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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. 16, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A Brookfield, Sharon, MA (US);
Assignee:
Brookfield Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Stoughton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
73 5433 ; 73 5435 ;
Abstract
Pressurized viscometer (10) with fluid holder (12) rotatable by a motor (M) and gearing (50) to shear a tested fluid F thus imparting torque to a spindle assembly 32 mounted via a flexural mount (rods TR) and having a read-out rod or wire (40) with an adjacent transducer (R, S), the wire passing through an elongated holder shaft (18) within a fixed cylinder that mounts an elongated fluid holder extension (16) via an elongated bearing array (20, 24) on the outer surface thereof.