Temperature monitoring device

A temperature monitoring device for continuously monitoring the temperature of an object, comprising:

• a housing adapted to be connected to the object;
• a sensing member sensing a current temperature of the object by way of heat transfer when the housing is connected to the object and emitting a signal representative of the current temperature of the object;
• indicating means mounted on the housing for outputting an indication of a temperature condition of the object;
• a processor connected to said sensing member to receive the signal from the sensing member representative of the current temperature of the object and to emit a signal to the indicating means to output the indication of the temperature condition of the object;
• a power supply to supply power to the processor, the sensing member and the indicating means;
• a switch changeable between a first condition in which power from the power supply to the processor, the sensing member and the indicating means is interrupted, and a second condition in which power is supplied from the power supply to the processor, the sensing member and the indicating means;
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• means for changing the switch between the first condition and the second condition.

A temperature monitoring device for continuously monitoring the temperature of an object, comprising:

• a housing adapted to be removably connected to the object, the housing including a contact portion to contact the object in a heat transfer manner;
• a sensing member mounted on the housing in heat transferring contact with the contact portion of the housing to sense a current temperature of the object by way of heat transfer when the housing is connected to the object and emitting a signal representative of the current temperature of the object;
• indicating means mounted on the housing for producing an output indicating a temperature condition of the object;
• a processor connected to the sensing member and the indicating means to receive the signal from the sensing member representative of the current temperature of the object and to emit a signal to the indicating means causing the indicating means to produce at least a first output indicating the temperature condition of the object, the processor determining a normal operating condition temperature of the object when a steady-state temperature of the object sensed by the sensing member has been reached and determining an abnormal operating condition temperature of the object when the temperature of the object sensed by the sensing member is outside a predetermined range from the normal operating condition temperature, the processor emitting a signal to the indicating means upon determining the abnormal operating condition temperature of the object so that the indicating means produces the first output indicating the abnormal operating condition temperature of the object;
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• a power supply to supply power to the processor, the sensing member and the indicating means.