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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:
Jun. 13, 1978
Filed:
May. 06, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Gerlach, Bremen, DT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01P / ; G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7317 / ; 7319 / ;
Abstract
An acoustic system for measuring the speed of flow or current speed of a body of water employing a measuring path through the water which extends from one shore to the other in a direction oblique to the direction of flow of the water. A triggerably measuring sound generator positioned on one shore transmits a pulse over the measuring path to a receiver on the other shore. The receiver produces an output which triggers the measuring sound generator to emit a subsequent pulse. A measuring circuit evaluates the resulting pulse repetition frequency of pulses emitted by the sound generator and produces an output proportional to the flow speed of the water.