Laminator thermocouple
AssigneeMobay Chemical Corporation
InventorBruce C. Mazzoni
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Abstract
A device for accurately measuring the temperature of a laminator and the method of using this device. This device is made from a cylindrical body adapted for tension adjustment, a probe, a means for adjusting tension which is positioned between the probe and the cylindrical body, a thermally conductive body attached to the probe and a thermocouple attached to the conductive metal body. This device is positioned perpendicular to a laminator platen during operation of the laminator. The temperature may be read from an appropriate meter to which the thermocouple of the device is attached.
Claims11
A device capable of accurately measuring the temperature in a heated laminator comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical body which is adapted for tension adjustment at its closed end,
- (b) a probe,
- (c) a means for adjusting tension which when set in the appropriate manner ensures that the temperature measuring device remains substantially perpendicular to the laminator, the tension adjusting means being positioned between the probe and the cylindrical body,
- (d) a thermally conductive body attached to the probe, and
- (e) a thermocouple attached to the conductive metal body.
A device capable of accurately measuring the temperature of a heated metal conveyor comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical body which is adapted for tension adjustment at its closed end,
- (b) a means for tension adjustment located within the cylindrical body which when set in the appropriate manner ensures that the temperature measuring device remains substantially perpendicular to the conveyor,
- (c) a probe slidably located within said cylinder and which is in contact with the means for tension adjustment (b),
- (d) a curved body made of a durable, thermally conductive metal attached to said probe, and
- (e) a thermocouple attached to said conductive metal body.
A device capable of accurately measuring the temperature of a heated laminator during operation of the laminator comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical body adapted for tension adjustment at its closed end,
- (b) a means for adjusting tension connected to a second closed end of the cylindrical body which means when set in the appropriate manner ensures that the temperature measuring device remains substantially perpendicular to the laminator,
- (c) a probe attached to the tension adjusting means (b),
- (d) a curved body made of thermally conductive material which is attached to the probe, and
- (e) a thermocouple attached to the curved conductive body.
A method for measuring the temperature of a heated laminator in which a device comprising:
- (a) a cylindrical body which is adapted for tension adjustment,
- (b) a means for tension adjustment located within the cylindrical body,
- (c) a probe in contact with the tension adjustment means of the cylindrical body,
- (d) a thermally conductive body having at least one curved edge which is attached to the probe, and
- (e) a thermocouple attached to the conductive metal body,
- which is positioned perpendicular to a platen of the laminator is attached to a read out meter from which the temperature may be read.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.