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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:
Oct. 12, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
John W Chinn, Jr, Plantsville, CT (US);
Tetsuo Nakatsu, Chappaqua, NY (US);
Takasago International Corporation, , JP;
Takasago Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);
Abstract
An adsorbent coating is affixed to the internal wall of a sealable container. The container may be rigid or flexible. The adsorbent coating, when in the sealed container retains odor components for an extended period permitting the odor components to be transported without requiring the transport of the source of the components. Thermal, or other desorption techniques release the odor components for analysis by, for example, liquid chromatography or gas chromatography. One embodiment of the invention is disclosed in which the container is a flexible bag, coated on its interior with an adsorbent material. In another embodiment of the invention, a large surface-area body, containing sorbent material on its surfaces, is contained within the container.