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US3854885A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Toxic agent leak detector

Assignee: United States Department of the Army
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Filing: 1970-09-03
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Granted: 1974-12-17
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Expires: 1990-09-03
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Abstract

Abstract An optical detector plug fitted with a detecting system and inserted through the wall of the shipping container housing packaged toxic chemical agents. The escaping chemical agents upon contacting the system causes a color change indicating the presence of the agent. Shipping personnel looking through the plug will see a positive test and avoid any possible danger of contacting the toxic agent without proper precautionary steps.

Inventors

  • 👤 B Fromm
  • 👤 A Silvestri
  • 👤 A Jones

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 03:02
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N31/00; G01N31/22; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/8158; Y10T137/8359

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 173 words
A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A SEALED OUTER RECEPTACLE ENCLOSING AT LAST ONE INNER CONTAINER CONTAINING A VAPORIZABLE TOXIC CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NERVE AGENT AND VESICANT, AND AT LEAST ONE SOLID TRANSPARENT THREADED DETECTOR PLUG SEALINGLY PROJECTING THROUGH AT LEAST ONE THREADED APERTURE IN A WALL OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID PLUG COMPRISING A SOLID ONE-PIECE TRANSPARENT MATERIAL IN THE SHAPE OF A BOLT HAVING AN ENLARGED HEAD MEANS FOR ASSEMBLING AND SEALING SAME AND AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL SHAPED PARTIALLY THREADED BODY EXTENDING THEREFROM WITH THE END PORTION OF SAID BODY CONTAINING A COATING OF CHEMICAL DETECTING MATERIAL FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ((C2H3)2NC6H4)2CNOH WITH ZINC THIOCYANATE, ((C2H3)2NCH6H4)2-CNOH WITH MERCURIC BROMIDE, DISODIUM SALT OF DIISONITROSOACETONE, SODIUM SALT OF M-(P-ANILINOPHENYLAZO) BENZENE SULFONIC ACID, AND SILICA GEL CONTAINING NICKEL CHLORIDE, WHICH CHANGES COLOR UPON CONTACT OF SAID CHEMICAL WAFARE AGENT WHEREBY IF AGENT LEAKAGE OCCURS THE CHANGE IN COLOR OF THE SAID DETECTING MATERIAL IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE SAID HEAD MEANS AND THE SAID BODY FROM OUTSIDE THE SAID SEALED OUTER RECEPTACLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 173 words
A STRUCTURE COMPRISING A SEALED OUTER RECEPTACLE ENCLOSING AT LAST ONE INNER CONTAINER CONTAINING A VAPORIZABLE TOXIC CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NERVE AGENT AND VESICANT, AND AT LEAST ONE SOLID TRANSPARENT THREADED DETECTOR PLUG SEALINGLY PROJECTING THROUGH AT LEAST ONE THREADED APERTURE IN A WALL OF SAID RECEPTACLE, SAID PLUG COMPRISING A SOLID ONE-PIECE TRANSPARENT MATERIAL IN THE SHAPE OF A BOLT HAVING AN ENLARGED HEAD MEANS FOR ASSEMBLING AND SEALING SAME AND AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL SHAPED PARTIALLY THREADED BODY EXTENDING THEREFROM WITH THE END PORTION OF SAID BODY CONTAINING A COATING OF CHEMICAL DETECTING MATERIAL FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ((C2H3)2NC6H4)2CNOH WITH ZINC THIOCYANATE, ((C2H3)2NCH6H4)2-CNOH WITH MERCURIC BROMIDE, DISODIUM SALT OF DIISONITROSOACETONE, SODIUM SALT OF M-(P-ANILINOPHENYLAZO) BENZENE SULFONIC ACID, AND SILICA GEL CONTAINING NICKEL CHLORIDE, WHICH CHANGES COLOR UPON CONTACT OF SAID CHEMICAL WAFARE AGENT WHEREBY IF AGENT LEAKAGE OCCURS THE CHANGE IN COLOR OF THE SAID DETECTING MATERIAL IS VISIBLE THROUGH THE SAID HEAD MEANS AND THE SAID BODY FROM OUTSIDE THE SAID SEALED OUTER RECEPTACLE.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 56 words
The structure according to claim 1 wherein said outer receptacle encloses also a plurality of inner containers containing other vaporizable toxic chemical warfare agents, and wherein a plurality of transparent detector plugs project into said receptacle with different said chemical detecting systems for color reaction change upon contact with said other vaporizable toxic chemical warfare agents.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 19 words
The structure according to claim 1, wherein said plug includes a transparent head having an optical convex outer surface.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1977-12-16 1978-06-17 1978-12-17 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1981-12-16 1982-06-17 1982-12-17 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1985-12-16 1986-06-17 1986-12-17 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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