Measuring and testing – Gas content of a liquid or a solid – By vibration
Patent
1990-12-07
1992-06-23
Williams, Hezron E.
Measuring and testing
Gas content of a liquid or a solid
By vibration
128DIG13, G01N 2902
Patent
active
051232758
ABSTRACT:
A sensor system has a two-housing arrangement, each housing of which contains a transducer. One housing includes the transmitter transducer and a flat engaging surface for pressing against the fluid line and deforming it. The other housing includes the receiver transducer mounted so that it is coupled to the bottom of a rectangular U-shaped channel for receiving the fluid line. A spring biases the flat surface of the first housing into contact with the fluid line and deforms the fluid line into the shape of the channel so that the fluid line fills the channel. The channel is shaped to force the fluid line into a general rectangular shape as it is pressed into the channel by the flat surface. Two walls of the deformed fluid line are oriented in a direction perpendicular to the flat engaging surface of the first housing and provide an opposing force to the flat surface. The fluid line stiffness and pressure of the fluid within act as an opposing spring to limit the travel of the transmitter transducer housing to result in firm and continuous contact between the transducers and the fluid line. A stop mechanism prevents the two housings from contacting.
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Bacher Fred W.
Daoud Adib G.
IVAC Corporation
Roskos Joseph W.
Williams Hezron E.
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