With Structure Of Float, Float Tube, Or Float Guide Patents (Class 73/861.57)
  • Patent number: 6497143
    Abstract: Liquid, such as milk, enters the sealed container from an inlet at the top of the container and exits through an outlet at the bottom of the container. The quantity of liquid in the container is sensed and a microprocessor calculates the total volume of liquid. During periods of low flow, such as at the beginning and at the end of the milking cycle, the outlet is automatically closed, partially or completely, by a motorized valve connected to the microprocessor, or by a weighted float situated within the container, so as to accumulate the liquid during those periods thereby enhancing the accuracy of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Inventor: Isaac Rinkewich
  • Publication number: 20020189368
    Abstract: A flow meter comprises a housing with a tube, a floater inside the tube, and a permanent magnet embracing the housing. The volume of a fluid being passed through the tube defines the height of the floater position in the tube. The floater is equipped with a rotation coil and bulb connected thereto. Rotating the floater in the magnetic field of the permanent magnet under the influence of a fluid induces a voltage in the coil, and the bulb is turned on making reading volume values easier and more convenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang-Jinn Tsai, Chang-Hsin Lin
  • Publication number: 20020046613
    Abstract: In a flow meter, especially for liquid cooling media in injection molds, comprising a housing with an inlet and outlet conduit and inside the housing a piston that is slidable against the force of an axially acting spring by the pressure of the fluid flowing through the housing in such a way that the displacement of the piston takes place in dependence upon the flow rate and is indicated through a window, provision is made, to attain a high measuring accuracy with a simple construction, for a helical spring (22) that is guided in extension of the inlet conduit (2) in an axial direction to be disposed in such a way that the entering fluid is transported around the centrically disposed helical spring (22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: Wieder GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Wieder, Bernd Reyer
  • Patent number: 6349603
    Abstract: A fitting for hydraulic flow measurement includes a fitting housing containing a principal flow duct, a throttle point arranged in the principal duct, a bypass duct for conducting a partial flow connected behind the throttle point to the principal duct, and a flow measuring device with a movable measuring and indicating member for the partial flow. The fitting housing includes a side pipe piece forming a side chamber, wherein the side chamber is directly connected to the principal duct in front of and behind the throttle point in the housing interior. The flow measuring device provided with a measuring part and an indicating part is held in the side pipe piece by single hole mounting and closes off the side chamber to the outside, wherein the indicating part is located outside of the side pipe piece and only the measuring part is acted upon by the partial flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: Dumser Metallbau GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Fritz Spiess
  • Patent number: 6339959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to magnetic flow meters comprising a floating member, made of magnetically responsive material and residing within a tubular conduit, through which the fluid flows. The flow meters are provided with a means for producing magnetic field in the conduit. A response signal is generated upon displacement of the float member within the magnetic field by the flowing fluid. Flow rate value is obtained by processing the response signal and comparing it with a calibration curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: N.M.F. Ltd.
    Inventor: Vladimir Natapov
  • Patent number: 6338278
    Abstract: A flow detector to detect and monitor the flow of fluid through a conduit comprising a first flow detection element selectively moveable between a first position and a second position and a second flow detection element disposed to operatively engage the first flow detection element when in the second position coupled between a power source and a flow detection monitor such that when fluid flows through the conduit the first flow detection element moves from the first position to the second position to operatively engage the second flow detection element to activate the flow detection monitor and when fluid ceases to flow through the conduit the first flow detector element returns to the first position thereby disengaging the second flow detector element to deactivate the flow detection monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventor: Eddie J. Tsataros
  • Patent number: 6338279
    Abstract: A flow detector to detect and monitor the flow of fluid through a conduit comprising a first flow detection element selectively moveable between a first position and a second position and a second flow detection element disposed to operatively engage the first flow detection element when in the second position coupled between a power source and a flow detection monitor such that when fluid flows through the conduit the first flow detection element moves from the first position to the second position to operatively engage the second flow detection element to activate the flow detection monitor and when fluid ceases to flow through the conduit the first flow detector element returns to the first position thereby disengaging the second flow detector element to deactivate the flow detection monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Inventor: Eddie J. Tsataros
  • Patent number: 6308582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a measuring device for measuring flux rate and temperature of a flowable medium, comprising an external pipe sleeve and an internal pipe provided within said external pipe sleeve, with the diameter of said internal pipe having been dimensioned such that a cavity is formed between said internal pipe and said external pipe sleeve, wherein medium is allowed to flow into said internal pipe via an aperture formed at a first end of said internal pipe, and an aperture is provided at the second end of said internal pipe via which the medium can flow out of the internal pipe and exit the measuring device via said cavity. A flux meter and a temperature meter are provided within or along this flow path formed in the measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Reich KG Regel-und Sicherheitstechnik
    Inventor: Helmuth Bender