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Uniform temperature reference apparatus for use with modular screw-terminal block

US5340216A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1992
Grant dateAug 23, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01K7/12
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A uniform temperature reference block for connection with the cold reference wires of a plurality of thermocouples employing a corresponding plurality of screw terminal modular connectors each provided with an insulated termination cavity containing a terminal conductor compressable, upon tightening the screw, against the thermocouple input wire and, in turn, the wire against an adjacent electrically insulated but thermally conductive projection of a thermal bridging bar, preferably of anodized aluminum, within the termination cavity, to establish electrical termination connection of the thermocouple wire with thermal coupling along the block.

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