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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1999
Christophe Charrier, Asnieres sur Seine, FR;
Véronique Dulphy Vigor, Chicago, IL (US);
Antoine Willemot, Gif sur Yvette, FR;
Patrick Dilly, Versailles, FR;
Xavier Vigor, Chicago, IL (US);
Dominique Jouvaud, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for measuring the fluid consumption of a user over a given measurement time, including a volumetric meter ( ) connected to a central information processing unit ( ). This unit is designed to take a series of readings at successive intervals in said measurement time, so as to compare each reading with a reference value that corresponds to a predetermined nominal consumption threshold and thus from this deduce the quantity consumed over said measurement time corresponding to consumption with a flow rate higher than the nominal consumption threshold.