It has long been desired to created bubbles, blowable by children from a liquid substance, that would last a substantial amount of time before the bubbles burst and cease to exist, in conjunction with making lots of large bubbles in one blow through a standard bubble wand. The same bubbles can be used advantageously in bubble blowing toys and equipment. In the field of bubbles, there have been long lasting bubbles but these have been necessarily small and few in number from a single blow. There has also been many bubble solutions containing other types of sugars or related substances other than invert sugar. However, these other sugars or related substances do not provide the effects provided by invert sugar.
Bubble solutions containing invert sugar are disclosed.
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For the purposes of this document, ‘invert sugar’ is considered to be about a 50/50 blend of fructose and glucose, or any blend of fructose and glucose in the range of 25 to 50 percent of one component and 25 to 50 percent of the other component.
An example formulation for a liquid from which bubbles containing invert sugar can be made is as follows in Table 1. The numbers in the right column are parts by weight.
A generalized formula for bubble solution containing is found in Table 2 below:
As desired, the invert sugar may be a blend of fructose and glucose that includes fructose in a range of from 25 to 75 weight percent and includes glucose in a range of 25 to 75 weight percent. If desired, the invert sugar may include a vegetable syrup such as a seed syrup.
While the formulations have been described and illustrated in conjunction with a number of specific examples, those skilled in the art will appreciate that variations and modifications may be made without departing from the principles herein illustrated, described, and claimed. The present invention, as defined by the appended claims, may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The configurations of lights described herein are to be considered in all respects as only illustrative, and not restrictive. All changes that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.
PRIORITY: I hereby claim the benefit under Title 35, U.S.C. §119(e) of a U.S. Provisional Patent Application filed on Feb. 11, 2002 and having Ser. No. 60/356,279.
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