Fluid flow regulating systems
First Claim
1. A motor speed regulating system for an electrically powered motor that is drivingly connected to a fluid impeller comprising velocity head monitoring means having a force sensor that is mounted in a flow path for fluid delivered by the impeller for sensing the velocity head of the fluid flowing along the path, temperature sensing means for sensing the temperature of fluid delivered by the impeller, and circuit means connected to a power source and to the motor, said monitoring means being responsive to velocity head changes sensed by the force sensor, said temperature sensing means being responsive to temperature changes sensed thereby, and said circuit means operating under the control of said monitoring means and said temperature sensing means to regulate the power delivered to the motor in accord with the sensed fluid velocity head changes and temperature changes.
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Abstract
Fluid flow regulating systems involving systems for controlling the motor speed of fluid pumping devices are disclosed. The speed control systems involve use of a velocity head force sensor that movably responds to the velocity head forces of an air stream delivered by the pumping device, and these movements in the positions assumed by the force sensor are detected and used to control the power delivered to the motor. Temperature change detectors are used in most embodiments to modify the force sensor movements so as to introduce temperature change factors as well as velocity head force change factors into the control of the power circuitry. Force sensor of the pivotal vane, bendable vane and airfoil types are shown, and temperature sensors of the bimetallic and expandable fluid types are also used. A biasing force resistive of the velocity head forces is imparted to the force sensor to establish desired speed levels of operation and bimetallic temperature sensors are used in some embodiments to provide not only the biasing force, but also a variance in the biasing force which is responsive to the changes in temperatures and thus, to introduce the temperature change factors into the force sensor movements. Embodiments involving expandable temperature responsive fluids are shown and include a means for deflecting fluid flow from the force sensor so as to regulate the velocity head detected thereby, and as a means for introducing the temperature change factor into the force sensor movement.
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- 1. A motor speed regulating system for an electrically powered motor that is drivingly connected to a fluid impeller comprising velocity head monitoring means having a force sensor that is mounted in a flow path for fluid delivered by the impeller for sensing the velocity head of the fluid flowing along the path, temperature sensing means for sensing the temperature of fluid delivered by the impeller, and circuit means connected to a power source and to the motor, said monitoring means being responsive to velocity head changes sensed by the force sensor, said temperature sensing means being responsive to temperature changes sensed thereby, and said circuit means operating under the control of said monitoring means and said temperature sensing means to regulate the power delivered to the motor in accord with the sensed fluid velocity head changes and temperature changes.
- 16. A motor speed regulating device for a forced air cooling system having a fan with an electrically powered motor, said device comprising a housing having airflow inlet and outlet openings for accomodating the flow of fan delivered air along a flow path through the housing, a force sensor that is mounted in the flow path for sensing the velocity head of the fluid flowing along the path, said force sensor having a null position it assumes in the absence of fan delivered airflow along the path and being movably deflectable from its null position in response to a velocity head sensed thereby, circuit means electrically connectable to the motor and a power source for regulating the power delivered to the motor, and control means for controlling the circuit means to increase and decrease the power delivered to the motor in response to force sensor movements reflecting respective decreasing and increasing changes in the velocity head sensed thereby, said device further comprising temperature sensing means for sensing the temperature of air delivered by the fan, and said control means being responsive to decreasing and increasing temperature changes sensed by the temperature sensing means to respectively decrease and increase the power delivered to the motor.
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