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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2014
Applicants:
Wolfgang Friess, Iffeldorf, DE;
Manfred Resch, Tittmoning, DE;
Michael Wiggenhorn, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 5/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a monitoring device () for a dryer () includes a means for sensing a physical parameter, such as temperature or strain, at a sensing locus within the dryer (), for example at a vial (). The sensing means comprises an optical sensing fiber () having at least one fiber Bragg grating (). Moreover, the invention provides a dryer, in particular a freeze dryer (), which is equipped with such monitoring device ().