Heat flux probe

Claim 1

A HEAT FLUX PROBE ASSEMBLY CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED ON A LONGITUDINAL AXIS IN COMBINATION WITH A WALL MEMBER, SAID WALL MEMBER PROVIDING AN INNER SURFACE THEREON WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BECOME HEATED AND MEANS FORMING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH SUBSTANTIALLY LOCATED ON SAID AXIS, A CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED SUPPORT MEMBER SECURED TO AN OUTER SURFACE PORTION OF SAID WALL MEMBER AND INCLUDING MEANS FORMING AN APERTURE THEREIN ON SAID AXIS, SAID PROBE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PROBE MEMBER FORMED ON SAID AXIS AND HAVING A FIRST PORTION THEREOF CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED ADJACNET TO SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, SEALING MEANS ARRANGED BETWEEN SAID FIRST PORTION AND SAID SUPPORT MEMBER FOR PREVENTING FLUID FLOW THEREBY, COOPERATIVE SECURING MEANS FORMED ON SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND SAID FIRST PORTION FOR SECURING TO AND PERMITTING REMOVAL OF SAID PROBE ASSEMBLY FROM SAID SUPPORT MEMBER, SAID PROBE MEMBER FURTHER COMPRISING A SECOND PORTION WHICH IS SLENDER IN CONFIGURATION RELATIVE TO SAID FIRST PORTION, AND SECOND PORTION EXTENDING FROM SAID FIRST PORTION THROUGH THE APERTURE FORMED IN SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND THE APERTURE FORMED IN SAID WALL MEMBER, SAID SECOND PORTION FORMING A CHAMBER WITH THE APERTURE FORMED IN SAID SUPPORT MEMBER AND TERMINATING IN A SURFACE PORTION WHICH IS IN SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID WALL MEMBER, MEANS FORMING A FIRST APERTURE THROUGH SAID PROBE MEMBER AND SUBSTANTIALLY ON THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF, MEANS FORMING A SECOND APERTURE IN THE FIRST PORTION OF SAID PROBE MEMBER AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIRST APERTURE, SAID SECOND APERTURE TEMINATING IN EXPOSED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID CHAMBER, A FIRST THERMOCOUPLE MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID FIRST APERTURE AND TERMINATING IN A FIRST THERMOCOUPLE JUNCTION AT THE SURFACE PORTION OF SAID PROBE MEMBER WHICH TERMINATES AT THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID WALL MEMBER, A WEDGE MEANS IN SAID FIRST APERTURE FOR SECURING SAID FIRST THERMOCOUPLE MEANS THEREIN, SAID WEDGE MEANS PROVIDING A SURFACE PORTION WHICH IS IN SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID WALL MEMBER, A SECOND THERMOCOUPLE MEANS ARRANGED IN SAID SECOND APERTURE AND TERMINATING IN A SECOND THERMOCOUPLE JUNCTION WHICH IS AT A FIXED DISTANCE FROM SAID FIRST THERMOCOUPLE JUNCTION, SAID SECOND THERMOCOUPLE JUNCTION SUBSTANTIALLY LOCATED AT THAT PORTION OF SAID PROBE MEMBER WHEREAT THE FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS THEREOF MEET AND FILLING MEANS SECURING SAID SECOND THERMOCOUPLE JUNCTION TO SAID PROBE MEMBER, WHEREBY A HEAT TRANSFER MEASUREMENT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND THERMOCOUPLE JUNCTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED SAID PROBE MEMBER AND SAID WEDGE MEANS BEING CONSTRUCTED OF A MATERIAL HAVING SIMILAR HEAT CONDUCTING PROPERTIES TO THE MATERIAL OF SAID HEATED WALL MEMBER.