Patent · US Expired

Flow meter

US4020689A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 9, 1976
Grant dateMay 3, 1977
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Expiry dateAug 9, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F15/063
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A flow meter for measuring the consumption of a fluid such as tap water and indicating it digitally at a remote place from the detecting section, having a pulse generator; means for giving intermittent rotation to the rotor of the generator which comprises a cam plate with a dwell portion of the same radius and a plurality of recesses formed at the outer periphery thereof, a driving disc placed coaxially therewith and capable of rotating relatively to the cam plate within a prescribed angle, and an intermittently-driven member provided with a plurality of projections capable of being engaged with said recesses at the outer periphery thereof correspondingly to the cam plate and connected to the rotor shaft of the pulse generator; and a pulse motor capable of operating the indicating wheels by using the pulse voltage from the pulse generator.

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