Flowmeter with snap fit mount end caps
US5373746A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 1993 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F15/185
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An all molded flowmeter assembly that is especially adapted for use in connection with medical and laboratory type equipment applications for measuring and/or controlling fluid flow and is arranged for snap-fit mounting at its ends with respect to the flow monitoring panel normally provided such equipment, wherein the assembly is in the form of a basic flowmeter body and a selection of upper and lower end caps therefor that serve the usual intake and output functioning needed for devices of this type, including as options, where the application requires a metering system, end caps equipped with metering devices for pressure and vacuum applications; the general arrangement involved is such that the resulting flowmeter assembly provided by the basic flowmeter body and user selected end caps therefor may be readily assembled, and the resulting "whole" snap-fit mounted on such usual panel after suitably sized mounting aperturing is formed in such panel, and further, the general arrangement involved does not require any bracketry, hardware, or tools for application or removal of same with respect to such panel.
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