Flowmeter using ultrasonic transducer
US9476745B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F1/667
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is provided a flow meter using at least one ultrasonic transducer. The flow meter includes an ultrasonic transducer, a wedge that has a sloped surface formed on a top portion of the wedge and oblique with respect to a downward direction, and a dented portion formed in a half-cylinder shape along a longitudinal direction of the sloped surface; and a rotation portion that has a plane section where the ultrasonic transducer is positioned, and a curved section extended from two opposite edges of the plane section and curved in a semicircular shape to be contacted with the dented portion.
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