WO1999023436A1 - Release switch for supercooled liquid heater - Google Patents
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- WO1999023436A1 WO1999023436A1 PCT/FR1998/002314 FR9802314W WO9923436A1 WO 1999023436 A1 WO1999023436 A1 WO 1999023436A1 FR 9802314 W FR9802314 W FR 9802314W WO 9923436 A1 WO9923436 A1 WO 9923436A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
- A61F7/02—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
- A61F7/03—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling thermophore, i.e. self-heating, e.g. using a chemical reaction
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D20/00—Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups F28D17/00 or F28D19/00
- F28D20/02—Heat storage plants or apparatus in general; Regenerative heat-exchange apparatus not covered by groups F28D17/00 or F28D19/00 using latent heat
- F28D20/028—Control arrangements therefor
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F7/00—Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
- A61F7/02—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling
- A61F2007/0292—Compresses or poultices for effecting heating or cooling using latent heat produced or absorbed during phase change of materials, e.g. of super-cooled solutions
- A61F2007/0293—Triggers, activators or catalysts therefor
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
- Y02E60/14—Thermal energy storage
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- the present invention relates to improvements to triggers for supercooled liquid heaters.
- Such a heater is formed of a sealed pocket, containing a supercooled liquid such as, for example, a mixture of sodium acetate and water.
- a supercooled liquid comes in the liquid form which, after being heated and then allowed to cool, can pass from this state to that solid under the effect of an external agent which causes crystallization .
- This transition from the liquid state to the solid state is accompanied by a significant production of heat.
- This heat being, in a way, "stored” in the liquid and, as a result, such products are sought for making heating bags or heaters since the user has a certain amount of heat which he can release according to his need.
- the external agent consists of a trigger immersed in the liquid and which is manipulated by the user through the walls of the bag.
- the trigger generally consists of a metal part immersed in the liquid. Generally this part is in the form of a thin flexible patch having narrow slots.
- the literature on the subject is abundant and, among these, one can quote the American patents N ° 4572158, N ° 45321 10, N ° 4460546, N ° 4077390 and the international application N ° WO87 / 05095.
- a trigger constituted by a spring wound in a helix with contiguous turns.
- the spring is enclosed in a housing, in two parts. , with small diameter perforations at its ends and on its side wall.
- the present invention which overcomes these drawbacks, is remarkable in that the trigger, which is constituted by a spring with contiguous turns of a known type, is placed and maintained in a flexible tube whose length is greater than that of the spring. .
- the external diameter of the spring is substantially equal to the internal diameter of the tube so that said spring can be easily engaged in said tube and be held there by friction.
- the trigger is constituted by a metal spring 1, wound in a helix.
- the spring 1 is placed in a flexible section of tube 2, the length of which is greater than that of said spring.
- the diameter of the spring and that of the inner tube are of substantially equal dimensions so that the introduction of said spring into the tube can be carried out easily, while then ensuring that said spring is held in the tube.
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Abstract
Description
Déclencheur pour chaufferette à liquide en surfusionTrigger for supercooled liquid heater
La présente invention est relative à des perfectionnements aux déclencheurs pour chaufferettes à liquide en surfusion.The present invention relates to improvements to triggers for supercooled liquid heaters.
Une telle chaufferette est formée d'une poche étanche, renfermant un liquide surfondu tel que, par exemple, un mélange d'un acétate de sodium et d'eau.Such a heater is formed of a sealed pocket, containing a supercooled liquid such as, for example, a mixture of sodium acetate and water.
Un tel produit est connu depuis très longtemps, mais il ne semble pas inutile de rappeler ses propriétés.Such a product has been known for a very long time, but it does not seem unnecessary to recall its properties.
Un liquide en surfusion, comme son nom l'indique, se présente sous la forme liquide qui, après avoir été chauffé puis mis à refroidir, peut passer de cet état à celui solide sous l'effet d'un agent extérieur qui provoque la cristallisation. Ce passage de l'état liquide à l'état solide s'accompagne d'une importante production de chaleur. Cette chaleur étant, en quelque sorte, "stockée" dans le liquide et, de ce fait, de tels produits sont recherchés pour réaliser des poches chauffantes ou chaufferettes puisque l'usager dispose d'une certaine quantité de chaleur qu'il peut libérer selon son besoin.A supercooled liquid, as its name suggests, comes in the liquid form which, after being heated and then allowed to cool, can pass from this state to that solid under the effect of an external agent which causes crystallization . This transition from the liquid state to the solid state is accompanied by a significant production of heat. This heat being, in a way, "stored" in the liquid and, as a result, such products are sought for making heating bags or heaters since the user has a certain amount of heat which he can release according to his need.
