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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. 10, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Osaka Gas Co., Ltd., both of, JP;
Tokico Ltd., both of, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386191 ; 7386192 ; 415142 ; 415184 ;
Abstract
A turbine flowmeter comprises a flowmeter housing through which a fluid to be measured flows, a turbine rotor rotatably provided within the flowmeter housing and comprising a rotor hub and a plurality of blades which are unitarily provided to the rotor hub, a bearing mechanism for mechanically supporting the rotor hub in a rotatable manner by making mechanical contact with the rotor hub, a stationary member which is provided in the flowmeter housing in an opposing manner to the rotor hub, and a dynamic pressure bearing part for to building up a dynamic pressure bearing by the fluid between the rotor hub and the stationary member.