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Temperature monitoring device and thermocouple assembly therefor

US5061083A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 1989
Grant dateOct 29, 1991
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Expiry dateJun 19, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01K1/08
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A temperature monitoring device for measuring the temperature at a surface of a body, composed of: at least one first thermocouple and a second thermocouple; support members supporting the thermocouples for placing the first thermocouple in contact with the body surface and for maintaining the second thermocouple at a defined spacing from the body surface; and a calculating circuit connected to the thermocouples for receiving individual signals each representative of the temperature reading produced by a respective one of the first and second thermocouples and for producing a corrected temperature signal having a value which represents the temperature of the body surface and is a function of the difference between the temperature reading produced by the first thermocouple and a selected fraction of the temperature reading provided by the second thermocouple.

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