ES1207312U - Device to know if the cold chain has broken (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

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ES1207312U
ES1207312U ES201800102U ES201800102U ES1207312U ES 1207312 U ES1207312 U ES 1207312U ES 201800102 U ES201800102 U ES 201800102U ES 201800102 U ES201800102 U ES 201800102U ES 1207312 U ES1207312 U ES 1207312U
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Device to detect the interruption of the cold chain in frozen foods and products, pharmaceutical industry and other uses, characterized by being based on the physical principle of freezing and melting a liquid formed by the mixture of water and alcohol to achieve the desired melting temperature and the addition of a food coloring. It consists of an airtight container containing the mixture of water and ethyl alcohol plus a dye, all frozen and molded that is used as an indicator element. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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5 10 DISPOSITIVO PARA SABER SI SE HA ROTO LA CADENA DEL FRIO SECTOR DE LA TÉCNICA Sector alimentario y farmacéutico. ANTECEDENTES DE LA INVENCIÓN Para que las cualidades y propiedades de un producto congelado se mantengan, es necesario efectuar una congelación rápida del producto a baja temperatura (-40°C), La velocidad de esta congelación garantiza que el agua 15 contenida en las células de la materia orgánica, al pasar al estado de hielo, lo haga en forma de pequeños y múltiples cristales, que no dañan las células de la materia orgánica ni sus estructuras, pudiendo establecer, según la temperatura de congelación, los siguientes niveles: (según la 20 temperatura que deseemos censar) y a la cual se le añade diferentes colorantes alimentarios para así obtener diferentes líquidos de distinto color y que una vez congelados en unos moldes con diferentes figuras es capaz de censar la ruptura de una cadena de frío preestablecida para 25 un determinado producto y siendo este un proceso irreversible. Se meterán dos figuras de distinto color ya congeladas y cuyo punto de fusión sea el de rotura de la cadena de un determinado producto. Cuando esto ocurre y se 30 funden las figuras congeladas, los líquidos se mezclan dando otra tonalidad y desaparecería la forma de la figuras, siendo el proceso irreversible, (por ejemplo para un pescado congelado podría utilizarse unas figuras que fuese una estrella de mar de tamaño adecuado al producto). Las figuras congeladas se introducirán juntas en una bolsa de pequeñas dimensiones hermética sin contacto con el producto solo junto con el producto o bien en el embalaje. Otra variante utilizando el mismo principio seria la utilización de varias 5 figuras de distintos colores con puntos de fusión distintos en una bolsa de plástico con varios departamentos estancos. Sabiendo de esta forma cual es la temperatura minima a la que ha llegado la rotura de la cadena del frio. Otra variante seria la de introducir el liquido 10 detector en un molde de una figura cerrada. Esta se meteria en un congelador hasta que se congelara y una vez congelado se romperia el molde (molde de fácil rotura) para liberar la figura congelada, entonces se congeladas de distinto color introducirian dos figuritas en una bolsita de plástico 15 hermética y se volverian a introducir en el congelador. Si por cualquier causa bajase la temperatura al valor predeterminado de fusión del liquido que forma la figura, esta se derretiria y se mezclarian los colores y perderia la forma dela figura siendo este proceso irreversible. 20 EXPLICACIÓN DE LA INVENCIÓN La presente invención, según se expresa en el enunciado de esta memoria descriptiva, se refiere a un 25 dispositivo capaz de detectar si en algún momento se ha roto la cadena del frio, el cual ha sido concebido y realizado en orden a obtener numerosas ventajas respecto a otros medios existentes de análogas finalidades. 30 Se define la cadena del frio como la serie de elementos calidad de y actividades necesarios para garantizar la un alimento desde que se encuentra en su estado natural o precocinado hasta su consumo. También es aplicable esta definición en el caso de productos sanitarios donde se garantiza su calidad desde su producción hasta su utilización. La aplicación del frío es uno de los métodos más extendidos para la conservación de los alimentos. Existen dos tipos de conservación a través del frío: la congelación (a largo plazo) y la refrigeración (días-5 semanas). El frío va a inhibir los agentes alterantes de una forma total o parcial. Al disminuir la temperatura reducirnos considerablemente la velocidad de crecimiento de los microorganismos termófilos y la mayoría de los mesófilos. La cadena del frío presenta debilidades, siendo su 10 punto crítico el tiempo de carga y descarga que tiene lugar corno promedio tres veces: a la salida de la fábrica, en la plataforma logística y en los puntos de venta. Unas siete u ocho horas, corno mínimo, durante las cuales se somete forzosamente a los productos a aumentos de temperatura. 15 A esta media hay que añadir además el tiempo de 20 descarga en el punto de venta, el tiempo transcurrido entre el lugar de almacenamiento y la colocación en los estantes, y el tiempo entre el carrito de compra y el refrigerador del consumidor. El dispositivo consiste en una mezcla de agua y alcohol etílico con un colorante alimenticio en proporciones adecuadas a la temperatura de fusíón que deseemos obtener una vez congelado, esta mezcla de agua y alcohol coloreada es congelada en unos moldes de diferentes figuras y colores, 25 las figuras congeladas y coloreadas obtenidas se introducen en una bolsa hermética que se introduce dentro del embalaje del producto, en el supuesto que baje la temperatura al nivel de fusión de las figuras, estas se harán liquidas y se mezclaran los líquidos y colores siendo el proceso 30 irreversible.   