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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2004
Alcide Mercier, Nâcor, FR;
Alcide Mercier, Nâcor, FR;
Actaris SAS, , FR;
Abstract
A fluid meter, in particular a water meter, comprises a tank having a bottom and into which is inserted through an opening opposite the bottom in an insertion direction parallel to its axis of symmetry a measurement chamber having at least one lateral orifice connected in a sealed manner to a pipe of the tank via a seal that is compressed between an external surface of the chamber, called the first surface, and an internal surface of the tank, called the second surface. The first and second surfaces are inclined to the axis of symmetry of the tank and the minimum distance between the first and second surfaces and the axis of symmetry is near the bottom of the tank.