Abstract: A vehicle holding unit includes a cupholder and an electronic heating unit. The cupholder has a sidewall defining a cup receiving area. The sidewall includes a heat source for providing heat to the cupholder. The electronic heating unit is integrated with the sidewall. The electronic heating unit has an electrical connector configured to be electrically connected to another electrical connector of a vehicle center console to draw electrical power from the another electrical connector to power the heat source.

Abstract: A heating device for use in warming the contents of spray bottles. The heating device includes a housing having at least one heating plate on the upper surface thereof. The heating plate includes an electrically operated heating element. The heating plate is controlled by the user via a dial that allows a user to select the temperature of the heating plate. The base of a spray bottle can be positioned directly on the surface of a heating plate so that heat from the heating plate is transferred to the spray bottle in order to warm the contents thereof. The spray bottle is preferably composed of a heat resistant material so that the spray bottle will not degrade or melt upon heating. The housing of the heating device may include one or more storage compartments therein for use in storing various items therein.

Abstract: A cooktop appliance includes a panel with a first burner disposed on the panel and a second burner spaced apart from the first burner on the panel. A frame of the cooktop appliance is removably mounted to the panel. The frame is configured to selectively support two or more grates or a griddle plate over the first burner and the second burner. The cooktop appliance may include a first pogo pin terminal block positioned on the panel adjacent to the first burner and a second pogo pin terminal block positioned on the panel adjacent to the second burner. The frame may include a first sleeve which encloses first connectors of the first pogo pin terminal block and a second sleeve which encloses second connectors of the second pogo pin terminal block on four sides. The griddle plate or the grates may include two or more embedded temperature sensors.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for cold brewing beverages are provided. The apparatus comprises a container and at least one insert arranged in the container. The insert may either be a filter for holding brewing material or a receptacle for holding cooling material. A liquid like water filled in the container is pumped through a conduit into the insert and is then returned to the container, from where it may be pumped again to the insert. Thus a cycle for brewing and cooling a beverage is provided, depending on whether the insert is a filter for holding brewing material or a receptacle for holding cooling material, thereby considerably reducing the time required to produce a cold-brewed beverage.

Abstract: A dual-chambered beverage container assembly for separating two beverages includes a shell that defines an interior space. The shell has a top that is open. A wall is coupled to an inner surface of the shell and bisects the interior space from the top to a bottom of the shell to define a first and second chambers. A first beverage that is positioned in the first chamber is separated by the wall from a second beverage that is positioned in the second chamber. Each of a pair of tubes is coupled to a respective opposing side of the wall. A lower end of the tube is positioned proximate to a bottom of the shell and an upper end extends from the top of the shell. The tubes are configured to permit a user to simultaneously draw the first beverage and the second beverage into a mouth of the user.

Abstract: An actively heated mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container is provided. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a body that receives a liquid therein and a heating or cooling system at least partially disposed in the body. The heating or cooling system can include one or more heating or cooling elements that heat a surface of the receiving portion of the body and one or more energy storage devices. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a wireless power receiver that wirelessly receives power from a power source and control circuitry configured to charge one or more power storage elements and to control the delivery of electricity from the one or more power storage elements to the one or more heating or cooling elements.

Abstract: An active foodware system includes a mechanical structure supporting a food surface recessed in relation to an area surrounding the food surface; a heating component for heating food received by the food surface; a sensing component for maintaining the heating component at a desired temperature; a wireless communication component; and a visual stimulating component responsive to data from the sensing component or the wireless communication component.

Abstract: A fuel efficient grill that permits effective direct and indirect cooking, permits movement of the fuel grate and has uniquely shaped air intake slots is provided.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for a digital power supply that can provide independent power control for two or more electrical loads. Some disclosed embodiments provide continuous, variable power and other disclosed embodiments provide discrete power levels. Disclosed embodiments may reduce the magnitude of harmonic currents and/or flicker introduced into a power system. Embodiments include a microprocessor that delivers power to electric loads using phase-controlled AC current. In some embodiments, the microprocessor may calculate a power array corresponding to a requested power for each electric load. Logic is provided for populating the power array in a pattern that reduces the magnitude of harmonic currents and flicker. Portions of the disclosure include a band controller for delivering power to achieve and maintain a desired target temperature, and a wireless controller for controlling temperature from a remote device.

