Thermocouple support

Claim 1

A THERMOCOUPLE ASSEMBLY FOR MEASURING THE EXTERIOR SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF A CONDUIT COMPRISING A FIRST TUBULAR HOUSING MEMBER FIXEDLY ATTACHED AT ITS BASE TO THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID CONDUIT SO AS TO ENCLOSE THE AREA WHOSE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS TO BE MEASURED, A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER REMOVABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID FIRST TUBULAR HOUSING MEMBER AND SPACED APART THEREFROM AND ENCLOSING A PAIR OF INSULATED THERMOCOUPLE LEAD WIRES, SAID SECOND TUBULAR THERMOCOUPLE PROTECTING MEMBER BEING CLOSED AT ITS INNER END BY A THERMOCOUPLE HOT JUNCTION SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF OPENINGS THROUGH WHICH SAID PAIR OF THERMOCOUPLE LEAD WIRES EXTEND, SAID THERMOCOUPLE SUPPORT MEMBER ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH A RECESS CONNECTING SAID PAIR OF OPENINGS, SAID RECESS BEING OF A SIZE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE HOT JUNCTION OF A THERMOCOUPLE, THE DEPTH OF SAID RECESS BEING SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF THE HOT JUNCTION, A THERMOCOUPLE HOT JUNCTION FORMED BY THE JUNCTION OF SAID THERMOCOUPLE LEAD WIRES ADJACENT THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE THERMOCOUPLE SUPPORT MEMBER, MEANS MOUNTED ON ONE OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND TUBULAR MEMBERS BEARING NONRESILIENTLY ON THE OTHER OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS FOR URGING SAID THERMOCOUPLE HOT JUNCTION WITH VARIABLE FORCE INTO CONTACT WITH THE CONDUIT WHOSE SURFACE TEMPERATURE IS TO BE MEASURED.