Patent ID: 8887578
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: B29C,B29K,G01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A Coriolis flowmeter, comprising: a base comprising openings configured to allow fluid to flow through the Coriolis flowmeter; two flow-sensitive members, each of which consists of two or more entirely straight sections, the two or more straight sections comprising flow passageways fabricated along centerlines of the straight sections for the fluid to flow through, and wherein the two flow-sensitive members are integrally connected to the base, and the two flow-sensitive members and the base are all fabricated from an elastic polymeric material, wherein each of the two flow-sensitive members comprises a component configured to allow independent manual adjustment of a moment of inertia of the flow-sensitive member for minimizing a magnitude of a zero flow offset; two motion-responsive sensors each of which is fixedly attached to the two flow-sensitive members and configured to generate signals responsive to relative motions generated by the two flow-sensitive members due to Coriolis force induced by the fluid flowing through the Coriolis flowmeter; and electronics communicatively connected to the two sensors and configured to receive the signals and generate output information indicative of the flow rate of the fluid that flows through the Coriolis flowmeter.