Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting – deodorizing – preser – Analyzer – structured indicator – or manipulative laboratory... – Means for analyzing gas sample
Reexamination Certificate
1998-07-23
2001-01-23
Alexander, Lyle A. (Department: 1743)
Chemical apparatus and process disinfecting, deodorizing, preser
Analyzer, structured indicator, or manipulative laboratory...
Means for analyzing gas sample
C422S084000, C422S051000, C422S067000, C436S132000, C436S900000, C073S023300
Reexamination Certificate
active
06177051
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system and more particularly pertains to self-analyzing one's breath for alcohol content.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of breath analyzers of known designs and configurations is known in the prior art. More specifically, breath analyzers of known designs and configurations heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of analyzing a person's breath by known methods and apparatuses are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,171,535 to Lamont discloses a Breath Alcohol Tester. U.S. Pat. No. 4,492,673 to Eriksen et al. discloses a Disposable Sobriety Tester. U.S. Pat. No. 5,415,391 to Risolia discloses a Vending Machine. U.S. Pat. No. 2,141,646 to C. Ferguson discloses a Device for Detecting Ethyl Alcohol. International Application Number PCT/US84/00345 to Schmitz discloses a Disposable Breath Analyzer Device and Method of Fabrication. Lastly, U.S. Pat. No. 3,437,448 to Miczka discloses an Apparatus for Determining the Alcohol Content of Exhaled Air.
In this respect, the a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of self-analyzing one's breath for alcohol content.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system which can be used for self-analyzing one's breath for alcohol content. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of breath analyzers of known designs and configurations now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a new and improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system for self-analyzing one's breath for alcohol content. The system includes a dispenser machine which has an interior chamber containing units to be dispensed and a front face. The front face has a panel of instructions, a slot for the receipt of money and three buttons adapted to be depressed by a user following the insertion of money into the slot to indicate whether one or two or three units are to be dispensed. The machine also has an opening in the lower extent of the machine through which a user may reach to withdraw units from the machine following the insertion of money and depression of a button. A plurality of units are located within the chamber to be dispensed. Each unit contains an analyzer and a sanitary wrapper therearound. Each analyzer is formed as a generally rectilinear box with a first indicator on one face, a second indicator on a second face and an extendable tube on a third face. The extendible tube is reconfigurable between a reduced orientation adjacent to the third face when wrapped within the wrapper and an extended orientation for being gripped by the mouth of the user during the analyzing of the user's breath and with a slot in the third face adjacent to the tube. The first indicator includes a cylindrical alcohol indicator and an associated rotatable indicator arrow and a gauge whereby the increased content of alcohol permeating through the indicator will rotate the arrow to an extent corresponding to the percent of alcohol within the breath detected. The second indicator includes a diaphragm through which the user's breath may flow to exterior of the device and an associated color gauge there adjacent whereby the diaphragm will change colors as a function of the percent of alcohol in the breath of the user for being compared with the color on the gauge.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of descriptions and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system which has all of the advantages of the prior art breath analyzers of known designs and configurations and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system which is of durable and reliable constructions and formed of recyclable materials.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system for self-analyzing one's breath for alcohol content.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved dispensable alcohol breath analyzer system including a rectilinear box with an analyzer on one face and an extendable tube on another face. The system also includes a plurality of units located within the box to be dispensed, each unit containing an analyzer and a sanitary wrapper therearound. The indicator includes a cylindrical alcohol indicator and an associated rotatable indicator arrow. A gauge is provided whereby the increased content of alcohol permeates through the indicator to rotate the arrow to an extent corresponding to the percent of alcohol within the breath detected. The second indicator includes a diaphragm through which the user's breath may flow to exterior of the device and an associated color gauge there adjacent whereby the diaphragm will change colors as a function of the percent of alcohol in the breath of the user for being compared with the color on the gauge.
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