2002results about "Water-boiling vessels" patented technology

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.

The invention relates to a dry heating protection implementation method for cooking equipment. The dry heating protection implementation method is characterized in that according to cooking types, the working mode of the cooking equipment is divided into at least two different cooking modes, different first dry heating critical temperature points and second dry heating critical temperature points are set for all the cooking modes, under the different cooking modes, the temperature of the bottom of a pot put on the cooking equipment is detected in real time, and when the temperature of the pot reaches the first dry heating critical temperature point under the cooking mode, the cooking equipment reminds a user that dry heating may exist according to current cooking conditions; when the temperature of the bottom of the pot reaches the second dry heating critical temperature point under the cooking mode, the cooking equipment stops heating, meanwhile gives an alarm and reminds the user of dry heating. Compared with the prior art, the mode that according to different cooking modes, dry heating protection can be carried out on different reasonable dry heating protection points improves the cooking experience and cooking safety for the user.

A modular appliance system comprises several similarly shaped modular appliances such as kettles, toasters and the like, and a modular base system with cordless connectors on which the appliances can be placed. In one embodiment, the base is larger than the base of an individual appliance, and accommodates two or more appliances side by side. In another embodiment, the base comprises individual base units which can be connected together electrically to create a composite base unit which accommodates the required number of appliances.

The present technology enables data communication between a kettle body and a power base of a cordless kettle. This enables a user to view kettle data and control functions or parameters such as temperature, from the power base of a cordless kettle.

An electric water heater has a base, a tank mounted on the base, a partition wall mounted in the tank to divide the tank into a heating chamber and a reservoir and at least one electric heating element extending into the heating chamber. A cool-water supply pipe extends into the heating chamber to supply cool water to the tank when a user uses the hot water stored in the reservoir, This can immediately provide unlimitedly hot water at a desired high temperature to a user. In addition, the space for locating the tank can also be reduced. The convenience of using and locating the water heater can be improved.

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. The module can include control circuitry configured to control operation of the one or more heating elements, and a transceiver configured to transmit operating information of the module to a remote electronic device and to receive operating instructions from the remote electronic device. Optionally, the module can include a heat transfer pack that can thermally communicate with the at least one heating element, and which can be interposed between the at least one heating element and a surface of the drinkware or plateware device.

A combined control unit/connector for a cordless electrical water heating appliance for connection in use to a heating element thereof is disclosed, comprising a housing, thermally sensitive control unit for switching of said heating element and a protrusion extending vertically from directly beneath the housing on which are disposed electrical contacts for making connection to a separate base.

The method for judging electric kettle water boiling includes the following steps: 1. mounting sensor, microprocessor and control circuit in the electric kettle; 2. utilizing sensor to detect water temperature, temperature of heating bottom disk contacted with water or temperature of side wall of electric kettle; 3. utilizing microprocessor to calculate water temperature change rate and making comparison; and 4. when the water temperature change rate is stable and minimum, giving out signal to control circuit to cut off power supply for heating.

The present invention provoded a inner stopper for drink container, which can make it possible to drink a drink in a drink container in a good condition regardless of drinking person, place or the temperature of the drink, and to make an inner stopper of the drink container free from getting rusty even if it is washed with water. A plug comprises a plug body serving as the plug of a container for holding beverage and a lid body. A hinge and a lock device are arranged opposing to each other. A lip portion protrudes from the top plate of the plug body. A liquid-passage hole is formed in the lip portion. The upper surface of the lip portion is made into a tapering shape that is highest at the lock device side and lowest at the hinge side. The resilient member that forces the lid body towards an opening direction protrudes from the top plate of the lid body. An air hole is set in the top plate of the plug body and the resilient member is set to vertically block the air hole when the lid body is closed.

An electric thermos jug comprises generally from the top to the bottom a lid assembly, a spout assembly, a double-layer vacuum body, a heating element, an underbody, and a base. An insulating plate and an insulating material layer are provided under the heating element inside the underbody of the jug. The lid is two-layer structure comprising an upper lid and lower lid with an air plenum in between. The electric thermos is convenient for use and effective in heat insulation due to the excellent air tightness of the components. The temperature inside the jug can be maintained for a long time without the need of repetitive heating. As a result, it can maintain a good water quality and is energy efficient. A safety valve is also employed.