Abstract: According to one example, a cookware apparatus includes a vessel. The vessel includes a bottom, and a sidewall surrounding the bottom and extending upward from the bottom so as to form a fluid retaining interior region. The sidewall terminates at a rim. The vessel also includes a channel extending through a portion of the bottom and further extending upward into and through a portion of the sidewall. The channel has an opening positioned in an external surface of the sidewall. The cookware apparatus further includes a thermal sensor positioned within the channel. The thermal sensor extends through the portion of the bottom and further extends upward into and through the portion of the sidewall.

Abstract: A cooking attachment for a heatable vessel of a food processor, which cooking attachment has one or more base openings, through which steam exiting from the vessel can enter into the cooking attachment and condensate can flow out of the cooking attachment into the vessel. In order for food which is contained in the cooking attachment to be cooked more quickly and uniformly, and/or to be kept hot following preparation, irrespective of its position within the cooking attachment, it is proposed that the cooking attachment should have a heating device which provides heating irrespective of the steam exiting from the vessel.

Abstract: Disclosed is container for modifying temperature of an object on receiving commands from a computing device. The container includes a hollow outer vessel, a hollow inner vessel, a hollow cylindrical bracket, a first temperature sensor, a peltier element, a heat sink, a second temperature sensor, a battery, a printed circuit board, a memory unit, a microprocessor, a bi-directional communication unit, and a bottom cover. The hollow cylindrical bracket is having a first indent, a second indent, a sidewall, and a closed bottom end. The hollow bracket sidewalls move between the second outer surface and the first inner surface. The first temperature sensor measures temperature of the second outer surface of the inner vessel. The memory unit stores pre-defined reference temperature. The microprocessor processes signals received from the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor.

Abstract: A system for heating a consumable product includes a package and a heating apparatus. The package includes a container body including a cavity at least partially bounded by a side wall and one or more inductively heatable elements disposed within the cavity. The side wall includes a non-inductively heatable portion. The cavity is configured to contain the consumable product. The heating apparatus includes: a housing, which defines a package-receiving cavity configured to position the package in an operative position; one or more induction coils disposed within the housing, a controller; and one or more temperature sensing devices disposed in proximity to the non-inductively heatable portion of the side wall when the package is in the operative position. The controller is configured to control one or more operating parameters of the heating apparatus based at least partially on one or more signals received from the one or more temperature sensing devices.

Abstract: An actively heated mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container is provided. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a body that receives a liquid therein and a heating or cooling system at least partially disposed in the body. The heating or cooling system can include one or more heating or cooling elements that heat a surface of the receiving portion of the body and one or more energy storage devices. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can include a wireless power receiver that wirelessly receives power from a power source and control circuitry configured to charge one or more power storage elements and to control the delivery of electricity from the one or more power storage elements to the one or more heating or cooling elements.

Abstract: An actively heated or cooled food container can have a lid movable between an open and a closed position and an insulated body to which the lid can be attached. The insulated body can have a sidewall that defines a perimeter of the container body and a base, the sidewall and base defining one or more chambers that can be sealed by the lid. The food container can have a temperature control system that can include one or more heating or cooling elements in thermal communication with one or both of the sidewall and the base and operable to heat or cool one or both of the sidewall and the base to thereby heat or cool the one or more chambers in the food container.

Abstract: A humidifier includes a tub configured to contain a supply of water and a heater including a first polymer film having an electrically conductive circuit provided upon a surface. The first polymer film is electrically insulating and the tub is formed of molded resin and the heater is molded at least partially within the resin. A respiratory apparatus for delivering a flow of breathable gas to a patient includes the humidifier. A method of humidifying a flow of pressurized breathable gas includes passing the flow of pressurized breathable gas over a supply of water contained in a tub. The tub is formed of molded resin and a heater including a first polymer film having an electrically conductive circuit on a first surface is molded at least partially within the resin.

