Temperature monitoring unit
US5242224A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S236/15
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A temperature monitoring unit has a high degree of sensitivity and reliability even when monitoring the temperature of a relatively large rotary heating element. The temperature monitoring unit includes a mirror which is provided in the vicinity of the rotary heating element and is oriented to reflect infrared rays from the heating element in the radial direction thereof, the mirror being reciprocated linearly in the radial direction, a condenser lens provided radially outwardly of the heating element for converging the infrared rays reflected by the mirror, an infrared sensor on which the converged rays impinge, a plate provided between the mirror and the lens and which has a slit therein that is elongate in a direction approximately perpendicular to the surface of the heating element, and an image processor receiving the output of the infrared sensor. The sensitivity is high because infrared rays from around the thermal point of the heating element are blocked by the plate. Moreover, because the visual field is elongate in the radial direction of the heating element, the mirror can quickly scan the entirety of the heating element.
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