Compound fluid meter with flow distributor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6581457
APP PUB NO 20020189341A1
SERIAL NO

09881618

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A compound meter assembly (10) has a housing (15, 17, 19), a high volume flow meter (14) disposed in a main flow passageway (22) for detecting a flow rate of relatively higher volume flows and a low volume flow meter (12) disposed in the secondary flow passageway (29) for detecting a flow rate of relatively lower volume flows. A flow distributor (70) is disposed in the inlet and disposed adjacent the entrance (27) into the secondary flow passageway from the main passageway, said flow distributor (70) having a central opening (71) for receiving the main flow and having flow ports (72) disposed around its circumference for allowing portions of the main flow to flow towards interior walls (26) of the housing (15, 17, 19) such that the flow is better distributed across a cross section of the main passageway (22) to maintain the accuracy of the meter at a crossover region (61, 62) between low flows being metered by the low volume flow meter (12) and high flows being metered by the high volume flow meter (14).

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BADGER METER INC4545 WEST BROWN DEER ROAD MILWAUKEE WI 53224

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
De, Jarlais George Wauwatosa, WI 4 23
Gomez, Mario P Ladue, MO 6 60
Gonzalez, Artigas Ildefonso St. Charles, MO 1 9
Kocher, Christopher G Belleville, IL 4 137
Schwartz, Dennis W West Bend, WI 3 27

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