Abstract: The new invention concerns a non-drip fluid coupling device intended for transferring a flow of at least one substance e. g. a fluid, where the fluid coupler comprises a first coupler and a second coupler, where the first coupler has first chamber connected to a first fluid communication and an first opening, a first valve body being biased against the first opening by a first biasing member, the second coupler has a second chamber connected to a second fluid communication and a second opening, a second valve body biased against the second opening by a second biasing member, a hollow needle element is positioned or formed within the second chamber and comprising a sealing element wherein the first and second coupler comprises guiding means adapted to aid the connection of the first and second couplers.

Abstract: In a circuit arrangement for deriving the measured variable from the signals (S1 to S2) of at least two sensors (23, 24) of a flow meter, which flow meter comprises one or several parallel fluid lines (20, 21) and means (22) for exciting oscillations of a predetermined fundamental frequency (&ohgr;) in the fluid line(s), the sensors (23, 24) detect the oscillations and the sensor signals (S1 to S2) are supplied by way of a respective A-D converter (36; 37) to a digital processing unit (P) having a computation circuit (46), in which their phase difference (&PHgr;) is determined as a measure of the flow.

Abstract: In a circuit arrangement for deriving the measured variable from the signals (S1 to S2) of at least two sensors (23, 24) of a flow meter, which flow meter comprises one or several parallel fluid lines (20, 21) and means (22) for exciting oscillations of a predetermined fundamental frequency (&OHgr;) in the fluid line(s), the sensors (23, 24) detect the oscillations and the sensor signals (S1 to S2) are supplied by way of a respective A-D converter (36; 37) to a digital processing unit (P) having a computation circuit (46), in which their phase difference (&phgr;) is determined as a measure of the flow.

Abstract: A measuring section for an electromagnetic flowmeter is provided having a metallic measuring tube made of a non-magnetic material, a set of magnetic coils for generating a magnetic field in a direction substantially at fight angles to the direction of flow, an electrode arrangement which is arranged substantially at fight angles to the direction of the magnetic field and substantially at right angles to the direction of flow, and an electrical insulator on the inside of the measuring tube, and also a method for the manufacture of this measuring section. Here, it is desirable for manufacture to be carried out with a relatively high degree of reliability. For that purpose, the insulator is constituted by a surface layer of metal oxide or metal nitride having a thickness of more than 10 .mu.m an on the inside of the measuring tube. The inside of the measuring tube can be oxidized or nitrogenized for that purpose and a metal oxide or a metal nitride is deposited on the resulting oxide or nitride layer.