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Solid, thin chemiluminescent device
Assignee: BOSTONBANK NA
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Filing: 1990-12-24
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Granted: 1992-06-09
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Expires: 2010-12-24
Abstract
Abstract There is provided a flexible, thin, rectangular, chemiluminescent device comprised of a back sheet of a laminated metal foil having heat sealed thereto at its edges a bi-component front sheet, the first component of which is a laminated metal foil and the second component of which is a transparent or translucent polyolefin sheet, said first and second components being heat sealed to each other at their adjacent latitudinal edge, from about 20% to about 50% of the surface area of said front sheet being comprised of said first component; temporary separation means positioned so as to divide the interior area of said device into two compartments, one under each of said components, the compartment under said second component having positioned therein an absorbent material containing a solvent solution of an oxalate and, optionally, a fluorescer, and the compartment under said first component containing an activator solution.
Inventors
- 👤 William E. Bay
- 👤 John J. Freeman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 16:14
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09K; C09K11/00; C09K11/06; C09K11/07; F; F21; F21K; F21K2/00; F21K2/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
151 words
A flexible, thin, rectangular chemiluminescent device comprised of a back sheet of a laminated metal foil having heat sealed thereto, at its edges a bi-component front sheet, the first component of which is a laminated metal foil capable of preventing the escape of hydrogen peroxide and the second component of which is a light-transmitting a polyolefin sheet, said first and second components being heat sealed to each other at their adjacent latitudinal edge, from about 20% to about 50% of the surface area of said front sheet being comprised of said first component; temporary separation means positioned so as to divide the interior area of said device into two compartments, one under each of said components, the compartment under said second component having positioned therein an absorbent material containing a solvent solution of a chemiluminescent compound and, optionally, a fluorescer, and the compartment under said first component containing an activator solution.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
151 words
A flexible, thin, rectangular chemiluminescent device comprised of a back sheet of a laminated metal foil having heat sealed thereto, at its edges a bi-component front sheet, the first component of which is a laminated metal foil capable of preventing the escape of hydrogen peroxide and the second component of which is a light-transmitting a polyolefin sheet, said first and second components being heat sealed to each other at their adjacent latitudinal edge, from about 20% to about 50% of the surface area of said front sheet being comprised of said first component; temporary separation means positioned so as to divide the interior area of said device into two compartments, one under each of said components, the compartment under said second component having positioned therein an absorbent material containing a solvent solution of a chemiluminescent compound and, optionally, a fluorescer, and the compartment under said first component containing an activator solution.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein said separation means comprises a clamp.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
187 words
The device according to claim 1 wherein said absorbent material is a porous, flexible structure comprising A) a non-particulate phase comprising a polyvinylchloride resin having a molecular weight of about 100,000 to about 500,000 which constitutes about 0.5 to about 3.0 weight percent of the structure, B) an agglomerated particle phase comprising either 1) about 85 to about 99.5 weight percent of polyvinylchloride resin particles having a diameter of from about 25 to about 125 microns and a molecular weight of from about 50,000 to about 120,000, or mixtures of said particles, or 2) about 40 to about 98.5 weight percent of polyvinylchloride resin particles having a diameter of from about 25 to about 125 microns and a molecular weight of from about 50,000 to about 120,000, or mixtures of said particles, and about 1 to about 40 weight percent of polyvinylchloride resin particles having a diameter of from about 130 to about 225 microns and a molecular weight of from about 100,000 to about 225,000 and C) a plasticizer comprising a solvent solution of a chemiluminescent compound and, optionally, a fluorescer, dispersed throughout both said phases.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
A structure according to claim 3 wherein said agglomerated particle phase constitutes polyvinylchloride resin particles having a diameter of from about 25 to about 125 microns and a molecular weight of from about 50,000 to about 120,000, or mixtures of said particles.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
69 words
A structure according to claim 3 wherein said agglomerated particle phase constitutes polyvinylchloride resin particles having a diameter of from about 25 to about 125 microns and a molecular weight of from about 50,000 to about 120,000, o r mixtures of said particles and polyvinylchloride resin particles having a diameter of from about 130 to about 225 microns and a molecular weight of from about 100,000 to about 225,000.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
43 words
The device of claim 3 wherein said solvent is selected from dialkyl esters of phthalic acid; ethylene glycol ethers, citric acid esters and alkyl benzoates and is present in amounts of from about 0.5 part to about 3.0 parts per part of resin.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
11 words
The device of claim 3 wherein said solvent is dibutyl phthalate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device of claim 3 wherein the chemiluminescent compound is selected from 3-aminophthalhydrazide; 2,4,5-triphenylimidazole; 10,10'-dialkyl-9,9'-biacridinium salts; 9-chlorocarbonyl-10-methylacridinium chloride and bis(substituted-phenyl) oxalates.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device of claim 3 wherein the fluorescer is present and is selected from 9,10-bisphenylethynylanthracene; 1-chloro-9,10-bis phenylethynylanthracene and 2-chloro-9,10-bis(para-methoxyphenyl)anthracene.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 1 having a self-adhering surface on the outside of said back sheet.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
The device of claim 1 wherein the chemiluminescent compound is bis(2,4,5-tichloro-6-carbopentoxyphenyl) oxalate.
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