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Metering device for flowable materials

US3945532A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 24, 1974
Grant dateMar 23, 1976
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Expiry dateMay 24, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F1/30
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A metering and dispensing device for flowable materials of the type in which material is caused to flow onto a metering element in such manner as to impose thereupon a force which is a function of the rate of mass flow of the material and by detecting a component of such force a signal representing the rate of mass flow is provided. A rotary element is provided upstream of the metering element from which material is centrifugally ejected to be intercepted by baffle means causing the material to flow by gravity onto the metering element. Such structure establishes the energy condition of the material prior to deposition upon the metering element and defines the path followed by material flowing to said element.

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