Fuming enclosure with selective heating apparatus
AssigneeLabconco Corporation
InventorBrandon Gray
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Abstract
A fuming enclosure including a heating element and a moveable support or barrier. The heating element may heat a receptacle containing a volatile component. The moveable support or barrier is moveable between a first position, in which the volatile component is not heated by the heating element, and a second position, in which the volatile component is heated by the heating element. The moveable support or barrier may be moveable while maintaining the enclosure sealed. The moveable support or barrier may be automatically moveable. A fuming enclosure with a one-way seal configured to prevent fumes from escaping the enclosure and allow volatile component to flow through the seal into the enclosure while the enclosure is sealed.
Claims18
A fuming enclosure in which the fumes of a volatile component may be circulated, said fuming enclosure comprising:
- a. outer walls defining an enclosure having a sealed interior;
- b. a receptacle configured to contain a volatile component;
- c. a heating element positioned within said interior, said heating element operable to be energized to heat said receptacle containing said volatile component to a specified temperature when said receptacle is positioned in contact with at least a portion of said heating element;
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- d. a moveable support positioned within said interior, said support configured to hold said receptacle within said interior in a non-contact position such that the receptacle is not in contact with the heating element, and said moveable support configured to move said receptacle while the enclosure is sealed and said heating element is energized from the non-contact position to a contact position, in which the receptacle is in contact with said heating element, and wherein the moveable support is configured to move said receptacle from the non-contact position to the contact position in a manner that the volatile component remains in the receptacle prior to the volatile component being vaporized by the heating element, wherein said moveable support comprises a platform having an upper surface that supports said receptacle above said heating element in the non-contact position, said moveable support operable to be removed from underneath said receptacle to cause the receptacle to drop onto at least a portion of the heating element in the contact position.
A fuming enclosure in which the fumes of a volatile component may be circulated, said fuming enclosure comprising:
- a. outer walls defining an enclosure having a sealed interior;
- b. a receptacle configured to contain a volatile component;
- c. a heating element positioned within said interior, said heating element operable to be energized to heat said receptacle containing said volatile component to a specified temperature;
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- d. a moveable barrier positioned within said interior, said barrier configured to be positioned within the sealed interior of the enclosure in a blocking position between said receptacle and said heating element in such a manner as to inhibit the transfer of heat from said heating element to said receptacle and said barrier configured to be moved while said enclosure is sealed and said heating element is energized from the blocking position to a non-blocking position that does not inhibit the transfer of heat from said heating element to said receptacle, and wherein the barrier is configured to move from the blocking position to the non-blocking position in a manner that the volatile component remains in the receptacle prior to the volatile component being vaporized by the heating element, wherein said moveable barrier comprises a platform having an upper surface that supports said receptacle above said heating element in the blocking position, said moveable barrier operable to be removed from underneath said receptacle to cause the receptacle to drop onto at least a portion of the heating element in the non-blocking position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.