L'agent extérieur est constitué par un déclencheur immergé dans le liquide et qui est manipulé par l'utilisateur à travers les parois de la poche.The external agent consists of a trigger immersed in the liquid and which is manipulated by the user through the walls of the bag.
Le déclencheur est généralement constitué par une pièce métallique immergée dans le liquide. Généralement cette pièce se présente sous la forme d'une mince pastille flexible présentant d'étroites fentes. La littérature en la matière est abondante et, parmi celle-ci, on peut citer les brevets américains N°4572158, N°45321 10, N°4460546, N°4077390 et la demande internationale N°WO87/05095.The trigger generally consists of a metal part immersed in the liquid. Generally this part is in the form of a thin flexible patch having narrow slots. The literature on the subject is abundant and, among these, one can quote the American patents N ° 4572158, N ° 45321 10, N ° 4460546, N ° 4077390 and the international application N ° WO87 / 05095.
L'ensemble de ces documents décrit une pastille métallique présentant des fentes disposées de diverses façons. Dans tous les cas, il s'agit de pastilles présentant des découpages compliqués et précis qui nécessitent pour leur obtention l'usage de machines spéciales. De telles pastilles sont donc d'un prix de revient élevé. A cela s'ajoute le fait que ces pastilles, très sensibles aux manipulations, provoquent des déclenchements intempestifs. La demande internationale N°W089/1 0520 (dont est issue la demande de brevet européen N°363731 ) a tenté de remédier aux inconvénients des dispositifs décrits dans les documents précités.All of these documents describe a metal patch having slots arranged in various ways. In all cases, these are pellets with complicated and precise cuts which require special machines to obtain them. Such tablets are therefore of a high cost price. Added to this is the fact that these lozenges, very sensitive to handling, cause untimely triggering. International application No. WO89 / 1020 (from which European patent application No. 363731 is derived) has attempted to remedy the drawbacks of the devices described in the aforementioned documents.
Ainsi, il est décrit dans ce document un déclencheur constitué par un ressort enroulé en hélice à spires jointives.Thus, there is described in this document a trigger constituted by a spring wound in a helix with contiguous turns.
L'expérience a montré qu'un tel dispositif, utilisé seul ne permettait pas de provoquer la réaction et c'est pourquoi, il est décrit dans ce document un mode de réalisation selon lequel, le ressort est enfermé dans un boîtier, en deux parties, présentant à ses extrémités et sur sa paroi latérale des perforations de petit diamètre.Experience has shown that such a device, used alone did not allow the reaction to be triggered and that is why, there is described in this document an embodiment according to which, the spring is enclosed in a housing, in two parts. , with small diameter perforations at its ends and on its side wall.
Si un tel dispositif fonctionne de manière satisfaisante, il n'en est pas moins évident qu'il est d'un prix de revient élevé puisqu'il est nécessaire de réaliser deux moules, puis de prévoir un mode d'assemblage des deux parties du boîtier. A cela, s'ajoute le fait que la mise en oeuvre d'un tel déclencheur nécessite de tordre, à l'inverse l'une de l'autre, les deux extrémités du boîtier. Une telle manoeuvre est très difficile à réaliser compte tenu de la présence de la poche contenant le liquide et le déclencheur.If such a device works satisfactorily, it is nonetheless obvious that it has a high cost price since it is necessary to make two molds, then to provide a method of assembling the two parts of the housing. Added to this is the fact that the implementation of such a trigger requires twisting, unlike one another, the two ends of the housing. Such an operation is very difficult to carry out given the presence of the pocket containing the liquid and the trigger.
La présente invention, qui remédie à ces inconvénients, est remarquable en ce que le déclencheur, qui est constitué par un ressort à spires jointives d'un type connu, est placé et maintenu dans un tube souple dont la longueur est supérieure à celle du ressort.The present invention, which overcomes these drawbacks, is remarkable in that the trigger, which is constituted by a spring with contiguous turns of a known type, is placed and maintained in a flexible tube whose length is greater than that of the spring. .
Le diamètre externe du ressort est sensiblement égal au diamètre interne du tube de façon à ce que ledit ressort puisse être facilement engagé dans ledit tube et s'y maintenir par friction.The external diameter of the spring is substantially equal to the internal diameter of the tube so that said spring can be easily engaged in said tube and be held there by friction.
