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7340967 Device for measuring a mass flow rate of a particulate material  
A device for measuring a mass flow rate of a flow of particulate material which moves in a predetermined direction. The device includes a weighing cell, a first apparatus, a second apparatus, and a...
6973843 Method of measuring flow rate of flowable material under continuous flow conditions, and an in-line continuous flow meter  
A method of determining the rate of flow of a flowable material, particulate or liquid, through a flowable material passageway, comprising causing the material passing through the passageway to...
6951141 Measuring method and measuring apparatus  
A method of measuring material in which the material is conveyed by a conveying unit and dropped from a discharge portion of the conveying unit to be supplied into a measuring unit arranged under...
6899616 Mass flow grain monitor and method  
A mass flow grain monitor is located adjacent the upper end of the clean grain elevator assembly of a harvester and includes a load cell having a member that is subject to slight deformation under...
6826967 Mass flow measuring device  
An elevator for bulk material includes an elevator head that mounts a mass flow measuring device. The mass flow measuring device includes an achoring plate, a resiliently deformable connection; a...
6732597 Precision gravimetric feeder  
The present invention is an apparatus for precisely dispensing a desired weight of a particulate material from the outlet of a material hopper. The apparatus is made up of a trap chamber for...
6700394 Device for use in monitoring particulate flow  
A device ( 10 ) for use in monitoring or measuring properties of a moving bed ( 11 ) of particulate material includes a sled ( 12 ) that rides or floats on the top surface ( 15 ) of the moving bed...
6651516 Inclined plate apparatus for measuring mass flow  
An apparatus for weighing the mass flow of fluent material, especially of particulate type. The apparatus includes a rectilinear and inclined measuring plate on which the material is sliding. The...
6640596 Apparatus for detecting intensity of shot peening and replacement unit for the apparatus  
An improved apparatus for detecting the intensity of shot peening by detecting at least one of the number of shot that have collided with the apparatus and the intensity of the colliding shot,...
6471032 Elevator for bulk material and related apparatuses  
An elevator for bulk material includes an elevator head that mounts a mass flow measuring device. The elevator head also supports the upper sprocket of the elevator. The elevator head is pivotable...
6401549 Harvesting machine with throughput measurement device  
A self-propelled forage harvester is provided with a throughput measurement device comprising a computer which makes use of respective signals representative of the displacement of a movable upper...
6327916 Apparatus and method for measuring the flow characteristics of a slurry  
In an apparatus for measuring the flow characteristics of a slurry discharged from a flotation cell, a metering flange includes a central axis and interior area defined by at least one flange wall....
6272935 Apparatus for mass flow measurement  
In the field of mass flow measuring apparatuses, there is a need for greater accuracy of known devices. The invention concerns an impeller for projecting bulk material that otherwise might fail to...
6192664 Harvester with crop flow rate sensor  
An agricultural harvesting machine, such as a combine harvester comprising a header for collecting crop material from a field, an auger and straw elevator for conveying the collected crop into the...
6138518 Mass flow measurement  
In the field of mass flow measuring apparatuses, there is a need for greater accuracy of known devices. The invention concerns an impeller for projecting bulk material that otherwise might fail to...
6094994 Impact type flow meter with trough-like material supply device having a built in supply opening  
An impact type flow meter for a particulate material such as cereal comprises a supply device for dropping the particulate material, an inclined load detection plate for receiving the dropped...
6053290 Dual web brake rotor  
A disc brake rotor for motor vehicles, having a dual web structural support for connecting a pair of brake discs to a rotor hub that is positioned centrally within the brake rotor without lateral...
6014903 Mass flow measurement in forage harvesters  
A forage harvester is equipped with a device for measuring the mass flow rate of the crop material processed by the machine. The device comprises a sensor member having a curved surface which is...
6003387 Flow sensor for use on crop harvesting having two arms and a middle integrated portion extending in the flow path  
An improved flow sensor is disclosed for use with a crop harvesting device to determine flow volume of a crop yield product. The improved flow sensor is of the type which uses a strain gauge and...
5970802 Relating to mass flow measuring apparatuses  
In the field of mass flow measuring apparatuses, it is known to provide a sensor member for the establishment thereon of streamline flow of bulk material, in which the sensor member design is...
5969236 Particle sensor  
A particle sensor includes, a sensor element including (a) a vibrating section having a mass that is sensitive to the collision of solid particles contained in a fluid with the vibrating section...
5959218 Method and device for measuring the flow of bulk materials  
The disclosure relates to improved methods of designing surfaces whereby to minimize the effects of changes in the coefficients of friction between so-called bulk fluids and the surfaces. The...
5952584 Friction-independent mass flow meter  
The invention relates to a sensor member of a mass flow measuring apparatus on a combine harvester, in which the surface of the sensor member includes both curved and straight portions. The lengths...
5895865 Particulate material flow measuring device  
A load scale mountable onto a vertical conduit for measuring the mass flow rate of particulate solids. The load scale includes an outer vertical housing (H), and an inner sleeve (30) that has a...
5837906 Apparatus and method for measuring the real-time volumetric flow rate of grain in a field harvester using acoustical transducers  
An apparatus and method for measuring the real-time volumetric flow rate of grain in a field harvester, comprising: a transmitting acoustical transducer for transmitting acoustic signals at a...
