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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2005
John Duerr, Massapequa Park, NY (US);
B. William Cooper, Lloyd Harbor, NY (US);
John Duerr, Massapequa Park, NY (US);
B. William Cooper, Lloyd Harbor, NY (US);
Spectronics Corporation, Westbury, NY (US);
Abstract
A container including a mixture of refrigerant and leak detection dye medium is disclosed for adding to an air conditioning or refrigeration system. The container includes a storage container adapted to communicate with an air conditioning or refrigeration system for supplying material inside the container to the air conditioning or refrigeration system. A refrigerant is contained within the container, along with a leak detection dye medium. The dye medium including a dye adapted to fluoresce when exposed to incident radiation below about 500 nm. The dye medium having an initial state where at least a portion of the dye medium is in a non-liquid form separate from the refrigerant and includes a concentrated dye, and a second state where the dye is dispersed or mixed with the refrigerant. A method of forming the mixture within the container is also disclosed.