Thermocouple
AssigneeElectro-Nite Co.
InventorOmer P. Cure
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Abstract
A thermocouple assembly is provided wherein dissimilar metals are joined at a hot junction within a protective annular shield transparent to radiation. The hot junction is formed in situ so as to be in intimate contact with the ID of said shield. When the assembly is mounted on a phase change cup, one of the dissimilar metals is insulated from the cup.
Claims6
A thermocouple assembly comprising a cup of refractory material having oppositely disposed walls, a quartz tube extending across the interior of said cup, opposite ends of said tube passing through and being supported by said oppositely disposed walls, dissimilar metal thermocouple wires having an OD less than the ID of said tube welded together at a hot junction within said quartz tube, only said hot junction weld being in contact with substantially 360.degree. of the inner circumference of said tube adjacent said weld, each thermocouple wire extending from a discrete opposite end of said tube, an exterior surface of said cup supporting the free ends of said thermocouple wires as exposed contacts, and means for electrically insulating at least one of said thermocouple wires from said cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.