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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
John S Wyler, W. Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7319 / ;
Abstract
A plurality of transducers are positioned in the walls of a pipe conveying a fluid, the volumetric flow rate of which is to be measured. Opposed upstream and downstream transducers project acoustic energy toward one another through the fluid, along a plurality of parallel paths. Electronic circuitry coupled to the transducers provides an indication of the fluid velocity component along these paths and the values are modified by predetermined weighting factors. The transducers are placed in the pipe such that the acoustic paths are positioned at certain distances with respect to a reference.