ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,130, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Sikora AG (Bremen, Germany).
"Device and method for determining the temperature of a tubular strand" was invented by Harald Sikora (Bremen, Germany) and Christian Frank (Bremen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for determining the temperature of a tubular strand conveyed out of an extrusion device includes at least one temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of an outside of the tubular strand at a first position of the tubular strand. An evaluation apparatus further included and configured to compare the first temperature with a second temperature of the outsi...