Flexible leaf spring surface temperature thermocouple

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION, A THERMOCOUPLE AND MOUNTING FIXTURE THEREFOR, COMPRISING: A MOUNTING HEAD INCLUDING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS; A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL AND FLEXIBLE SHEET MEANS OF HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT AND ABRASION RESISTANT MATERIAL STACKED ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER, SAID PLURALITY EXTENDING OUTWARDLY IN CANTILEVER CONFIGURATION FROM SAID MOUNTING HEAD FOR LYING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A HIGH TEMPERATURE SURFACE WHOSE TEMPERATURE IS TO BE MEASURED AND FOR FORMING A SUPPORTING PROTECTIVE SHIELD RELATIVE THERETO, SAID PLURALITY INCLUDING AN OUTERMOST SHEET, SAID PLURALITY ALSO INCLUDING ANOTHER SHEET HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SEPARATED WIRE-THREADING MEANS THEREIN, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SHEETS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID HEAD AND SAID OUTERMOST SHEET BEING SHORTER THAN SAID OUTERMOST SHEET; MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID INDIVIDUAL AND FLEXIBLE SHEET MEANS IN THEIR STACKED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID MOUNTING HEAD; AND A THERMOCOUPLE FORMING A WIRE LOOP AND BEING BOTH SUPPORTED AND PROTECTED BY SAID FLEXIBLE SHEET MEANS AND COMPRISING A PAIR OF WIRES OF DIFFERENT METAL JOINED TOGETHER BETWEEN SAID OUTERMOST SHEET AND SAID ANOTHER SHEET AND ALSO BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SEPARATED WIRE-THREADING MEANS, EACH OF SAID PAIR BEING THREADED THHROUGH A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID WIRE-THREADING MEANS AND EXTENDING BACK TO THE ELECTICAL CONNECTIONS WHEREBY THE TEMPERATURE OF SAID HEATED SURFACE CANBE DETERMINED WITHOUT INJURY TO THE TERMOCOUPLE.