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Non-contact temperature sensor with temperature compensating heat sensitive elements on plastic film

US6367972B1 · kind B1 · utility

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23Claims
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Filing dateMay 27, 1999
Grant dateApr 9, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 27, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J5/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A non-contact temperature sensor includes a holder serving as a light conducting portion for guiding infrared rays incident from a first opening at its one end; a plastic film arranged at a second opening of the other end of tile light conducting portion; a cover for sealing the second opening at the other end of the holder so as to provide a space between itself and the plastic film, an infrared ray detection heat-sensitive element arranged on the side of the space of the plastic film, for detecting the infrared rays incident from the first opening; and a temperature compensating heat-sensitive means arranged in the vicinity of the holder, for detecting the temperature of the holder. In this configuration, the surface temperature of the body-to-be-detected can be precisely detected in a short time.

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