tapering in the direction of fluid flow through the flowmeter;
and
a flow splitter disposed within said bore, said flow splitter having an outer surface defining with said bore surface a fluid passage dimensioned to maintain laminar flow therethrough, the outer surface of said flow splitter including a tapered portion having a taper corresponding generally to that of the tapered portion of the bore surface, the tapered portion of the flow splitter being disposed within the tapered portion of said bore surface, the tapered portions of the bore surface and flow splitter forming a retention section along said flow splitter path, said flow splitter being non-adjustably retained within said bore at said retention section, said retention section comprising the sole means for retaining and locating the flow splitter relative to the bore, said bore surface and said flow splitter further defining a calibration section adjacent the retention section.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.