摘要 |
<p>A hand held surface temperature sensor assembly (10) including an elongated support (11) adapted to have a hand grip (12) at one end and a temperature sensing element (21) at the other end of the support. The sensing element (21) includes a generally flat surface (22) that is placed contiguous with a surface of a vessel or object to be measured for temperature. The sensing element (21) is mounted to the support through a self aligning ball (15) and socket (14) coupling or swivel so that precise positioning of the major portion of the elongated support relative to the surface is not necessary. The coupling (14, 15) will automatically swivel until the flat surface (22) of the sensing element (21) rests flat against the vessel surface when the sensing element (21) is pressed against the surface under light hand pressure. </p> |