US4117720A
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Electric measuring device having a small-bore liquid container with improved electrode sealing means
Assignee: ABB Instrumentation Inc
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Filing: 1976-12-06
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Granted: 1978-10-03
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Expires: 1996-12-06
Abstract
Abstract An electromagnetic flowmeter having a small-bore flow tube having a thick-walled plastic tube having a conically-relieved electrode-receiving bore. A compression ring around the conical part of the tube squeezes the plastic sealingly between the electrode and the ring. In assembly, compressive force exerted by Belleville springs or washers causes the plastic to flow into sealing contact with the electrode.
Inventors
- 👤 John Simonsen
- 👤 Bruce Douglas Gibson
- 👤 Heinz Walter Gruner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:50
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01F; G01F1/00; G01F1/56; G01F1/58; G01F1/584
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
An electric measuring device comprising a structure having a bore surrounded by a relatively thick deformable wall for containing fluid, said wall having a bore therethrough, such wall bore having one end opening into the first said bore and its other end opening through the exterior surface of said wall, said wall having an integral collar of compressible sealing material projecting outwardly of said first said bore, and said wall bore's said other end being surrounded by said collar; (a) said device also comprising electrodes, one such electrode being in said wall bore and projecting through said collar externally of said wall; there being compression means for compressing said collar toward and around said one electrode for sealing said one electrode in said wall bore; (b) said device also comprising measuring circuitry connected to said electrodes.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
An electric measuring device comprising a structure having a bore surrounded by a relatively thick deformable wall for containing fluid, said wall having a bore therethrough, such wall bore having one end opening into the first said bore and its other end opening through the exterior surface of said wall, said wall having an integral collar of compressible sealing material projecting outwardly of said first said bore, and said wall bore's said other end being surrounded by said collar; (a) said device also comprising electrodes, one such electrode being in said wall bore and projecting through said collar externally of said wall; there being compression means for compressing said collar toward and around said one electrode for sealing said one electrode in said wall bore; (b) said device also comprising measuring circuitry connected to said electrodes.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
The electric measuring device of claim 1, wherein said compression means includes ring means fitted on said collar and compressive-force means for forcing said ring means down on said collar, and against said one electrode, for compressing the material of said collar into sealing contact with said one electrode.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electric measuring device of claim 2, wherein said compressive-force means includes compression spring means through which compressive force is exerted on said ring means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The electric measuring device of claim 2, wherein said collar is in the shape of a cone having its smaller end pointing away from the first said bore.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The electric measuring device of claim 4, wherein said compressive force means if provided on said one electrode to be movable toward said collar; said one electrode having a conical surface corresponding to said cone, said surface being within said collar, and the material of the said collar being forced by said compressive force means into contact with the entire said conical surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
The electric measuring device of claim 5, wherein there are compression spring means, said ring means being between said collar and said compression spring means and said compression spring means being held under compressive stress by said compressive force means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
The electric measuring device of claim 1 including a tube liner, said tube liner being in the form of relatively this resilient walls having relatively large bores connected to each end of said structure such that said relatively large bores are connected by the first said bore.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electric measuring device of claim 7, including a rigid-walled flow tube, and wherein the said walls the structure are interference-fitted into said rigid-walled flow tube.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The electric measuring device of claim 7 wherein said first said bore is small in diameter compared to the diameters of the last said bores of said liner.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The electric measuring device of claim 7, wherein said electrodes include a second electrode constructed and arranged like said one electrode but opposite thereto, and there being means for producing a magnetic field in said first said bore for providing an electromagnetic flowmeter.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The electric measuring device of claim 1, said one electrode being grooved in the part thereof surrounded by said collar.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electric measuring device of claim 11, wherein the said part of said one electrode is enlarged, having a larger diameter than said wall bore.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
The electric measuring device of claim 11, wherein the said part of said one electrode is reduced, having a lesser diameter than said wall bore.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
43 words
The electric measuring device of claim 1, wherein said electrodes include a second electrode constructed and arranged like said one electrode but opposite thereto, and there being means for producing a magnetic field in said first said bore for providing an electromagnetic flowmeter.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electric measuring device of claim 1, wherein said wall is confined within a substantially undeformable pipe, and said wall essentially consists of compressible sealing material.
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