With Thermometer Patents (Class 73/442)
  • Patent number: 9328321
    Abstract: A density measuring device is described having: a housing, internally defining a first chamber, designed to contain a fluid the density of which it is desired to measure, and housing, in a measurement operating condition, a float, designed to be immersed in the fluid; and an electronic circuit that detects a value of the density as a function of a thrust sustained by the float due to the effect of the fluid; the housing further defines a second chamber, designed to contain a filling gas and to house the float in a cleaning operating condition of the float, distinct from the measurement operating condition, for removing gas bubbles and/or solid particles that have adhered to an outer surface of the float during the measurement operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Inventor: Carlo Farotto
  • Patent number: 6354734
    Abstract: An apparatus for accurate temperature and pressure measurement in production processes is described. In designing the temperture pressure probe, novel features are described which include minimization of the thermal mass of the thermal probe, thermal isolation of the thermal probe from its surroundings, and generating turbulence in the vicinity of the thermal probe where it comes in contact with the fluid flow. Embodiments disclosed for the pressure sensor include a recessed position where fluid pressure transients are minimized, and a surface mounted pressure sensor that is useful where the pressure sensor of the first embodiment is likely to get clogged due to fluid composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: Kvaerner Oilfield Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Curran, Paul Frederick Kent, Robert Tyler, Iain Robert McFarlane
  • Patent number: 5495748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for monitoring of gas leakage from a gas or liquefied gas container. For simple and reliable monitoring of gas leakage, parts of the container (1) where there is a risk of leakage are connected to an at least partially evacuated measuring chamber (2) and a change in the pressure in the measuring chamber (2) is employed as a measure of the gas-tightness of the container (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Uwe Brede, Josef Kraft