2917results about "Warming devices" patented technology

A device for preparing a fluid food at a desired consumption temperature on demand, comprising two reservoirs of water, a container containing a formula, a data processor and a controller for dispensing water of the correct temperature from each of the reservoirs and the formula from the container into a vessel. Also provided are methods for preparing specialized foods at desired consumption temperatures on demand, and methods for marketing both foods and food-preparation devices.

A beverage container is disclosed for keeping liquid evenly heated. The beverage container includes a cup, a heating element, and a removable battery power source. The cup has an inner sidewall surface, an outer sidewall surface, an inner bottom surface, and an outer bottom surface. The inner sidewall surface and inner bottom surface are shaped to hold liquid. The heating element is completely enclosed between the inner sidewall surface and the outer sidewall surface. The heating element heats the inner sidewall surface which then heats the liquid. An insulating layer is included between the heating element and the outer sidewall surface to keep the outer sidewall surface cool while the inner sidewall surface is heated. The battery power source is capable of being temporarily secured to the outer bottom surface of the cup and is utilized to keep the heating element energized to a predetermined level while the battery power source is secured to the cup. When the battery power source is removed, the cup is capable of being submerged in water without damaging the cup. When the battery power source is attached, the beverage container is portable.

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. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container also can have one or more sensors that sense a parameter of the liquid or sense a parameter of the heating or cooling system and communicates the sensed information to the control circuitry. The control circuitry can turn on, turn off, and/or operate the heating or cooling element to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the body to maintain the liquid in a heated or cooled state generally at a user selected temperature setting based at least in part on the sensed parameter information. The mug, travel mug, baby bottle, water bottle or liquid container can also be paired with a remote device or mobile electronic device to send or receive communications or commands.

A portable heat source that may be used to warm food, beverage or other supplies. The heater contains a heat-producing composition that is a solid that may be stored for long periods of time, and activated by addition of water or an aqueous solution. Heat-producing compositions contain an acidic anhydride, an acidic salt, a basic anhydride or a basic salt. Preferred heat-producing compositions contain a mixture of an acidic anhydride or salt together with a basic anhydride or salt, such that addition of water to both acidic and basic anhydrides produces heat as well as acid and base respectively; subsequent reaction of the acid and base produces additional heat, as well as a safe, neutral product that is easily disposed. The invention further consists of means and methods for regulating the rate of heat production in heaters by the addition of inert additives to heat-producing compositions and the application of processing methods that regulate access of water to heat-producing compounds. Addition of inert materials and shaping, agglomerating, pelleting and like processing of heat-producing materials are applied to produced heat at a rate compatible with the rate at which the food or other materials can absorb the heat. The invention further consists of devices incorporating the materials to be heated in an advantageous arrangement with the heater composition.

A travel mug has an outer case, an inner case, a film heater, a temperature control device, and a power source connector. The inner case is fitted into the outer case in conjunction with a spacer, thereby resulting in formation of an air space insulation between the inner case and the outer case. The film heater is fastened to the bottom end of the inner case and is connected to an electrical receptacle of the outer case by a wire which is also connected with the temperature control device located in proximity of the film heater. The receptacle is connected to a power source by the power source connector.

An oven for transferring heat to food in trays and a method for using the oven. The oven includes a cabinet with partitions dividing the interior into a plurality of separate, thermally isolated holding compartments each adapted for removably receiving a tray of food. Heat sources above the tray emit radiant heat to warm the food in the trays. A control mechanism controls the duration of the total hold time for the food having a duration of heated holding time during which a respective heat source is activated. The oven also includes a forced air mechanism under the control of the control mechanism for delivering forced air into the compartments. The heat sources are activated and deactivated during successive duty cycles to thereby to maintain the food in a respective compartment at a selected holding temperature for a duration of heated holding time.

