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Pressure measuring apparatus using vibratable wire

US4329775A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1979
Grant dateMay 18, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 3, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/4908
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The method of making a force-responsive instrument of the type including a tensioned wire of round cross-section to be vibrated perpendicular to the wire axis, wherein said instrument includes field-producing magnetic means operable with said wire to induce vibration; said method including the steps of: PA1 positioning said wire in a magnetic field directed perpendicularly to the wire axis; PA1 vibrating said wire by electrical means connected to the wire and arranged to develop interaction with said magnetic field; PA1 developing an electrical signal proportionately responsive to the magnitude of vibrations of said wire; PA1 effecting relative rotation between said wire axis and said magnetic field while maintaining constant the intensity of said magnetic field; PA1 making measurements of the amplitude of the signal developed by said wire; PA1 determining from said measurements the position of said wire relative to said magnetic field providing maximum signal amplitude; and PA1 fixing said wire in said instrument in said position relative to said magnetic means.

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