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Temperature surveillance systems

  • US 4,488,269 A
  • Filed: 04/09/1982
  • Issued: 12/11/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A temperature surveillance system for a structure having regions which are susceptible to fault conditions which can cause temperature changes, comprising a plurality of metal sheathed mineral insulated cables in notional lattice array, each cable having a co-axial conductor comprising alternate lengths of dissimilar thermo-electric materials for providing thermo-electric junctions at end abutments of said alternate lengths, alternate junctions being of opposite thermo-electric emf polarities in the sense that opposite emf polarities will be developed at alternate junctions if exposed individually to the same temperature conditions, the cables being arranged so that like junctions of one thermo-electric emf polarity occur at the intersections of the co-ordinates of the lattice array whilst the junctions of opposite thermo-electric emf polarity are disposed between the intersections of the co-ordinates, said junctions of said one thermo-electric emf polarity at said intersections comprising sensing junctions disposed at regions of the structure which are susceptible to fault conditions which can cause a temperature change, and said junctions of opposite thermo-electric emf polarity being located at substantially isothermal regions.

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