RU2284487C1 - Method for manufacturing thermometer and thermometer - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: process and constructions for manufacture of measuring instruments, in particular, thermometers for measuring temperature of liquid, bulk and pasty substances.

SUBSTANCE: thermometer has casing, reservoir and capillary elongated cavities communicating with one another, indicator medium having volume variable under the action of temperature and placed in reservoir cavity for displacement along capillary elongated cavity, and scale positioned along capillary elongated cavity. Said scale and capillary elongated cavity are positioned so as to be suitably viewed. Casing is made in the form of reservoir for liquid, bulk or pasty substance having inner cavity with wall or enclosure so that said substance may be placed into inner cavity of reservoir or thermometer may be placed in substance. Reservoir and capillary elongated cavities are provided within wall or enclosure.

EFFECT: increased efficiency and wider range of measuring instruments manufactured through the use of method.

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Description

The inventions relate to the technology and construction of manufacturing measuring instruments, in particular to thermometers - devices for measuring the temperature of liquid, bulk and pasty substances, and can be used in the manufacture of thermometers.

A known method of manufacturing a thermometer, including the manufacture of the housing, the reservoir and capillary lengthy tight cavities and communicating them with each other, the indicator medium, placing the scale along the capillary long tight cavity, filling the reservoir tight cavity with the indicator medium with the possibility of its movement along the capillary long tight cavity and placing the capillary long sealed cavity and scale with the possibility of viewing (USSR patent No. 1371508 A3).

A known thermometer comprising a housing, a reservoir and capillary lengthy sealed cavities communicated with each other, an indicator medium placed in the reservoir cavity with the ability to move along the capillary lengthy sealed cavity, a scale placed along the capillary lengthy sealed cavity, while the capillary lengthy sealed cavity and scale installed with the possibility of their review (USSR patent No. 1371508 A3).

The known method of manufacture and the design of the thermometer define a certain technology for measuring temperature, which involves the introduction of a thermometer into a substance whose temperature is required to be measured. In some cases, the indicated technology for measuring the temperature of a substance is inconvenient and ineffective. In some cases, the most effective and convenient technology is one in which a substance, the temperature of which you want to measure, is introduced into the inside of the thermometer element - the case. Thus, there is a need to create new means for measuring the temperature of a substance, which could provide a measurement of the temperature of a substance, both by introducing a thermometer into the substance, and by introducing the substance into a thermometer element, for example, a thermometer case. A thermometer with advanced functionality is required.

The problem to which the claimed technical solutions are directed is to expand the arsenal of technical means of a certain purpose for the method of manufacturing the thermometer and the design of the thermometer.

The technical result that can be obtained is to realize this purpose, i.e. in creating a new method of manufacturing a thermometer and a new design of the thermometer, which would have enhanced functionality.

The essence of the proposed method lies in the fact that in the method of manufacturing a thermometer, including the manufacture of a housing, reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities and communication between them, an indicator medium that changes volume under the influence of temperature, placing the scale along the capillary lengthy cavity, filling the reservoir cavity with an indicator medium with the possibility of its movement along the capillary lengthy cavity and the placement of the capillary lengthy cavity and scale with the possibility of viewing them, agree According to the invention, the housing is made in the form of a vessel for a liquid substance, or granular substance, or a pasty substance containing an internal cavity with a wall or shell, with the possibility of placing the substance in the internal cavity of the vessel or placing a thermometer in the substance, and a reservoir and capillary lengthy cavity are made in the wall or shell.

The essence of the claimed device lies in the fact that in a thermometer containing a housing, a reservoir and a capillary long cavity, interconnected, an indicator medium that changes volume under the influence of temperature, placed in the reservoir cavity with the ability to move along the capillary long cavity, a scale placed along the capillary long cavity, while the capillary long cavity and the scale are installed with the possibility of viewing, according to the invention, the housing is made in the shape of a vessel d I liquid substance or particulate substance or a pasty substance, comprising an inner cavity with a wall or shell material to be placed into the inner cavity of the vessel or by placing a thermometer in the medium, and container and lengthy capillary cavity arranged in the wall or shell.

