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US 9,285,258 B2Granted
Housing arrangement for a flow meter
AssigneeKROHNE Messtechnik GmbH
InventorHolger Hollenberg
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Abstract
A housing arrangement for a flow meter that has at least one housing (2) and at least one display device (3) which is located on the housing (2). The maintenance effort for the flow meter is reduced by there being at least one photovoltaic cell on the housing in a manner configured and arranged surrounding the at least one display device.
Claims12
A housing arrangement for a flow meter, comprising:
- at least one housing for flow metering electronics of the meter and
- at least one display device which is located on the housing for displaying values produced by the flow metering electronics,
- wherein at least one photovoltaic cell is mounted to the housing in at least a position in a manner configured and arranged surrounding the at least one display device,
- wherein at least the photovoltaic cell is mounted to be able to swivel around at least one axis relative to the display device and
- wherein the display device can be viewed through the photovoltaic cell in swiveled positions thereof.
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A flow meter, comprising:
- a housing arrangement having at least one housing for flow metering electronics of the meter,
- at least one display device which is located on the housing for displaying values produced by the flow metering electronics, and
- at least one photovoltaic cell mounted to the housing in a manner configured and arranged surrounding the display device for powering electronics of the meter,
- wherein at least the photovoltaic cell is mounted to be able to swivel around at least one axis relative to the display device and wherein displayed values are viewable through the photovoltaic cell in swiveled positions of the photovoltaic cell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.