Patents Assigned to Digmesa AG
  • Patent number: 9285254
    Abstract: A flowmeter for liquids has a measuring housing, which encloses and rotatably mounts an impeller, said measuring housing comprising a one-piece supply pipe and discharge pipe, wherein the impeller is eccentrically arranged in the discharge pipe after a nozzle-forming constriction. A sensor encoder is associated with the impeller and a sensor which responds to the sensor encoder is provided on the measuring housing for determining the amount of liquid flowing through the measuring housing on the basis of the revolutions of the impeller. The outer diameter corresponding to the impeller is smaller than the nominal inner diameter of the discharge pipe, enabling it to be pushed into the one-piece pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: DIGMESA AG
    Inventors: Stefan Lauber, Stefan Schneider, Martin Sigrist, Christoph Rusch, Jean-Claude Frely
  • Publication number: 20150135851
    Abstract: A flowmeter for liquids has a measuring housing, which encloses and rotatably mounts an impeller, said measuring housing comprising a one-piece supply pipe and discharge pipe, wherein the impeller is eccentrically arranged in the discharge pipe after a nozzle-forming constriction. A sensor encoder is associated with the impeller and a sensor which responds to the sensor encoder is provided on the measuring housing for determining the amount of liquid flowing through the measuring housing on the basis of the revolutions of the impeller. The outer diameter corresponding to the impeller is smaller than the nominal inner diameter of the discharge pipe, enabling it to be pushed into the one-piece pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: DIGMESA AG
    Inventors: Stefan Lauber, Stefan Schneider, Martin Sigrist, Christoph Rusch, Jean-Claude Frely
  • Patent number: 8451436
    Abstract: To determine as precisely as possible the flow rate of a liquid flow inside a tube by means of minimal technical and especially minimal apparatus complexity the invention provides with a procedure and an apparatus to determine it. In this process the liquid is heated by means of an optical heating beam while the point of heating is shown through by an optical detection ray. The axis of the heating- and the detection beam coincide at least in the point of heating. The detection beam is absorbed via an array of detectors. In the apparatus the heating device which heats the interior area of a limited internal area of the liquid and the optical control unit of the laser beam are arranged that way that a measuring beam shines through the absolute heating point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Digmesa AG
    Inventors: Christophe Verjus, Philippe Renevey, Victor Neuman
  • Publication number: 20100319450
    Abstract: To determine as precisely as possible the flow rate of a liquid flow inside a tube by means of minimal technical and especially minimal apparatus complexity the invention provides with a procedure and an apparatus to determine it. In this process the liquid is heated by means of an optical heating beam while the point of heating is shown through by an optical detection ray. The axis of the heating- and the detection beam coincide at least in the point of heating. The detection beam is absorbed via an array of detectors. In the apparatus the heating device which heats the interior area of a limited internal area of the liquid and the optical control unit of the laser beam are arranged that way that a measuring beam shines through the absolute heating point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: DIGMESA AG
    Inventors: Christophe Verjus, Philippe Renevey, Victor Neuman
  • Patent number: 7647840
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic ultrasonic measurement section (1) used for the flow measurement of fluids. It is equipped with two ultrasonic transmitting and receiving transducers (2, 3) spaced in the fluid flow direction and is characterized in that the sound is guidable in Z-shaped manner between the transmitting and receiving transducers (2, 3) by means of at least two reflectors (4). A description is given of a corresponding measurement method and a method for the one-piece production of a measurement section (1) by injection moulding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Digmesa AG
    Inventor: André Rickli
  • Patent number: 7357024
    Abstract: A sensor carrier comprising a cover part for a flow meter, with a sensor comprising connecting strands and a plug part covering the sensor and the connecting strands and having connecting pins which can be brought into contact with the connecting strands is characterized in that, at least in the region of the connecting strands, the space between the plug part and the cover part is covered by an electrically insulating elastic substance to provide reliable sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Digmesa AG
    Inventor: Heinz Pluess
  • Publication number: 20060010975
    Abstract: A sensor carrier comprising a cover part for a flow meter, with a sensor comprising connecting strands and a plug part covering the sensor and the connecting strands and having connecting pins which can be brought into contact with the connecting strands is characterized in that, at least in the region of the connecting strands, the space between the plug part and the cover part is covered by an electrically insulating elastic substance to provide reliable sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Applicant: DIGMESA AG
    Inventor: Heinz Pluess
  • Patent number: 6270658
    Abstract: To bring maximum sterility in a stationary drinking water supply installation with a water tank, the invention provides a method for filling a drinking water installation in which, after filling a tank with fresh water, the water is circulated at least over a filter. The invention also provides an apparatus for drinking water supply from a drinking water tank with a supply pipe connectable to a fresh water source and which has a three-way valve (6) with an inlet (4) connected to the fresh water intake (3), as well as a second inlet (22) and a supply pipe (5) leading to the tank (2). There is also a return pipe (21) leading from the water tank (2) to the second inlet (22) of the three-way valve (6) and a circulating pump (9) in the water circuit formed by the return pipe (21) and supply pipe (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Digmesa AG
    Inventor: Heinz Plüss
  • Patent number: 5651663
    Abstract: In order to create a safety device (1) by means of which reliable protection of the pump can be achieved as simply as possible, it is proposed that safety device (1) have a housing (4) provided with an inlet (5) and an outlet, inside which housing a first detection device with a transmitter element in the form of an impeller (7) provided with measuring blades (9) and a central part (10) are provided to determine the liquid throughput and a second detection device (24) in the form of a probe for detecting the liquid, both of which are connected with a control device for the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Digmesa AG
    Inventor: Heinz Pluss
  • Patent number: 4666061
    Abstract: A measuring device for beverage dispenser lines comprises a housing with inlet and discharge ports, first and second attachments, and first and second couplings. The attachments have connectors for securing the attachments to ends of fluid conveying conduits. The first and second couplings are mounted on the first and second attachments, respectively, and the housing, and releasably couple the attachments with the ports of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Digmesa AG Digitale Messtechnik
    Inventor: Heinz Pluess