Patents Assigned to Universal Flow Monitors, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11175086
    Abstract: A venturi vacuum drawback assembly includes a fluid supply passage that supplies the fluid to the device, a fluid return passage that returns the fluid to the device, a shutoff valve positioned on the fluid supply passage, a bypass passage, a bypass valve positioned on the bypass passage, and a venturi valve positioned on the bypass passage downstream of the bypass valve. The bypass passage includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is connected to the fluid supply passage upstream of the shutoff valve, and the outlet connected to the fluid return passage. The venturi valve includes a venturi inlet, a venturi outlet, and a primary orifice positioned between the venturi inlet and the venturi outlet. The primary orifice is connected to a drawback opening on the fluid supply passage by a conduit. The drawback opening of the fluid supply passage is positioned downstream of the shutoff valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Flow Monitors, Inc.
    Inventors: Lars O. Rosaen, Peter E. Hackett
  • Patent number: 11035483
    Abstract: A dual orifice venturi vacuum drawback assembly includes a fluid supply passage that supplies fluid to the device, a fluid return passage that returns fluid from the device, a shutoff valve position on the fluid supply passage, a bypass passage, a bypass valve positioned on the bypass passage, and a dual orifice venturi valve. The bypass passage includes an inlet connected to the fluid supply passage upstream of the shutoff valve, and an outlet connected to the fluid return passage. The dual orifice venturi valve is positioned on the bypass passage upstream of the bypass valve. The dual orifice venturi valve includes a venturi inlet, a venturi outlet, a primary orifice, and a secondary orifice. The primary orifice is connected to a primary drawback opening on the fluid return passage. The secondary orifice is connected to a secondary drawback opening on the fluid return passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Flow Monitors, Inc.
    Inventors: Lars O. Rosaen, Peter E. Hackett, Wesley Fowler
  • Patent number: 10641406
    Abstract: A venturi vacuum drawback assembly includes a fluid supply passage that supplies the fluid to the device, a fluid return passage that returns the fluid to the device, a shutoff valve positioned on the fluid supply passage, a bypass passage, a bypass valve positioned on the bypass passage, and a venturi valve positioned on the bypass passage downstream of the bypass valve. The bypass passage includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is connected to the fluid supply passage upstream of the shutoff valve, and the outlet connected to the fluid return passage. The venturi valve includes a venturi inlet, a venturi outlet, and a primary orifice positioned between the venturi inlet and the venturi outlet. The primary orifice is connected to a drawback opening on the fluid supply passage by a conduit. The drawback opening of the fluid supply passage is positioned downstream of the shutoff valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Universal Flow Monitors, Inc.
    Inventors: Lars O. Rosaen, Peter E. Hackett
  • Patent number: 4836021
    Abstract: A flow meter having a housing with an inlet, an outlet and a cylindrical housing chamber fluidly connected in series between the inlet and the outlet. A cylindrical rotor is rotatably mounted within the housing chamber about an axis which is eccentric with respect to the axis of the housing chamber. In addition, a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes are radially slidably mounted within the rotor. These vanes are urged radially outwardly into sealing contact with a housing wall which defines the housing chamber. A fluid working chamber is formed between each pair of vanes, the outer periphery of the rotor and the housing wall and this working chamber increases in size from the housing inlet and to the housing outlet. In operation, fluid flow into the housing inlet rotatably drives the rotor until the fluid is exhausted through the housing outlet. A detector detects the speed of rotation of the rotor thereby providing an indication of the fluid flow rate through the flow meter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Assignee: Universal Flow Monitors Inc.
    Inventor: Lars O. Rosaen
  • Patent number: 4619139
    Abstract: A flow meter includes a transparent tubular housing in which an indicator in the form of a piston having a radially expanded edge cooperates with a tapered inner peripheral wall portion of the housing. The housing can include scale indicia of flow rates coinciding with positions of the indicator edge. In addition, a temperature sensitive label providing a visible indication of fluid temperature can be orthogonally aligned with respect to the flow rate scale to permit accurate placement of a graphic overlay exhibiting representations of a different fluid characteristic which varies with changes in the flow rate and temperature of the fluid within the ranges indicated by the meter. Projection of the temperature indication to the indicator edge identifies a particular value for the fluid characteristic shown on the graphic representation by mere observation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: Universal Flow Monitors, Inc.
    Inventor: Lars O. Rosaen
  • Patent number: D926942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Universal Flow Monitors, Inc.
    Inventors: Lars O. Rosaen, Peter E. Hackett