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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 1995
Filed:
May. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon N Balderson, Telford, GB;
Robert J Whitwood, Stafford, GB;
Assignee:
Trigon Industries Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 86 ; 422 87 ; 422 55 ; 422 56 ; 422 57 ; 436-1 ; 436-3 ; 436127 ; 436133 ; 435 31 ; 435 32 ; 435291 ; 435810 ; 426 87 ; 426232 ;
Abstract
A gas indicator (11) for a modified atmosphere food package (19) comprises a series of strips (12, 13, 14, 15, 16) which progressively change colour as the proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere progressively changes in magnitude due to absorption of the carbon dioxide by the food product (17) over time. The indicator (11) thus is 'tuned' to indicate changing atmospheric conditions inside a see-through envelope (10) and thus the condition of the product (17) can be monitored and the package (19) is tamper evident.