Patents Assigned to Marsh-McBirnes, Inc.
  • Patent number: 5313842
    Abstract: A pump station flowmeter is disclosed including a sudden high inflow change detection circuit for eliminating from a series of emptying characteristic calculations taken over a period of time those measurements which are outside of a predetermined acceptance range. The wet well dimensions, level detector signals, clock signals and pump status signals are supplied as inputs to both a volume rate of change calculator and to the sudden high inflow change detector. In the event of an undesirable measurement, the sudden high inflow change detection circuit operates a gate to isolate the volume rate of change calculator from the emptying characteristic calculator that calculates outflow. A flow integrator is provided for calculating volume per cycle from the volume rate of change signal, and an inflow calculator serves to produce inflow from the volume per cycle signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1994
    Assignee: Marsh-McBirnes, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence B. Marsh, John D. Wright