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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7997150 | Magnetic drive assembly for petroleum and LPG meter A metering system for measuring a flow of petroleum and LPG. In embodiments of the invention, a magnetic drive is used to couple a measuring chamber, such as a known oscillating piston system, to a register or indicator, avoiding leakage and excessive wear due to pa... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7400265 | Remotely readable gas meter and method of using the same A sensing device for remotely reading the position of the needles of a gas meter. The gas meter having a plurality of meter needles. The sensing device including directional magnetic field emitters each having a north and a south pole that are spaced from one anothe... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7251579 | Method, system, and software for calculating a multi factor temperature index A method, system, and software for calculating a multi factor temperature index includes determining the values of at least two weather related parameters. The multi factor temperature index is calculated using the calculated values of the two weather related parame... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7171852 | Gas meter operation tracking assembly A tracking assembly and method for tracking the operation of a rotary gas meter that has a driven member includes a connecting member, a gear assembly and a mechanical counter. The connecting member is adapted to be coupled to the driven member. The gear assembly is... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6945125 | High resolution pulse count interface A high resolution pulse count interface is situated between a positive displacement (PD) meter and a flow computer. A magnetic wheel attaches to the PD meter, with the interface using Hall Effect sensors to detect the rotation of the wheel. A pulse prediction algori... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6928883 | Magnetic field coupler for fluid meter A magnetic field coupler has a plurality of magnetic poles with respective first ends located immediately adjacent a circular path of a rotating magnet in a meter. The magnetic poles have respective opposite ends located immediately adjacent a magnetic sensor in a m... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923079 | Recording, transmission and/or playback of data representing an airflow Data representing one or more characteristics of an input airflow (e.g., an airflow associated with a human being, such as breath or an airflow resulting from motion of the human being, or a wind tunnel airflow) is acquired and, if necessary or desirable, processed,... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6257074 | Vane anemometer with thermally isolated sensors A portable hand-held vane anemometer is disclosed in which a modular vane assembly is removably mounted within the casing of the instrument. Within the modular vane assembly is a rotatably mounted impeller shaft. The impeller assembly preferably can be re... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6098456 | Anti-fraud liquid meters having a drive and driven magnets with double polarity faces A liquid meter includes a housing with two compartments with respectively a motor member disposed in the path of movement of a stream of the liquid to be measured and a counter, the transmission of the movement of the motor member to the counter being car... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5939645 | Vane anemometer having a modular impeller assembly A vane anemometer is disclosed in which a modular vane assembly is removably mounted within the case of the instrument. Within the modular vane assembly is a rotatably mounted impeller shaft. The impeller assembly preferably can be removed and inserted in... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5783753 | Vane anemometer having a modular impeller assembly A vane anemometer is disclosed in which a modular vane assembly is removably mounted within the case of the instrument. Within the modular vane assembly is a rotatably mounted impeller shaft. The impeller assembly preferably can be removed and inserted in... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5509434 | Apparatus and method for controlling and metering the flow of gas through a pipeline An apparatus and method for controlling and metering gas flowing through a pipeline is provided. The apparatus includes an orifice flow meter for accurately measuring the flow rate of gas through the pipeline within a certain range. The apparatus further ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5325729 | Gas turbine meter A gas turbine meter that is miniaturized based on its design is disclosed. While the size of the gas turbine meter is small, it performs all the functions of prior gas turbine meters and has a large rangeability over a very large range of pressure. The tu... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4878454 | Electrostatic painting apparatus having optically sensed flow meter A high-voltage electrostatic painting apparatus (10) for coating an article (12) inside a spray booth (14). The apparatus (10) includes a flow rate meter (34) disposed within the electrostatic environment for measuring the rate at which paint is supplied ... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4852401 | Well fluid flow velocity measuring apparatus including a spinner cartridge assembly A fluid flow velocity measuring device is shown. In the preferred and illustrated embodiment, an elongate body receives a removable spinner cartridge assembly. The assembly is formed of an elongate sleeve surrounding a rotating shaft supported by bearing ... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4463613 | Calibratable turbine wheel gas meter with exchangeable measuring insert A calibratable turbine wheel gas meter includes a tube member having a lateral stud which carries a counter. An exchangeable measuring insert comprises an inlet member including an inlet body and an outlet member including an outlet body and is inserted i... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4345480 | Rotary flow meter An impeller is rotatably mounted in a housing on the lower end of a sub which is lowered by means of a wire line into a bore hole. The fluid flow in either direction within the bore hole engages and rotates helical vanes of the impeller, which in turn rot... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4241605 | Flowmeter with magnetic coupling A magnetic coupling is provided for a fluid flowmeter wherein the magnetic coupling includes a first and a second magnet assembly. The first magnet assembly includes a plurality of magnets coupled to the counter mechanism of the flowmeter, and the second ... | 12/30/1980 |