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. A conduit is positioned within the water reservoir for directing heated water from the water reservoir to the brew valve and to the coffee grounds. When the brew valve is rotated to an on position, the heating coil is electrically activated to heat the water in the water reservoir, such that heated water flows to the brew valve and to the coffee grounds to produce brewed coffee, and into the inner chamber.

A vessel has a hinged lid. The hinged lid is biased into an open position by a spring. The lid is mechanically coupled to a damping mechanism, preferably concealed within the body or lid of the vessel. The lid is held in a closed position by a latch.

Portable combustible fuel automatic drip coffee making apparatuses use combustible fuels such as propane, butane, white gasoline, and kerosene to heat water which can be alternatively used to make drip coffee, or for other requirements calling for heated water, depending on the selected position of a switching valve. The portability of these devices is self contained and hand transportable. The inventive units are designed to be user maintained with easily cleanable or replaceable parts, as well as designed for manufacturing. These units are configured based on the specific fuel being used, and some units are designed to be able to use a variety of fuels in the same unit.

The invention discloses a liquid heating vessel and a conrol device. The liquid heating vessel includes the electronic control device which is set to dectecting the boiling condition of liquid through measuring the perturbance of the liquid in the vessel.

The invention discloses an instant electric kettle, which comprises a machine body; the machine body is provided with a bottom plate; an upper end of the machine body is sealed by a top cover, so a cavity is formed; the cavity accommodates a pump of which one end is communicated with a water tank and the other end is communicated with a quick heater; the quick heater is provided with a water inletand a hot water outlet, and a vapor discharging port is positioned in a hot water outlet path of the quick heater and can also be positioned on the upper part of the quick heater and higher than thehot water outlet or a liquid water level; and the instant electric kettle quickly adjusts the power of the quick heater or the flow rate of the pump or simultaneously adjusts the power of the quick heater and the flow rate of the pump according to the hot water outlet temperature so as to ensure that the hot water outlet temperature meets the requirements of people. After connecting a power sourcefor a few seconds, the instant electric kettle can instantly heat cold water into hot water of which the water outlet temperature meets the requirements of the people or boiling water of which the expected maximum temperature value can reach 100DEG C, has stable and steady outlet water, energy and electricity conservation, and strong practicability, and meets the requirements of consumers.

The invention discloses a temperature-adjustable intelligent heater. The temperature-adjustable intelligent heater comprises a man-machine interface module, a temperature measurement module, a control module and an output power control module, wherein the man-machine interface module is used for setting constant temperature and displaying water temperature; the temperature measurement module is used for measuring the water temperature and sending temperature data to the control module; the control module is used for receiving the temperature data of the temperature control module, performing variable parameter PID computation to get heating power PWM data and sending the heating power PWM data to the output power control module; the output power control module is used for heating water and controlling the water temperature. The temperature-adjustable intelligent heater adopts the variable parameter PID computation; according to the heating time of different temperature control heating elements, the water temperature is precisely controlled at any temperature between room temperature and a boiling temperature, and the temperature deviation is controlled within 1.5 DEG C, and the heater is fast in heating and warming and precise in temperature control, so that thermal overshoot during the heating process is effectively prevented.

An apparatus for heating a measured amount of water comprises a heating chamber, a dispensing chamber and a conduit for conveying water from the heating chamber to an inlet of the dispensing chamber. The apparatus is arranged such that an increase in pressure associated with boiling forces heated water into the conduit and then into the dispensing chamber.

The present invention is control method for electrically heating kettle, and aims the technological problem of connecting various control processes for the precise control of the kettle operation. The control method includes the following steps: for the microprocessor to detect the temperature in the kettle and determine the system setting values after power-on initialization; to detect the on-off state of the heating circuit; to judge the heat maintaining state; to detect water and avoid no-water heating; to judge heating and heat maintaining requirement; and to send heating or heat maintaining signal to the control circuit for heating or heat maintaining control. Compared with available technology, the present invention features the precise microprocessor control of the whole kettle heating process.

