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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Krohne Ag, Basel, CH;
Inventor:
Jeroen Martin van Klooster, Tiel, NL;
Assignee:
Krohne AG, Basel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01F 1/32 (2006.01); G10K 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01F 1/66 (2013.01); G01F 1/3209 (2013.01); G01F 1/662 (2013.01); G10K 11/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic flowmeter for measuring the flow of a flowing medium () having a measuring tube () and an ultrasonic transducer (), wherein the measuring tube () has a transducer pocket () in which the ultrasonic transducer () is provided in contact with the flowing medium () in the transducer pocket (). The ultrasonic transducer () has a transducer housing () and a transducer element () and wherein the transducer housing () has an ultrasound window (). The ultrasonic flowmeter solves problems resulting from vortices generated by the transducer pocket via the provision of a cylindrical shielding on the transducer housing ().