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Gas flow measuring apparatus

US4381668A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateAug 15, 1980
Grant dateMay 3, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F5/00
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An intake barrel connected to an intake pipe of an internal combustion engine is provided therein with a venturi member. Openings are formed in the wall of the intake barrel at the upstream and downstream sides of the venturi member. A bypass passage forming member provided with a groove of a length greater than the distance between said openings is fixed to the outside of the intake barrel. A bypass passage is formed by these openings and the groove. A spacer is interposed between the intake barrel and the bypass passage forming member. The cross-sectional area of the bypass passage can be varied by varying the thickness of the spacer.

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