Prover Bell Patents (Class 73/1.32)
  • Patent number: 7058523
    Abstract: A metering arrangement includes a meter housing, a source of energy signals, a source of gas flow signals, a source of temperature signals, and a processing circuit. The meter housing is securedly supported proximal to a facility receiving utility commodities. The processing circuit is disposed within the meter housing, and is operably connected to the source of energy signals, the source of gas flow signals, and the source of temperature signals. The processing circuit is operable to generate electrical energy consumption metering information from the energy signals. The processing circuit is further operable to generate corrected gas consumption information based on the received gas flow signals and the received temperature signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Landis+Gyr, Inc.
    Inventor: Anibal Diego Ramirez
  • Patent number: 6925886
    Abstract: A vacuum flow measurement device measures the quantity of air flowing into a high-volume evacuator (HVE) vacuum tip commonly found in dental treatment rooms. The device includes a tubular member constructed to mimic internal structural characteristics of a HVE tip. The tubular member includes a valve end coupleable with a HVE valve and an open end. A pressure gauge is connected to the tubular member via a port spaced from the open end of the tubular member. When the vacuum flow measurement device is coupled with the HVE valve, an air flow rate is determined as a function of pressure measured via the pressure gauge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: RAMVAC Dental Products, Inc.
    Inventor: James Isaac Meyer