Patent ID: 7819021

Claim:
A fluid meter comprising: a measuring tube housing, said measuring tube housing being installed in a plane E defining an installation position of said measuring tube housing; a measuring zone in the measuring tube housing; an ultrasonic transducer configuration of at least one ultrasonic transducer for generating an ultrasonic signal or for converting an ultrasonic signal passing through the measuring zone into an electric signal, said ultrasonic transducer having a surface normal N; a deflecting device for deflecting the ultrasonic signal in particular in the longitudinal direction of the measuring tube; a display element or a holding mechanism for an external display element, said display element or external display element providing a display plane A; said surface normal N of the ultrasonic transducer being arranged perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the measuring tube housing; said surface normal N of the ultrasonic transducer being arranged at an inclination to the display plane A, and wherein said display plane A and a plane E are oriented in parallel or perpendicular to each other.