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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2009
Charles T. Orleskie, Berthoud, CO (US);
Charles T. Orleskie, Berthoud, CO (US);
Dieterich Standard, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining the point at which the distal end of the bluff body sensor of an averaging pitot tube makes anchoring contact with the inside wall of a fluid conducting conduit during insertion of the bluff body into the conduit, which method includes monitoring the amplitude of vibrations generated in the bluff body in response to the fluid flowing in the conduit by the use of an accelerometer carried by the bluff body and an associated readout instrument connected to the output of the accelerometer for displaying data responsive to the output of the accelerometer and specifically indicating a change in the sensed amplitude values which change advises that the support mode of a bluff body inserted into the conduit has altered.