5 10 DEVICE TO KNOW IF THE CHAIN OF THE COLD SECTOR OF THE TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN BROKEN Food and pharmaceutical sector. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In order for the qualities and properties of a frozen product to be maintained, it is necessary to rapidly freeze the product at a low temperature (-40 ° C). The speed of this freezing ensures that the water contained in the cells of the organic matter, when passing to the ice state, does it in the form of small and multiple crystals, which do not damage the cells of the organic matter or their structures, being able to establish, according to the freezing temperature, the following levels: (according to the 20 temperature that we want to censor) and to which different food dyes are added in order to obtain different liquids of different color and that once frozen in molds with different figures is able to censor the rupture of a pre-established cold chain for a given product and this being an irreversible process. Two figures of different color already frozen and whose melting point is the breaking of the chain of a certain product. When this occurs and the frozen figures melt, the liquids are mixed giving another shade and the shape of the figures would disappear, being the irreversible process, (for example for a frozen fish some figures could be used that were a starfish of size appropriate to the product). The figures Frozen products will be placed together in a tightly sized small bag without contact with the product only together with the product or in the packaging. Another variant using the same principle would be the use of several 5 figures of different colors with different melting points in a plastic bag with several watertight departments. Knowing in this way what is the minimum temperature at which the cold chain break has reached. Another variant would be to introduce the detector liquid 10 into a mold of a closed figure. This would be put in a freezer until it was frozen and once frozen the mold would break (mold easy to break) to release the frozen figure, then frozen of different color would introduce two figurines in a plastic bag 15 and would return to Enter in the freezer. If for any reason the temperature should be lowered to the predetermined melting value of the liquid that forms the figure, it would melt and the colors would mix and lose the shape of the figure, this process being irreversible. EXPLANATION OF THE INVENTION The present invention, as expressed in the statement of this specification, refers to a device capable of detecting if at any time the cold chain has been broken, which has been conceived and carried out in order to obtain numerous advantages over other existing means of analogous purposes. 30 The cold chain is defined as the series of quality elements and activities necessary to guarantee the food from the moment it is in its natural or precooked state until its consumption. This definition is also applicable in the case of medical devices where its quality is guaranteed from its production to its utilization. The application of cold is one of the most widespread methods for food preservation. There are two types of conservation through cold: freezing (long term) and refrigeration (days-5 weeks). The cold will inhibit the altering agents in a total or partial way. By decreasing the temperature considerably reduce the growth rate of thermophilic microorganisms and most mesophiles. The cold chain has weaknesses, its 10 critical point being the loading and unloading time that takes place as an average three times: at the exit of the factory, on the logistics platform and at the points of sale. About seven or eight hours, as a minimum, during which the products are subjected to temperature increases. 15 To this average, the time of unloading at the point of sale, the time elapsed between the place of storage and the placement on the shelves, and the time between the shopping cart and the consumer's refrigerator must also be added. The device consists of a mixture of water and ethyl alcohol with a food dye in adequate proportions at the melting temperature that we wish to obtain once frozen, this mixture of water and colored alcohol is frozen in molds of different figures and colors, 25 Frozen and colored figures obtained are introduced in an airtight bag that is introduced into the product packaging, in the event that the temperature drops to the melting level of the figures, these will become liquid and the liquids and colors will be mixed being the process 30 irreversible.  

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REIVINDICACIONES 1. Disposi ti vo para detectar la interrupción de la cadena de frio en productos y alimentos congelados, 5 industria farmacéutica y otros usos, caracterizado por basarse en el principio físico de la congelación y la fusión de un líquido formado por la mezcla de agua y alcohol para conseguir la temperatura de fusión deseada y el añadido de un colorante alimentario. Constituido por un recipiente 10 hermético conteniendo la mezcla de agua y alcohol etílico más un colorante, todo ello congelado y moldeado que se emplee como elemento indicador. CLAIMS 1. Device to detect the interruption of the cold chain in frozen products and foods, 5 pharmaceutical industry and other uses, characterized by being based on the physical principle of freezing and the fusion of a liquid formed by the mixture of water and alcohol to achieve the desired melting temperature and the addition of a food coloring. Consisting of a hermetic container 10 containing the mixture of water and ethyl alcohol plus a colorant, all frozen and molded to be used as an indicator element.
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