Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flowmeter
- Patent Title (中): 流量计
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Application No.: US12087959Application Date: 2007-01-22
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Publication No.: US07861585B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: Manabu Muraoka , Junzou Kimura , Nobuyuki Fukuura , Katsusuke Shimada , Toshinori Fujita , Minoru Seto , Motoi Kanzaki , Masahiko Matsushita , Satoshi Ishitani
- Applicant: Manabu Muraoka , Junzou Kimura , Nobuyuki Fukuura , Katsusuke Shimada , Toshinori Fujita , Minoru Seto , Motoi Kanzaki , Masahiko Matsushita , Satoshi Ishitani
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Yamatake Corporation
- Current Assignee: Yamatake Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC
- Priority: JP2006-013626 20060123
- International Application: PCT/JP2007/050922 WO 20070122
- International Announcement: WO2007/083799 WO 20070726
- Main IPC: G01F1/68
- IPC: G01F1/68

Abstract:
A flowmeter includes a flow sensor capable of measuring instantaneous flow rates of forward and backward flows of a fluid, smoothing means for smoothing the measured instantaneous flow rate, an integrating counter for integrating the smoothed flow rate and outputting an integrated flow rate, determination means for monitoring the smoothed flow rate to determine whether or not the fluid is fluctuating, an auxiliary counter for integrating, in place of the integrating counter, the smoothed flow rate while the fluid is judged to be fluctuating by the determination means and when fluctuation of the fluid is detected, and control means for adding an integrated flow rate held by the auxiliary counter to that held by the integrating counter when it is judged by the determination means that the fluid has begun to flow regularly, and causing the integrating counter to restart integrating the smoothed flow rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100223992A1 Flowmeter Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
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