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US 11,877,586 B2Granted
Food dehydrator
OwnerRichard Weldon-Minginventor
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Abstract
A food dehydrator with a heating element located beneath a fan in a chamber of the food dehydrator. The heating element includes resistors, connected in series, sandwiched between and in thermal contact with two heatsinks to heat and dry the air within a volume defined by the chamber.
Claims8
A food dehydrator which has a chamber defining a volume for receiving foodstuff, comprising:
- a lid for sealing the volume;
- a heating element mounted to the lid, the heating element comprising a metal plate, acting as a first heatsink, which is in thermal contact with at least one resistor;
- a protective plate, acting as a second heatsink, which is placed over the at least one resistor;
- a power source;
- a fan which is mounted to the lid and which is configured to create an airflow over the resistor and the first heatsink to distribute heated and dried air in the volume;
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- a switch to control a supply of current from the-power source to the resistor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.