Collapsible heatable liquid containers having three non-inverting tiers and two inverting tiers interposed between the non-inverting tiers. The non-inverting tiers are typically formed of a stiff (i.e., stiff or rigid) material that is different from the material of the inverting tiers, which is typically a resilient polymer such as a thermoplastic elastomer or silicone. The bottom non-inverting tier is typically formed of a material suitable for inductive, contact, and flame heating, such as stainless steel. The container may be a liquid vessel suitable for drinking, beverage heating and serving, or cooking, such as a drinking bottle or kettle. A bottle may include an attached cap that engages the top tier to close the bottle, and a kettle may include a pour spout connected to the middle or top tier.

The invention discloses an energy-saving kettle and a heating method thereof. The defect that when an energy-saving kettle in the prior art boils water, the phenomenon of violent boiling usually happens, and potential safety hazards exist is overcome. The energy-saving kettle comprises a kettle body, a heating body, a temperature sensor and a controller. The temperature sensor detects the real-time temperature of water in the kettle body. The controller controls the heating body to heat water in the kettle body with first power when the real-time temperature of water in the kettle body is lower than the preset temperature threshold value, and controls the heating body to continue to heat the water in the kettle body with second power based on the water volume in the kettle body when the real-time temperature of water in the kettle body reaches the temperature threshold value. The first power is larger than the second power. According to the energy-saving kettle, a large amount of steam cannot be generated within short time, the phenomenon of water flying cannot occur, and the using safety is improved.

The present invention provides a vacuum heat insulation material capable of maintaining high heat insulation capacity even in high temperature circumstance, and provides a hot water supply device having high heat insulation capacity. In the vacuum heat insulation material comprising core material (51) composing of inorganic fiber polymer, a housing material (52) having surface protection layer and aerospace sealing layer and heat melting coating layer, and sorbent (53) absorbing the moisture and air component of core material (51) and the housing material (52), the heat insulation capacity can be maintained in long time in condition of high temperature by laminating the aerospace sealing layer of the housing material (52) with a first aerospace sealing layer and the second aerospace sealing layer in terms of opposite metal surface of at least tow layers of metal layer, and using resin film with melting point more than 150 DEG C as heat melting coating layer.

An assembly is provided for heating a liquid, such as coffee. The assembly includes a container in which the liquid is retained, first and second electrodes associated with the container, an energy source with which the container can be engaged such that the first electrode comes into contact with the energy source, and a control circuit for supplying voltage from the energy source to the first electrode so that current will pass from the first electrode through the liquid and to the second electrode. Liquid in the container contacts the first and second electrodes and provides an electrical path from the first electrode to the second electrode.

The invention discloses a control method of a liquid heating device. The method includes: acquiring target temperature, controlling the liquid heating device for heating for a first preset time, suspending heating for a second preset time and acquiring a temperature variation value of liquid between the first preset time and the second preset time after the liquid heating device heats the liquid for the first preset time, and further acquiring a power-off temperature point or concurrent heating time of the liquid heating device; controlling the liquid heating device to continue heating when the present temperature of the liquid in the liquid heating device is lower than the power-off temperature point, controlling the liquid heating device to suspend heating when the liquid temperature reaches the power-off temperature point, and when the present temperature of the liquid is higher than the power-off temperature point and lower than the target temperature, calculating the concurrent heating time and controlling the liquid heating device to heat the liquid continuously for the concurrent heating time until the liquid temperature reaches the target temperature. According to the control method, errors between the liquid heating temperature and the target temperature are able to be decreased, and temperature control is executed more accurately. Meanwhile, the invention further discloses the liquid heating device.

A non-electric heated utensil device comprises a non-electric heat utensil body capable of receiving foods therein, in that user can eat the food in the utensil directly; a temperature sensor for measuring temperatures of the food in the non-electric heat utensil body or temperatures of the non-electric heat utensil body; a display device for displaying the temperatures from the temperature sensor; and a power supply. The non-electric heated utensil device may be beverage. The non-electric heat utensil body is one of a cup, a bowl, a bottle, a kettle, and a basin. Thereby a speech integrated circuit is installed in the display device for emitting a sound to inform the temperature value. Moreover, an alarm can be installed to the utensil to alert the user that the temperature is out of an acceptable range.

