US1233385A - Thermometer-holding device for tanks and the like. - Google Patents

Thermometer-holding device for tanks and the like. Download PDF

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US1233385A
US1233385A US325315A US325315A US1233385A US 1233385 A US1233385 A US 1233385A US 325315 A US325315 A US 325315A US 325315 A US325315 A US 325315A US 1233385 A US1233385 A US 1233385A
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  • My invention has for its object to afford an improved construction for use in connection with tanks, vats and the like to enable a thermometer to be readily inserted from the exterior to the inside of the tank, and to make provision for removing the thermometer when it is desired to clean the interior of the tank.
  • a further purpose of the improvement is to employ a structure which does away with any projecting parts on the interior of the casing when the thermometer is not in use, thereby facilitating the cleaning operation and making a construction that is more sanitary in every respect.
  • Figure 1 is a sectional View showing the application of my improved device to the wall of a tank
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional View with the thermometer removed and the valve or plug inserted.
  • a sleeve 1 which is shown as applied to a double walled tank or vat, which includes the walls 2 and 3 arranged in spaced relation to each other for insulation, but the invention is not confined in its application to this particular style of tank, as it may be applied with equal facility and used efliciently on a'single wall structure.
  • the sleeve 1 is threaded both interiorly and exteriorly at its outer end, as designated at 4 and 5 respectively for a purpose that will be mentioned presently.
  • the sleeve 1 carries a flange 6 which forms a shoulder for engagement with the side or inner wall of the tank, to hold the sleeve tightly against the wall, although any means may be employed at the inner end of the sleeve for accomplishing this end.
  • the sleeve is held in place by a securing nut 7 which engages the exteriorly threaded portion 4 at the outer end, and by contact with the outer surface of the tank, acts to draw the retaining flange 6 tightly against the inner surface and thus hold the sleeve in fixed position.
  • the sleeve is also provided at its in r end with an opening through which t e thermometer casing 8 is inserted in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and surrounding said opening is an inwardly projecting portion or shoulder 9 which is inclined at 10 to form a seat for collar 11 carried by the thermometer casing.
  • the collar 11 includes a surface 12 which is inclined correspondingly with the seat 10 and engages the same tightly when the thermometer is in operating position.
  • the thermometer is held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a nut 13 which is loosely arranged on the neckll of the thermometer case, the nut 13 being arranged to engage the interiorly threaded portion 5 of the bushing and to abut against a shoulder on the thermometer casing.
  • thern'iometer can be tightly secured within the sleeve and in a manner which effectually closes the opening through which it projects, and thus prevents the outflow of any liquid from the tank.
  • the thermometer When the thermometer is not in use, itmay be removed from the tank after it is emptied of its contents and in order to clean'the tank under such conditions I provide a supple mental means for closing the opening in the sleeve before the cleaning liquid is poured 1n while at the same time leaving a practically smooth inner surface on the inside of the tank.
  • I employ a plug member consisting preferably of a rod 15 carrying a plug 16 to engage the seat 10.
  • the rod 15 is also provided with a threaded nut 17 adapted to engage the interiorly threaded portion 5 of the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 2.
  • thermometer casing-and serving to force the shoulder on the latter into contact with the sleeve seat.
  • thermometer casing adapted to project through the seat into the receptacle and having a shoulder cooperating with said seat
  • thermometer cooperating when the thermometer is removed, comprising ahead portion fitting the seat and a nut cooperating with the threads of the sleeve to force the head against the sleeve seat.
  • thermometer casing extending through the sleeve and projecting through the seat into the receptacle having a collar slidingly fitting the sleeve and engaging the seat a securing device engaging the thermometer casing and sleeve and serving to force the collar on the former into contact with the sleeve seat, a closure interchangeable with the thermometer casing sleeve and engage the seat therein, when the thermometer casing is removed, and means and engaglng'said closure to force it into contact with the sleeye seat.

