US4280360A
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Fluid measuring device
Assignee: Nissan Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1979-08-27
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Granted: 1981-07-28
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Expires: 1999-08-27
Abstract
Abstract A fluid measuring device comprises flow meter for measuring quantities of flow or flow rates of fluid and flow rectifiers arranged upstream and downstream of the flow meter, whose rectifier elements or cells are sized and positioned such that a ratio W 1 /D of a smaller width W 1 of the cells to an inner diameter D of a passage for the fluid is less than 0.2 and a ratio L/W 1 of a distance L between the flow meter and the upstream flow rectifier to the smaller width W 1 of the cell is within 5≦L/W 1 ≦25, thereby improving an accuracy of measurement without increasing losses of pressure.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Kobayashi
- 👤 Toru Kita
- 👤 Takeshi Fujishiro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 10:08
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01F; G01F1/00; G01F1/05; G01F1/20; G01F1/32; G01F1/3209; G01F1/56; G01F1/64; G01F1/68; G01F1/684; G01F1/6842; G01F15/00; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/10; Y02T10/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
69 words
A fluid measuring device comprising measuring means for measuring any one of quantity of flow and flow rate in a tubular passage for a fluid to be measured, and flow rectifiers arranged upstream and downstream of said measuring means, wherein said direction of the fluid flow is changed downstream of the measuring means and the flow rectifier is arranged immediately upstream of the location where the direction is changed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
69 words
A fluid measuring device comprising measuring means for measuring any one of quantity of flow and flow rate in a tubular passage for a fluid to be measured, and flow rectifiers arranged upstream and downstream of said measuring means, wherein said direction of the fluid flow is changed downstream of the measuring means and the flow rectifier is arranged immediately upstream of the location where the direction is changed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein a distance from said measuring means to said downstream flow rectifier is 0.3-1.3 times an inner diameter of said tubular passage.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein a distance from said measuring means to said upstream flow rectifier is 0.3-1.3 times an inner diameter of said tubular passage.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein two flow rectifiers are arranged upstream of said measuring means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flow rectifiers have honeycomb cells.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flow rectifiers have rectangular cells.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flow rectifiers have elliptical cells.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claims 5, 6 or 7, wherein a ratio W 1 /D of a smaller width W 1 of said cells to an inner diameter D of said tubular passage is less than 0.2.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
46 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 8, wherein in case of a rectangular crosssectional passage, instead of said inner diameter D, use is made of a diameter D' of a circle whose area is equal to a crosssectional area of said rectangular passage.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
24 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said flow rectifiers have cells defined alternately by concentric circular and corrugated walls.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said measuring means is a Karman vortices flow meter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said measuring means is a thermal-type flow meter whose heating body is arranged in said passage for the fluid and a heating therefrom is detected to determine the quantity of flow.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
62 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said measuring means is an ion transfer-type flow meter comprising discharge electrodes and a detection electrode arranged in said passage for the fluid, and a period of time during which ions produced by discharging of the discharge electrodes arrive at the detection electrode is detected to determine the quantity of flow.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
107 words
A fluid measuring device comprising measuring means for measuring any one of quantity of flow and flow rate in a tubular passage for a fluid to be measured, and flow rectifiers arranged upstream and downstream of said measuring means, said flow rectifiers containing a plurality of cells wherein a ratio W 1 /D of a smaller width W 1 of said cells to an inner diameter D of said tubular passage is less than 0.2 and a ratio L/W 1 of a distance L between said measuring means and the upstream flow rectifier to said smaller width W 1 of said cell is within 5≦L/W 1 ≦25.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
107 words
A fluid measuring device comprising measuring means for measuring any one of quantity of flow and flow rate in a tubular passage for a fluid to be measured, and flow rectifiers arranged upstream and downstream of said measuring means, said flow rectifiers containing a plurality of cells wherein a ratio W 1 /D of a smaller width W 1 of said cells to an inner diameter D of said tubular passage is less than 0.2 and a ratio L/W 1 of a distance L between said measuring means and the upstream flow rectifier to said smaller width W 1 of said cell is within 5≦L/W 1 ≦25.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
A fluid measuring device as set forth in claim 14, wherein in case of a rectangular crosssectional passage, instead of said inner diameter D, use is made of a diameter D' of a circle whose area is equal to a crosssectional area of said rectangular passage.
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