Apparatus for metering fluids

US5542450A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Lubrizol Corporation · US

Inventors

• Stanley C. King · Cumming, US
• Richard C. Knop · Marietta, US
• John Green · Aurora, US
• Thomas R. Gyde · Dawsonville, US
• L. Silzle · Marietta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 10, 1994
• Grant date: Aug 6, 1996
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/88054
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for metering fluids is disclosed which comprises: a solid block having within the block a first fluid inlet; a filter assembly; a first fluid outlet; a first channel connecting the first fluid inlet to the filter assembly, and further connecting the filter assembly to the first fluid outlet; a second fluid inlet; a check valve assembly; a second fluid outlet; a second channel connecting the second fluid inlet to the check valve assembly, and further connecting the check valve assembly to the second fluid outlet; and a fluid meter connected between the first fluid outlet and the second fluid inlet.