Patent ID: 8162537
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
1. A thermometer quick linkage apparatus comprising: an elastic member; a button that defines an end portion; a probe configured to communicate with a host of the thermometer via a leading wire, the probe defining an end portion; and a chamber defining a neck portion at a first end thereof that is dimensioned to have a probe jacket inserted thereon and to mate snugly with the probe jacket, wherein the neck portion defines an opening through which the probe is received, the chamber having a second end provided with an opening through which the button is received; wherein, within the chamber, a first end of the elastic member is connected with the button and a second end of the elastic member is connected with the probe; wherein the probe fits loosely in the opening at the first end of the chamber that is defined by the neck portion of the chamber, and wherein the probe is spaced from and unconstrained by all remaining portions of the chamber; and wherein the elastic member is configured such that, when the button is pressed to compress the elastic member to a certain degree, the end portion of the button comes into contact with the end portion of the probe, and wherein, when the button is pressed further, the button pushes the probe away from the second end of the chamber such that the only contact between the probe and the chamber and the only constraint of the probe by the chamber occurs at the opening at the first end of the chamber as the probe is pushed.