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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237947 | Product and method for measuring temperature in flowing objects A temperature-indicating target length (15) of an expanding fluid thermometer (11) imbedded inside an object (91) moving in the flow (81) is achieved at a target point (21) along a flow and is measured by a measuring means at a loc... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7072782 | Thermoelectric measuring method and thermoelectric measuring apparatus using thereof In a method for measuring thermo electricity and an apparatus thereof, enabling to measure the physical characteristics including electrification of a sample even in a humid (water-vapor) atmosphere, a sample 10 of powder to be measured and formed in a predet... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6905242 | Sensor temperature control in a thermal anemometer A thermal anemometer that separates sensor heating from sensor temperature measurement through a switched sampling technique. This approach demonstrates several advantages over the more typical circuitry employing a bridge, which simultaneously heats the sensor and ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6604852 | High pressure brine crystallization point apparatus An apparatus and method for determining the crystallization point of high pressure fluids comprising brine are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a temperature probe and an optical fiber probe to determine the temperature of formation and dissolution of c... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6340243 | Liquid/gas phase detector system A liquid/gas phase detector system employing a sensor to detect fluid phase, flow rate, and temperature. A flow conditioner in the form of a pipe segment with an inverted V-shaped section forming a weir is adapted for coupling in a horizontal conduit down... | 01/22/2002 |
| 5193100 | Apparatus for detecting gaseous discharge in vacuum furnaces An electrically heated vacuum furnace is provided with special lead-through devices for transmitting current to the heating elements. In order to recognize gas discharges which can occur between a lead-through and a tank wall, the insulation of the lead-t... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5092679 | Melting point determination apparatus and method A device and method for determining the melting point of a material having light reflective properties by determining changes in the reflective properties of the material while under pressure as it is being heated.... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5090817 | Pour point detection The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for estimating the pour point of a hydrocarbon oil. The pour point of hydrocarbon oil gives an indication of its low temperature properties, and is determined according to the time-consuming proced... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4989989 | Hydraulic sensor for quench detection and location in superconductors The present invention provides a hydraulic sensor for quench detection and location in a superconductor, and particularly a superconductor used to form an inductor or a magnet. The sensor consists of an insulating tube (1) adjacent to and preferably co-wo... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4952071 | Thermocouple psychrometer An apparatus for the determination of the water status of living and nonliving materials capable of measuring the vapor pressure of water in the material at thermodynamic equilibrium by matching a solution of known vapor pressure with that of the water in... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4760538 | Method and apparatus for determination of the thawing point of jet fuels A method and apparatus for determining the thawing point of jet fuels by first cooling a sample of the fuel until crystals appear and then heating the sample until the crystals disappear, detecting the point at which the crystals appear both thermally and... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4589277 | Process and apparatus for determining the percentage of a liquid contained in a liquid mixture During a process for determining the percentage of a given liquid contained in a liquid mixture, the given liquid having a lower evaporation temperature than the rest of the mixture, an observed spontaneous change in an electric resistance wire, which is ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4484821 | Method and apparatus for determining the no-flow temperature of a liquid A method of sensing the no-flow temperature of a liquid comprising the steps of varying the temperature of the liquid, sensing the temperature of the liquid, supplying pressure pulses to the liquid and sensing the resistance of the liquid to the flow of t... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4348117 | Apparatus and method for measuring boiling or flash pressure of pressurized fluid The pressure of a heated fluid is reduced in a test chamber. A small vent in the upper portion of the test chamber receives a stream of liquid from the chamber and yields a steady hiss when the fluid in the test chamber is under sufficient pressure to mai... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4324130 | Method and apparatus for measuring the melting temperature of greasy products A method and apparatus for measuring the melting temperature of greasy products in a liquid flow wherein two samples streams are continuously draining from the flow, one of the streams, being frozen into a snow-like state, is fed into a perforated vessel ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4297873 | Plugging device Disclosed is a plugging device which comprises a plugging orifice having in a passage for a liquid metal a conical portion spreading out toward the upper-course side and a straight pipe portion extending from a small-diameter part of the conical portion a... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4292837 | Liquid testing apparatus Liquid testing apparatus includes a testing cell formed by a vertical bore in a metal block. A flow path for liquid being tested is provided in the cell and the liquid is passed through a restriction, such as a mesh filter, obstruction to flow being measu... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4024753 | Method and apparatus for the continuous automatic analysis of the crystallization point of liquid substances The method consists of passing the substance to be analyzed through a measuring circuit at a constant flow rate, the temperature therein being maintained at a value sufficiently below the assumed crystallization point of the substance. Heating means are p... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4023397 | Method and apparatus for the continuous automatic analysis of the filterability point of liquids, particularly doped diesel oil A method and apparatus for the continuous automatic measuring of the filterability threshold temperature of a liquid such as a doped diesel oil comprising passing the doped diesel oil through a measuring circuit surrounded by a cooling liquid at a constan... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3996790 | Apparatus for measuring saturation temperature of liquid metal oxide In this invention, the liquid metal passage is branched into a high temperature passage and a low temperature passage cooled by cooling means, and in a coupling passage connecting these high temperature and low temperature passages, high temperature liqui... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3945243 | Method and device for the continuous automatic analysis of the filterability point of liquid substances, particularly diesel oil A method and apparatus for the continuous automatic analysis of the filterability point of liquid substances such as Diesel oil. The Diesel oil flows through a measuring circuit at a constant flow rate by means of a volumetric pump. The temperature in the... | 03/23/1976 |
