Radiation imaging fiber optic temperature distribution monitor
US5086220A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 5, 1991 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2011 |
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- 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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