Patent ID: 8858075

Claim:
An apparatus for providing access to a thermo-well situated in a mobile container, the apparatus comprising: a tubular body portion having a body first end including an access port configured to provide access to a thermo-well of a container, and a body second end including a container port securable to the container, wherein the access port is in communication with the container port via a body portion inner passage; a tubular branch portion having a branch first end including a branch port, and a branch second end that extends from the body second end, where the branch port is configured to receive a sensor conductor and is in communication with the body portion inner passage via a branch portion inner passage; an access cap removably secured to the access port; a branch cap secured to the branch port; and a tube extending through the branch cap, the tube having a tube first end, a tube second end, and a tube passageway between the tube first end and the tube second end, with at least one of the tube first end and the tube second end having a seal fitting, wherein the seal fitting is configured to accommodate a sensor conductor extending therethrough.