The invention provides a temperature probe, a cooking device and a heating control method. The temperature probe comprises a probe, a hardware box and a clamp, wherein a temperature sensor is arranged in the probe, is inserted into food and/or soup to detect the temperature and wirelessly sends a temperature detection signal to a controller of the cooking device through a probe wireless transmission device, so that the controller judges whether the cooking degree of food and heating firepower are proper according to the temperature detection signal and adjusts the heating power of the heating device to improve the cooking effect if the heating firepower is judged to be improper. The temperature of food and soup is detected by the temperature probe, whether the cooking degree of the food and the heating firepower are proper is judged according to the detected temperature signal, and the judgement mode is more reliable than that according to food color and appearance change. The problem that cooked food is not yet done or overdone due to misjudgment by a user can be effectively solved, and the user can more easily obtain nutritional and delicious food.

The invention provides a steam oven with multiple operating modes, which is characterized in that it includes a box body, the box body includes a steam oven room and a control room; a steam oven module, the steam oven module includes a heating tube, a steam generating device, spiral fan and infrared thermometer; humidity adjustment detection module, said humidity adjustment detection module includes dryer, humidifier and humidity detector; menu editing storage module, said menu editing storage module includes menu memory and U disk Reading port; central temperature detection module, the central temperature detection module is used to provide food internal temperature detection; control module, the control module includes a camera, a timer, an alarm, a controller and a central processing unit, the control module Modules are used to provide operational control. The present invention has multiple operation modes through the arrangement of each module, can meet the diversified requirements of food processing, and has high processing efficiency.

The invention discloses an efficient energy saving electro heating multipurpose cooker utilizing a new method of accurate temperature controlling and healthy cooking. The technical scheme of the invention is as follows: the outside surface of the cooker body is provided with an ambient temperature sensor; the base of the cooker is provided with an inner pot temperature sensor; the cooker body, thecooker cover and the cooker base are all set to be closed efficient heat insulation interlayers; the closed heat insulation interlayer on the cooker base is arranged between the casing of the cookerbase and the electro heating device; a hallow cavity is arranged between the casing of the cooker base and the closed heat insulation interlayer; and the purposes of energy saving, discharge reducingand healthy cooking can be realized by setting standard control values such as ambient temperature or temperature drop, cooking/steaming temperature and time and the like by an automatic control device and by comparing the ambient real-time temperature or temperature drop with the inner pot real-time temperature to control the power on and power off of the electro heating device. The efficient energy saving electro heating multipurpose cooker can be used for cooking rice, cooking congee, cooking soups and steaming food; compared with various electro rice/congee/soup cooker in the prior art, the invention can save electricity by 30%-50% and can be widely used in families, dining halls and catering enterprises in cities and towns.

The invention belongs to the field of pans, and particularly discloses a smart pan comprising a pan body, a handle, a thermocouple and a pan controller. The thermocouple is assembled to the bottom of the pan body, and the pan controller is disposed within the handle. The pan controller acquires the corresponding cooking program, the cooking program is configured with the set value of the pan temperature associated with time, the measured value of the pan temperature based on thermocouple detection and the set value of the pan temperature obtained from the cooking program are processed to generate a control signal for manipulating a heating unit for heating the smart pan and changing the strength of heating power of the heating unit, the measured value of the pan temperature is enabled to reach the set value of the pan temperature till the cooking program is totally executed by the pan controller, and food cooking is finished. Throughout the cooking process, the smart pan manipulates the heating unit based on the acquired cooking program, the temperature of the smart pan is controlled automatically, food cooking is completed without user participation, and users can make delicious food either with or without cooking skills.

A method and apparatus utilizing an exothermic reaction to generate a heated gas that warms a baby bottle, providing a baby bottle warmer that is portable, convenient to use, simple, and lightweight. In one embodiment, a heating vessel holds the baby bottle and a vessel top removably attaches to an upper section of the heating vessel. A solution release mechanism situated in a lower section of said heating vessel includes a solution container having an activating liquid disposed therein, and a device for puncturing the solution container responsive to pressure supplied by insertion of the baby bottle. A heating element situated below the solution release mechanism includes a material for exothermically reacting with the activating liquid to generate the heated gas. In one embodiment, when a baby bottle is inserted into the bottle warmer, an upper and lower unit are pressured together to release a saline solution onto a magnesium wafer. Some embodiments of the baby bottle warmer comprise a system for spacing apart the lower and upper units, which is useful for storage and/or travel. Upon insertion of the baby bottle and application of pressure, the system disengages, thereby allowing the upper and lower units to move together.

