Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fluid meter with improved piston guidance
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Application No.: US14948706Application Date: 2015-11-23
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Publication No.: US09360359B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Marie Hakansson , Bengt I. Larsson
- Applicant: Wayne Fueling Systems Sweden AB
- Applicant Address: SE Malmo
- Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems Sweden AB
- Current Assignee: Wayne Fueling Systems Sweden AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Malmo
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01F7/00
- IPC: G01F7/00 ; G01F3/18 ; G01F1/74 ; B67D7/18 ; G01F3/16

Abstract:
The invention relates to a fluid meter (27) comprising a housing (28) defining at least one crankcase (29) and two cylinders (25, 26), a crankshaft (11) disposed in the crankcase (29), two pistons (3, 4) respectively mounted in the cylinders (25, 26) for reciprocal movement, a first connecting rod (12) connected to one of the pistons (3) and to the crankshaft (11) for rotating the crankshaft (11) in response to the movement of the one piston (3), and a second connecting rod (13) connected to the other piston (4) and to the crankshaft (11) for rotating the crankshaft (11) in response to the movement of the other piston (4), wherein the first and second connecting rods (12, 13) have yoke slots (16, 17) for receiving a crank pin (19) radially offset from the crankshaft (11). The invention is characterised in that the first connecting rod (12) has a guiding rod (20) extending in a longitudinal direction of the cylinders, the guiding rod (20) being adapted to engage a corresponding cavity (22) in the second connecting rod (13) to support and guide the connecting rods (12, 13) in relation to each other during movement. The invention further relates to a multiple fluid meter assembly (61) comprising at least two fluid meters (27) as defined above, and to a fuel dispensing unit comprising a fluid meter (27) or a multiple fluid meter (61) as defined above.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160076927A1 Fluid Meter with Improved Piston Guidance Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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