Mounting means for transducers

Claim 1

IN A ROLLING MILL, MEANS FOR MEASURING A PLURALITY OFF CROSS-SECTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF MOVING MATERIAL IN A SINGLE STRAND MERCHANT MILL, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A SUPPORT MOUNTED INDEPENDENTLY OF THE ROLL HOUSINGS IN FIXED RELATION TO THE PASS LINE, A PORTABLE GAUGE MEASURING UNIT REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT, SAID GAUGE MEASURING UNIT ADAPTED FOR QUICK DISENGAGEMENT FROM SAID SUPPORT AND INCLUDING AN ARCHED PROTECTIVE HOUSING, SAID HOUSING PROVIDED WITH FRONT AND REAR ARCHED WALLS HELD IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP BY A CURVED INNER WALL PARTIALLY SURROUNDING SAID PASS LINE AND A CURVED OUTER WALL, SAID CURVED INNER WALL PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF APERTURES, A PLURALITY OF INFRARED MICROMETER GAUGES MOUNTED WITHIN SAID ARCHED PROTECTIVE HOUSING IN A MANNER PERMITTING THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL, RADIAL, AND PIVOTAL ADJUSTMENT THEREOF, SAID ARCHED FRONT WALL PROVIDED WITH ACCESS DOORS ADJACENT EACH SAID INFRARED MICROMETER GAUGES, AND MEANS FOR DIRECTING A FLOW OF FILTERED COOLING AIR TO EACH SAID INFRARED MICROMETER GAUGES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID INFRARED MICROMETER GAUGES WITHIN A SAFE OPERATING RANGE WHILE KEEPING THE LENS OF SAID GAUGES FREE OF FOREIGN PARTICLES.