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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4718478 | Procedure for controlling a thermal installation A process controlling a thermal installation is described. The flow of a process liquid through a heat exchanger is achieved dependent upon two temperatures. One is the return temperature of the process liquid which, through the switching on and off or mo... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4716768 | Process and apparatus for determining and influencing the flow properties of solid granular material A process and apparatus for measuring the flow rate of solid granular material in which a sample holder of variable geometry is provided with an aperture containing a shutter. The aperture is opened and the material is collected and weighed. Either the ti... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4693122 | Method and apparatus for calibrating a material-spreading applicator Method and apparatus for calibrating a material-spreading applicator. A broadcast spreader or planter is moved over a field for a measured length. The amount of fertilizer or seed which the applicator would have spread over the surface while it was so mov... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4669308 | Method and apparatus for determining liquid flow rates There is provided a method of determining the total inflow of a liquid through a liquid-flow system such as a sewage pumping station, in which liquid enters a sump cavity and is pumped out of the sump cavity on a periodic basis. The probable inflow rate d... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4667503 | Method of calibrating volumetric metering and blending device A calibration method for a volumetric metering and blending device which involves the use of a memory base to calculate and control the speed in which an auger dispenses each quantity of ingredient into a hopper. The method involves operatively connecting... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4638233 | Method of establishing a preferred rate of air flow, method of determining torque, and apparatus A method of determining torque of an electronically commutated motor arranged to drive a blower means for flowing air through a contained space with the electronically controlled motor and the blower means having a combined predetermined inertia. In pract... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4597050 | Apparatus for indicating flow of solid material into an earth moving device The present invention relates to the use of a solid material flow meter which utilizes a friction pad thermally connected through a thermal path of known thermal characteristics to a heat sink. Temperature sensors are positioned along the thermal path to ... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4581707 | Microprocessor controlled valve flow indicators A device for ascertaining flow rate through one or more valves and/or pumps simultaneously. A transducer (T.10) is connected to the valve actuator member and displaceable or rotatable therewith and produces an output determined by the valve position. The ... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4570491 | Rate meter and method of determining distribution rates A rate measuring device comprises a beam with a plurality of graduated scales and a cup on one end thereof. While a material dispensing machine is moved a certain distance, the material normally applied to the ground is collected in a container and subseq... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4555712 | Ink drop velocity control system A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing feedback control of the ink drop velocity in a drop marking system. The control system maintains essentially constant velocity of the ink drops as they pass through a deflection field which causes certain... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4538445 | Liquid flow meter A meter for measuring liquid flow rates to a device under test has a liquid supply tank connected to the device by a conduit and also has a test standpipe having a uniform internal diameter connected to the device by a conduit as well as also being connec... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4530247 | Timed gas metering and distribution system A timed gas metering and distribution system provides a point of use metering and an individual remote meter readout capability in a branched-line gas distribution system, such as in a multi-unit apartment building. In such a system, a single main gas lin... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4520677 | Solids mass flow indication with radiation Method and apparatus for indicating mass flow of a solid particulate material through a rotary feeder. A radiation source and detector are positioned in a manner whereby radiation flux is directed through, and attenuated by, particulate material contained... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4509371 | Venturi flow measuring device and method A planar venturi is located at the discharge of an air conditioning unit to form a part of the unit and to stabilize flow. A plurality of sensor locations are provided in the diverging portion of the venturi such that a velocity sensor can be located in t... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4491023 | Means for checking and/or measuring the actual amount of sprayed plant protective substances A device and a method for checking and/or measuring the actual discharge amount of plant protective substances sprayed from a plant protective spraying machine; the device is a measuring container provided with a scale indicating the volume of liquid and ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4481827 | Blood fractionation apparatus having collection rate display system An apparatus for separating and collecting plasma from whole blood includes a collection rate monitoring system which provides a digital display of the rate of plasma collection per minute. A transducer circuit within the system develops an electrical sig... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4476718 | Rain rate meter A rain rate meter for delineating short-term variations in rain rate having a housing which encloses an electronic balance sensitive to approximately 0.01 grams. The top of the housing is open and has a funnel-shaped element located therein for receiving ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4474061 | Sonic pressure volume measuring device The volume of gases in a container or the volume of liquid in the container is determined by creating cyclic pressure waves in the gases and detecting the waves by a second transducer. The signals produced by the second transducer are a function of the vo... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4472022 | Vortex flowmeter A vortex flowmeter including a single optical fiber into one end of which a light signal can be transmitted from a source to the other fiber end where it is vortex modulated. Modulated light at the other end is then reflected to a receiver back along the ... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4467657 | Device for measuring the amount of flow and/or the speed of flow of a medium A device for measuring the amount flowing through and/or the speed of flow of a medium which is pumped by means of a pump unit. The device comprises a drive motor for producing the working cycles of the pump unit and a pick-off to detect said working cycl... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4458539 | Blood fractionation apparatus having collected volume display system An apparatus for separating and collecting plasma from whole blood includes a volume monitoring system which provides a continuous display of the volume of plasma collected. A transducer circuit within the system develops an electrical signal frequency-de... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4455870 | Method and apparatus for determining liquid flow rates There is provided a method of determining the total inflow of a liquid through a liquid-flow system in which the liquid enters a sump cavity and is pumped out of the sump cavity by pump means. Computing means calculates an on-going total inflow volume for... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4448207 | Medical fluid measuring system A urine discharge measuring system for medical use which includes a gimbal mounted frame supporting a urine container of fixed dimensions to collect urine from a urinary catheter attached to a patient. An ultrasonic transceiver mounted above the container... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4409844 | Flow rate measuring device A flow rate measuring device for use with liquids or appropriate dry materials, comprising a receptacle calibrated to indicate flow rate (e.g. gallons per minute) rather than static volume, and where a specific sampling period (e.g. 5 seconds) is also spe... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409845 | Calibrating bag for use on dispenser nozzles A calibrating device for agricultural sprayers utilizes an elongate, flexible throw-away bag of plastic sheet material having a top portion adapted for attaching to an agricultural sprayer boom and an open interior cavity for collecting the spray from a s... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4397189 | Measuring low flowrates Measuring the flowrate of a liquid by directing the liquid to a vertically-positioned collection tube, periodically sensing the height of liquid in the tube, and averaging a plurality of data points to obtain an average flowrate value.... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4395918 | Flow rate meter A device for determining the flow rate of a liquid flowing from an open discharge. The liquid is directed into a bucket with a first sensor located low in the bucket and second sensor located high in the bucket. The volume of the bucket between the sensor... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4389897 | Impeller flow-meter pulsation damping The subject matter of the invention is an impeller flow-meter, particularly for accurate measurement of the flow rate of liquid fuel fed to an internal-combustion engine. In the flow-meter according to the invention, an impeller chamber (1) is provided wi... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4375667 | Personal air sampling system A thermal anemometer is employed to detect the velocity of the air flowing through a personal air sampling device. A microprocessor system is employed to periodically read the signal from the thermal anemometer and calculate the sample air flow rate. The ... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4367652 | Method and apparatus for monitoring wastewater A method and apparatus for monitoring wastewater includes lowering a probe-carrying member into the manhole and moving the member into engagement with a primary measuring device for gauging the depth of the monitoring equipment probes. The member is then ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4364413 | Molar gas-flow controller An apparatus for controlling the volume of flow of a gas. A reference volume has an input conduit connected to the source of gas and an output conduit connected to a utilization device. Valves in the input and output conduits are cyclically controlled to ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4357670 | Devices for testing spraying nozzles A device for testing the performance of agricultural, horticultural or the like spraying equipment. The device includes a flowmeter, a fitting for coupling the flowmeter to a nozzle in the equipment, electrical circuit to which an electrical signal from t... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4353118 | Apparatus for determining the throughflow in pipe conduits Analogue measuring value signals, generated in a throughflow measuring device, are infed to a computer by means of an analogue-digital converter. The computer adds the received digital signals and produces at regular time intervals, for instance every thr... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4344329 | Flow analyzer A sewer flow measurement system for determining flow conditions of a sewer line system wherein separately located monitors make and record precisely synchronized and time identified pressure measurements, utilizing pressure-to-signal transducers positione... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4336808 | Ultrasonic wave probe An ultrasonic wave probe comprises an ultrasonic wave transmitting vibrator and a pair of ultrasonic wave receiving vibrators in order to measure blood flow velocity. The receiving vibrators are adapted to receive reflected waves of an ultrasonic wave whi... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4317178 | Multiple velocity traverse flow rate measuring technique A method and systems based thereon for conducting a multiple velocity traverse of a flow stream cross section of known shape and area to determine flow therethrough. The technique employs any one of the known methods of numeral integration to place the tr... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4307601 | Apparatus for calibrating flow meters and the like Measuring apparatus for calibrating flow meters and the like comprising a piston slidably mounted within piston cylinder means which receives gas passing through the flow meter being calibrated to cause the piston to be lifted. A precision encoder is rota... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4297893 | Method and apparatus for measuring flow characteristics of moving fluid stream This invention relates to the measurement of the temperature and/or mass flow rate of a free falling molten stream of material. Previous techniques have not recognized the effects temperature variations of the molten stream of material have on the measure... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4285245 | Method and apparatus for measuring and controlling volumetric flow rate of gases in a line Disclosed is a method and apparatus for measuring and controlling volumetric flow rate of gases. The apparatus includes a measurement chamber of fixed volume in a flow line, a controllable inlet valve upstream from the chamber, and flow regulator means fo... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4262530 | System for measuring oil consumption A system for measuring the quantity of fuel oil consumed by a furnace burner of the gun type and particularly one used in home heating. Without the need to incorporate a device such as a sensor into existing fuel supply lines or fuel storage tank, the sys... | 04/21/1981 |
