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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2002
Andreas Ehrlich, Dresden, DE;
Gerry Schroeter, Dresden, DE;
Andreas Ehrlich, Dresden, DE;
Gerry Schroeter, Dresden, DE;
Sick AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
A body for a flow meter for measuring the flow velocity and/or the volumetric through-flow of fluids. The flow meter body has a tubular center piece with connecting flanges for connection to a pipeline for fluids. On its exterior, the center piece has at least two substantially flat mounting surfaces (), each of which has at least one receptacle () for mounting a probe (). To enable the use of linearly emitting ultrasound probes in such flow meters, and to use the flow meter as a substitute for prior art flow meters without significant effort and cost, it is proposed to arrange the mounting surfaces (andand) diametrically opposite each other as a mounting surface pair () so that the probes () in the opposing mounting surfaces (andand) define a measuring path (). The mounting surfaces (andand) are parallel to each other and at an angle to a longitudinal axis () of center piece ().