Patents by Inventor Alcide Mercier

Alcide Mercier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Static fluid meter
    Publication number: 20090025486
    Abstract: A static fluid meter includes a flow rate sensor having a set of stationary measuring parts, and a measurement tube having one opening that serves as a fluid inlet and another opening as a fluid outlet, the tube containing internally a first set of said measuring parts and supporting externally a second set of said measuring parts. An outer case into which said measurement tube is inserted and fastened in leaktight manner, contains at least parts for processing data from said sensor. The case is made from a box provided with two through orifices in its sides for passing the measurement tube assembly and for leaktight fastening to corresponding flanges arranged on said measurement tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Alain Cros, Alcide Mercier
  • Fluid meter, in particular water meter with volumetric measurement chamber
    Patent number: 6925867
    Abstract: A fluid meter, in particular a water meter, comprises a tank having a bottom and into which is inserted through an opening opposite the bottom in an insertion direction parallel to its axis of symmetry a measurement chamber having at least one lateral orifice connected in a sealed manner to a pipe of the tank via a seal that is compressed between an external surface of the chamber, called the first surface, and an internal surface of the tank, called the second surface. The first and second surfaces are inclined to the axis of symmetry of the tank and the minimum distance between the first and second surfaces and the axis of symmetry is near the bottom of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Actaris SAS
    Inventor: Alcide Mercier
  • Fluid meter, in particular water meter with volumetric measurement chamber
    Publication number: 20040255668
    Abstract: A fluid meter, in particular a water meter, comprises a tank having a bottom and into which is inserted through an opening opposite the bottom in an insertion direction parallel to its axis of symmetry a measurement chamber having at least one lateral orifice connected in a sealed manner to a pipe of the tank via a seal that is compressed between an external surface of the chamber, called the first surface, and an internal surface of the tank, called the second surface. The first and second surfaces are inclined to the axis of symmetry of the tank and the minimum distance between the first and second surfaces and the axis of symmetry is near the bottom of the tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Alcide Mercier