Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Milk meter
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Application No.: US15813745Application Date: 2017-11-15
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Publication No.: US10598528B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Robert E. Hanes, Jr. , Richard L. Pettys, Jr. , Daniel T. Nichols , Richard B. Voigt , Joel R. Henry , Roma M. Montifar , David M. Headley , Dustin R. Reynolds
- Applicant: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: G01F1/64
- IPC: G01F1/64 ; G01F15/02

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a tube, first and second pairs of electrodes, a reference device, and a processor. The processor determines a speed of a fluid traveling between the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines a reference conductance of the fluid using the reference device. The processor also determines a measured conductance of the fluid using at least one of the first and second pairs of electrodes and determines, based on the reference conductance and the measured conductance, a cross-sectional area of the fluid at an electrode. The processor further adds a correction factor to the determined speed to produce a bulk speed of the fluid. The processor further determines a volumetric flow rate of the fluid based on the bulk speed and the determined area and determines a volume of the fluid based on the determined volumetric flow rate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190145805A1 MILK METER Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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