Patent ID: 9217676
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G01K

Abstract:
1. A failure indicator for informing an observer that a freezer has failed and food in the freezer is not fit to eat comprising: a dosed transparent tubular housing, a resilient wire bracket for mounting said failure indicator for rotation about a pair of crossed vertical and horizontal axes; said bracket having a circular portion for engaging said tubular housing and an outward extending straight portion for retaining said tubular housing to a rubber-like suction cup; said rubber-like suction cup for attaching said failure indicator to an interior surface of said freezer, a pair of cup shaped end caps for sealing opposite end portions of said tubular housing; a cup shaped spacer in the interior of said tubular housing for dividing said tubular housing into a fluid storage space and a failure signaling space, said interior cup shaped spacer having a group of small apertures for allowing fluid from said fluid storage space to enter said failure signaling space; an opaque label surrounding said tubular housing; and the fluid in said housing for signaling whether said freezer has failed and food in said freezer is not fit to eat.