TWI790621B - Thermometer - Google Patents

Abstract

A thermometer including a heat-resistant hollow body, a heat-resistant protective cover, a micro controller, a temperature sensor and a wireless transmission component is provided. The heat-resistant protective cover covers the heat-resistant hollow body. The micro controller, the temperature sensor and the wireless transmission component are disposed in the heat-resistant hollow body, and the temperature sensor and the wireless transmission component are electrically coupled to the micro controller.

Description

Thermometer

The present invention relates to a sensing device, and in particular to a thermometer.

When the temperature of the field where the human body is located exceeds 150 degrees Celsius, the physiological functions of the human body begin to fail. Therefore, if the temperature of a high-temperature field (such as a fire field) is intentionally measured, the operator should not be too close to the high-temperature field, otherwise it will endanger his life.

Generally speaking, non-contact thermometers are mostly installed in a specific field, so the mobility is not good. In addition, if the non-contact thermometer is not installed in the high-temperature field, it is necessary to use a remote thermometer to measure the temperature of the high-temperature field, but the remote thermometer is easily affected by the surrounding environmental conditions of the high-temperature field. Inaccurate due to influence, and it is not easy to measure the actual temperature inside the high temperature field.

The invention provides a thermometer with excellent mobility and measurement accuracy.

The invention proposes a thermometer, which includes a heat-resistant hollow body, a heat-resistant elastic protective cover, a microcontroller, a temperature measuring element and a wireless transmission element. The heat-resistant elastic protective sleeve covers the heat-resistant hollow body. The microcontroller, the temperature measuring element and the wireless transmission element are arranged in the heat-resistant hollow body, and the temperature measuring element and the wireless transmission element are electrically coupled to the microcontroller.

Based on the above, the thermometer of the present invention can be put into a fire field or other high-temperature field by an operator to obtain accurate temperature information in real time. Therefore, the thermometer has excellent mobility and measurement accuracy.

In order to make the above-mentioned features and advantages of the present invention more comprehensible, the following specific embodiments are described in detail together with the accompanying drawings.

100: Thermometer

110: heat-resistant hollow body

110a: the first heat-resistant casing

110b: the second heat-resistant casing

111: perforation

112: The first installation space

113: bearing part

113a: positioning convex part

114: The first positioning column

114a: the first keyhole

115: Second installation space

116: Positioning department

116a: positioning recess

117: The second positioning column

117a: the second keyhole

118: Locking piece

120: Heat-resistant elastic protective sleeve

121: inner surface

122: Outer surface

123: Buffer convex part

124: Internal space

125: semi-arc slit

130: microcontroller

140: temperature measuring element

141:Temperature measurement department

150: wireless transmission components

160: circuit board

161: The first positioning hole

162: Second positioning hole

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are exploded schematic diagrams of a thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention at two different viewing angles.

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the thermometer 100 can be a temperature measuring bulb, so the operator can put the thermometer 100 into a fire field or other high temperature field to obtain accurate temperature information in real time. Therefore, the thermometer 100 has excellent mobility and measurement accuracy.

Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 are exploded schematic diagrams of a thermometer according to an embodiment of the present invention at two different viewing angles. In particular, FIGS. 3 and 4 omit to show the heat-resistant elastic sheath 120 . 1 to 3, the thermometer 100 includes a heat-resistant hollow body 110, a heat-resistant elastic sheath 120, a microcontroller 130, a temperature measuring element 140 and a wireless transmission element 150, wherein the heat-resistant elastic sheath 120 can be made of rubber or silicon rubber made, and wrap the heat-resistant hollow body 110 to slow down the impact force acting on the heat-resistant hollow body 110 . On the other hand, the heat-resistant hollow body 110 can be a hollow sphere and can be made of silicon dioxide, so it can withstand high temperature attack.

Please refer to Fig. 2 to Fig. 4, microcontroller 130, temperature measuring element 140 and wireless transmission element 150 are arranged in heat-resistant hollow body 110, are protected by heat-resistant hollow body 110, microcontroller 130, temperature measuring element 140 and wireless transmission The element 150 is not susceptible to failure due to high temperature attack. Specifically, the temperature measuring element 140 and the wireless transmission element 150 are electrically coupled to the microcontroller 130, wherein the temperature measuring element 140 can use an infrared temperature sensor, and the wireless transmission element 150 can use Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2G , 3G, 4G, 5G or other wireless transmission technologies. When temperature information is measured by the temperature measuring element 140 , the temperature information is first transmitted to the microcontroller 130 and then transmitted to an external terminal device via the wireless transmission element 150 . The operator can know the temperature information in the fire area or other high-temperature areas in real time without approaching or entering the fire area or other high-temperature areas.