Abstract: The disclosed device is a heat-emitting lid for use on top of a standard cooking pan. The device comprises a body including a heat element that radiates heat downward during use. By radiating heat downward, the food item within the pan may be cooked or browned more evenly by heating simultaneously from the top and bottom.

Abstract: Described herein is an automotive sheet heater. The automotive sheet heater includes a stacked structure of a far-infrared radiating layer, a metal layer, and a metal wire-containing carbon nanotube heating layer. The carbon nanotube heating layer includes 1 wt % to 50 wt % of metal wires.

Abstract: A breast milk sterilizing apparatus provided with a nursing bottle holding breast milk, a holder cylinder body of metal having a cylindrical wall portion to which the nursing bottle is inserted, a heater and a heater temperature sensor wound around a periphery of the cylindrical wall portion, a breast milk temperature sensor to measure breast milk temperature on a bottom face of the nursing bottle, and a breast milk temperature controlling portion to control the heater based on a breast milk temperature measured value measured by the breast milk temperature sensor.

Abstract: An active temperature control module can be used with drinkware and plateware devices. The drinkware can be a mug made of metal, and optionally coated with a ceramic material. The active thermal control module can optionally be removably coupleable to a surface of the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one heating element that can thermally communicate with a surface of the drinkware or plateware device to thereby effect heat transfer through the base to food stuff (e.g., a solid food, a liquid food) in the drinkware or plateware device. The module can include at least one sensor configured to sense a parameter of the foodstuff, and at least one power storage element configured to provide power to the at least one heating element.

Abstract: An invertible roasting oven, cooking apparatus, and method of cooking with a cooking apparatus are described. In various embodiments, the invertible roasting oven may include a double walled dome lid having an inner wall and an outer wall, a heating element that is disposed within the double walled dome lid between the inner wall and the outer wall, and a shallow pan that interfaces with the double walled dome lid. The shallow pan may be configured to function as a base to the double walled dome lid in a first mode of operation and as a cover to the double walled dome lid in a second mode of operation. The invertible roasting oven may further include a cradle that receives the double walled dome lid when the cooking apparatus is operating in the second mode of operation.

Abstract: An impact-resistant portable container protector used during transportation of a liquid, wherein the portable container protector is capable of heating or cooling a liquid within the container during transportation in an automobile or other mobile vehicle. The heating is typically achieved using an electrically-powered heating jacket, or cooling is achieved using a removable cooling packet which may be placed within the impact-resistant portable container protector. Heat transfer from the heating jacket or cooling packet may be improved by use of an agitator which may be present within the container. The agitator may be turned by a magnetic coupling. Power to operate the heating jacket and the agitator, when present, is supplied by a battery which is internal to the portable container protector. Additional power may be supplied to the battery using an external power feed such as a USB type connection or other connection of the kind typically present in an automobile or other motor vehicle.

Abstract: A leaf juice extracting apparatus includes a processing assembly having that defines a processing chamber for receiving a plurality of leaves and water, a side wall thereof having an upper rim that defines an open top configured to allow access therein. The extracting apparatus includes a steam assembly in fluid communication with the processing chamber for selectively receiving an incoming water portion from the processing chamber into a steam chamber, the steam chamber including a heating element for changing the incoming water portion into steam. An extraction member is selectively situated in the processing chamber of the processing chamber for selectively applying pressure upon the plurality of leaves therein so as to cause juice to be extracted from the plurality of leaves. A collection assembly is in fluid communication with the processing chamber that is configured to selectively communicate the extracted juice from the processing chamber into a collection reservoir.

Abstract: A device and method for warming a cup in a machine for preparing a hot drink or beverage involving transmitting by conduction a part of the surface heat of the heating body to a cup holder. The heating body is also used to heat water in the machine. The device and method also at least partially dampen a vibration transmissible by the heating body to the surface of the cup holder.

Abstract: An apparatus for heating a flavored coating and mixing the heated flavored coating with an edible substrate is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a frame adapted to support a kettle, the kettle for containing the flavored coating and the substrate to be mixed, a first heater box operative as a heat source, and a second heater box operative as a heat source.

