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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:
Jul. 17, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth E Price, Whittier, CA (US);
Michael L Schuman, El Monte, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386154 ; 73215 ;
Abstract
There is provided a flowmeter comprising a vertically extending inlet chamber having an inlet opening at its lower end, a vertically extending outlet chamber horizontally spaced-apart from the inlet chamber and having an outlet opening at its lower end, a communicating passage between the inlet and outlet chambers along the vertical length of the inlet chamber and a ball disposed in the inlet chamber and afforded slidable vertical movement therein. The flowmeter further comprises coaxially aligned inlet and outlet couplings for connecting the flowmeter to a horizontal fluid line.