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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Dieterich Standard, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Donald Robert Verhaagen, Boulder, CO (US);
Chad Andrew Steffl, Boulder, CO (US);
Fred Shattell, Boulder, CO (US);
Mike Hering, Boulder, CO (US);
Darrel Coleman, Boulder, CO (US);
Paul Snyder, Boulder, CO (US);
Joe Rehn, Boulder, CO (US);
Dieterich Standard, Inc., Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A flow meter includes a meter section formed from a single stock of material and having a first inner pipe portion, a second inner pipe portion and an orifice plate defined between the first inner pipe portion and the second inner pipe portion, wherein the orifice plate has an orifice with a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the first inner pipe portion. The flow meter further includes a first pipe connecting section connected to a first side of the meter section and having a pipe flange and a second pipe connection section connected to a second side of the meter section and having a second pipe flange.