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Ultrasonic flowmeter

CA 1189948 A · Owner: The Boc Group, Inc. · Inventors: Polenske, Errol E.; Kou, Abraham H.; Peickert, Wilfried R.

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An ultrasonic flowmeter which measures the velocity of a gas medium flowing within a conduit utilizing the time of flight principal with phase measurement approach. A pair of ultrasonic transducers are oppositely located around the conduit at a predetermined angle to the direction of the flow. Each transducer alternates between acting as a transmitter of ultrasonic frequencies and a detector of ultrasonic frequencies, thus as one transducer is transmitting the other is, receiving. In each instance a measurement is made of the time, of flight of the ultrasonic signal between the transmitter transducer and the receiver transducer and a microcomputer calculates the velocity of the gas by a …

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  • Granted July 2, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 2, 2002.
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FiledMay 6, 1983
GrantedJuly 2, 1985
Term endedJuly 2, 2002
Patent numberCA 1189948 A
Classification (IPC)G01F1/66

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1984198619881990199219941996199820002002Application filedMay 6, 1983Patent grantedJuly 2, 1985Term endedJuly 2, 2002

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