It should be noted that the manufacture / execution of a part of the thermometer - the body in the form of a vessel for liquid, or granular, or pasty substances is stated as a general concept at the level of the function performed and covers various particular forms of manufacturing / execution of the vessel, in particular: glass, mug, glass , glass, wine glass, carafe, ladle, pan, bucket, bottle (beer, wine, vodka, milk, etc.), can, jug, canister, barrel, bowl and other vessels. The characteristic (property), which is contained in the general concept of a vessel, provides, in combination with other features of the claimed object, the technical result indicated above. With any design of the thermometer body in the form of a vessel, the same claimed technical result is obtained. It is the manufacture / execution of a part of the thermometer - the case in the shape of a vessel for liquid, or granular, or pasty substances, as well as other significant features mentioned above in the text, ensure the achievement of the task and a new technical result. The proposed thermometer provides a measurement of the temperature of the substance both by placing the thermometer in the substance, and by placing the substance in the thermometer.

A comparative analysis of the proposed method of manufacturing a thermometer with a prototype shows that the inventive method has common features with the prototype:

- manufacturing of the case;

- manufacture of reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities and their communication with each other;

- manufacture of an indicator medium that changes volume under the influence of temperature;

- placement of the scale along the capillary lengthy cavity;

- filling the reservoir cavity with an indicator medium with the possibility of its movement along the capillary lengthy cavity;

- placement of a capillary lengthy cavity and scale with the possibility of viewing.

The inventive method of manufacturing a thermometer differs from the prototype with new features:

- the body is made in the form of a vessel for a liquid substance, or granular substance, or a pasty substance containing an internal cavity with a wall or shell, with the possibility of placing the substance in the inner cavity of the vessel or placing a thermometer in the substance;

- reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities are made in the wall or shell.

A comparative analysis of the claimed thermometer with the prototype shows that the claimed device has common features with the prototype:

- housing;

- reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities, interconnected;

- indicator medium that changes volume under the influence of temperature, placed in the reservoir cavity with the possibility of movement along the capillary lengthy cavity;

- a scale placed along the capillary long cavity;

- capillary long cavity and scale are installed with the possibility of viewing.

The inventive thermometer differs from the prototype with new features:

- the housing is made in the form of a vessel for a liquid substance, or granular substance, or a pasty substance containing an internal cavity with a wall or shell, with the possibility of placing the substance in the inner cavity of the vessel or placing a thermometer in the substance;

- reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities are placed in the wall or shell.

From the above list of features of the proposed method of manufacturing a thermometer, the design of the thermometer and the achievement of the task, it is clearly seen that the claimed technical solutions are a new set of features as a combination of known and new features, providing a new technical result, not known at the filing date of the application. A new technical result that can be obtained by carrying out the invention is to expand the arsenal of technical means for the method of manufacturing a thermometer and the design of the thermometer.

The declared objects are industrially applicable, because can be used in construction, industry, agriculture and other sectors of the economy where thermometers are used. The claimed technical solutions can be reproduced in the form as they are characterized in any of the claims using known materials, technologies and technological equipment. In the case of carrying out the invention according to any one of the claims, it is indeed possible to realize the above purpose.

Technical solutions of the claimed objects meet the criterion of "novelty", because they are not known from the prior art at the filing date of the application. Not known from the prior art, the set of essential features of the claimed technical solutions and their impact on obtaining the desired technical result.

Technical solutions of the claimed objects meet the criterion of "inventive step", because no solutions having features matching their distinctive features have been identified, and the influence of the distinctive features on the resulting technical result is not known.

Thus, the claimed technical solutions are so interconnected that they form a single inventive concept and meet all the criteria for the invention, and provide a new technical result.

Figure 1 shows a method of manufacturing a thermometer and the design of the thermometer; figure 2 - a view of figure 1.