Selon un résultat surprenant de l'invention, l'expérience a montré qu'il était possible de déclencher la réaction exothermique en effectuant une simple flexion selon l'axe du tube, manipulation qu'il est très facile de réaliser à travers les parois de la poche. La présente invention sera mieux comprise par la description qui va suivre faite en se référant au dessin annexé à titre d'exemple indicatif, seulement, sur lequel la figure unique est une vue en coupe d'un déclencheur conforme à l'invention.According to a surprising result of the invention, experience has shown that it is possible to trigger the exothermic reaction by performing a simple bending along the axis of the tube, a manipulation which is very easy to achieve through the walls of the pocket. The present invention will be better understood from the description which follows made with reference to the accompanying drawing by way of indicative example only, in which the single figure is a sectional view of a trigger according to the invention.
En se reportant au dessin, on voit que de la façon connue le déclencheur est constitué par un ressort métallique 1 , enroulé en hélice.Referring to the drawing, it can be seen that in the known manner the trigger is constituted by a metal spring 1, wound in a helix.
Selon l'invention, le ressort 1 est placé dans un tronçon de tube 2, souple, dont la longueur est supérieure à celle dudit ressort.According to the invention, the spring 1 is placed in a flexible section of tube 2, the length of which is greater than that of said spring.
Le diamètre du ressort et celui interne du tube sont de dimensions sensiblement égales de façon à ce que l'introduction dudit ressort dans le tube puisse être effectuée facilement, tout en assurant ensuite, le maintien du dit ressort dans le tube.The diameter of the spring and that of the inner tube are of substantially equal dimensions so that the introduction of said spring into the tube can be carried out easily, while then ensuring that said spring is held in the tube.
Pour provoque la réaction exothermique, il suffit de faire fléchir le déclencheur axialement, selon les flèches F.To cause the exothermic reaction, it suffices to flex the trigger axially, according to the arrows F.
L'expérience a montré qu'il était possible d'obtenir un déclenchement même si les spires n'étaient pas jointives. Experience has shown that it is possible to obtain a trigger even if the turns were not contiguous.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| EP98952811A EP0958482A1 (en) | 1997-10-30 | 1998-10-29 | Release switch for supercooled liquid heater |
| AU10374/99A AU1037499A (en) | 1997-10-30 | 1998-10-29 | Release switch for supercooled liquid heater |
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| FR97/13616 | 1997-10-30 | ||
| FR9713616A FR2770627B1 (en) | 1997-10-30 | 1997-10-30 | TRIGGER FOR OVERFLOW LIQUID HEATER |
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| WO1999023436A1 true WO1999023436A1 (en) | 1999-05-14 |
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| EP (1) | EP0958482A1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU1037499A (en) |
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| WO (1) | WO1999023436A1 (en) |
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| FR2818362A1 (en) | 2000-12-19 | 2002-06-21 | Power Flex | Recipient containing compound which emits heat or stores cold has visual indicator of temperature state |
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| WO1987001275A1 (en) * | 1985-08-28 | 1987-03-12 | Crewsaver Marine Equipment Limited | Improved trigger device for heat pack |
| WO1989010520A1 (en) * | 1988-04-22 | 1989-11-02 | Hettel Bernd R | Supercooled liquid thermal generator and improved triggering device |
| US5645749A (en) * | 1995-08-04 | 1997-07-08 | Wang; Charles | Heat pack capable of being recharged by microwave energy |
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| US4077390A (en) | 1976-08-02 | 1978-03-07 | Marc F. Fiedler | Reusable heat pack containing supercooled solution and means for activating same |
| US4460546A (en) | 1980-08-11 | 1984-07-17 | Kapralis Imants P | Trigger to controllably initiate crystallization |
| US4532110A (en) | 1983-12-27 | 1985-07-30 | Imants P. Kapralis | Protected trigger to controllably initiate crystallization |
| US4572158A (en) | 1984-09-12 | 1986-02-25 | Topazon Limited | Trigger to activate aqueous salt solution for use in a heat pack and method of making the same |
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| WO1987001275A1 (en) * | 1985-08-28 | 1987-03-12 | Crewsaver Marine Equipment Limited | Improved trigger device for heat pack |
| WO1989010520A1 (en) * | 1988-04-22 | 1989-11-02 | Hettel Bernd R | Supercooled liquid thermal generator and improved triggering device |
| US5645749A (en) * | 1995-08-04 | 1997-07-08 | Wang; Charles | Heat pack capable of being recharged by microwave energy |
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| FR2770627A1 (en) | 1999-05-07 |
| FR2770627B1 (en) | 2000-01-21 |
| EP0958482A1 (en) | 1999-11-24 |
| AU1037499A (en) | 1999-05-24 |
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