5798466 Flow meter and method of calibrating same  
By a load detector, a magnitude of a dynamic load, depending on a downward-flow impact of a particulate material flowing through a flow passage, is measured, and also a magnitude of a static load,...
5752545 Flow control device and flowmeter for granular material or the like  
A flow control device to control the rate of flow of granular material or the like therethrough has a valved inlet to control the ingress of material into the flow control device. A flowmeter is...
5747671 Axial flow particle sensor  
An axial-flow particle sensor has a sensor element and a housing. The outlet of fluid is placed at the opposite side of the inlet of the fluid, throughholes are formed at the circumference of the...
5736652 Mass flow metering device  
A device (21) for metering the mass flow of bulk material, such as grain or other crop material, comprises a sensor member (51) with a curved surface (53) installed adjacent the outlet of a...
5698794 Impact flowmeter for solids  
An impact flowmeter (10) for measuring a stream of free flowing bulk solids (60) having low mass flow rates. The flowmeter (10) includes a barrier (18) between the flowing stream of solids (60) and...
5686671 Grain mass flow sensor for an agricultural combine  
A mass flow sensor for a combine is positioned in the transition housing between the paddle elevator of the clean grain elevator and the loading auger of the clean grain tank. The mass flow sensor...
5681999 Method and apparatus for measuring dry particles  
A method and apparatus for the continuous determination of the flow rate and/or total weight of dry particles, measuring the speed imposed to a movable member by dry particles falling thereon.
5681986 Acoustic sensing  
An improved invasive acoustic sensor apparatus detects particulate matter in a flow by impingement thereon. The apparatus includes an axially extending probe body having an active length...
5581041 Apparatus for measuring flow of granular particles in conduit  
A blade device in a helix configuration suspended in a conduit means flowing full of granular materials such as crushed coal to rotate with the flow thus indicating by a turning or electrical...
5571974 Method and apparatus for the measurement of particle flow in a pipe  
A system to measure the flow of coal using externally mounted vibration sensors. One or more vibration sensors are located on a pipe section which is not impacted by coal particles in the flow...
5561250 Method and apparatus for measuring grain mass flow rate in harvesters  
A system and method for continuously measuring mass flow rate of grain in a harvester where an impact plate is disposed to be impacted by grain exiting a power driven conveyor which is a normal...
5560246 Mass flow rate measuring device with dual electrodes  
The invention relates to the type of device for measuring a mass flow in a harvester, where the flow is deflected at the outlet of an elevator (E) at a conveyor shaft wall (G) to form a stratified...
5495773 Apparatus for weighing continuously flowing flowable material  
An apparatus for weighing continuously flowing flowable material, in which the mass flow is determined as a function of measurements of forces exerted on at least one plate (1) in contact with the...
5335554 Impact flowmeter  
An impact flowmeter includes a housing having an inlet end, an outlet end, and an interior region. The flowmeter also includes an inlet chute coupled to the inlet end of the housing. The inlet...
5282389 Apparatus for measuring agricultural yield  
An improvement in an apparatus for processing an agricultural crop, which processing apparatus has structure for separating waste from a crop to provide a clean yield product and an elevator for...
5257530 Acoustic sand detector for fluid flowstreams  
The particle volume and particle mass production rate of particulate solids entrained in fluid flowstreams such as formation sand or fracture proppant entrained in oil and gas production...
5159840 Method and apparatus for measuring, regulating and controlling the quantity of fiber tufts in flight  
An apparatus for measuring the quantity of fiber tufts during flight thereof, having an impact element provided with an impact face arranged in the flow path of the fiber tuft stream and being...
5144251 Three-axis particle impact probe  
Three-axis particle impact probes detect particle impact vectors along x-, y-, and z-axes by spherical probe head mounted on the outer end of a shaft that is flexibly mounted in silicone rubber at...
5113680 Apparatus for detecting intensity and/or density of shot blasting  
Disclosed is an apparatus for detecting at least one of an intensity and a density of shot blasting during shot treatment, which includes a shot bombardment and propagation member including a first...
5065632 Flow line weighing device  
A flow line weighing device for weighing material flowing over a plate. The plate has one or more force transducers mounted on the plate so that the plate is directly and solely supported by the...
4955270 Dry flow sensor  
A dry flow sensor for detecting the flow rate of a stream of granular material through a chute includes a force transducer mounted inside an enclosure, the enclosure being mounted by a bracket...
4768387 Flowmeter  
An impact flowmeter utilizes a part cylindrical impact plate mounted by a parallelogram strain gauge from the top of a cylindrical housing with which it is coaxial. Material to be metered enters...
4765190 Flow metering device  
In a combine harvester having a clean grain conveyor, a clean grain weight rate metering device is provided generally at the discharge end of said conveyor. The weight rate metering device includes...
4722445 Length separator  
A length separator comprising at least one rotational member, e.g. a disc or a cylinder, having cells for lifting seeds and other particles from a lower position to a higher position, and a trough...
4719805 Dry flow sensor with automatic speed compensation and totalizer circuit  
An ultrasonic speed sensor produces a linear voltage directly proportional to the speed of material falling through a chute and contacting a plate. A transducer coupled to the plate produces a...
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