Patents by Inventor Manfred Kopl

Manfred Kopl 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).

  • Patent number: 6721669
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flow meter whereby movement of fluid causes screw spindles or other movable elements to rotate and generate electronic pulses. The invention compensates for non-linearity in the relationship between the flow rate and the number of pulses, occurring particularly at low flow rates, by providing a device in the form of a transducer which assigns volume a value to each pules, which volume values are accumulated such that when certain predetermined value is exceeded a transducer generates a counter signal. Thus, the present invention enables compensation for non-linearity to be made and pulses output corresponding to a standard unit of volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Gilbarco Inc.
    Inventors: Manfred Köpl, Alfons Harding
  • Publication number: 20030018440
    Abstract: The present invention provides a flow meter whereby movement of fluid causes screw spindles or other movable elements to rotate and generate electronic pulses. The invention compensates for non-linearity in the relationship between the flow rate and the number of pulses, occurring particularly at low flow rates, by providing a device in the form of a transducer which assigns volume a value to each pules, which volume values are accumulated such that when certain predetermined value is exceeded a transducer generates a counter signal. Thus, the present invention enables compensation for non-linearity to be made and pulses output corresponding to a standard unit of volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Manfred Kopl, Alfons Harding
  • Publication number: 20030010140
    Abstract: A common liquid measuring device for a plurality of similar fluids, soluble within each other, which, depending on the required fluid, are connected by means of an arrangement of valves to the corresponding supply line between supply tank and fuel dispenser. A screw spindle arrangement is selected as liquid measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Manfred Kopl, Jorg Segatz
  • Publication number: 20020128792
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method and device for measuring the volumetric flow of a fluid. According to this method, a volume-measuring device comprising a movable element, for example two or more screw spindles emits measurement signals derived from the cyclical movement of the element to a measuring transducer which forms counting signals from the measurement signals. In order to improve measuring accuracy, the cycle frequency of the movable element is determined from the measurement signals, and stored correction factors for the respective cycle frequency are used to form and emit counting signals proportional to the actual volumetric flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Manfred Kopl, Alfons Harding
  • Patent number: 6250151
    Abstract: A device for measuring fluid volume output by a pump includes a meter housing having an inlet and an outlet through which the fluid flows. At least two inter-engaging screw spindles are rotatably mounted within the meter housing and are rotatable in response to fluid flow in an axial direction through the housing. An exciter disc is arranged in the fluid flow in the meter housing and connected to one of the at least two inter-engaging screw spindles for rotation therewith. The exciter disc has at least one substantially planar surface and a plurality of magnets circularly arranged thereon with their fields in an axial direction relative to the exciter disc. The meter housing is configured to form a gap and the exciter disc penetrates the gap, whereby a region of the meter housing is in close proximity to and extends over a portion of the planar surface of the exciter disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Marconi Commerce Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Tingleff, Willi Miller, Manfred Kopl, Alfons Harding
  • Patent number: 6196065
    Abstract: A device for metering and measuring quantities of liquid, in particular in a pump for liquid fuels, having a plurality of volume meters, an assigned valve being arranged upstream of each volume meter, and having a liquid supply which branches into individual supply lines opening out into the valves, wherein the valves (5) and the volume meters are assigned to a housing (1, 2, 3) configured in the form of a block, which housing has an inlet opening (4) and supply ducts (6), which branch off from the inlet opening (4) to the valves (5) and form the individual supply lines, a first housing block (1) forming the inlet opening (4) and valve connection openings (8) covered by a respective valve head (7), in which valve connection openings (8) a respective supply duct (6) opens out and from which proceeds a respective connecting duct (10) to the assigned volume meter, which connecting duct can be closed off by a piston (9), a disk, a diaphragm or the like of a valve (5), the volume meters being assigned in each case
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Marconi Commerce Systems GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Henksmeier, Manfred Köpl
  • Patent number: 5447062
    Abstract: A flow meter includes a rotor housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a bore extending axially through the housing from the inlet to the outlet, and a screw spindle arrangement including at least two rotary helical worm bodies which are disposed in the bore and which engage in a form fit manner within one another. A pulse generator is mounted on one of the worm bodies and triggers electrical pulses in the mating measuring transducer which are dependent upon the rotational speed of the worm body. The measuring transducer has a pulse-adjusting and pulse-shaping stage which adjusts the magnitude and/or frequency of the pulses relative to a volumetric flow rate of fuel to the bore. An electric counting mechanism receives the electric pulses from the pulse-adjusting and pulse-shaping stage and typically transmits these pulses to a display unit for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Tankanlagen Salzkotten GmbH
    Inventors: Manfred Kopl, Bernhard Huster, Alfons Harding, Werner Moser, Hans-Ulrich Bloss, Klaus Albrecht
  • Patent number: 4147517
    Abstract: Valve for use with a tubular chemical reactor operating at pressures of over 1000 bar and temperatures of more than 250.degree. C. The actual wall thickness of the lower valve part within the area of the inlet/outlet duct is at least 35% less than the wall thickness of adjacent wall areas, the undersize being compensated by the prestress applied by the tightening bolts of the upper valve part. A lens type seal is located between the lower valve part and the upper valve part and simultaneously (1) seals the connection between the valve parts and (2) comprises the valve seat. The thermal conductivity of the seal is at least 50% lower than that of the valve material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: Uhde, GmbH
    Inventors: Jorg-Peter Korner, Josef Stalzer, Gunther Dornhoff, Manfred Kopl