Patents by Inventor Graeme M. Smart

Graeme M. Smart 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).

  • Submersible streamlined meter with a pitot tube for measuring water flow in an open channel
    Patent number: 5597963
    Abstract: A gauging meter including a streamline housing at a forward end of which a pitot type tube, the tail end of the housing having a tail fin of fins, the housing being connected to a cable or rod which, in use, suspends or supports the housing in liquid flow, the housing incorporating electronic measuring device for optionally measuring liquid depth, liquid velocity head and temperature, the sensed measurements being either stored within the housing or multiplexed and sent to a remote controller for storage and recording or viewing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Graeme M. Smart, Michael P. Hayes, Stephen G. George