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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Craig Brainerd Van Cleve, Lyons, CO (US);
Craig Brainerd Van Cleve, Lyons, CO (US);
Micro Motion, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
According to the present invention, a vibrating flow meter and method of operating a vibrating flow meter are provided. The vibrating flow meter includes a conduit (), at least one pick-off (), a driven member (), at least one driver (), and a base (). The conduit () defines a fluid flow path. The at least one pick-off () measures the motion of the conduit (). The at least one driver () vibrates the conduit () and the driven member () in phase opposition. The base () is coupled to the conduit () and the driven member () and switches between remaining substantially stationary or moving substantially in phase with the conduit () or moving substantially in phase with the driven member () in order to balance the motion of the conduit () and the driven member ().