Measuring and testing – Volume or rate of flow – By measuring vibrations or acoustic energy
Patent
1995-06-12
1998-10-27
Chilcot, Richard
Measuring and testing
Volume or rate of flow
By measuring vibrations or acoustic energy
385 13, 25022714, G01F 120, G02B 610
Patent
active
058279768
ABSTRACT:
A fluidic flow meter comprising a fluidic oscillator having an oscillation chamber, a power nozzle for issuing a jet of fluid into the oscillation chamber, an outlet for issuing fluid from the oscillation chamber. A bendable fiber optic wave guide loop has a section adapted to lose light as a result of flexing or bending is mounted in a flow path in the oscillation chamber and subjected to oscillatory flow of the fluid. Light is injected into one end of the fiber optic wave guide and a detector senses the oscillatory loss of light in the fiber optic wave guide as a measure of fluid flow through the fluidic oscillator.
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Bower Robert
Stouffer Ronald D.
Bowles Fluidics Corporation
Chilcot Richard
Patel Harshad
Zegeer, Esq. Jim
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