Temperature gauge for use with sanitary conduit
First Claim
1. Temperature gauge adapter for use in connection with a sanitary conduit through which a liquid product flows whose temperature is to be monitored, the conduit including a tubular stub formed on said conduit to mount a temperature gauge and to permit a cylindrical rod probe of the temperature gauge to contact said fluid, the tubular stub having a flange ring formed at an upper end thereof;
- and wherein said temperature gauge has a body portion and a male threaded stem from which said rod probe extends;
the adapter comprising;
a flange disk of a diameter to mate with the flange ring of said tubular stub;
a seal gland disposed between facing flat surfaces of said flange disk and the flange ring of said tubular stub;
clamp means fitting over said flange disk and said flange ring for removably holding said flange disk in sealed engagement with said flange ring;
a passageway formed in said flange disk of a sufficient diameter to permit the rod probe of the temperature sensor to penetrate therethrough;
an O-ring seal seated within said passageway for sealably engaging said rod probe when the latter penetrates said passageway; and
a female threaded nipple affixed on said flange disk and coaxial with said passageway, and having threads to mate with the male threaded stem of said temperature gauge.
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Abstract
A standard industrial temperature gauge is adapted for a sanitary conduit that has been provided with a tubular stub for mounting the temperature gauge. A disk flange mates with an upper flange of the tubular stub. A aperture or passageway in the disk flange permits the rod probe of the temperature sensor to penetrate through it. An O-ring seal seated within the passageway seals against the rod probe. A female threaded nipple is affixed on the flange disk coaxial with the passageway. This nipple has threads to mate with the male threaded stem of the temperature gauge. A sealing gland or equivalent seal is disposed between the disk flange and the flange of the said tubular stub, so that the sanitary conduit is sealed off when a clamp is installed, removably holding the flange disk in sealed engagement with the tubular stub.
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6 Claims
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1. Temperature gauge adapter for use in connection with a sanitary conduit through which a liquid product flows whose temperature is to be monitored, the conduit including a tubular stub formed on said conduit to mount a temperature gauge and to permit a cylindrical rod probe of the temperature gauge to contact said fluid, the tubular stub having a flange ring formed at an upper end thereof;
- and wherein said temperature gauge has a body portion and a male threaded stem from which said rod probe extends;
the adapter comprising;a flange disk of a diameter to mate with the flange ring of said tubular stub; a seal gland disposed between facing flat surfaces of said flange disk and the flange ring of said tubular stub; clamp means fitting over said flange disk and said flange ring for removably holding said flange disk in sealed engagement with said flange ring; a passageway formed in said flange disk of a sufficient diameter to permit the rod probe of the temperature sensor to penetrate therethrough; an O-ring seal seated within said passageway for sealably engaging said rod probe when the latter penetrates said passageway; and a female threaded nipple affixed on said flange disk and coaxial with said passageway, and having threads to mate with the male threaded stem of said temperature gauge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
- and wherein said temperature gauge has a body portion and a male threaded stem from which said rod probe extends;
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