thermometer type throw after use and thermometresde distributor type

摘要

1352452 Packaging thermometers BIOMEDIOAL SCIENCES Inc 23 July 1971 [4 March 1971] 34721/71 Heading B8C [Also in Division G1] A disposable thermometer (see Division G1) comprising a pair of superimposed sheets which carry temperature responsive material and a temperature indicating arrangement, respectively, and which, prior to use of the thermometer, are separated by a removable shield, is housed together with a plurality of similar thermometers in a housing, the housing being so constructed that upon manual withdrawal of one of the thermometers from the housing the shield associated with that thermometer is automatically removed to render the thermometer ready for use as soon as it has left the housing. As shown in Fig. 7, the housing is a box-like construction having at one end an opening 214 through which extend handle portions of the thermometers 10, the shields 30 being provided with holes which are engaged by upstanding posts 218, 220 on the bottom wall 204 of the housing. A pressure plate 230 having spring fingers 234, 236 presses the thermometers 10 towards the bottom wall and a spring blade 240 having a wiper bar 244 provided with a rubber pad presses together the superimposed sheets of each thermometer as it is withdrawn from the housing. In an alternative arrangement (Fig. 10), the thermometers 10 are carried by a carrier tape 400 in a housing provided with a post 68 for engaging the shields 30. Upon withdrawal of the carrier tape through an opening 59, rollers 84-92 press together the superimposed sheets of each thermometer as it leaves the housing.