Adjustable orifice fitting carrier for a pipeline orifice fitting

An adjustable orifice fitting carrier assembly for an orifice fitting having an receptacle and interposed in a pipeline, which carrier assembly comprises:

• a) a carrier body receivable in said receptacle of said fitting to hold a flat circular orifice disk having a center orifice therethrough, said orifice disk perpendicular to the flow through said pipeline;
• b) a carrier holding plate receivable in said receptacle and in communication with sad carrier body;
• c) means to move said carrier body and said orifice disk in a first direction with respect to said holding plate in a first direction across the diameter of said pipeline, said means including at least one pin extending from said carrier body, each said pin receivable in a recess in said holding plate, and screw means extending from said carrier holding plate and in communication with said body so that adjustment of said screw means will move said carrier body and said orifice disk;
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• d) means to move said carrier body and said orifice disk by moving said holding plate with respect to said orifice fitting in a second direction across the diameter of said pipeline, perpendicular to said first direction, in order to concentrically align said center orifice with the axis of said pipeline.