Abstract: A portable heating apparatus designed to heat infant bottles and food jars utilizes steam as the heating medium in order to provide a more thorough and effective heating environment. The apparatus is a small appliance operated by an electric power cord which plugs into a wall outlet or a motor vehicle's cigarette lighter. The apparatus has a large heating chamber accessed from a top of the apparatus and used to hold a baby bottle. A smaller heating chamber is accessed on a side of the apparatus and used to hold a small jar of baby food. The heating chambers are thermally insulated from an exterior enclosure of the apparatus to allow for safe handling. A bottom of the apparatus is used to house water which is heated via an electrical resistance heater to produce steam that is vented into the heating chambers.

Abstract: A kettle comprising a base and a frame pivotally mounted relative to the base. The frame includes first electrical contacts connectable to a power source and a vessel is receivable in and removable from the frame. The vessel includes an internal element in connection with second electrical contacts and an opening from which liquid can be poured. When the vessel is received in the frame the first electrical contacts make connection with the second electrical contacts such that power is supplied to the internal element to heat water within the vessel. Pivoting of the vessel and frame relative to the base allows pouring of liquid, from the opening.

Abstract: A warmer (14) comprises a retainer support assembly (28), a heater (30), and an air mover (32). The retainer support assembly (28) is adapted to support a fuel retainer assembly (12). The heater (30) selectively heats the retainer support assembly (28). The air mover (32) is coupled to the retainer support assembly (28), and moves air substantially adjacent to the retainer support assembly (28). The retainer support assembly (28) includes a retainer supporter (54) that is adapted to retain the fuel retainer assembly (12), and a support shaft (56) that supports the retainer supporter (54). Additionally, the retainer supporter (54) can include one or more support vents (62), with activation of the air mover (32) directing air through the support vents (62). The retainer support assembly (28) can also include a second retainer supporter (254B) that is adapted to simultaneously retain a second fuel retainer assembly (212B).

Abstract: A panel for radiant heating and cooling includes a moisture impermeable shell with protrusions extended from a base. Channels between adjacent protrusions frictionally retain a thermal control component such as flexible tubing or an electrical heating element. The protrusions define chambers open at the bottom of the shell. An anchor in each chamber is secured to the top wall and extends downwardly beyond the base. A thermally conductive film is applied to the top surface of the shell. An insulative layer extends downwardly from inside the shell and beyond the base, surrounding the anchors while leaving bottom surfaces of the anchors exposed. The anchors are secured to a floor or substrate by an adhesive to integrally mount the panel. The anchors can receive and frictionally retain axially driven fasteners such as nails and staples, facilitating the attachment of a flooring overlayer integrally with respect to the substrate through the panel.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electric cartridge heater and a method of operation, suitable for use in producing high purity silicon in solar cells or solar modules. The apparatus includes a single-piece elongated heater bar having a length, a first end, and a second end. The apparatus also includes a slot beginning at the first end and running a portion of the length, and the slot dividing the heater bar into a first arm and a second arm. An elbow at the second end joins the first arm and the second arm together. The apparatus also includes a first electrode in electrical communication with the first arm, and a second electrode in electrical communication with the second arm.

Abstract: A cooking and mashing device for cooking and mashing a food in a bowl comprising a generally flat cooking panel; a hot plate component disposed on the top surface of the cooking panel; a motor housing disposed on the top surface of the cooking panel; an arm pivotally attached to the top surface of the motor housing via a pivot component, wherein the arm can move between an up position and a down position; a plurality of mashing blades attached to the second end of the arm; a first motor for driving the mashing blades to rotate; and a drain for draining excess water that accumulates atop the hot plate component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a breadmaker, in which the heating element is shieldingly protected in the shell body without being exposed outside so as to prevent people's hand from touching and being hurt by the heating element, more important, it is able to avoid getting flour falling onto the heating element and being baked excessively to stick on the heating element which may lead to a fire, thus the breadmaker of the present invention is more safely to operate and conforms to the requirements of European safety standards. The breadmaker comprises a shielding member for the heating element, and the shielding member is disposed between the heating element and the upper opening of the bread vessel, the downward projection of the shielding member can completely cover the contour of the heating element so as to completely shield the heating element from the above.

