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Ultraviolet light monitoring device and method of making same

US4788433A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 12, 1987
Grant dateNov 29, 1988
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01J1/48
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An ultraviolet light sensitive emulsion material, which becomes transparent to the user only after the ultraviolet light sensitive emulsion material is exposed to a predetermined amount of ultraviolet light, to expose a colored backing surface to view. In one form of the invention, an ultraviolet light inhibiting material is disposed in covering or blocking relationship relative to the emulsion material arranged in a graduated pattern of varying opacity, for inhibiting passage of ultraviolet light selectively to the ultraviolet light sensitive emulsion material to enable the emulsion to be rendered transparent in a series of graduated indications when the device is exposed to progressively longer periods of time.

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