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US 6,684,714 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for testing fluid flow through transmission cooling systems
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsRichard Mills, Walter Murray, Daniel J. Popoff
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Abstract
Method and apparatus provided to accurately test fluid flow through cooling systems including pressurizing a fluid to create a fluid flow into the cooling system, measuring a fluid flow rate, and determining when the fluid flow rate is acceptable.
Claims19
A method of testing fluid flow in a cooling system comprising:
- pressurizing a fluid to create a fluid flow into the cooling system;
- measuring a fluid flow rate at a point prior to said fluid flow entering into said cooling system;
- indicating the fluid flow rate on a display;
- and
- determining whether said fluid flow rate is acceptable.
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A cooling system fluid flow testing device comprising:
- means for pressurizing a fluid to create a fluid flow into the cooling system;
- means for measuring a fluid flow rate at a point prior to said fluid flow entering into said cooling system;
- means for indicating the fluid flow rate;
- and
- means for determining whether said fluid flow rate it acceptable.
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A cooling system fluid flow testing apparatus comprising:
- a fluid supply line capable of supplying fluid from a fluid supply tank to a cooling system;
- a fluid return line capable of directing fluid from the cooling system to a waste receptacle;
- a flow transducer attached to the supply line, said transducer determines at least one fluid flow rate measurement;
- a processor connected to said flow transducer, said processor receives said at least one fluid flow rate measurement from said flow transducer and indicated a fluid flow rate;
- and
- a display connected to said processor, said processor indicates the fluid flow rate on said display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.