# US 9,517,322 B2 · Flowmeter

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- Number: US 9,517,322 B2
- Document ID: US9517322B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/002,358
- Filed: 2012-12-25
- Published: 2014-09-25
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-30
- Assignees: Beijing Aeonmed Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Beijing Aeonmed Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Dianhui Zheng
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517322B2

## CPC

- A61M 16/201: {Controlled valves}
- A61M 16/01: specially adapted for anaesthetising {(A61M16/104, A61M16/18 take precedence)}
- A61M 16/122: {with dilution}
- A61M 16/20: Valves specially adapted to medical respiratory devices
- A61M 16/209: {Relief valves}
- G01F 1/22: by variable-area meters {, e.g. rotameters}
- G01F 1/26: of the valve type
- A61M 16/1005: {with O2 features or with parameter measurement}
- A61M 2016/003: {with a flowmeter}
- A61M 2205/3334: Measuring or controlling the flow rate
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME

## Abstract

A flowmeter comprises a lower valve body (1), a throttle assembly, a flow tube assembly, an upper valve body (2), and a pressure fluctuation suppression assembly. An air inlet, an air outlet and an air flow channel connecting the air inlet and the air outlet are arranged in the lower valve body (1); a throttle assembly for adjusting the degree of opening of the air flow channel in the lower valve body (1) is further disposed on the lower valve body (1). The flow tube assembly comprises a flow tube (3), an upper base (4), a lower base (5), and a float (6); a vent hole is provided on each of axial centers of the upper base (4) and the lower base (5); the lower base (5) is arranged at the air outlet of the lower valve body (1); a vertical air flow passage and a horizontal air flow passage are arranged in the upper valve body (2); the upper base (4) is arranged at an air inlet of the vertical air flow passage in the upper valve body (2); the flow tube (3) is disposed between the upper base (4) and the lower base (5) through two ends thereof that are respectively sleeved on protruding portions of the upper base (4) and the lower base (5); the float (6) is disposed in the flow tube (3). The pressure fluctuation suppression assembly comprises a sealing gasket (7), and the sealing gasket (7) is disposed at an air outlet of the vertical air flow passage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A flowmeter, comprising a lower valve body, a throttle valve assembly, a flow tube assembly, an upper valve body and a pressure fluctuation suppressing assembly, wherein the lower valve body is provided with an air inlet, an air outlet and an airflow passage in communication with the air inlet and the air outlet; the lower valve body is also provided with a throttle valve assembly used for adjusting the open degree of the airflow passage in the lower valve body;
the flow tube assembly includes a flow tube, an upper base, a lower base and a float, wherein a ventilation hole is provided axially at the center of each of the upper base and the lower base, the lower base is arranged at the air outlet of the lower valve body, a vertical airflow passage and a horizontal airflow passage are provided within the upper valve body, the upper base is arranged at an air inlet of the vertical airflow passage in the upper valve body, the flow tube is arranged between the upper base and the lower base in such a way that protruding ends of the upper base and the lower base are inserted into both ends of the flow tube, respectively, the float is arranged within the flow tube, and the pressure fluctuation suppressing assembly comprises a sealing gasket which is arranged at an air outlet of the vertical airflow passage:
a safety valve arranged on the valve body, and an air inlet of the safety valve is in communication with the horizontal airflow passage;
wherein the safety valve comprises a safety valve body, a safety valve stem, a sealing ring, a spring, a stop block and a nut: a through hole is provided axially at the center of the safety valve body a stop step, on end face of which is a conical surface, is provided within the through hole along the central axis of the through hole, the safety valve stem comprises a columnar rod and a conical valve head, one end of the columnar rod is connected with the smaller end of the conical valve head, and the other end is provided with threads: the conical surface of the conical valve head is provided with an annular groove, into which a sealing ring is arranged, the safety valve stem is arranged in the safety valve body, the columnar rod of the valve stem extends through the spring, which is arranged between the stop block and the stop step through the stop block and the nut the conical valve head is in sealed contact with the conical surface of the stop step through the sealing ring arranged in the annular groove of the valve head, and the gap between the conical surface of the conical valve head and the conical surface of the stop step is in communication with the horizontal airflow passage.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The flowmeter of claim 1, wherein the throttle valve assembly comprises a throttle valve body, a throttle ring, a throttle valve stem and a knob, the throttle valve body contains a through hole along its central axis, the throttle ring is placed inside the through hole at one end of the throttle valve body, an air outlet is radially arranged in a portion of the throttle valve body that follows the throttle ring, the end with the throttle ring of the throttle valve body is screwed into a hole particularly provided in the lower valve body, the air intake at the center of the throttle ring is in communication with an air inlet of the lower valve body, the air outlet of the throttle valve body is in communication with the air outlet on the lower valve body, one end of the throttle valve stem is a needle-shaped throttle end which is screwed into the through hole provided axially at the center of the throttle valve body and cooperates with the air intake at the center of the throttle ring to realize a throttle function, and the other end of the throttle valve stem is fixedly connected with the knob.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The flowmeter of claim 2, wherein the throttle valve assembly further comprises a locking knob for limiting a length by which the throttle valve stem extrudes from the throttle valve body, and the throttle valve stem extends through the locking knob, which is further screwed onto an end of the throttle valve body that is opposite to the end with the throttle ring.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The flowmeter of claim 3, wherein the throttle valve assembly further comprises a locking ring which is fixed on the throttle valve stem between the locking knob and the knob and used for limiting a length by which the throttle valve stem is retracted into the throttle valve body.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The flowmeter of claim 1, further comprising a backlight plate arranged at a rear side of the flow tube, upper and lower ends of the backlight plate are respectively arranged within a groove particularly provided on the lower valve body and a step particularly provided on the upper valve body, and the upper end is fixed by a pressing plate which is fixed on the upper valve body by a screw.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The flowmeter of claim 1, wherein the sealing gasket has a star shape.