MEASURING FLUID VOLUMES IN A CONTAINER USING PRESSURE

• Main Author: SHELDON, MICHAEL, L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 29.06.2006
• Subjects: ACTUATING-FLOATS; BLASTING; COCKS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING; EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MEASURING; MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METERING BY VOLUME; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS; PHYSICS; TAPS; TESTING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; VALVES; WEAPONS

A fluid meter disclosed herein comprises a container (14) that can be pressurized, means for driving the pressure within the container (14) to a predetermined pressure, a sensor for measuring the pressure within the container (14) and indicating when the predetermined pressure is reached, a timer (3...