Differential-pressure measuring apparatus with improved arrangem

Details Differential-pressure measuring apparatus with improved arrangem Differential-pressure measuring apparatus with improved arrangem

1987-07-13

1988-08-30

Woodiel, Donald O.

Measuring and testing

Fluid pressure gauge

With protective separator

73720, G01L 708, G01L 900

Patent

active

047667699

ABSTRACT:
A differential-pressure instrument the body of which forms a sealed interior pressure chamber containing a fill-liquid and includes a pair of flexible diaphragms to apply to the fill-liquid an input differential pressure to be sensed by an IC strain-gauge chip within the chamber. A spring plate divides the interior pressure chamber into two sections and is deflectable in response to differential pressures. Overrange pressure protection is provided by a valve which is closable by an elastomeric pad carried by the spring plate when the plate deflection reaches a pre-set amount. Valve closure locks the fill-liquid in place alongside the plate to provide an incompressible liquid back-up preventing further deflection of the plate, thus preventing further increases in differential pressure across the IC chip. In one embodiment, valves are placed on both sides of the spring plate to protect against both high-side and low-side overrange pressures. In another embodiment, a washer is secured to the spring plate to provide a relatively high spring-rate for deflection in the high-side direction, so that the instrument can more readily be employed for measuring high-span differential pressures.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3085437 (1963-04-01), Osterstrom
patent: 3712143 (1973-01-01), Weaver et al.
patent: 4546653 (1985-10-01), Tobita et al.
patent: 4693121 (1987-09-01), Nudd, Jr. et al.

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