In this embodiment, the thermometer 100 further includes a heat-resistant hollow body The circuit board 160 in 110, wherein the microcontroller 130, the temperature measuring element 140 and the wireless transmission element 150 are arranged on the circuit board 160, and the temperature measuring element 140 and the wireless transmission element 150 are electrically connected to the microcontroller through the circuit board 160 130. On the other hand, the temperature measuring element 140 includes a temperature measuring part 141 , such as a temperature sensing line. The heat-resistant hollow body 110 has a perforation 111 , and the temperature measuring part 141 passes through the perforation 111 to pass through the heat-resistant hollow body 110 to sense temperature information outside the heat-resistant hollow body 110 , that is, temperature information in a fire field or other high-temperature field.

For example, the number of temperature measuring elements 140 may be multiple, and they are evenly distributed on the circuit board 160 to sense temperature information in different directions. Correspondingly, there are multiple through holes 111 , wherein the number of through holes 111 is the same as the number of temperature measuring elements 140 , and they are evenly distributed on the heat-resistant hollow body 110 .

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, the heat-resistant elastic sheath 120 is a spherical sheath, and has an inner surface 121 , an outer surface 122 opposite to the inner surface 121 , and a plurality of buffer protrusions 123 . The inner surface 121 faces the heat-resistant hollow body 110 and covers the heat-resistant hollow body 110 . On the other hand, a plurality of buffer protrusions 123 are distributed on the outer surface 122 to relieve the impact force acting on the heat-resistant hollow body 110 .

In detail, the inner surface 121 of the heat-resistant elastic sheath 120 defines an inner space 124 for accommodating the heat-resistant hollow body 110 , wherein the heat-resistant elastic sheath 120 also has a semi-arc slit 125 for communicating with the outside world and the inner space 124 . Since the heat-resistant elastic protective sheath 120 can be elastically deformed by force, the heat-resistant hollow body 110 can be inserted into the inner space 124 through the semicircular arc slit 125 or removed from the inner space 124 through the semicircular arc slit 125 .

Please refer to Figures 2 to 4, the heat-resistant hollow body 110 is assembled from a first heat-resistant shell 110a and a second heat-resistant shell 110b, and the first heat-resistant shell 110a and the second heat-resistant shell 110b can be two semicircles Combination of spherical shells. In detail, the first heat-resistant housing 110a has a first installation space 112, a bearing portion 113 located in the first installation space 112, and a first positioning column 114 located in the first installation space 112, and the second heat-resistant housing 110b It has a second installation space 115 , a positioning portion 116 located in the second installation space 115 and a second positioning column 117 located in the second installation space 115 .

The second heat-resistant casing 110 b is assembled on the first heat-resistant casing 110 a, and the first installation space 112 communicates with the second installation space 115 . On the other hand, the positioning portion 116 is aligned with the carrying portion 113 , and the positioning portion 116 and the carrying portion 113 respectively contact two opposite surfaces of the circuit board 160 . That is to say, the circuit board 160 is clamped between the positioning portion 116 and the carrying portion 113 to prevent the circuit board 160 from being shifted. The second positioning post 117 is aligned with the first positioning post 114 , and the second positioning post 117 and the first positioning post 114 respectively contact two opposite surfaces of the circuit board 160 . That is to say, the circuit board 160 is clamped between the second positioning post 117 and the first positioning post 114 to prevent the circuit board 160 from shifting.

Further, the circuit board 160 has a first positioning hole 161 and a second positioning hole 162, wherein the first positioning hole 161 is located between the positioning portion 116 and the bearing portion 113, and the second positioning hole 162 is located between the second positioning post 117 and the bearing portion 113. between the first positioning columns 114 . Furthermore, the carrying portion 113 has a positioning protrusion 113a, and the positioning portion 116 has a positioning recess 116a corresponding to the positioning protrusion 113a. The positioning convex portion 113a passes through the first positioning hole 161 and is inserted into the positioning concave portion 116a to prevent the circuit board 160 from shifting.

Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 , the first heat-resistant housing 110a also has a first locking hole 114a located on the first positioning post 114 , and the second heat-resistant housing 110b also has a second locking hole passing through the second positioning post 117 117a. The first locking hole 114a is aligned with the second locking hole 117a, wherein the second positioning hole 162 is aligned with the first locking hole 114a and the second locking hole 117a, and is located between the first locking hole 114a and the second locking hole 117a.

In this embodiment, the hollow body 110 also has a locking member 118 such as a screw. The locking member 118 passes through the second locking hole 117a and locks into the first locking hole 114a, so as to lock the second heat-resistant shell 110b to the first heat-resistant shell 110a. Furthermore, the locking member 118 passes through the second locking hole 117 a and the second positioning hole 162 and locks into the first locking hole 114 a, so as to lock the circuit board 160 between the second positioning post 117 and the first positioning post 114 between.

