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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:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E Hall, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
Great Plains Industries, Inc., KS, US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386178 ; 7386192 ; 416242 ;
Abstract
A flow meter mounted in a flow delivery line and having a meter housing with a fluid opening and an electric counter. A turbine rotor supported on a turbine shaft is disposed in the fluid opening, the turbine having plural turbine blades with ferrous slugs embedded therein, the electric counter responding thereto for fluid delivery indication. Each turbine blade is tapered from front to rear into a feathered trailing edge and has a top concave surface along its length and a bottom convex surface. A pair of shaft supports, having fluid ports for washing about the turbine shaft, are provided to support the turbine rotor.