Brace bar for a vibrating meter
AssigneeMicro Motion, Inc.
InventorsPhilip Powers, Glenn Byron
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Abstract
A brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700) is provided. The brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700) includes a brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) with a perimeter, a first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and a second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702), and a gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) formed in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) connecting the first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and the second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) wherein the gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) is wholly contained within the perimeter of the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702).
Claims31
A brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700), comprising:
- a brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) with a perimeter;
- a first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and a second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702);
- and
- a gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) formed in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) connecting the first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and the second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) wherein the gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) is wholly contained within the perimeter of the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702).
A method of forming a brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700), comprising:
- forming a brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) with a perimeter;
- forming a first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and a second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702);
- and
- forming a gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) connecting the first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and the second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) wherein the gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) is wholly contained in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702).
A method of coupling a brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700) to flow tubes (202), the method comprising:
- forming a brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700) with:
- a brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) having a perimeter;
- a first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and a second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702);
- and
- a gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) formed in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) connecting the first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and the second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) wherein the gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) is wholly contained within the perimeter in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702);
- inserting the flow tubes (202) in the apertures (304, 406, 506, 606, 706);
- and
- applying a clamping force to the perimeter of the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) to reduce the diameter of the apertures (304, 406, 506, 606, 706).
A vibrating meter (5) comprised of:
- at least one flow tube (202);
- and
- a brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700) comprised of:
- a brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) having a perimeter;
- a first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and a second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702);
- and
- a gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) formed in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702) connecting the first aperture (304a, 404a, 504a, 604a, 704a) and the second aperture (304b, 404b, 504b, 604b, 704b) wherein the gap (306, 406, 506, 606, 706) is wholly contained within the perimeter in the brace bar body (302, 402, 502, 602, 702);
- wherein the brace bar (300, 400, 500, 600, 700) is coupled to the at least one flow tube (202).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.