IP Library Granted Patent US 8,992,076
Granted Patent B2
US 8,992,076 · App. 13/541,047 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Dilatometer for measuring metallic samples

Inventor: Heinz-Ludwig Bahr (Bad Oeynhausen, DE)
Assignee: Waters GmbH
G01N25/16
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Patent No.
US 8,992,076
App. No.
13/541,047
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dilatometer for measuring metallic samples. The dilatometer includes a sample holder configured to receive and clamp a sample, an induction coil arranged on the sample, the induction coil configured to heat the sample, and a sensor for measuring the temperature of the sample.

Claims (10)

1. A dilatometer for measuring metallic samples, the dilatometer comprising:

a sample holder including two clamping pins, the sample holder configured to receive and clamp a sample in a longitudinal direction between the two clamping pins;

an induction coil arranged on the sample, the induction coil configured to heat the sample;

a sensor for measuring the temperature of the sample; and

an optical measuring device for detecting a change in a length of the sample, wherein a measuring plane of the optical measuring device is oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the sample between the two clamping pins, wherein the measuring plane of the optical measuring device is between windings of induction coil.

2. The dilatometer according to claim 1 , wherein the optical measuring device detects a change in length of the sample in a measuring plane of the optical measuring device and the sensor measures the temperature of the sample exactly in a region of the measuring plane.

3. The dilatometer according to claim 1 , wherein the optical measuring device includes a transmitter and a receiver, and the sensor for measuring the temperature is in contact with the sample at a side facing the receiver.

4. The dilatometer according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is formed as a thermocouple that is fixed at a tip to the sample.

5. The dilatometer according to claim 1 , wherein the at induction coil has a gap in a central region and a measuring plane of the optical measuring device is arranged in a region of the gap.

6. The dilatometer according to claim 1 , wherein the sample holder is configured to detect a change in length of the sample in a longitudinal direction.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 13, 2013
From: BAHR-THERMOANALYSE GMBH
To: WATERS GMBH
Reel/Frame 031266/0300 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2012
From: BAHR, HEINZ-LUDWIG
To: BAHR-THERMOANALYSE GMBH
Reel/Frame 028484/0376 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2010 061 247 · Dec 15, 2010 · national
DE 10 2011 051 561 · Jul 5, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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