Abstract: A griddle for a cooking appliance is disclosed. The griddle includes a griddle plate of a first material having a first thermal conductivity; a heat spreading plate of a second material having a second thermal conductivity which is greater than the first thermal conductivity; and at least one clamping member for clamping the griddle plate and the heat spreading plate together.

Abstract: The invention concerns a cooking apparatus (1) which includes a base (3) and a receptacle (2) that rests upon the base (3). According to the invention, the apparatus includes a skirt (14) that has a closed side wall (15) surrounding the receptacle (2) and extending vertically from the base (3) up to at least the free top end (16) of the side wall (5) of the receptacle (2).

Abstract: A portable article of heating apparatus comprising a heat-insulating lower base member and a separate heat-conducting and heat-retaining upper plate member. The lower base member comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and at least one side, with the top surface comprising a recess designed to receive the separately-heated upper plate member for the purposes of efficient and mobile heating of food containers.

Abstract: A fryer is provided for cooking food in a small volume of oil. The fryer includes a main body with a seat for supporting a tilted tank designed to contain the volume of oil in a bottom angular portion thereof. The fryer also includes a heater, and at least one mixing blade inside the tank.

Abstract: A kitchen appliance for heating foodstuff includes a container defining a heating cavity therein. The container is positioned on a supporting surface during heating of the foodstuff. The kitchen appliance further includes a utensil for manipulating the foodstuff. The utensil has a first and opposite second end. A tray is slidably positioned within a portion of the container. The tray is movable between a storage position in which the tray is substantially within the container and a use position in which the tray is at least partially removed from the container. The tray has a concave portion on a top surface thereof. The concave portion is sized and shaped to support at least a portion of the first end of the utensil above the supporting surface.

Abstract: A child care storage having a steam sterilizing apparatus, wherein the steam sterilizing apparatus includes an outer tub defined by walls of a steam sterilizing compartment; a hollow upstanding coupling member installed on the center bottom of the outer tub and having an interlocking hole formed at its top; an inner tub inserted inside the outer tub for accommodating infant accessories therein, the inner tub having a reception hole formed at its bottom center and a latch part formed along the circumference of its bottom center; an evaporation vessel having a flange along its circumference, the flange being coupled to the latch part of the inner tub; a flat-type heater installed under a rear bottom surface of the evaporation vessel; and a supporting plate for placing the flat-type heater thereon.

Abstract: In a substrate heating apparatus including a vacuum vessel with an interior separated by a wall body into a first space and a second space, the first space being evacuated to a vacuum by a first exhaust means and accommodating a substrate to be heated, and the second space being evacuated to a vacuum by a second exhaust means and including a heating means for heating the substrate accommodated in the substrate, the time required to evacuate the first space to a vacuum by the first exhaust means is shortened, thus improving the throughput. The wall body has a non-coating surface, which is not coated, on part of a wall body surface which faces the second space. A coating is formed on the remaining portion of the wall body surface.

Abstract: An electrical water heater includes a housing, a filling opening delimited by a rim, heating elements, a pouring member, a lid, a tongue mobile between an extended position wherein it seals the pouring member and a pouring position wherein it is retracted, and a pouring control connected to the tongue through an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism includes a first mechanism arranged in the housing and having one end connected to the pouring control and one end mobile through a window of the rim, and a second mechanism arranged in the lid and having one end mobile through a window of the lid and one end connected to the tongue, the windows of the rim and of the lid being urged into mutual correspondence when the lid seals the opening, and the corresponding ends of the mechanisms being adapted to co-operate.

Abstract: A beverage heating system is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the beverage heating system includes a recharge base; a mug having a mug base removably seated on the recharge base, a mug body extending from the mug base and a mug handle extending from the mug body; a heating compartment provided in the mug base; at least one heating element provided in the heating compartment; and a power source connected to the at least one heating element.

