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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. 15, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norman T Neher, Eagen, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Futurestar Corporation, Edina, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7386157 ; 7386155 ;
Abstract
A float mountable on a guide rod in a flow meter site tube including a non-metallic body having a generally cylindrical portion and a generally hemispherical portion. The hemispherical portion forms a leading end of the body opposite a tailing end of the body. The trailing end of the body may be boat tail shaped. A method is providing for substituting a non-metallic float for a metallic float within a given flow meter site tube configuration to measure approximately the same flow rate as the metallic float. Another method is provided for substituting different floats within a given site tube configuration to measure different flow rates.