The invention provides a multifunctional pot which comprises a heating part and an inner pot, wherein the heating part comprises a main body; a heating body, a temperature measurement assembly and a control panel assembly capable of controlling the heating power of the heating body are arranged on the main body; the control panel assembly is electrically connected with the heating body and the temperature measurement assembly, to receive a temperature signal transmitted by the temperature measurement assembly; the inner pot is placed on the heating body of the main body; the temperature measurement assembly is in contact with the outer side wall of the inner pot, to detect the temperature of the inner pot; an insulation main body connection head is arranged on the main body; a conductive terminal electrically connected with the control panel assembly is arranged in the insulation main body connection head; a temperature measurement device for detecting the temperature in the inner pot is arranged on one side of the inner pot, and can be electrically connected with the conductive terminal on the main body. The multifunctional pot disclosed by the invention can meet various cooking requirements, so that the cost can be lowered for a user.

The invention discloses an electric pressure pot. The electric pressure pot includes a shell, an outer pot body, a rigid supporting part, an inner pot body, an electromagnetic heating device and a fan; the shell is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; the outer pot body is arranged in the shell; the rigid supporting part is arranged in the outer pot body; the inner pot body is arranged inthe outer pot body and supported on the rigid supporting part, and the outer bottom surface of the inner pot body is separated from the inner bottom surface of the outer pot body under the support ofthe rigid supporting part; the electromagnetic heating device is used for heating the inner pot body and arranged between the outer bottom surface of the inner pot body and the inner bottom surface of the outer pot body; the fan is arranged between the inner surface of the shell and the outer surface of the outer pot body. The electric pressure pot has the advantages of being low in thermal inertia, great in controllability, high in production efficiency and the like.

An apparatus for heating a liquid is described. The apparatus includes a housing. A liquid reservoir is contained within the housing. A fluid circuit conveys liquid from the reservoir to a dispenser. A thermal energy storage unit is contained within the housing and disposed to be in thermal contact with the fluid circuit. The thermal energy storage unit is constructed and arranged to heat liquid as it passes through the fluid circuit. The thermal energy storage unit can include a phase change material or a combination of a phase change material and a high thermal conductivity material.

The intelligent fully automatic cooking robot involved in the present invention adopts the intelligent automatic control technology of mechanical and electrical integration, software and hardware combination, conducts intelligent automatic cooking based on microwave ovens and other stoves, and places multiple liquid and solid ingredient boxes and vegetable boxes on the panel , according to the prompts of the intelligent automatic cooking controller, after placing the prepared dishes, in the case of unattended, at any time according to the requirements of the person at the specified time for accurate and precise cooking, one intelligent automatic completion of one or more Cooking dishes, people can enjoy a delicious meal when they go home from work; the invention adopts the concept of a manipulator, which has a simple and efficient structure, small size, and is easy to use. Environmental protection requirements; used at home can save people a lot of time for cooking, so that people can live a higher quality of life or perform more creative work, and use it in commercial operations can reduce labor and save costs.

The invention discloses a cooking method. The cooking method is applicable to a cooking tool with a cooking cavity, the cooking cavity is heated at first power, and after heating, if it is judged thatthe heating condition is not satisfactory, heating is continued at second power which is lower than the first power; otherwise, heating is continued at the first power. By adopting the method, when an inner pot is in bad contact with a heating device, the power can be adjusted for heating, and the situation that since the temperature of the bottom of a pot is raised too fast, a thermal fuse at the bottom of the pot is burnt out can be avoided.

The invention discloses a novel electric cooker which comprises a pot body, a pot cover and a liner, wherein the liner is placed in the pot body; and the pot cover is disposed on the pot body and used in cooperation with the pot body. The novel electric cooker is characterized by comprising a temperature controller, a pressure controller, a moisture measurement device and a single-chip microcomputer, wherein the single-chip microcomputer is disposed on the inner wall of the pot body and connected to the temperature controller, the pressure controller and the moisture measurement device; the temperature controller comprises a heater and a temperature sensor, and the heater is disposed on the bottom of the outer wall of the liner; the temperature sensor is disposed on the inner wall of the pot cover; the pressure controller comprises an adjustable steam micro-pressure valve and a pressure sensor, and the adjustable steam micro-pressure valve is disposed on the pot cover; the pressure sensor is disposed on the inner wall of the pot cover; and the moisture measurement device comprises a moisture measurement instrument. According to the invention, rice can be soaked for a proper period, and accurate control of temperatures and pressures can be achieved, so that the best rice cooking effects can be achieved.

