Temperature gauge for drills and method employing same
OwnerMiles J. Yacker, Michael Kleininventors
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Abstract
A temperature gauge for drills of the type having a head to which a drill bur having a throughbore extending to its drill bur tip is removably mounted includes a temperature sensor receivable in the drill bur throughbore for sensing and measuring the temperature at the drill bur tip and a thermometer coupled to the temperature sensor for displaying the temperature at the drill bur tip. A method of measuring the temperature of the drill site is also disclosed.
Claims7
A temperature gauge assembly for drills of the type having a head to which a drill bur is removably mounted comprising:
- a drill bur having a throughbore extending to a drill bur tip;
- temperature sensor means receivable in the drill bur throughbore for sensing and measuring the temperature at the drill bur tip;
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- thermometer means coupled to said temperature sensor means for displaying the temperature at the drill bur tip.
A method of measuring the temperature of a drill site comprising the steps of:
- drilling a hole at a drill site with a drill using a drill bur, said drill bur being of the type having a central throughbore extending to a drill bur tip;
- sensing, measuring and monitoring the temperature at the drill site via temperature sensing means receivable in said drill bur throughbore of the drill bur being used in drilling and displaying the temperature sensed thereby via thermometer means coupled to said temperature sensing means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.