Please refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the number of bearing parts 113 on the first heat-resistant casing 110 a may be multiple, wherein the multiple bearing parts 113 are evenly distributed in the first installation space 112 and surround the first positioning column 114 . Correspondingly, there are multiple positioning portions 116 on the second heat-resistant casing 110 b, wherein the multiple positioning portions 116 are evenly distributed in the second installation space 115 and surround the second positioning column 117 . In addition, the number of the first positioning holes 161 on the circuit board 160 may be multiple and surround the second positioning holes 162 .

Please refer to FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 , the through hole 111 is located on the second heat-resistant housing 110 b, wherein the through hole 111 passes through the positioning portion 116 and is located above the positioning concave portion 116 a. That is to say, the temperature measuring portion 141 of the temperature measuring element 140 passes through the positioning portion 116 outwardly from the second installation space 115 .

In summary, the thermometer of the present invention can be dropped into a fire field by an operator or other high-temperature fields to obtain accurate temperature information in real time. Therefore, the thermometer has excellent mobility and measurement accuracy. Furthermore, the microcontroller, the temperature measuring element and the wireless transmission element are arranged in the heat-resistant hollow body, and protected by the heat-resistant hollow body, the microcontroller, the temperature measuring element and the wireless transmission element are not easily damaged by high temperature. When the temperature information is measured by the temperature measuring element, the temperature information is first transmitted to the microcontroller and then transmitted to the external terminal device through the wireless transmission element. The operator can know the temperature information in the fire area or other high-temperature areas in real time without approaching or entering the fire area or other high-temperature areas.

Although the present invention has been disclosed above with the embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the technical field may make some changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the appended patent application.

100: Thermometer 110: heat-resistant hollow body 110a: the first heat-resistant casing 110b: the second heat-resistant casing 111: perforation 112: The first installation space 113: bearing part 113a: positioning convex part 114: The first positioning column 114a: the first keyhole 115: Second installation space 116: Positioning department 116a: positioning recess 117: The second positioning column 117a: the second keyhole 118: Locking piece 120: Heat-resistant elastic protective sleeve 121: inner surface 122: Outer surface 123: Buffer convex part 124: Internal space 140: temperature measuring element 141:Temperature measurement department 160: circuit board 161: The first positioning hole 162: Second positioning hole

Claims (8)

A temperature measuring instrument, comprising: a heat-resistant hollow body; a heat-resistant elastic protective sleeve covering the heat-resistant hollow body; a microcontroller arranged in the heat-resistant hollow body; a temperature measuring element arranged in the heat-resistant hollow body, and electrically coupled to the microcontroller; the wireless transmission element is arranged in the heat-resistant hollow body and is electrically coupled to the microcontroller; and a circuit board is arranged in the heat-resistant hollow body, and the microcontroller, the The temperature measuring element and the wireless transmission element are arranged on the circuit board, wherein the heat-resistant hollow body includes a first heat-resistant shell and a second heat-resistant shell assembled on the first heat-resistant shell, and the first heat-resistant shell It has a first installation space and a bearing part located in the first installation space, the second heat-resistant housing has a second installation space connected to the first installation space and a positioning part in the second installation space, and the The circuit board is clamped between the positioning part and the bearing part. The temperature measuring instrument according to claim 1, wherein the temperature measuring element includes a temperature measuring part, and the heat-resistant hollow body has a perforation, and the temperature measuring part passes through the heat-resistant hollow body through the perforation. The thermometer as described in claim 1, wherein the bearing part has a positioning convex part, and the positioning part has a positioning concave part corresponding to the positioning convex part, and the circuit board has A positioning hole is located between the positioning portion and the bearing portion, wherein the positioning convex portion passes through the positioning hole and is inserted into the positioning concave portion. The thermometer according to claim 1, wherein the heat-resistant hollow body further includes a locking member, and the first heat-resistant housing also has a first positioning post located in the first installation space and a first positioning post located on the first positioning post The second heat-resistant housing also has a second positioning post located in the second installation space and a second locking hole passing through the second positioning post, wherein the second positioning post corresponds to the first positioning column, and the second lock hole is aligned with the first lock hole, the locking piece is passed through the second lock hole and locked into the first lock hole, so as to lock the second heat-resistant shell to the first lock hole on a heat-resistant casing. The thermometer as claimed in claim 4, wherein the circuit board is clamped between the second positioning pin and the first positioning pin. The thermometer according to claim 5, wherein the circuit board has a positioning hole located between the second positioning post and the first positioning post, and the locking member is passed through the second locking hole and the positioning hole and into the first keyhole. The thermometer according to claim 1, wherein the heat-resistant elastic protective sheath has an inner surface, an outer surface opposite to the inner surface, and a plurality of buffer protrusions, the inner surface faces the heat-resistant hollow body, and the buffer protrusions partly distributed on the outer surface. The thermometer according to claim 1, wherein the heat-resistant elastic protective sheath has an inner space and a semi-arc slit connected to the inner space, and the heat-resistant hollow body is used to be inserted into the inner space through the semi-arc slit interior space.

Images