Mercury release alerting

Details Mercury release alerting Mercury release alerting

2008-12-01

2010-10-05

Smith, R. A. (Department: 2841)

Signals and indicators

Indicators

By smoke or odor

C340S605000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07806072

ABSTRACT:
Methods provide an alert to the release of mercury. A sealed container containing an odor-producing agent is provided proximate to a sealed breakable enclosure containing mercury, the container and/or the breakable enclosure physically separating the agent from the mercury. In response to a breaking of the breakable enclosure, the agent produces an odor as a function of the breaking, the odor providing an alert to a release of the mercury. Service methods are also provided, for example wherein a service provider provides the sealed breakable enclosure containing mercury and deploys the odor-producing agent. Articles of manufacture, systems, articles and programmable devices are also provided.

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