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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. 05, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1982
Vernon G Converse, III, Franklin, MI (US);
James M Bordato, Grosse Pointe Wds., MI (US);
Theodore R Bott, Berkley, MI (US);
Charles E Foerster, Jr, Northville, MI (US);
Robert E Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ronald K Mudge, Brighton, MI (US);
Aldren M Pace, Reseda, CA (US);
Kent Van Allen, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Scans Associates, Inc., Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
The specification discloses a method and apparatus for calibrating liquid flow meters of all types. The system includes a scale for dynamically determining the weight of a liquid flowing through a flow meter, together with means for measuring the flow through the flow meter being tested. In the case of a glass tube flow meter, a float detection system is used, whereby the operator will set the flow through the flow meter to a desired point, use the float detection system to make certain the float stays in a fixed position during the test, as well as to locate the float from a reference point, and use the system to measure the flow through the flow meter during a fixed period of time, thereby obtaining a reading, in engineering units, for each predetermined position of the float.