Fluid handling – Self-proportioning or correlating systems – Self-proportioning flow systems
Patent
1992-08-27
1994-04-05
Hepperle, Stephen M.
Fluid handling
Self-proportioning or correlating systems
Self-proportioning flow systems
137114, 340608, G05D 1113
Patent
active
052995941
ABSTRACT:
A liquid flow rate detector adapted for detecting whether a rate of flow for liquid flowing through a conduit is above or below a generally predetermined liquid flow rate, and for developing different control signals in response to detecting flow rates above and below that generally predetermined liquid flow rate. The detector includes first and second thermally conductive liquid contact members supported for contact with the flowing liquid; and electric circuitry that detects the ambient temperature of the flowing liquid through the first probe, supplies a limited amount of heat in an attempt to heat the second liquid contact member to a threshold temperature above that ambient temperature, detects the temperature of said second liquid contact member, generates a first control signal when the temperature of the second liquid contact member is at least at the threshold temperature to detect a liquid flow rate below the predetermined liquid flow rate at which the flowing liquid is not capable of cooling the second liquid contact member below the threshold temperature, and generates a second signal when the temperature of the second liquid contact member is maintained below the threshold temperature to detect a liquid flow rate above the predetermined liquid flow rate at which the flowing liquid is capable of cooling the second liquid contact member below the threshold temperature.
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Bachman Wesley J.
Beams David M.
Lord John J.
C.A.P. Inc.
Hepperle Stephen M.
Huebsch William L.
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