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Title: Temperature monitoring device and thermocouple assembly therefor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:868045
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  1. Monroeville, PA
  2. Perry Township, Lawrence County, PA
  3. Plum Boro, PA
  4. Churchill Boro, PA
  5. New Stanton, PA
  6. Greensburg, PA
  7. Murrysville, PA

A temperature monitoring device for measuring the temperature at a surface of a body, composed of: at least one first thermocouple and a second thermocouple; support members supporting the thermocouples for placing the first thermocouple in contact with the body surface and for maintaining the second thermocouple at a defined spacing from the body surface; and a calculating circuit connected to the thermocouples for receiving individual signals each representative of the temperature reading produced by a respective one of the first and second thermocouples and for producing a corrected temperature signal having a value which represents the temperature of the body surface and is a function of the difference between the temperature reading produced by the first thermocouple and a selected fraction of the temperature reading provided by the second thermocouple.

DOE Contract Number:
NPD843820AX
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 5061083
OSTI ID:
868045
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English