Patent ID: 6026693
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G01F,G01P

Abstract:
Apparatus for insertion into a pipe adapted for mounting an ultrasonic flow measurement transducer, the apparatus comprising:two connectors adapted to connect into a pipe; anda center section coupled between the two connectors, the two connectors having central openings therein for fluid flowing through the pipe, the center section being hollow for the flow of fluid from the pipe therethrough and communicating with the pipe through the openings in the connectors, the center section having a transverse cross-section having at least two substantially flat opposed portions;the center section having an outer substantially flat surface adapted for mounting of at least one pair of ultrasonic transmitting and receiving flow measurement transducers thereon; the transducers adapted to transmit ultrasonic signals for reflection by at least one of said opposed portions,the two substantially flat opposed portions being substantially parallel to each other and defining a reflection region, the ultrasonic signals being reflected by said at least one opposed portion for receipt by a receiving one of the transducers only in the reflection region.