Moisture detection sensor tape and probes to determine surface moisture and material moisture levels
US7688215B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 15, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N27/048
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A moisture detection sensor is used in a building structure to detect moisture penetration. The sensor is a flat adhesive tape of a substrate of dielectric, hydrophobic material. Three or four elongate, parallel, conductors are secured to the top surface and a protective layer of non-hygroscopic, water pervious material is secured over two of the conductors so that they are exposed to surface moisture. One or two of the conductors are covered by an insulating layer to prevent moisture access. Pairs of moisture probes along the length of the tape penetrate the insulating layer, the respective conductors and the substrate and to extend into a building component to which the substrate has been adhered. A diode guide arrangement allows a monitoring unit to monitor the exposed conductors for surface moisture and the penetrated conductors for moisture in the component by reversing polarity of the voltage across the conductors.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.