Abstract: A clinical thermometer registers the maximum temperature reached and uses as the thermometric fluid a non-toxic gallium/indium alloy which adheres to the walls of the thermometer measuring tube, the adhesive force being greater than the internal cohesive force of the thermometric liquid. A Gallium/indium/tin eutectic alloy is particularly useful in such applications and others.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 1995
Date of Patent:
September 1, 1998
Assignee:
Geraberger Thermometer Werk GmbH
Inventors:
Gerd Speckbrock, Siegbert Kamitz, Marion Alt, Heribert Schmitt