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Ultrasonic particulate sensing

US4214484A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 1978
Grant dateJul 29, 1980
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Expiry dateOct 16, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N29/032
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pulse echo device for obtaining information about matter discontinuities in flowing fluid with a transmitter-receiver lens having a concave surface located to direct ultrasonic energy transversely to the direction of fluid flow and to a focal region and a blind hole surrounded by a ridge with an acoustical transducer therein.

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