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Pneumatic measurement apparatus

US5140846A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1991
Grant dateAug 25, 1992
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01D5/42
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The apparatus of the invention comprises a measurement chamber fed with gas under pressure by a feed nozzle, a measurement chamber having an outlet nozzle spaced apart from the feed nozzle and including a pressure take-off point disposed between the feed nozzle and the outlet nozzle. According to the invention, a separating partition extends inside the measurement chamber overlying the pressure take-off point and co-operates with the wall of the measurement chamber to determine a volume which is closed in airtight manner at its outlet nozzle end and which is open at its inlet nozzle end in the vicinity of the inlet nozzle.

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