A thermal decomposition apparatus for decomposing polymer waste is provided which is simple in structure, small in size and inexpensive, and also the operating cost thereof is low. A feed pipe 18 and an inclined pipe 23 are connected in the form of the letter V at a large angle therebetween, and a feed screw 19 and an feed-up screw 25 are arranged inside the respective pipes. Polymer waste introduced into a hopper 17 is melted in the interior of the feed pipe 18 by heat from a first hot air furnace 10 and accumulated in the V-shaped portion. The polymer melt is then conveyed upward by the feed-up screw 25. In the process of conveyance, the polymer melt undergoes primary decomposition by means of heat from a second hot air furnace 11 and the cracked gas thus generated undergoes secondary decomposition by the heat from a third hot air furnace 12, the resultant gas being guided to a condenser 7. Sludge drops down through a chute pipe 35 into a water tank 36.

The invention discloses an electric pressure cooker air leakage protection control method and device and an electric pressure cooker. The method comprises the steps that the temperature in the cooker is acquired in real time; when the temperature in the cooker reaches a preset temperature, time needed by increasing a first temperature every time is recorded, and the preset temperature is lower than the boiling point temperature of water at the current altitude; time needed by increasing a second temperature of every temperature point within the interval ranging from the preset temperature to the current temperature in the cooker is calculated, and the maximum consumed time is determined, and the second temperature is higher than the first temperature; if the current temperature in the cooker is not increased to the first temperature yet through the maximum consumed time, the electric pressure cooker is controlled to stop heating, and a display screen is controlled to display a fault code corresponding to air leakage. According to the electric pressure cooker air leakage protection control method and device and the electric pressure cooker, air leakage of the electric pressure cooker can be found in time to execute air leakage protection operation, therefore, the electric pressure cooker is prevented from being damaged, and safety accidents are prevented from occurring.

The invention discloses a cover assembly for an electric rice cooker and an electric rice cooker with the cover assembly. The cover assembly comprises a cover body, a cover board, an upper cover board, a sealing assembly and a heating member. The cover board is disposed on the inner side of the cover body and forms penetrating air vents, and the upper cover board is arranged on the side of the cover body facing the cover board. The sealing assembly is disposed between the upper cover board and the cover board, and the sealing assembly, the upper cover board and the cover board jointly define a receiving cavity that is communicated with the air vents, and the heating member is disposed on the cover assembly and used for heating the receiving cavity. According to the cover assembly for the electric rice cooker, by setting the sealing assembly in a gap between the cover board and the upper cover board, the sealing assembly can jointly define the receiving cavity by the aid of the cover board and the upper cover board, thus effectively recovering and reusing steam in the electric rice cooker and enabling supplementary cooking and water supplementing; this way to configure the receiving cavity enables the cover board and the upper cover board to be ingeniously used so that the structure of the cover assembly is simpler and more compact and is convenient to practice.

The invention provides a liner and a liquid heating container. The liner comprises a body, a heat conduction plate and a heating part, wherein the body comprises a barrel body and a barrel bottom connected with the bottom of the barrel body; the heat conduction plate fits to the outer wall face of the barrel bottom, and the heat conduction coefficient of the heat conduction plate is greater than that of the barrel bottom; the heating part is ring-shaped and fits to the lower surface of the heat conduction plate, and the projection of the heating part is positioned in the heat conduction plate;the thickness of the heat conduction plate is greater than or equal to 2mm; and/or, a spacing between the outer periphery of the contact part of the heating part and the heat conduction plate and theouter periphery of the heat conduction plate is greater than or equal to 3mm. For the liner provided by the invention, by increasing the spacing between the outer periphery of the contact part of theheating part and the heat conduction plate and the outer periphery of the heat conduction plate, heat generated by the heating part becomes bidirectional heat conduction from unidirectional heat conduction, so that the local thermal power density is greatly reduced, and the noises caused by heating water are reduced; and/or, the heat conduction plate is thickened, so that the local thermal shockis prevented, heat is uniformly transmitted as far as possible, and further, the noises caused by heating water are reduced.

