Patents by Inventor Robert J. W. Peters

Robert J. W. Peters 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).

  • Fluid flow meter and mixer having a fluid displacement member with sloped walls
    Patent number: 7832283
    Abstract: Fluid flow apparatus, such as a fluid flow meter, a fluid mixing device or a fluid dispersing device, includes a fluid displacement member (40) mounted in a conduit (20) and having a sloped exterior wall (48) forming a periphery on the member for deflecting the fluid to flow through a region of progressively decreasing area defined between the periphery of the member and the interior surface of the conduit. The displacement member is a hollow frustum (42) terminating at the plane of its outer peripheral edge (46) and accommodating flow measurements at or adjacent the axis of the conduit at or adjacent the plane of the peripheral edge of the displacement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: McCrometer, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. W. Peters, Floyd McCall, Joyann Gongaware, legal representative
  • Fluid flow meter and mixer
    Publication number: 20090165566
    Abstract: Fluid flow apparatus, such as a fluid flow meter, a fluid mixing device or a fluid dispersing device, includes a fluid displacement member (40) mounted in a conduit (20) and having a sloped exterior wall (48) forming a periphery on the member for deflecting the fluid to flow through a region of progressively decreasing area defined between the periphery of the member and the interior surface of the conduit. The displacement member is a hollow frustum (42) terminating at the plane of its outer peripheral edge (46) and accommodating flow measurements at or adjacent the axis of the conduit at or adjacent the plane of the peripheral edge of the displacement member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: MCCROMETER, INC.
    Inventors: Robert J.W. Peters, Floyd McCall, Joyann Gongaware
  • Fluid flow meter and mixer having removable and replacable displacement member
    Patent number: 7500405
    Abstract: Fluid flow apparatus, such as a fluid flow meter, a fluid mixing device or a fluid dispersing device, includes a fluid displacement member removeably mounted in a conduit and a pipe or tube extending through the wall of the conduit and having a portion extending through the displacement member to its downstream face for sensing flow conditions at the axis of the conduit downstream of the displacement member. The displacement member is removeably and replaceably mounted on the pipe or tube so that one displacement member can be replaced by one or more displacement members and thereby accommodate a very broad range of flows of various fluids, fluid suspensions and slurries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: McCrometer, Inc.
    Inventors: Joyann Gongaware, legal representative, Robert J. W. Peters, Floyd McCall