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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2008
Anthony William Pankratz, Arvada, CO (US);
Roger Scott Loving, Boulder, CO (US);
Anthony William Pankratz, Arvada, CO (US);
Roger Scott Loving, Boulder, CO (US);
Micro Motion, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A dual-driver vibratory flowmeter () is provided according to the invention. The dual-driver vibratory flowmeter () includes a first flowtube (A) and a second flowtube (B) positioned substantially adjacent to the first flowtube (A). The first and second flowtubes (A,B) include a longitudinal length L. The dual-driver vibratory flowmeter () further includes a first driver () comprising first and second driver portions (A,B) and affixed to the first and second flowtubes (A,B), with the first driver () being located at a third longitudinal location Y along the first and second flowtubes (A,B) and a second driver () comprising first and second driver portions (A,B) and affixed to the first and second flowtubes (A,B), with the second driver () being located substantially at the third longitudinal location Y and substantially spaced-apart from the first driver (). The first driver () and the second driver () vibrate the first and second flowtubes (A,B) substantially in unison.