The invention provides a cooking utensil. The cooking utensil includes a pot body, a pot cover, and a heating device; the pot body includes a shell, a thermal insulation cover and an inner pot body arranged from outside to inside in sequence, wherein the inner pot body is arranged in the thermal insulation cover; the inner pot body is used for containing cooked food, and an opening of the thermalinsulation cover is abutted to the edge of the inner pot body for supporting; the pot cover is arranged on the pot body, the heating device is arranged in the shell and located below the inner pot body, and a preset distance is left between the heating device and the inner pot body. According to the technical scheme, the problem that in the prior art, an electric pressure cooker with the inner potbody not provided with a handle needs a heating disk for supporting the inner pot body is solved.

The invention discloses a semi-automatic electric-heating cooking pot. The semi-automatic electric-heating cooking pot reserves basic features of a traditional spherical cooking pot. An annular electric-heating disc and a coupling-type plug are arranged in the center of the bottom of a stainless steel pot, and a bimetal strip thermostat and a self-hold relay are arranged inside a plastic handle ofthe stainless steel pot. The coupling-type cooking pot is formed through combination; a coupling-type socket is arranged in the center of a basin-shaped base, and a coupling-type power supply base isformed through combination; a temperature sensing support is located in a high-temperature area of the pot bottom, when water in the pot is burned to be less and the temperature in the high-temperature area reaches 110 DEG C or so, a temperature control switch is switched off, and there is no need to fear that the food may be scorched or the electric-heating disc may be burned; when the food is cooked, by adjusting a fine tuning rotary button, the temperature of the pot bottom is adjusted to be high or low, so that dish juice is reduced to be slightly dry or wet; the cooking time is decided by controlling the water adding amount in the pot, and the cooked degree of the cooked food depends on the cooking time; the food is cooked within the low-temperature range of 110 DEG C or below all the time, the loss of food nutrients is small, and the food is healthy, safe and harmless; during cooking, steam is discharged outwards, smoke is not discharged, and the air is protected against pollution.

A split-type electric pressure cooker is composed of an internal pressure cooker able to be used individually, and an external cooker with microprocessor controlled heater on its bottom for setting up heating time, temp and different cooking functions.

The invention provides a cooking utensil. The cooking utensil comprises an outer pot, a temperature controller, an elastic part and a heating disc. Guide holes are formed in the outer pot, the temperature controller is put in the outer pot, supporting legs are arranged at the bottom of a shell of the temperature controller, and the supporting legs penetrate through the guide holes. The elastic part is arranged between the shell and the outer pot, and the upper end and the lower end of the elastic part abut against the shell and the inner bottom wall of the outer pot respectively. The heating disc is arranged in the outer pot and covers the temperature controller, a receding hole is formed in the heating disc, and the top of the temperature controller can protrude out of the receding hole.The supporting legs make contact with the guide holes tangentially, and the sizes of the cross sections of the guide holes are larger than those of the cross sections of the supporting legs. Accordingto the cooking utensil, the supporting legs make contact with the guide holes tangentially, and the sizes of the cross sections of the guide holes are larger than those of the cross sections of the supporting legs, it is effectively avoided that a main temperature controller greatly rubs with an outer pot in the moving process, so that the main temperature controller is jammed, thus, the problemof jamming of the temperature controller is conveniently and effectively solved, and the cooking utensil is simple in structure and beneficial for popularization.

Disclosed is a container warmer that utilizes the same compartment for heating and cooling. In optional embodiments, the unit may include a programmable timer operably connected to the heating and cooling units such that the timer may regulate activity of the units. In other embodiments, the invention may include a baby bottle warmer in which the baby bottle is placed in a water bath in a compartment, the water bath being heated or cooled by heating or cooling units, and optionally operably connected to a programmable timer.

