Bucket wheel assembly for fluid flow meters
OwnerEdward C. Vaughn, Janice M. Fulford +1inventors
InventorsEdward C. Vaughn, Janice M. Fulford, Harold R. Myers
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Abstract
An improved bucket wheel assembly with a center frame, having a plurality of fingers extending therefrom. In each of the fingers a slot is formed. The assembly also includes a plurality of conically shaped hollow cups. The hollow cups each have a wall that forms an apex and a circular opening. The hollow cups may also have a second slot formed by two substantially parallel protuberances on the inner surface of each hollow cup. The hollow cups are attached to the center frame by matching the slots and sliding one into the other, so that a portion of the finger is between the protuberances, from the opening of each hollow cup. The hollow cup is slid into the slot until it reaches the bottom of the slot on the finger.
Claims10
A bucket wheel assembly for a fluid flow meter, comprising:
- a center frame, formed of a plastic material, having a plurality of fingers extending therefrom;
- a slot formed in each of the plurality of fingers;
- a plurality of conically shaped hollow cups having walls forming openings and apexes, formed of a plastic material, wherein the walls adjacent to the openings slide into the slots toward the apexes until contacting a bottom of the slots.
A method of constructing a bucket wheel for a fluid flow meter, comprising the steps of:
- providing a center frame, formed of a plastic material, having a plurality of fingers extending therefrom, a slot formed in each of the plurality of fingers;
- providing a plurality of conically shaped hollow cups having walls forming openings and apexes, formed of a plastic material;
- and,
- sliding the walls adjacent to the openings into the slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.