Electricity: measuring and testing – Determining nonelectric properties by measuring electric...
Patent
1983-02-16
1985-03-26
Tokar, Michael J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Determining nonelectric properties by measuring electric...
198502, 222 40, G01N 2700
Patent
active
045076049
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for measuring the quantity of flowable particulate material passing through a conduit; the apparatus including a mounting portion, a flowable material contacting portion, a sensing portion, a circuitry portion and a quantity determining portion; the mounting portion including a support bracket, a transversely disposed bulkhead section affixed to the bracket adjacent the entry end of the apparatus; the flowable material contacting portion including a baffle extending from the bracket adjacent the entry end of the apparatus, the baffle having one end pivotally connected to the bracket, the baffle being pivotable away from the entry end of the apparatus; the sensing portion including mechanically actuatable voltage varying mechanism, the voltage varying mechanism being mounted on the bracket adjacent the pivotal connection of the baffle with the bracket, the voltage varying mechanism being operatively connected to the baffle; the circuitry portion including a converter converting voltage values into periodic electrical pulses, a pulse adapter interfacing the periodic pulses from the converter; the quantity determining portion including a programmable information processor receiving the periodic pulses from the adapter, programming mechanism connected to the information processor for entering information therein, and a display responsive to the information processor.
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O'Shea Kevin D.
Tokar Michael J.
Urban Arthur L.
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