A water heater system for a water dispensing fountain having a refrigerated water reservoir, is disclosed. The water heater system is comprised of a plastic molded hot water tank formed in a support membrane. A feed conduit is also formed in the membrane and extends from a connector, which secures to the bottom wall of the refrigerated water reservoir, to the bottom end of a serpentine array of the conduit which extends upwardly to the bottom wall of the hot water tank. The purpose of the serpentine conduit is to prevent hot water from the tank from flowing back into the refrigerated water reservoir. A dispensing conduit extends from the hot water tank and is located at a position whereby water can be extracted from a valve connected thereto by gravity flow. An exhaust pipe also extends from the hot water tank and is provided with an exhaust port located above the top water level of the refrigerated water reservoir whereby to exhaust water pressure vapors from the hot water tank.

The invention discloses a connector with a check valve device. The connector is characterized in that a hole is formed in the center of a lower connector, water can flow through the hole in the center of the lower connector, a water inlet is correspondingly formed in the center of an upper connector by means of perforating, and a valve is mounted in the center of the upper connector. The valves is compressed by a spring from top to bottom when the lower connector and the upper connector are separated from each other, and the water is sealed and can be prevented from flowing downwardly. An annular sealing ring which is fixed to the water inlet of the upper connector tightly sleeves a water outlet of the lower connector when the upper connector and the lower connector are coupled with each other, the valve is simultaneously jacked by the water outlet of the lower connector to form a channel, and water stream can flow into the upper connector from the lower connector.

The invention discloses a water cup which comprises a cup body, a power plug and a power socket. The left end face of the cup body is provided with a handle while the top of the cup body is provided with a cup cover, the power plug is connected with the cup body through a wire, and the power socket is fittingly connected with the power plug. The right end face of the power socket is internally provided with a first slide groove, the left inner bottom wall of the first slide groove is internally provided with a second slide groove in a communicated manner, the left inner wall of the first slidegroove is internally provided with an electrification groove, a first slider is in smooth connection fit in the first slide groove, a second slider is in smooth connection fit in the second slide groove, and the top end face of the second slider is fixedly connected with the left bottom end face of the first slider. The right end face of the first slider is internally provided with a plug cavityextending leftwards, the left inner wall of the plug cavity is provided with an electric connection block, and the left end face of the first slider is internally provided with a slide guide groove extending rightwards.

The present invention discloses a portable solar cooker, belonging to the field of solar heat utilization. The solar cooker comprises an upper functional assembly, a lower control assembly and a rotary apparatus which are sequentially connected, wherein the upper functional assembly is configured to reflect sunlight, collect heat in a focusing manner and further heat water or foods, the upper functional assembly is closed to form a box body when being in a non-operative state, and the upper functional assembly is opened when being in an operative state; the lower control assembly is connected with the upper functional assembly, and makes the upper functional assembly be subjected to pitch adjustment; the lower control assembly is connected with the rotary apparatus, and the lower control assembly and the upper functional assembly are driven by the rotary apparatus to rotate so that tracking the sun is realized. The portable solar cooker disclosed by the present invention not only has functions of boiling water and cooking foods, but also has the advantages of facilitating carrying and tracking the sun, and can achieve full utilization of solar energy anytime and anywhere, thereby making the application of the solar energy be fully developed.

The invention provides a complete-intelligent water-boiling device, a water-boiling system and a control method. The complete-intelligent water-boiling system and method are designed correspondingly by utilization of an automatic flipping device and an automatic rotary device for a water discharge elbow. By means of various man-machine interaction modes such as key operation of a teakettle or a heating base or operation of an intelligent mobile terminal, one-button intelligent water boiling is performed. The complete-intelligent water-boiling device, the water-boiling system and the control method have following beneficial effects: during the whole water-boiling process including water adding, heating or cooling by opening a cover, complete automation is achieved; a user does not need to perform other operation so that watering operation is performed easily and conveniently; and the complete-intelligent water-boiling device is much safer and more humanized.

In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a device that includes a holding mechanism for substantially concurrently and releasably retaining two containers. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a first container having a first volatile composition and a second container having a second volatile composition where the first and the second containers are operably connected to each other to form a cartridge. In one embodiment, the invention is directed to a method of emitting a first and a second volatile composition.