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Class 126/263.04 - By escape of reactant from container within liquid


Subclass of Class 126 - Stoves and furnaces
Definition: Subject matter wherein the second substance is located within
No. of patents: 23
Last issue date: 12/25/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7311660Method and apparatus for heating and applying warm antifog solution to endoscopes as well as a distal lens protector
A sterile, self-contained, disposable apparatus used for heating and applying solution to the distal end of endoscopes as well as an endoscopic lens protector. The heating mechanism is chemical, electrical or a combination of both. Further the apparatus serves as a ...
12/25/2007
7094219Intravenous fluid warming device
A device for warming fluids being administered intravenously to a patient. The heating assembly comprising a warming pouch is wrapped and secured around a tube through which fluid is intravenously provided to the patient. ...
08/22/2006
6918138Heated shower cap
A liner for a shower cap has a chamber or ampoule containing a predetermined quantity of a supercooled liquid exotherm compound and a small amount of the compound in the crystal form, such that the crystal and the liquid are separated until time for use. Upon action...
07/19/2005
6309598Electrochemical heater and method for sterilizing
An electrochemical heating pad includes a corrugated sheet having alternating peaks and valleys defining channels of elongated compartments having sidewalls between the peaks and valleys. A dry mixture operable to be wetted and activated with an electroly...
10/30/2001
6167718Self-carbonating self-cooling beverage container
There is disclosed a self-cooling self-carbonating beverage container including a beverage container housing containing a liquid beverage, a coolant gas bottle inside said beverage container storing pressurized carbon dioxide, a tab located on an external...
01/02/2001
6103139Single-use encapsulated hot pack activator
An activator (10) made in accordance with the principles of the present invention includes activating crystals (11) that have been formed into a shape and then coated with coating (12). The activator (10) of the present invention can be used in any enviro...
08/15/2000
5736110Activator for initiating crystallization of a supersaturated solution
An improved activator and method is disclosed for initiating crystallization of a supersaturated solution within a flexible container. The activator comprises a flexible screen for immersing in the supersaturated solution within the flexible container. Th...
04/07/1998
5275156Reusable heat releasing pack
A reusable device for delivering a release of heat to an area such as a body portion. The device comprises a flexible, fluid-tight container holding a liquid which releases heat upon crystallization such as sodium acetate tetrahydrate. A trigger located w...
01/04/1994
5143048Disposable infant heel warmer
A heat pack comprised of a supercooled aqueous solution of sodium acetate and hydroxyethyl cellulose together with a plastic or glass disk or ampule containing sodium acetate crystals in a sealed, flexible container. Activation or crystallization of the s...
09/01/1992
5058563Reusable warmers of the type employing a super-cooled solution and an activator
The present invention provides reusable warmers of the supersaturated solution type that are substantially free of saddlebagging. The reusable warmers comprise a flexible container, and located within the container, a supercooled salt solution, an activat...
10/22/1991
5056589Supercooled liquid thermal generator and improved triggering device
A self-contained manually triggerable thermal energy pack includes a flexible enclosure containing a supercooled solution capable of being triggered to begin crystallization and a triggering structure including a single close turn helical metallic spring ...
10/15/1991
4899727Imperforate groove trigger
An economically fabricated trigger for initiating crystallization of supercooled solutions in flexible plastic containers, the trigger comprising a thin substantially imperforate metallic strip having a perimeter bounding a generally dish-shaped or concav...
02/13/1990
4888188Disposable food feeder package
An inexpensive disposable sanitary sealed food package extrudes paste-like food products to a feeder implement, such as a spoon, fork, or projecting knife therefrom. The package is in the form of a squeeze tube with a nozzle discharging to the feeder impl...
12/19/1989
4872442Activator for initiating reaction in a heat pack and method for making same
A highly reliable activator is provided for initiating the crystallization or destabilization of a super-cooled aqueous salt solution to cause generation of heat in a heat pack. The activator is characterized by a plurality of slits in a flexible metal ar...
10/10/1989
4860729Method and apparatus for nucleating the crystallization of undercooled materials
A method of storing and controlling a release of latent heat of transition of a phase-change material is disclosed. The method comprises trapping a crystallite of the material between two solid objects and retaining it there under high pressure by applyin...
08/29/1989
4829980Trigger device for heat pack
A trigger device for a heat pack comprises three helically-coiled, resilient metallic filaments (1,2,3) nested one within the other and of inwardly decreasing diameter, the filament (2) being wound in a sense opposite to that of filaments (1) and (3). Fle...
05/16/1989
4587950Heat pack apparatus
A reusable heat pack containing a solution of a salt hydrate capable of being supercooled to provide heat of crystallization upon inducement of crystallization, the heat pack being provided with a reusable trigger mechanism located on the surface of the h...
05/13/1986
4580547Flexible heat pack containing super cooled salt solution
A heat producing apparatus includes a plastic container having flexible walls which are interconnected along a linear zone or zones; a supercooled salt solution is in the container, to be triggered and crystallized, to produce heat; and a trigger floats i...
04/08/1986
4572158Trigger to activate aqueous salt solution for use in a heat pack and method of making the same
A trigger to activate a supercoolable aqueous salt solution wherein the trigger and solution are encased within a flexible container. The trigger is a flexible relatively thin sheet of material wherein there are a plurality of activator cuts that extend t...
02/25/1986
4532110Protected trigger to controllably initiate crystallization
A protected trigger usable in initiating crystallization of a supercooled salt solution comprises a thin metallic strip containing multiple openings. The strip is protected as by a peripheral frame and/or by a metallic coating....
07/30/1985
4460546Trigger to controllably initiate crystallization
A trigger usable in initiating crystallization of a supercooled salt solution comprises a thin metallic strip containing multiple pin-hole size openings, and which is bendable with snap displacement. The strip may typically be non-ferrous....
07/17/1984
4379448Trigger to initiate crystallization
A trigger to initiate crystallization of a supercoated salt solution comprises, (a) a thin strip having a perimeter, (b) said strip having a multiplicity of slits formed therein, each slit characterized as having opposed elongated edges which face one another ...
04/12/1983
4077390Reusable heat pack containing supercooled solution and means for activating same
A heat pack is made by enclosing supercoolable aqueous sodium acetate solution together with a metallic activator strip in a sealed, flexible container. The activator strip is a flexible metal strip having one or more fissures or slits extending therethro...
03/07/1978
 
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