US 11,892,332 B2
Devices, systems and methods for measuring flow
Manjit Misra, Ames, IA (US); and Yuh-Yuan Shyy, Ames, IA (US)
Assigned to M&S Flowmatics Incorporated, Ames, IA (US)
Filed by M&S Flowmatics Incorporated, Ames, IA (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/679,989.
Application 16/679,989 is a continuation of application No. 15/700,967, filed on Sep. 11, 2017, granted, now 10,473,496, issued on Nov. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/385,534, filed on Sep. 9, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0182665 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. G01F 1/30 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 1/30 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-vertical flow meter comprising:
a chamber disposed at a non-vertical angle and comprising an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet and the outlet are disposed at the non-vertical angle;
a pivoting sensing surface disposed on an interior surface within the non-vertically disposed chamber;
a load cell in operational communication with the pivoting sensing surface; and
a guide disposed within the chamber,
wherein:
the load cell is constructed and arranged to sense pressure applied to the pivoting sensing surface and output a signal proportional to a mass flow rate of a material flowing within the chamber, and
wherein the pivoting sensing surface is shaped to facilitate a movement of the material in a direction of the outlet.