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Disposable body warmer
Assignee: Mycoal Warmers Co Ltd
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Filing: 1989-11-21
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Granted: 1991-09-10
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Expires: 2009-11-21
Abstract
Abstract A disposable body warmer comprising a flat bag and in a flat form having a thickness of 2 to 5 mm, comprising a heat generating agent comprising iron powder as a main ingredient and mixed therewith 9 to 11% by weight of a water-retaining agent, 18 to 22% by weight of water, an oxidation promotor and sodium chloride. The flat bag is provided with an air-permeable surface having an air permeability per unit of 5,000 to 10,000 sec/100 cc so as to bring about a reduction in the pressure accompanying oxidative heat generation of the heat generating agent packed in the flat bag. The other surface of the flat bag is provided with a nontransferable self-adhesive layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Akio Usui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-23 09:23
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F7/00; A61F7/02; A61F7/03; A61F7/032; A61F7/034; F; F24; F24V; F24V30/00; A61F2007/036; A61F2007/038
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A disposable body warmer comprising a flat bag having an air-permeable first surface having an air permeability per unit time of 5,000 to 10,000 sec/100 cc so as to bring about a reduction in the pressure accompanying oxidative heat generation of a heat generating agent packed in said flag bag, said heat generating agent comprising iron powder as a main ingredient and, mixed therewith, 9 to 11% by weight of a water-retaining agent, 18 to 22% by weight of water, an oxidation promoter and sodium chloride and being packed in a flat form having a thickness of 2 to 5 mm in said flat bag, and a nontransferable self-adhesive layer being attached to a second surface of said flat bag.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A disposable body warmer comprising a flat bag having an air-permeable first surface having an air permeability per unit time of 5,000 to 10,000 sec/100 cc so as to bring about a reduction in the pressure accompanying oxidative heat generation of a heat generating agent packed in said flag bag, said heat generating agent comprising iron powder as a main ingredient and, mixed therewith, 9 to 11% by weight of a water-retaining agent, 18 to 22% by weight of water, an oxidation promoter and sodium chloride and being packed in a flat form having a thickness of 2 to 5 mm in said flat bag, and a nontransferable self-adhesive layer being attached to a second surface of said flat bag.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 1, which is disposed in an air-impermeable packing bag after a release paper is adhered to said nontransferable self-adhesive layer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 2, wherein said nontransferable self-adhesive layer is adhered to said flat bag after said flat bag containing said heat generating agent is taken out of said air-impermeable packaging bag and pressure within said flat bag is reduced due to initiation of an exothermic reaction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 1, wherein the bag is fabricated from a sheet having interconnected micropores and the air permeability of the air permeability of the air-permeable first surface of said flat bag for containing said heat generating agent is restricted by subjecting said sheet having interconnected micropores to a heat fusion treatment.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 4, wherein said sheet having interconnected micropores is a thermoplastic sheet or film of polyurethane, polypropylene or polyethylene, or a plastic or rubber material prepared by the modification thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 1, wherein the bag is fabricated from a non-woven fabric and the air permeability of the air-permeable surface of said flat bag for containing said heat generating agent is restricted by laminating a resin film having air-permeable pores on said nonwoven fabric.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 1, wherein said nontransferable self-adhesive layer comprises a self-adhesive which hardly remains on the human body or clothes even when released therefrom after application thereto, and is less susceptible to variation of tackiness accompanying said heat generation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 7, wherein said nontransferable self-adhesive has an internal cohesive force enhanced by introducing a reactive functional group into an organic solvent type or water-base rubber, acrylic or vinylacetate self-adhesive.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 8, wherein the nontransferable self-adhesive layer comprises 1 to 4 weight % of a compound of the formula ##STR4## wherein R 1 is a lower alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R 2 is a hydrogen atom or a methylol group.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
66 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 8, wherein the nontransferable self-adhesive layer comprises 6 to 10 weight % of a compound of the formula ##STR5## wherein R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R 2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R 3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 1, wherein said nontransferable self-adhesive layer is separated by a non-adhesive portion.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 11, wherein said non-adhesive portion has an area less than 30% in proportion to an adhesive-containing surface of said flat bag.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 1, wherein the water-retaining agent is selected from the group consisting of wood fluor, charcoal, vermmiculite and mixtures thereof.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 1, wherein the oxidation promoter is activated carbon.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
The disposable body warmer according to claim 14, wherein the heat generating agent comprises 55 to 65 weight % of said iron powder, 18 to 22 weight % of said water, 9 to 11 weight % of said water retaining agent, 3.5 to 4.5 weight % of said activated carbon and 4.5 to 6 weight % said sodium chloride.
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