Abstract: A pasta cooker has a base carrying a bowl having an electrical heater. A basket can move between a lower position immersed in water in the bowl and an upper position largely out of the bowl. A stirring element rotatably mounted on the basket carries a paddle projecting upward into the basket. A controller energizes the heater to bring the water in the bowl to a boil, then lowers the basket into it. The stirring element fits with a drive in the base so it can rotate and stir the water and any foodstuff in the bowl in the boiling water. After an interval preset in a timer elapses, the controller lifts the basket out of the bowl.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for brewing coffee, which includes a housing having an inner chamber for receiving and retaining brewed coffee, a water reservoir adjacent to and generally surrounding the inner chamber, for receiving water, and an electrically powered coil for heating the water contained in the water reservoir. A brew valve is positioned above the inner chamber for supporting coffee grounds, the brew valve being rotatable between a first inactive position and a second active position for brewing coffee. Heated water is directed from the water reservoir to the brew valve and to the coffee grounds to brew coffee. and to the coffee grounds to produce brewed coffee, and into the inner chamber.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic charging cup assembly, including an electronic charging cup and charging cup holder. The electronic charging cup is provided with an embedded cell module and a button set, so that the cell module supplies sufficient power to the linear conducting strip covering the cup core. Since the cell module is a rechargeable cell structure, it is only required to place the electronic charging cup into the charging cup holder in the event of electric exhaustion of cell module, thereby achieving the purpose of additional power supply with improved applicability.

Abstract: A cooking set includes a heating unit, and a container. The heating unit has a top platform and a heat source provided thereon for generating heat. The container includes a container body and a heat enhancement arrangement. The container body includes a bottom wall and a surrounding wall upwardly extended from the bottom wall to form a heating cavity within the bottom wall and the surrounding wall. The heat enhancement arrangement contains a heat distributing cavity indently formed on the bottom wall of the container body to align with the heat source of the heating unit when the container body is disposed on the top platform of the heating unit, such that when the heating unit is controllably operated to generate the heat via the heat source, the heat is evenly accumulated within the heat distributing cavity to evenly distribute from the bottom wall to the surrounding wall.

Abstract: A cook pot in which the lid acts as a supplementary heating device to heat the contents inside the pot quickly. The lid has a top and a long cylindrical piece which fits inside the pot body and extends all the way down to the bottom of the pot. A heating band is then located in the lower end of the cylindrical piece towards the bottom of the pot. This heating band heats the entire cylindrical piece, and thus the contents inside the pot.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a multi-functional cooker having a thermal probe operatively connected to a controller for controlling a heating element in response to a real-time temperature reading from the probe. By controlling the level of heat provided by the heating element in response to real-time temperature readings, optimal comestible flavor may be achieved. The multi-functional cooker also includes a hinged lid for directing fluid on an inner surface of the lid into a cooking vessel of the invention upon opening of the lid.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and apparatus for delivering gas in a liquefied state at a controlled rate. The liquefied gas may be transported in ton cylinders by placing the ton cylinder on a transportation pallet. The transportation pallet containing the ton cylinder may be placed on a heating saddle so that a surface of the cylinder is in contact with a surface of the heating saddle. Heating fluid may flow through the heating saddle, thereby heating the liquid in the cylinder through the cylinder walls. Furthermore, the vapor pressure of the gas in the cylinder may be monitored and maintained at a desired level by regulating the flow of heating fluid through the saddle. Therefore, embodiments of the invention allow the maintenance of gas flow rates in a cylinder without removing the cylinder from its transportation pallet.

Abstract: The cooking device has a tank with an electrical heater means containing a basket for the food connected to an actuator suitable for moving it between a position inside and a position at least partially outside the tank. A first temperature sensor of a portion of the tank and a timer are connected to a control for moving the basket in relation to the signals which the control receives from the temperature sensor and from the timer. In the cooking procedure when the first sensor detects the cooking temperature, the basket is lowered and, at the same time, the timer is started for a preset time period. At the end of the time period the control deactivates the heater and commands the removal of the basket from the tank.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooking appliance used for boiling or cooking food, or more particularly, to a cooking pot, which can rapidly heat water or food, and thereafter can suppress overflowing of water or food therein, while simultaneously maintaining its suitable temperature and pressure, thereby shortening its cooking time while enhancing its safety and convenience during cooking.