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Weighted comparator

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-05-31
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Granted: 1967-07-18
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Expires: 1983-05-31
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Romald E Bowles

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 21:25
CPC Classifications
F; F15; F15C; F15C1/00; F15C1/08; F15C1/14; F15C1/143; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/206; Y10T137/2164; Y10T137/2169; Y10T137/2229; Y10T137/224; Y10T137/2256

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 194 words
A WEIGHTED PURE FLUID COMPARATOR COMPRISING AN INTERACTION CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING AND CONFINING FLUID STREAMS THEREIN AND HAVING UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM ENDS, PLURAL OUTPUT PASSAGES FOR DIFFERENTIALLY RECEIVING FLUID FROM SAID INTERACTION CHAMBER AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE DOWNSTREAM END THEREOF, A POWER NOZZLE COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPSTREAM END OF SAID CHAMBER FOR ISSUING A DEFINED POWER STREAM INTO SAID CHAMBER, AT LEAST A PAIR OF CONTROL NOZZLES ANGULARLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID POWER NOZZLE FOR ISSUING DEFINED STREAMS INTO SAID INTERACTION CHAMBER IN INTERACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID POWER STREAM SO AS TO EFFECT DISPLACEMENT THEREOF IN SAID CHAMBER, ONE OF SAID CONTROL NOZZLES ISSUING A CONSTANT STREAM OF FLUID TO PROVIDE A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH FLOW FROM THE OTHER OF SAID CONTROL NOZZLES MAY BE COMPARED, AND THE OTHER OF SAID NOZZLES ISSUING A CONTINUOUS AND VARIABLE STREAM OF FLUID AT LEAST ONE OF THE NOZZLES HAVING A PHYSICAL PARAMETER RELATIVE TO THE OTHER OF SAID NOZZLES SUCH THAT, UPON ISSUANCE OF FLUID BY SAID AT LEAST ONE OF SAID NOZZLES, THE POWER STREAM IS BIASED TO DIRECT MORE FLOW TO ONE OF SAID OUTPUT PASSAGES THAN THE OTHER OF SAID OUTPUT PASSAGES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 194 words
A WEIGHTED PURE FLUID COMPARATOR COMPRISING AN INTERACTION CHAMBER FOR RECEIVING AND CONFINING FLUID STREAMS THEREIN AND HAVING UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM ENDS, PLURAL OUTPUT PASSAGES FOR DIFFERENTIALLY RECEIVING FLUID FROM SAID INTERACTION CHAMBER AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE DOWNSTREAM END THEREOF, A POWER NOZZLE COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPSTREAM END OF SAID CHAMBER FOR ISSUING A DEFINED POWER STREAM INTO SAID CHAMBER, AT LEAST A PAIR OF CONTROL NOZZLES ANGULARLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID POWER NOZZLE FOR ISSUING DEFINED STREAMS INTO SAID INTERACTION CHAMBER IN INTERACTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID POWER STREAM SO AS TO EFFECT DISPLACEMENT THEREOF IN SAID CHAMBER, ONE OF SAID CONTROL NOZZLES ISSUING A CONSTANT STREAM OF FLUID TO PROVIDE A STANDARD AGAINST WHICH FLOW FROM THE OTHER OF SAID CONTROL NOZZLES MAY BE COMPARED, AND THE OTHER OF SAID NOZZLES ISSUING A CONTINUOUS AND VARIABLE STREAM OF FLUID AT LEAST ONE OF THE NOZZLES HAVING A PHYSICAL PARAMETER RELATIVE TO THE OTHER OF SAID NOZZLES SUCH THAT, UPON ISSUANCE OF FLUID BY SAID AT LEAST ONE OF SAID NOZZLES, THE POWER STREAM IS BIASED TO DIRECT MORE FLOW TO ONE OF SAID OUTPUT PASSAGES THAN THE OTHER OF SAID OUTPUT PASSAGES.

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