Patent ID: 6584862
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
An ultrasonic flowmeter for flowing media, that operates according to the transit time method, with a measuring tube and at least one transmitting-receiving head, wherein the transmitting-receiving head has a housing and an ultrasonic transducer with which ultrasonic signals are emitted into the flowing medium and ultrasonic signals are received from the flowing medium, wherein a damping device with at least one damping element is arranged around the outside of the housing of the transmitting-receiving head and in direct contact said housing, the damping device is provided in a recess of the measuring tube and attached to the measuring tube, the housing has an external screw thread, the damping device has an internal screw thread and the housing is screwed with its external screw thread into the internal screw thread of the damping device such that the housing is only connected to the measuring tube via the damping element having the effect that the ultrasonic signals are fed into the measuring tube only through the damping device.