VORTEX FLOWMETER Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: measurement technology, devices measuring flow rate of liquid and gaseous media. SUBSTANCE: vortex flowmeter incorporates pipe-line 1, streamlined body 2 installed perpendicular to its axis. Through channels 3 made in streamlined body 2 converge from opposite ends to middle. Inlet edges of through channels 3 are rounded by unspecified radius. Hot-wire anemometer is installed in minimal section of one of through channels 3. It can be manufactured in the form of film applied to wall of through channel in its minimal section. EFFECT: facilitated manufacture, increased functional reliability of vortex flowmeter. 2 cl, 3 dwg