Patent ID: 7653502

Claim:
A data logger, which is an electronic device for passing through a conveyor oven and which is independent of the conveyor oven, for determining whether a product profile is within desired limits, comprising: an outer housing sized to pass through the conveyor oven; a controller within the outer housing coupled to an input for receiving thermocouple data when the data logger is passed through the conveyor oven; a memory within the outer housing coupled to or within the controller for storing the thermocouple data and for storing criteria indicative of a desired product profile; a user interface located on the outer housing of the data logger for submitting a request to the controller for determining whether the received thermocouple data is within limits of the stored criteria; and a display located on the outer housing of the data logger and coupled to the controller for displaying an indication whether the received thermocouple data is within limits of the stored criteria.