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US 12,058,784 B2Granted
Thermal immersion circulator
AssigneeBreville USA, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Charles Young, Tom Udd, Marc Ian Feifel, Kevin Finke, Cameron Jue
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Abstract
A thermal immersion circulator can comprise a heater including a hollow cylindrical main body having an inlet opening at a first end thereof and an outlet opening in a side wall thereof. The heater can include a flexible circuit board having a plurality of resistive bands controlled by controlling electronics such as TRIACs, which can be water-cooled. A thermal immersion circulator including such a heater can be used in scientific laboratories or sous vide food cooking.
Claims11
A thermal immersion circulator, comprising:
- a main body having a tubular side wall comprising a first end and a second end spaced from the first end across a length of the main body;
- an inlet proximate to the first end which a fluid is drawable therethrough;
- an outlet through which the fluid is expellable from an interior of the thermal immersion circulator;
- a flexible circuit board wrapped around an external surface of the main body between the inlet and the outlet, the flexible circuit board comprising a plurality of resistive bands forming a heating element that heats the fluid;
- a motor mounted adjacent to the second end of the main body;
- an impeller positioned inside the main body;
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- a shaft that magnetically couples the motor to the impeller.
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