Vane wheel water meter

Details Vane wheel water meter Vane wheel water meter

1982-07-07

1984-07-24

Woodiel, Donald O.

Measuring and testing

Volume or rate of flow

Element

7386187, 7386188, G01F 107

Patent

active

044611749

ABSTRACT:
A vane wheel water meter having a vane wheel disposed in a vane chamber located between an inlet and an outlet with the meter body being positioned above the vane chamber. The vane wheel has a body with several vanes extending outwardly perpendicular to the vane axis. Stepped back stops are provided on the upper surface of the vane wheel body which gradually incline downwardly in the normal rotational direction of the vane wheel relative to the inlet. Stop pins are mounted within respective cylinders provided in meter body for coacting with the back stops to stop the vane wheel from rotating in the reverse rotational direction. The vane wheel body can be shaped like a truncate cone.

REFERENCES:
patent: 440559 (1890-11-01), Glad
patent: 806961 (1905-12-01), Drake
patent: 1001722 (1911-08-01), Wilcox et al.

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