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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:
May. 22, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur N Pearman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73-3 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for proving an electronic gas meter at low flow rates includes comparing the rate of descent of the test bell of a bell prover with the instantaneous flow rate measured by a fluid flow measuring circuit for the meter, the rate of descent of the test bell being determined by counting the number of clock pulses which are generated by a clock pulse generator of the test circuitry signal to provide a measure of actual volume flow rate for comparison with the measured volume flow rate obtained from the electronic gas meter.