Patent ID: 6549134
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: F16C,G01K,G01M

Abstract:
A temperature monitoring device for continuously monitoring the temperature of an object, comprising:a housing that includes contact means engageable with the object for producing heat transferring contact with the object; indicating means for outputting an indication of a temperature condition of the object; a sensing member positioned in heat transferring contact with said contact means to emit a signal representative of a current temperature of the object; a control device connected to said sensing member to receive the signal from the sensing member representative of the current temperature of the object and to emit a signal to the indicating means to output the indication of the temperature condition of the object; power supply means for supplying power to the control device, the sensing member and the indicating means; switch means urged to a first condition interrupting the supply of power from the power supply means to the control device, the sensing member and the indicating means, and movable into a second condition causing the power supply means to supply power to the control device, the sensing member and the indicating means; and a portion of the housing being movable between a first position in which the switch means is urged to said first condition and a second position in which the portion of the housing contacts the switch means to cause the power supply means to supply power to the control device, the sensing member and the indicating means.