Autoranging sonic flowmeter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5329821
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07880887

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A system for measuring the flow of a fluid in a pipe that is one of a plurality of different sizes. The system employs a pair of transducers mounted on the pipe in an upstream-downstream relationship, Each transducer is excited by one of a pair of oscillators to transmit a sonic signal though the fluid to the other transducer. Transit times of the sonic signals are measured. A microprocessing network computes the flow rate of the fluid based on the measured transit time in the pipe. The system has a signal transit time between transducers equal to the time elapse of N cycles of the frequency emitted by the oscillators. The value of N, as computed by a microprocessor, relates to the size of the pipe.

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MESA LABORATORIES INC12100 WEST 6TH AVENUE LAKEWOOD CO 80228

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Birnbaum, Theodore N Tulsa, OK 1 12
Zacharias, Jr Ellis M Broken Arrow, OK 6 107

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