The thermometer contains a housing made (formed) in the form of a vessel for a liquid substance, or granular substance, or a pasty substance with an internal cavity with a wall or shell 2 (see Fig. 1, 2) with a bottom 1 with the possibility of placing the substance in the internal cavity vessel or placement of a thermometer in a substance, a reservoir cavity 3 (hereinafter referred to as a cavity), an indicator medium (indicator substance) 4, which changes volume under the influence of temperature, a long capillary cavity (hereinafter referred to as a cavity) 5 and scale 6. Scale 6 is placed along cavity 5. P Lost 3 and 5 are interconnected. The indicator medium 4 is placed in the cavity 3 with the possibility of movement along the cavity 5. The cavities 3 and 5 are made (placed) in the wall or shell 2 (Figs. 1 and 2 conventionally show an example when the cavity 3 is formed in the bottom 1, which is an integral part walls or shells 2). The cavity 5 and the scale 6 are installed with the possibility of viewing. The wall or shell 2 of the vessel is made of translucent material, such as glass, or plexiglass, or polymeric material (this is not essential), and it is essential that the translucent material is present in the area of the cavity 5 in the area of the scale 6. The scale 6 is made ( placed) on the surface of the wall or shell 2 and is a set of lines and numbers that are made in a certain way and with a certain step. The lines can be made by prefabricating the depressions and then filling them with filler. Scale 6 can be performed in a printing way in the form of a separate removable part with marks and numbers, which is fixed on the wall or shell 2 of the vessel (thermometer body). A special cavity can be made in the wall or shell 2 to accommodate the scale 6. The indicator medium (indicator substance) 4 can be formed, for example, by tinted ethanol (any medium known and used in manufacturing can be used as an indicator medium) thermometers). The shape and dimensions of the thermometer body correspond to the shape and dimensions of the known vessels listed above.

The thermometer works as follows.

The thermometer provides a measurement of the temperature of the substance by placing the substance in the inner cavity of the vessel, as well as by placing the thermometer in the substance. Under the influence of ambient temperature, the volume of the indicator medium 4 changes and, as a result of the volume change, the height of the column of the indicator medium 4 changes. The temperature of the substance is determined by the position of the edge of the column of the indicator medium 4 in the cavity 5 relative to the scale 6.

An example of a method for manufacturing a thermometer.

The following was manufactured: a thermometer case in the shape of a vessel for a liquid substance, or granular substance, or a pasty substance containing an internal cavity with a wall or shell 2 (see Figs. 1, 2) with a bottom 1, with the possibility of placing the substance in the internal cavity of the vessel or placement a thermometer in a substance, a reservoir cavity 3 (hereinafter referred to as a cavity), an indicator medium (indicator substance) 4, which changes volume under the influence of temperature, a long capillary cavity (hereinafter referred to as a cavity) 5 and scale 6. A scale 6 is placed along the cavity 5. Cavities 3 and 5 s generalized among themselves. The indicator medium 4 was placed in the cavity 3 with the possibility of movement along the cavity 5. The cavities 3 and 5 were placed actually in the wall or shell 2 (Figs. 1 and 2 conventionally show an example when the cavity 3 is placed in the bottom 1, which is an integral part of the wall or shell 2). Cavity 5 and scale 6 were installed with the possibility of viewing. The wall or shell 2 of the vessel was made of translucent material, such as glass or plexiglass, and polymeric material (this is not essential), and it is essential that the translucent material is present in the area of the cavity 5, in the area of the scale 6. The scale 6 was made on the surface of the wall or shell 2 in the form of a set of lines and numbers that are made in a certain way and with a certain step. The lines were made by prefabricating the depressions and then filling them with filler (using thick black paint). Indicator medium (indicator substance) 4 was made in the form of tinted red ethanol. The shape and dimensions of the vessel - the thermometer body was made in the form of a glass, as an element of tableware.

Thus, the claimed technical solutions ensure the achievement of the task and obtaining a new technical result.

Claims (2)

1. A method of manufacturing a thermometer, including the manufacture of a housing, reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities and communicating with each other, an indicator medium that changes volume under the influence of temperature, placing a scale along the capillary lengthy cavity, filling the reservoir cavity with an indicator medium with the possibility of its movement along the capillary lengthy cavity and the placement of the capillary lengthy cavity and the scale with the possibility of viewing, characterized in that the housing is made in the shape of a vessel for I am a liquid substance, or a granular substance, or a pasty substance containing an internal cavity with a wall or shell, with the possibility of placing the substance in the inner cavity of the vessel or placing a thermometer in the substance, and the reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities are made in the wall or shell. 2. A thermometer comprising a housing, a reservoir and a capillary lengthy cavity, interconnected, an indicator medium that changes volume under the influence of temperature, placed in the reservoir cavity with the ability to move along the capillary lengthy cavity, a scale placed along the capillary lengthy cavity, while the capillary lengthy the cavity and the scale are installed with the possibility of viewing, characterized in that the housing is made in the form of a vessel for a liquid substance, or granular substance, or pasty a substance containing an internal cavity with a wall or shell, with the possibility of placing the substance in the inner cavity of the vessel or placing a thermometer in the substance, and the reservoir and capillary lengthy cavities are placed in the wall or shell.

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