Temperature sensing in a steam boiler
AssigneeEuro-Pro Operating LLC
InventorsMax Rosenzweig, Terry Robertson, Mark Montgomery, Ogi Vrdoljak
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Abstract
A steam generation apparatus is set forth including a boiler adapted to generate steam from water; a thermostat; a sensing element having a portion protruding inside said boiler adapted to make contact with the water, the sensing element coupled to a wall of said boiler, and coupled to said thermostat for providing temperature of the water to said thermostat. The sensing element may be screw shaped, and may be threaded. The sensing element may pass through the wall of the boiler. The sensing element may include a portion inside the boiler and a portion outside the boiler coupled to the thermostat.
Claims18
A steam generation apparatus comprising:
- a boiler adapted to generate steam from water;
- a thermostat;
- a sensing element having a portion protruding inside said boiler adapted to make contact with the water, said sensing element coupled to a bottom wall of said boiler, and said sensing element coupled to said thermostat for providing temperature of the water to said thermostat.
A boiler for a steam generation apparatus comprising:
- a boiler adapted to generate steam from water;
- a sensing element having a portion protruding inside said boiler adapted to make contact with the water, said sensing element coupled to a bottom wall of said boiler, and said sensing element adapted to be coupled to a thermostat for providing temperature of the water to the thermostat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.