Heated pipe connecting device for installation of a flow meter
AssigneeKrohne AG
InventorsPieter Herremans, Alexander Marnix Heijnsdijk
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Abstract
A flow meter for measuring the flow rate of a flowing medium has a plastic measurement tube for routing the medium and a connecting device for connecting an end of the measurement tube to an end of a plastic pipeline. So that measurement tube of plastic can be connected easily and to the plastic pipeline, the connecting device is formed by a heating means that is integrated into an inner wall of the end of the measurement tube and that melts at least the end of the measurement tube to thereby form a melted connection between the measurement tube and the pipeline.
Claims8
Flow meter for measuring the flow rate of a flowing medium, comprising:
- a plastic measurement tube for routing the medium,
- a magnetic-inductive flow meter having a plastic outer housing, a magnetic coil, a magnetic circuit, a magnetic shield and an electrical shield, and being mounted on the measurement tube, and
- a connecting device for connecting an end of the measurement tube to an end of a plastic pipeline,
- wherein the connecting device comprises a heating means for melting at least the end of the measurement tube and forming a melted connection between the measurement tube and a pipeline inserted therein, in use, wherein the heating means is integrated into an inner wall of the end of the measurement tube;
- and wherein the inner wall of the measurement tube into which the heating means is integrated is an exposed inner surface thereof which, in use, adjoins a pipeline inserted therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.