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Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Dylan Anderson, Princeton, WI (US);

Jeremy Overesch, Neenah, WI (US);

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 15/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/026 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 15/007 (2013.01); G01K 7/026 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to control heating based on monitoring feedback of temperature sensors are disclosed. An example heating apparatus includes: a heater configured to apply heat energy to an object; and control circuitry configured to: control the heater based on a target temperature to which the object is to be heated; in response to determining that a first measured temperature sample associated with a first temperature sensor is greater than a first reference temperature, updating a first temperature range and the first reference temperature based on the first measured temperature sample; and in response to determining that a second measured temperature sample associated with the first temperature sensor is not within the first temperature range, reduce the priority of the first temperature sensor for control of applying the heat energy to the object.


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