Apparatus to assure the washing of hands
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1. An apparatus for helping to assure the washing of a person'"'"'s hands, comprising:
- (a) an ink which is removable by washing of the hands;
(b) a first ink storage chamber and a second ink storage chamber, wherein the first ink storage chamber is larger than the second ink storage chamber and wherein an ink exit point is positioned on an outer surface of the first ink storage chamber;
wherein the at least two chambers have at least two, one way valves wherein a first valve allows for the transfer of ink from the first chamber to the second chamber and a second valve allows for the transfer of ink from the second chamber to the ink exit point.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for assuring the washing of hands by marking the hands with ink.
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1. An apparatus for helping to assure the washing of a person'"'"'s hands, comprising:
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(a) an ink which is removable by washing of the hands; (b) a first ink storage chamber and a second ink storage chamber, wherein the first ink storage chamber is larger than the second ink storage chamber and wherein an ink exit point is positioned on an outer surface of the first ink storage chamber;
wherein the at least two chambers have at least two, one way valves wherein a first valve allows for the transfer of ink from the first chamber to the second chamber and a second valve allows for the transfer of ink from the second chamber to the ink exit point. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. An apparatus for helping to assure the washing of persons hands, comprising:
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(a) an ink which is removable by washing of the hands; (b) at least two separate, differently sized, ink storage chambers; (c) at least two, one way values wherein first valve is capable of transferring ink between chambers and the second value is capable of transferring ink outside of the apparatus; wherein a one way valve is located in an inter-membrane and allows for the passage of ink from a large chamber to a small chamber and another one-way valve which is also located in the inter-membrane and is connected to a collapsible passageway wherein the collapsible passageway traverses the large chamber and connects to an outer wall of the apparatus, and allows for the passage of ink from the small chamber to outside the wherein the one-way valve connected to the collapsible passageway is a ball and cage valve that operates in the open position when no pressure is applied to the apparatus and changes to the closed position when pressure is applied to the apparatus.
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