Patent ID: 6920798

Claim:
A vibratory transducer, particularly for producing mass-flow-rate-dependent Coriolis forces in moving fluids, having at least one at least temporarily vibrating flow tube of predeterminable lumen with an inlet end an outlet end and serving to conduct a fluid, wherein: said flow tube communicates with a connected pipe to permit flow of the fluid therethrough; in operation, said flow tube performs flexural vibrations about an imaginary axis of vibration in order to deform its lumens; said flow tube having at least one arcuate tube segment which adjoins a first straight tube segment on the inlet side and a second straight tube segment on the outlet side such that said flow tube is bent in a U-shape or in a V-shape; and with at least a first stiffening element fixed on the at least one arcuate tube segment said first stiffening element is adapted to reduce a cross sensitivity of the transducer to pressure.