Fluid meter with improved compactness
AssigneeSchlumberger Industries
InventorsLuc Hernoux, Jean-Luc Guizot
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Abstract
The invention relates to a fluid meter comprising an outside wall of determined thickness to which a flange connected to a pipe is fixed via fixing members which penetrate into holes organized respectively in the thickness of said flange and in said outside wall in order to install said meter on said pipe, said meter having an opening for fluid feed which is organized in the outside wall and behind which there is provided a “feed” chamber into which the fluid coming from the feed opening flows, wherein the fluid meter also has studs disposed inside the feed chamber so as to modify the fluid flow, and in which internal perforations are provided in alignment with the holes for receiving portions of said fixing members.
Claims19
A fluid meter, comprising:
- a first outside wall of determined thickness including a fluid feed opening and a first plurality of holes extending through said first outside wall, said holes being for receiving fixing members used to fix a flange connected to a pipe to said outside wall, said first outside wall defining a first side of a fluid feed chamber, said holes and said fluid feed opening extending through said first outside wall into the feed chamber;
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- a plurality of studs, said first outside wall serving as a first wall of said feed chamber, said studs being positioned inside the feed chamber to modify fluid flow by contacting fluid as fluid flows from said fluid feed opening through the feed chamber, each of said studs being aligned with one of said holes and including an internal perforation for receiving at least a portion of one of said fixing members.
A housing assembly for use as part of a fluid meter including a measurement unit, the housing assembly comprising:
- an outside wall including an inlet orifice through which fluid can flow, the outside wall extending in a direction perpendicular to an inlet fluid flow direction;
- a plurality of studs extending through said outside wall in a direction parallel to said inlet fluid flow direction, said studs for receiving fixing members used to attach a pipe flange to said outside wall, said pipe flange extending radially outward in a direction perpendicular to said inlet fluid flow direction;
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- an inside wall extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to said inlet fluid flow direction mounted opposite said outside wall, the space between said outside wall and said inside wall defining a feed chamber into which at least a portion of said studs extend, said inside wall directing at least some fluid, entering said feed chamber through said inlet orifice, in a direction substantially perpendicular to said inlet fluid flow direction and around at least a portion of said studs towards an outlet orifice which provides a path through which fluid can flow from said feed chamber into said measurement unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.