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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1979
Filed:
May. 03, 1976
William H Conway, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Robertshaw Controls Company, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
The invention is a system for the detection of hot spots, i.e., localized over-heating, in electrical power transformers and the like which utilize one or more telemetric temperature devices that are embedded at preselected locations in the windings of the transformer and that utilize a coil about the windings to obtain an induced voltage power supply that is rectified and drives an oscillator circuit of the device. The oscillator circuit includes a temperature responsive component that varies the frequency of the oscillator output in response to the local, sensed temperature. The output of the oscillator circuit is coupled to a telemetering facility to broadcast by electromagnetic or ultrasonic radiation the temperature-altered signal to a remote receiver, whereby the telemetric temperature device is isolated and 'floats' on the voltage potential of the windings at its location.