Patents Assigned to Matsumoto Kosan Kabushiki Kaisha
  • Patent number: 4601588
    Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature-indicating sheet which, when exposed to temperatures higher than the prescribed temperature in temperature-control for the common low-temperature preserved goods, changes in color according to the exposure temperature and time. This object is attained by arranging one component which melts at the prescribed temperature and a substance which irreversibly changes in color in contact with said component through a membrane permeable to the component. The sheet of the present invention comprises a component which melts at the prescribed temperature, a substance which changes in color in contact with the component and a membrane permeable to the molten component, said component being included in microcapsules which can be broken by outer pressure at a temperature used, and in which the component and the substance are arranged at the opposite sides with respect to the membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1986
    Assignee: Matsumoto Kosan Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ichiro Takahara, Tomoyoshi Ono, Makoto Nakai