Flowmeter for compressed-air distribution systems
AssigneeCDI Meters, Inc.
InventorRoger Dennison
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Abstract
A flowmeter which clamps around and seals to a pipe with probes projecting into the pipe through holes in the pipe, the useful separation of the probes being achieved by their entering the pipe through separate holes.
Claims13
An instrument mounted on a cylindrical pipe having a circumference, that instrument requiring that two probes project into the pipe, comprising:
- (a) a first probe mounted in a first mounting portion, the first mounting portion having an inner surface surrounding the first probe, the inner surface generally cylindrical so that it follows the circumference of the outside of the pipe,
- (b) a second probe mounted in a second mounting portion, the second mounting portion having an inner surface surrounding the second probe, the inner surface generally cylindrical so that it follows the circumference of the outside of the pipe,
- (c) two spaced holes in the pipe, each receiving one of the probes,
- (d) sealing means interposed between the mounting portions and the pipe, and
- (e) means for mounting the first and second mounting portions to the pipe.
A flowmeter for mounting on a pipe and for measuring flow in that pipe, of the type that senses flow using at least two spaced probes projecting into the pipe, one of those probes being heated, in which separation between the probes is achieved by the probes penetrating the pipe wall through at least two separate, spaced holes.
An instrument mounted on a cylindrical pipe having a circumference, the instrument requiring for its operation two penetrations of the pipe, the instrument supported by at least one split ring having an inner surface that is generally cylindrical so that it follows the circumference of the outside of the pipe, the at least one split ring also assisting in sealing around the penetrations of the pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.