Flow meter assembly, gate assemblies and methods of flow measurement
AssigneeRubicon Research Pty Ltd.
InventorsDavid John Aughton, Damien Vernon Pearson
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Abstract
The present invention provides an acoustic flow meter assembly (2) for pipes or open channels, said assembly including a frame (24) with a predetermined geometry. The frame has at least one user accessible port (36-42) with the at least one user accessible port (36-42) adapted to receive an interchangeable cartridge (44) which contains at least one acoustic transducer (46) to measure fluid velocity through said frame (24).
Claims12
A lift gate assembly including a gate member associated with a frame and which can be raised and/or lowered from between respective closed and open configurations, said frame having associated therewith and upstream thereof an apparatus for measuring transit times of fluid, said apparatus being in the form of a conduit having one or more opposed pairs of acoustic transducers or the like associated therewith.
A lift gate assembly including a gate member associated with a frame and which can be raised and/or lowered from between respective closed and open configurations, said frame having associated therewith and upstream thereof an apparatus for measuring transit times of fluid, said apparatus being in the form of a conduit attached to said frame and said conduit having one or more opposed pairs of acoustic transducers or the like associated therewith.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.