Patent ID: 7832617

Claim:
A measuring device system comprising: a first fitting of a measuring device that includes a stem; a second fitting defining an opening sized to receive the first fitting, the second fitting defining an abutment face; wherein the stem of the first fitting is directly and operatively coupled to a first aperture of a first external vessel so that the measuring device obtains measurements from a process media associated with the first external vessel when: (i) the second fitting is not positioned around and secured to the first fitting, and (ii) the second fitting is not operatively coupled to the first external vessel; and wherein the second fitting is: (i) positioned around the first fitting with the abutment face abutting an outward end of the first fitting, (ii) secured to the first fitting via at least one weld, and (iii) directly and operatively coupled to a second aperture of a second external vessel so that the measuring device obtains measurements from a process media associated with the second external vessel when the second fitting is positioned around and secured to the first fitting.