Measuring and testing – Volume or rate of flow – By measuring vibrations or acoustic energy
Patent
1987-01-30
1988-01-12
Goldstein, Herbert
Measuring and testing
Volume or rate of flow
By measuring vibrations or acoustic energy
G01F 132
Patent
active
047182830
ABSTRACT:
A one-piece unitary vortex meter body including an outer housing portion having a conduit formed therein with an inner diametrically extending generally wedge-shaped bluff body portion formed in one piece, the housing portion being formed as a relatively thin-walled tubular sleeve with first and second enlarged flange portions at opposite ends thereof, with a pair of first and second diametrically opposed and aligned integrally formed reinforcing ribs extending radially outwardly from the outer surface of the tubular sleeve and extending between the inner facing surfaces of the flange portions. On a perpendicular diameter, there is provided a thicker radially extending reinforcing rib and a relatively large diameter columnar protrusion extending radially beyond the periphery of the flange portions, the protrusion and bluff body having formed therein a receptacle for receiving therein a sensor assembly.
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Goldstein Herbert
ITT Corporation
Lombardi Menotti J.
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