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Ultrasonic fluid counter for attenuating parasitic ultrasonic waves

US5969263A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 1998
Grant dateOct 19, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01F1/662
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention concerns an ultrasonic fluid counter including at least two ultrasonic transducers collectively defining an ultrasonic measuring path and emitting and receiving ultrasonic waves in the fluid along said ultrasonic measuring path according to at least one ultrasonic frequency, wherein attenuation means for attenuating parasitic ultrasonic waves generated outside said fluid counter and transmitted by the fluid according to the ultrasonic frequency or frequencies are associated with the fluid counter.

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