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Radiation imaging fiber optic temperature distribution monitor

US5086220A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateFeb 5, 1991
Grant dateFeb 4, 1992
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Expiry dateFeb 5, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J2005/283
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A monitor for measuring the temperature distribution of a product (12) including a plurality of ball lenses (14) lying in a lenticular array (18) across the product (12). A signal processor (22) is connected to a photodiode array (20). Each photodiode in the array (20) is connected by a separate optical fiber (16) to one of the ball lenses (14).

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