CA1106636A - Method and structure for flow measurement - Google Patents

Method and structure for flow measurement

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Publication number: CA1106636A
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: conduit; set forth; axis; oscillation; shaped conduit
Prior art date: 1977-07-25
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Expired

Application number

CA307,980A

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English (en)

French (fr)

Inventor

James E. Smith

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1977-07-25

Filing date

1978-07-24

Publication date

1981-08-11

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1981-08-11 Application granted granted Critical

1981-08-11 Publication of CA1106636A publication Critical patent/CA1106636A/en

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- G01F1/78—Direct mass flowmeters
- G01F1/80—Direct mass flowmeters operating by measuring pressure, force, momentum, or frequency of a fluid flow to which a rotational movement has been imparted
- G01F1/84—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters
- G01F1/8409—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters constructional details
- G01F1/8413—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters constructional details means for influencing the flowmeter's motional or vibrational behaviour, e.g., conduit support or fixing means, or conduit attachments
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- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
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- G01F1/80—Direct mass flowmeters operating by measuring pressure, force, momentum, or frequency of a fluid flow to which a rotational movement has been imparted
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- G01F1/8409—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters constructional details
- G01F1/8427—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters constructional details detectors
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- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
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- G01F1/80—Direct mass flowmeters operating by measuring pressure, force, momentum, or frequency of a fluid flow to which a rotational movement has been imparted
- G01F1/84—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters
- G01F1/8409—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters constructional details
- G01F1/8431—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters constructional details electronic circuits
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- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01F—MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME
- G01F1/00—Measuring the volume flow or mass flow of fluid or fluent solid material wherein the fluid passes through a meter in a continuous flow
- G01F1/76—Devices for measuring mass flow of a fluid or a fluent solid material
- G01F1/78—Direct mass flowmeters
- G01F1/80—Direct mass flowmeters operating by measuring pressure, force, momentum, or frequency of a fluid flow to which a rotational movement has been imparted
- G01F1/84—Coriolis or gyroscopic mass flowmeters
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Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
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CA307,980A 1977-07-25 1978-07-24 Method and structure for flow measurement Expired CA1106636A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US81847577A	1977-07-25	1977-07-25
US818,475		1977-07-25

Publications (1)

Publication Number	Publication Date
CA1106636A true CA1106636A (en)	1981-08-11

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA307,980A Expired CA1106636A (en)	1977-07-25	1978-07-24	Method and structure for flow measurement
CA000488475A Expired CA1210611B (en)	1977-07-25	1985-08-09	Method and structure for flow measurement

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Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
CA000488475A Expired CA1210611B (en)	1977-07-25	1985-08-09	Method and structure for flow measurement

Country Status (17)

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JP (1)	JPS6034683B2 (de)
AU (1)	AU512637B2 (de)
BE (1)	BE869206A (de)
CA (2)	CA1106636A (de)
CH (1)	CH641277A5 (de)
DE (1)	DE2833037C2 (de)
ES (1)	ES471982A1 (de)
FR (1)	FR2399007A1 (de)
GB (1)	GB2001759B (de)
HK (1)	HK59684A (de)
IL (1)	IL55212A (de)
IT (1)	IT1106095B (de)
MX (1)	MX145013A (de)
NL (1)	NL187033C (de)
SE (1)	SE447161C (de)
SG (1)	SG29384G (de)
ZA (1)	ZA784189B (de)

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1978
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- 1978-07-24 FR FR7821839A patent/FR2399007A1/fr active Granted
- 1978-07-24 CA CA307,980A patent/CA1106636A/en not_active Expired
- 1978-07-24 SE SE7808094A patent/SE447161C/sv not_active IP Right Cessation
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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
SG29384G (en)	1985-02-15
GB2001759B (en)	1982-02-10
DE2833037A1 (de)	1979-02-08
SE447161B (sv)	1986-10-27
BE869206A (fr)	1978-11-16
SE7808094L (sv)	1979-01-26
JPS5452570A (en)	1979-04-25
NL187033B (nl)	1990-12-03
CH641277A5 (de)	1984-02-15
IT7850465A0 (it)	1978-07-25
HK59684A (en)	1984-08-10
AU512637B2 (en)	1980-10-23
NL7807846A (nl)	1979-01-29
FR2399007B1 (de)	1985-03-29
AU3831578A (en)	1980-03-20
DE2833037C2 (de)	1987-01-15
IL55212A0 (en)	1978-09-29
NL187033C (nl)	1991-05-01
ES471982A1 (es)	1979-02-16
JPS6034683B2 (ja)	1985-08-10
ZA784189B (en)	1979-07-25
IT1106095B (it)	1985-11-11
CA1210611B (en)	1986-09-02
IL55212A (en)	1984-04-30
SE447161C (sv)	1990-09-10
GB2001759A (en)	1979-02-07
FR2399007A1 (fr)	1979-02-23
MX145013A (es)	1981-12-14

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
1986-09-02	MZSU	Surrender
1998-08-11	MKEX	Expiry

Publication	Publication Date	Title
US4187721A (en)	1980-02-12	Method and structure for flow measurement
CA1210611B (en)	1986-09-02	Method and structure for flow measurement
USRE31450E (en)	1983-11-29	Method and structure for flow measurement
US4852409A (en)	1989-08-01	Signal recovery system for mass flowmeter
US4747312A (en)	1988-05-31	Double-loop Coriolis type mass flowmeter
AU584903B2 (en)	1989-06-08	Apparatus for mass flow rate and density measurement
CA1176754A (en)	1984-10-23	Method and apparatus for mass flow measurement
US4691578A (en)	1987-09-08	Coriolis-type mass flowmeter
US4756197A (en)	1988-07-12	Coriolis-type mass flowmeter
US4895030A (en)	1990-01-23	Process for the measurement of weight flow-rates and related devices
AU658876B2 (en)	1995-05-04	Coriolis-type mass flowmeter
EP0188572B1 (de)	1992-01-15	Gerät zum messen des massenflussdebits und der dichte
US4711132A (en)	1987-12-08	Apparatus for mass flow rate and density measurement
EP0324019B1 (de)	1993-01-27	Massendurchflussmesser mit einer kompensation der asymmetrie und einer zähflüssigen dämpfung
GB2043901A (en)	1980-10-08	Method and apparatus for measuring flow
AU7759487A (en)	1988-06-01	Ferromagnetic drive and velocity sensors for a coriolis mass flow rate meter
EP0381302B1 (de)	1994-01-19	Messen von Massendurchflussraten von Fluidströmen
US4984472A (en)	1991-01-15	Apparatus for mass flow rate and density measurement
US6178828B1 (en)	2001-01-30	Free standing Coriolis driver
CA1257783A (en)	1989-07-25	Apparatus for mass flow rate and density measurement