Patent · US Expired

Liquid meter comprising a circuit for reducing a detection error resulting from a variable flow rate

US4306457A · kind A · utility

35Cited by
5References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignees

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateNov 14, 1979
Grant dateDec 22, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 14, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F15/024
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A meter for a liquid, such as water, comprises a measuring circuit (55) for measuring those measuring periods in response to a detection pulse sequence resulting from rotation of a body (30) rotated by the liquid, each of which may be defined either by a period of one complete rotation of the body or a predetermined interval, such as six seconds. The circuit produces measurement signals representative of individual amounts of the liquid used with the individual amounts accompanied by detection errors resulting from a variable flow rate of the liquid. A totalizing circuit (61), which may comprise an ROM or consist of a microcomputer, totalizes the individual amounts with the detection errors reduced.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.