FLOW APPARATUS AND MONITORING SYSTEM RELATING THERETO

The present invention provides a flow apparatus (10) having a flow control valve (12) having a housing (14), an aperture (16), an aperture obturator (18) and an actuator (20) for moving said obturator (16) between a first closed position and multiple open positions (B-L), characterised by a valve po...

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Hauptverfasser:	COX Michael John, LAMBERT Piers, GREEN Alan Edward, GOLBY John Andrew
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACTUATING-FLOATS ALARM SYSTEMS BLASTING COCKS DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED,LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING LIGHTING MEASURING MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUIDLEVEL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METERING BY VOLUME ORDER TELEGRAPHS PHYSICS SIGNALLING SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS STORING OF DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS TAPS TESTING THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL VALVES VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED ORSOLIDIFIED GASES WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention provides a flow apparatus (10) having a flow control valve (12) having a housing (14), an aperture (16), an aperture obturator (18) and an actuator (20) for moving said obturator (16) between a first closed position and multiple open positions (B-L), characterised by a valve position monitor (21) for monitoring the position of the valve (12) and comprising a plurality of discrete sensors (28a to 28e) associated with a plurality of open positions (B-L) of said valve for monitoring the presence or absence of one or more members (26) movable with said valve (12). The arrangement may be used to monitor the valve position and such monitoring may be of use in the prediction of the amount of fluid remaining within a cylinder (32) to which it has been attached.