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H. w. MAURER.
THERMOMETER HOLDING DEVICE FOR TANKS AND THE LIKE.
APPLICATION FILED JAN-20.1915.
Patented July 17, 1917.
i I E V I5 I 7 W w lv' h Afi- I INVE/I/TOR fleiz ymaarer HENRY W. MAURER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 TAYLOR INSTRUMENT COMPANIES, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YOlRK.
THEBMOMETER-HOLDING DEVICE FOR TANKS AND THE LIKE.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented July 1?, 1917.
marked thereon.
My invention has for its object to afford an improved construction for use in connection with tanks, vats and the like to enable a thermometer to be readily inserted from the exterior to the inside of the tank, and to make provision for removing the thermometer when it is desired to clean the interior of the tank. A further purpose of the improvement is to employ a structure which does away with any projecting parts on the interior of the casing when the thermometer is not in use, thereby facilitating the cleaning operation and making a construction that is more sanitary in every respect. To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a sectional View showing the application of my improved device to the wall of a tank, and
Fig. 2 is a sectional View with the thermometer removed and the valve or plug inserted.
Similar reference characters throughout the several figures indicate the same parts.
In the present embodiment of the construction there is employed a sleeve 1 which is shown as applied to a double walled tank or vat, which includes the walls 2 and 3 arranged in spaced relation to each other for insulation, but the invention is not confined in its application to this particular style of tank, as it may be applied with equal facility and used efliciently on a'single wall structure. The sleeve 1 is threaded both interiorly and exteriorly at its outer end, as designated at 4 and 5 respectively for a purpose that will be mentioned presently. At its inner end, the sleeve 1 carries a flange 6 which forms a shoulder for engagement with the side or inner wall of the tank, to hold the sleeve tightly against the wall, although any means may be employed at the inner end of the sleeve for accomplishing this end. The sleeve is held in place by a securing nut 7 which engages the exteriorly threaded portion 4 at the outer end, and by contact with the outer surface of the tank, acts to draw the retaining flange 6 tightly against the inner surface and thus hold the sleeve in fixed position.
The sleeve is also provided at its in r end with an opening through which t e thermometer casing 8 is inserted in the manner shown in Fig. 1, and surrounding said opening is an inwardly projecting portion or shoulder 9 which is inclined at 10 to form a seat for collar 11 carried by the thermometer casing. The collar 11 includesa surface 12 which is inclined correspondingly with the seat 10 and engages the same tightly when the thermometer is in operating position. The thermometer is held in the position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a nut 13 which is loosely arranged on the neckll of the thermometer case, the nut 13 being arranged to engage the interiorly threaded portion 5 of the bushing and to abut against a shoulder on the thermometer casing. It will be seen that by this arrangement' the thern'iometer can be tightly secured within the sleeve and in a manner which effectually closes the opening through which it projects, and thus prevents the outflow of any liquid from the tank. When the thermometer is not in use, itmay be removed from the tank after it is emptied of its contents and in order to clean'the tank under such conditions I provide a supple mental means for closing the opening in the sleeve before the cleaning liquid is poured 1n while at the same time leaving a practically smooth inner surface on the inside of the tank.
To this end, I employ a plug member consisting preferably of a rod 15 carrying a plug 16 to engage the seat 10. The rod 15 is also provided with a threaded nut 17 adapted to engage the interiorly threaded portion 5 of the sleeve, as shown in Fig. 2. When the thermometer is not in use, If. may be removed, and the plug membencanthen be positioned in the manner explained, and serves to close the opening in the sleeve, and K prevent the contents the. tank from iun- I ning out.
and the thermometer casing-and serving to force the shoulder on the latter into contact with the sleeve seat. v
2. The combination with a receptacle wall having an aperture, a sleeve fitting the aperture having screw threads at its outer end and provided at its inner end' approximately in the plane of the inner surface of the receptacle wall with an annular'seat, of a thermometer casing adapted to project through the seat into the receptacle and having a shoulder cooperating with said seat, a
nut engaging the threads of the sleeve and operating against the thermometer casing to force the shoulder thereon against the seat on the sleeve-and a closure for-the sleeve,
- cooperating when the thermometer is removed, comprising ahead portion fitting the seat and a nut cooperating with the threads of the sleeve to force the head against the sleeve seat.
3. The combination with a receptacle wall provided with an'aperture, and a tubular sleeve fitted therein having a restricted inner; end portionforming a seat substantially in ""alinement with the inner surface of the receptacle wall, ofa thermometer casing extending through the sleeve and projecting through the seat into the receptacle having a collar slidingly fitting the sleeve and engaging the seat a securing device engaging the thermometer casing and sleeve and serving to force the collar on the former into contact with the sleeve seat, a closure interchangeable with the thermometer casing sleeve and engage the seat therein, when the thermometer casing is removed, and means and engaglng'said closure to force it into contact with the sleeye seat.
HENRY W. MAURER.
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H. E. SToNEBRAKER,
RUSSEL B. GRIFFITH.
with the outer end of the sleeve .also adapted to slidingly fit within the
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US2560455A (en) * 1949-05-26 1951-07-10 Phillips Petroleum Co Thermocouple return bend and well
US2603091A (en) * 1949-05-16 1952-07-15 Weston Electrical Instr Corp Bimetallic thermometer for use in the dairy industry
US2786643A (en) * 1957-03-26 Mounting for drain valve in molded bowl
US4170137A (en) * 1977-10-11 1979-10-09 Ridgley William A Thermometer and integral joint
US4463800A (en) * 1982-09-27 1984-08-07 Hadden Clifford F Radiator mounted condition sensing probe
US4958743A (en) * 1987-12-14 1990-09-25 Hatton Randall C Close out fitting
US5147137A (en) * 1991-01-22 1992-09-15 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Refractory thermowell for continuous high temperature measurement of molten metal
US5667305A (en) * 1995-06-09 1997-09-16 Ford Motor Company Low force high pressure port
US6488408B1 (en) * 2000-10-06 2002-12-03 Gecko Electronique, Inc. Temperature probe mounting device for hot tub spa

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2786643A (en) * 1957-03-26 Mounting for drain valve in molded bowl
US2603091A (en) * 1949-05-16 1952-07-15 Weston Electrical Instr Corp Bimetallic thermometer for use in the dairy industry
US2560455A (en) * 1949-05-26 1951-07-10 Phillips Petroleum Co Thermocouple return bend and well
US4170137A (en) * 1977-10-11 1979-10-09 Ridgley William A Thermometer and integral joint
US4463800A (en) * 1982-09-27 1984-08-07 Hadden Clifford F Radiator mounted condition sensing probe
US4958743A (en) * 1987-12-14 1990-09-25 Hatton Randall C Close out fitting
US5147137A (en) * 1991-01-22 1992-09-15 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Refractory thermowell for continuous high temperature measurement of molten metal
US5667305A (en) * 1995-06-09 1997-09-16 Ford Motor Company Low force high pressure port
US6488408B1 (en) * 2000-10-06 2002-12-03 Gecko Electronique, Inc. Temperature probe mounting device for hot tub spa

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