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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2001
Dennis W. Schwartz, West Bend, WI (US);
George De Jarlais, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Christopher G. Kocher, Belleville, IL (US);
Mario P. Gomez, Ladue, MO (US);
Ildefonso Gonzalez Artigas, St. Charles, MO (US);
Badger Meter, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A compound meter assembly ( ) has a housing ( ), a high volume flow meter ( ) disposed in a main flow passageway ( ) for detecting a flow rate of relatively higher volume flows and a low volume flow meter ( ) disposed in the secondary flow passageway ( ) for detecting a flow rate of relatively lower volume flows. A flow distributor ( ) is disposed in the inlet and disposed adjacent the entrance ( ) into the secondary flow passageway from the main passageway, said flow distributor ( ) having a central opening ( ) for receiving the main flow and having flow ports ( ) disposed around its circumference for allowing portions of the main flow to flow towards interior walls ( ) of the housing ( ) such that the flow is better distributed across a cross section of the main passageway ( ) to maintain the accuracy of the meter at a crossover region ( ) between low flows being metered by the low volume flow meter ( ) and high flows being metered by the high volume flow meter ( ).