Critical Temperature Indicator
AssigneeKLT Technologies
InventorsSteven L. Yeager, T. Randall Lane
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Abstract
A temperature descending indicator which gives a visual indication when the indicator has been exposed to temperatures below a set threshold temperature includes a container having a translucent portion, a first temperature sensitive gel of a first color which will convert to liquid when it is exposed to temperatures below the set threshold temperature, and a second temperature sensitive gel of a second color which will convert to liquid when it is exposed to temperatures below the set threshold temperature, wherein the second temperature sensitive gel is disposed adjacent said translucent portion in a manner to obscure the visibility of the first temperature sensitive gel. A method of making the indicator includes disposing one color gel over the other.
Claims18
A temperature descending indicator which gives a visual indication when the indicator has been exposed to temperatures below a set threshold temperature, which includes:
- a container having a translucent portion;
- a first temperature sensitive non-liquid of a first color which will convert to liquid when it is exposed to temperatures below the set threshold temperature;
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- a second temperature sensitive non-liquid of a second color which will convert to liquid when it is exposed to temperatures below the set threshold temperature, wherein said second temperature sensitive non-liquid is disposed adjacent said translucent portion in a manner to obscure the visibility of said first temperature sensitive non-liquid.
A method of forming a temperature indicator, which includes:
- providing a blister film container having a translucent portion,
- loading a first color temperature sensitive non-liquid that contains high density pigment into said blister film container in a position to cover said translucent portion,
- loading a second color temperature sensitive non-liquid that contains lower density pigment into said blister film container adjacent said first color temperature sensitive non-liquid in a position such that only said first color temperature sensitive non-liquid is seen when viewing through said translucent portion, and
- providing a backing onto said container to seal said temperature sensitive non-liquids in their positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.