Patent · US Expired

Flow meter

US3996796A · kind A · utility

13Cited by

8References

11Claims

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Assignee

Corning Glass Works · US

Inventors

Meryle D. W. Adler · Corning, US
John T. Brown · Fort Walton Beach, US
Ronald J. Weetman · Rochester, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 1975
Grant date	Dec 14, 1976
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 1995

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01F1/3266
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flow metering apparatus comprising an elongated vortex generating element disposed transversely in a stream of fluid to produce on opposite sides thereof vortices which are shed in alternating fashion and a sensor disposed downstream of the generating element and aligned therewith in such a manner that the vortices alternately pass along opposite sides of the sensor. The sensor comprises an elongated, cylindrically shaped support having two high TCR resistive films longitudinally disposed on the surface thereof which faces the vortex generating element. This combination of vortex shedder and sensor produces a strong, highly reliable electrical signal.

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