US4449035A
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Arrangement for mounting a thermistor-type temperature sensor in a metallic heating device
Assignee: SEB SA
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Filing: 1981-12-22
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Granted: 1984-05-15
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Expires: 2001-12-22
Abstract
Abstract An electric resistance heating device including a body having a metal mass and a sheathed electric heating element for heating the mass is provided with a temperature sensing thermistor designed for electronic temperature regulation. The thermistor together with the leads thereof is housed in a shrunk thermoplastic, e.g., PTFE, sheath and is inserted into a cavity within the mass closely approaching the heating element sheath through an orifice closed by a metal sealing plug having substantially the same composition and thermal characteristics as the mass. The cavity and the face of the plug are shaped to closely correspond to the sheath containing the thermistor and leads and any air spaces existing between the sheath, the mass and plug are filled with a silicone putty, such as silastene. The sealing plug is force fit within the orifice or inset therein by plastic deformation of the metallic mass.
Inventors
- 👤 Pierre Schwob
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 14:02
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01K; G01K1/00; G01K1/14; G01K1/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A heating device including a body having a metal mass and an electric resistance element for heating the mass, and a temperature sensing thermistor which is disposed in a cavity between an orifice in the mass and a metal sealing plug having substantially the same composition as the mass and is connected to the exterior of the mass by lead means, wherein the thermistor and the lead means are housed in a shrunk sheath of thermoplastic material, and wherein the orifice and that face of the plug which is adjacent the orifice are so shaped as to define for the cavity a shape substantially corresponding to the space occupied in the orifice by the sheath containing the thermistor and the lead means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A heating device including a body having a metal mass and an electric resistance element for heating the mass, and a temperature sensing thermistor which is disposed in a cavity between an orifice in the mass and a metal sealing plug having substantially the same composition as the mass and is connected to the exterior of the mass by lead means, wherein the thermistor and the lead means are housed in a shrunk sheath of thermoplastic material, and wherein the orifice and that face of the plug which is adjacent the orifice are so shaped as to define for the cavity a shape substantially corresponding to the space occupied in the orifice by the sheath containing the thermistor and the lead means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
A temperature sensor according to claim 1, wherein the sealing plug is held in position by force-fitting within the orifice aforesaid.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The temperature sensor according to claim 1, wherein the sealing plug is inset within the orifice aforesaid by plastic deformation of the metal of the mass.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A temperature sensor according to claim 1, wherein the interstices and the spaces existing between said orifice and said sealing plug, between said thermistor and said mass and between said thermistor and said sealing plug are filled with material having good heat conductivity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A temperature sensor according to claim 1, wherein the thermistor is practically applied against a shielding tube of the resistance heating element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A temperature sensor according to claim 1, wherein the thermistor is insulated by means of said sheath of shrinkable thermoplastic material.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
A temperature sensor according to claim 6, wherein the sheath is of polytetrafluoroethylene .
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A temperature sensor according to claim 1, wherein the thermistor is placed in parallel relation to the external surface of the heating element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
41 words
A heating device according to claim 1, wherein the cavity between the orifice and the plug extends to the external surface of the mass and the lead means extends to the exterior of the mass between the plug and the orifice.
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