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US 5,493,917 AGranted
Meter reading
OwnerWilliam B. Clanininventor
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Abstract
A meter is retrofitted for remote operation by replacing the lens with a replacement lens having a pickup transducer seated only in the replacement lens free of the meter casing.
Claims14
A method of retrofitting a meter for measuring flow in a flow path and having a casing for remote pickup for use with remote reading equipment,
- said meter comprising an original lens,
- said method comprising,
- replacing said original lens with a remote-pickup lens apparatus,
- said remote-pickup lens apparatus comprising,
- a replaceable meter lens, and
- a remote-pickup transducer seated only in said replaceable meter lens and free of said casing.
3 more elements
A remote-pickup meter having a lens and casing comprising,
- a flow indicator, and
- a lens apparatus comprising a replaceable lens with a remote-pickup transducer seated only in the replaceable lens free of said casing, wherein
- said remote-pickup transducer is responsive to said flow indicator to produce an output signal indicative of said flow.
Remote-pickup apparatus for a meter having a casing comprising,
- a replaceable lens attached to said casing and having top and bottom surfaces and a circumferential edge therebetween and formed with a passage having an inside portion between said top and bottom surfaces contiguous with an end portion generally perpendicular to said inside portion and said top and bottom surfaces for accommodating a pickup transducer and signal leads connected to said pickup transducer, and
- said pickup transducer seated in said inside portion of said passage having said signal leads passing through said end portion and said opening free of said casing.
Apparatus for a meter with a lens and casing for remote reading comprising,
- a replaceable lens having top and bottom surfaces with a circumferential edge therebetween and formed with a passage having an inside portion between said top and bottom surfaces contiguous with an end portion generally perpendicular to said inside portion and said top and bottom surfaces with an opening in said top surface for accommodating a pickup transducer and signal leads connected to said pickup transducer,
- and said pickup transducer seated in said inside portion of said passage having said signal leads passing through said end portion and said opening .
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.