JOHN P SULLIVAN
Funeral Home and Crematory in Saugus, MA

License number
Massachusetts 5545
Expiration Date
Oct 31, 2017
Type
Type 3 Funeral Director and Embalmer
Address
Address
Saugus, MA 01906

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Thermochromic Candle

US Patent:
6200129, Mar 13, 2001
Filed:
Feb 23, 1999
Appl. No.:
9/256037
Inventors:
Michael R. Sullivan - Attleboro MA
John Raymond Sullivan - Saugus MA
Paul Francis Sullivan - Saugus MA
Robert Joseph Sullivan - Peabody MA
Thomas Daniel Fisher - Lynnfield MA
International Classification:
F23D 316, C11C 500
US Classification:
431126
Abstract:
A candle capable of changing color when lighted is disclosed. More particularly, the candle incorporates thermochromic dyes that are a first color at room temperature and a second color upon being raised to an activation temperature. The color change is preferably reversible so that upon cooling, the portions of the candle that underwent a color change return to their original color.