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US 4,304,515 AGranted
Temperature sensor arrangement for product storage building
AssigneePullman Incorporated
InventorLarry A. Coccia
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Abstract
A storage building includes a plurality of individual compartments for housing sponge iron pellets immediately after they leave a gaseous reduction vessel. The compartments include provisions for discharging the pellets to conveying means and each of the housings is provided with a temperature monitoring arrangement adapted to signal excessive temperatures occurring therein.
Claims7
In a product storage housing including interconnected side, end, top and bottom walls,
- said top wall including a filler opening and said bottom wall including a discharge opening, the improvement of a product temperature sensing arrangement comprising;
- a tubular structure, including a plurality of pipes suspended within said housing and extending horizontally therein and being horizontally and vertically spaced relative to one another,
- means supporting said tubular structure on said walls, whereby said tubular structure is imbedded in the product contained in said housing,
- suspension means for said pipes comprising horizontally extending beams supported on certain of said walls and vertically adjustable hanger members connected to said beams and said pipes for supporting the same,
- deflector shields connected to said pipes for deflecting product therefrom entering through said filler opening,
- temperature sensing means within said tubular structure including capillary tubes supported within said pipes,
- and means connected to said sensing means extending outwardly of said housing for indicating the temperature of the product therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.