The invention discloses an electric pressure pot. The electric pressure pot includes an outer pot body, a supporting part, an inner pot body, a bracket and an electromagnetic heating disc; the supporting part is arranged in the outer pot body; the inner pot body is arranged in the outer pot body and supported on the supporting part; the bracket is arranged between the outer bottom surface of the inner pot body and the inner bottom surface of the outer pot body, and the supporting part is arranged on the bracket; the electromagnetic heating disc is used for heating the inner pot body and arranged on the bracket, and the projections of electromagnetic heating disc and the supporting part in the horizontal direction are staggered. The electric pressure pot has the advantages of being low in thermal inertia, great in controllability, high in production efficiency and the like.

Provided is a sealed electric cooker, pertaining to the field of household cookers.The sealed electric cooker is characterized in that the position between a pot cover (5) and a pot body (1) is sealed; a retractable locking mechanism used for locking the pot cover (5) and the pot body (1) is arranged between the pot cover (5) and the pot body (1); the pot cover (5) is provided with an exhaust seal valve (4) communicating the pot body (1) with the air; the exhaust seal valve (4) is controlled by temperature so that exhaust is achieved; pressure can make the pot body (1) sealed when the pot body (1) reaches at certain temperature; ventilation is achieved when pressure of the pot body (1) is lower than the above pressure; and a safety valve (7) is arranged on the pot cover (5).The sealed electric cooker has following beneficial effects: air can be exhausted when water temperature increases to the boiling state; when saturated steam reaches certain pressure, the exhaust seal valve is sealed; when the saturated steam is condensed to water, the exhaust seal valve is opened; and by absorbing air in the pot, temperature for water, rice and saturated steam in the pot body can be up to 105-120 DEG C so that rice can be heated in an all-round way.

The invention provides a portable pressure cooker. The pressure cooker comprises a cooker body and a cover. The pressure cooker is characterized in that the cooker body comprises an outer cooker bodyand an inner cooker body, the inner cooker body is sleeved with the outer cooker body and connected with the outer cooker body through a cover ring and a clamp ring, a cavity used for placing self-heating materials is formed in the part between the inner cooker body and the outer cooker body, and a pressure limiting valve and/or a safety valve communicated with the cavity is arranged on the side face of the cooker body. By arranging the inner and outer cooker bodies and placing the self-heating materials in the cavity formed in the part between the inner and outer cooker bodies, automatic heating can be conducted by adding in water to cook foods in the inner cooker body, so that the use of the cooker in an environment without heating sources in the field is convenient; by arranging the safety valve on the side of the outer cooker body and arranging an exhaust valve on the cover, the pressure cooker is safe and reliable to use; by fixing the inner cooker body and the outer cooker body through the clamp ring and the cover ring, the disassembly and assembly of the pressure cooker are convenient, and the sealing performance is good; the outer cooker body is divided into two layers, theouter layer is a heat preserving layer, heat does not disperse easily, the heat preserving performance is good, and cooking is faster. The pressure cooker has the advantages of being simple and reasonable in structure, convenient to dismantle and assemble and safe and reliable to use.

The invention discloses an electric pressure cooker and a cooking control method thereof. The cooking control method comprises the steps of controlling a heating module of the electric pressure cookerto start heating; when the electric pressure cooker enters a boil-down phase, controlling an exhaust component of the electric pressure cooker to open; detecting inner bottom temperature of the electric pressure cooker; controlling power adjustment ratio of the heating module according to the inner bottom temperature such that the power adjustment ratio of the heating module is switched between afirst preset power adjustment ratio and a second preset power adjustment ratio; controlling the electric pressure cooker to quit the boil-down phase when the inner bottom temperature reaches a firsttemperature threshold or the operating time of the boil-down phase reaches a preset boil-down time limit. Therefore, the power adjustment ratio can be adjusted dynamically according to the inner bottom temperature so as to improve boiling-down and flavor-improving effect for the electric pressure cooker during cooking; in addition, dish dryness or pot adhesion by bottom burnt yellow material due to excessive dehydration of a dish made out can be prevented; a brand-new cooking experience to make dishes with the electric pressure cooker is provided, cooking taste is improved, and the electric pressure cooker is more competitive.