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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert T. Weber, Dallas, TX (US);
George T. Watson, III, Dallas, TX (US);
John M. Trantham, Hurst, TX (US);
Assignee:
Flow Design, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F15D 1/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for shaping fluid flow comprises a body having upstream and downstream ends and formed with a characterizing channel. The characterizing channel has a first cross-section adjacent the upstream end that gradually changes to a second cross-section adjacent the downstream end that is different in configuration from the first cross-section.