Urea cold pack having an inner bag provided with a perforated seal

• US 3,950,158 A
• Filed: 05/31/1974
• Issued: 04/13/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tetra Co., Ltd. (FUDO Tetra Corporation)
• Original Assignee: American Medical Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Gossett, Rodger L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yudkoff, Norman
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sever, Frank
• Application Number:
  US05/475,032
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 62/4, 206/219, 206/223, 126/263, 426/398
• US Class Current: 62/4
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2007/0276 with separate compartments connectable by rupturing a wall or membrane
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/03 thermophore, i.e. self-heating, e.g. using a chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 7/106 self-cooling, e.g. using a chemical reaction
• CPC Class Codes: F24V 30/00 Apparatus or devices using heat produced by exothermal chemical reactions other than combustion
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 5/02 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally

Abstract

In a thermal pack, one which may be provided with ingredients for making it either a cold pack or a hot pack, three bags are provided for the container of the pack, two of said bags being of the same size and comprising the exterior and proximate interior liners of the pack, while another bag of lesser dimensions forms the inner liner of said pack, and is disposed within the two larger bags. The inner bag is designed for holding a quantity of water, while the interior liner of the two outer bags is provided for holding a quantity of chemical means for use in varying the temmperature of the desired type pack. Rupturing of the inner bag through manual pressure allows water to react with the chemical means for creating either the cold or hot temperature, as needed.

Claims

1. In a refrigerating pack for use in providing a decrease in temperature from the ambient temperature comprising a group of three pliable sleeve type plastic bags, two of said bags being of approximately the same size and strength and forming the exterior and contiguous interior major liners of the pack, an inner bag comprising a minor liner being formed as a sleeve type bag and having dimensions and strength substantially less than the combined major liners enveloping said inner bag, the upper marginal seams of said major and minor liners being co-extensive and sealed together to form the upper end of the pack, the lower end of the minor liner having a closing seam being capable of pressure rupture upon application of manual force, said inner bag having a seal extending below the upper marginal seams, the improvement which consists of a perforation provided through said inner bag within the seal provided below the upper marginal seams to provide a pressure relief at the time of activation of the pack to prevent the pressure from acting against the upper marginal seams and thereby cause rupture of the pack proximate said seams, the inner bag disposed for holding a quantity of water, the interior major liner disposed for holding a quantity of urea which upon reaction with said water provides for the decrease in temperature, the ratio by volume of the urea to water contained in the pack being between about a 1 to 1 ratio to a 2 to 1 ratio.

2. The invention of claim 1 wherein the urea is dried by heat prior to the deposition of said urea into the major interior liner of the pack to enhance its cold action.

3. The invention of claim 2 wherein the urea is dried through exposure to approximately 350°

heat for approximately 1 hour.

4. The invention of claim 1 and further including a quantity of ammonium chloride being mixed with the urea in said cold pack.

5. The refrigerating pack of claim 1 wherein the urea and water are present in the following approximate percentages by volume:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">Urea 50% to 70% Water 50% to 30%.

6. The refrigerating pack of claim 5 wherein the ingredients are present in each pack within the range of the following approximate volumes:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">Urea 100cc to 500cc Water 100cc to 220cc.

7. The refrigerating pack of claim 6 and including as a further ingredient ammonium chloride in an amount arranging between about 10cc to 150cc.

8. The refrigerating pack of claim 7 wherein the ingredients are present in each pack in the following approximate volume:

space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">Urea 250cc Water 130cc Ammonium Chloride 70cc

and said ingredients when mixed together being capable of sustaining a temperature of between about 12°

to 25°

F for approximately 2 hours.