Temperature probe with food-embedded charging contacts
AssigneeMatrix Product Development, Inc.
InventorRonald J. Pulvermacher
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Abstract
A wireless rechargeable temperature probe for food, the probe having an elongate body, a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion having a temperature sensor therein and including a probe tip and a food-embedded portion, wherein the distal end portion includes two electrical-charging contacts electrically-isolated from one another, the electrical-charging contacts both being embedded within the food during use in order to prevent difficult cleaning.
Claims15
In a wireless rechargeable temperature probe for food, the probe having an elongate body, a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion having a temperature sensor therein and including a probe tip and a food-embedded portion, the improvement wherein:
- the probe tip is electrically-isolated from the food-embedded portion;
- the food-embedded portion includes one of the electrical-charging contacts;
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- the probe tip includes the other electrical charging contact.
A wireless rechargeable food-temperature probe system comprising:
- a probe having an elongate body, a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the distal end portion having a temperature sensor therein and including a probe tip and a food-embedded portion, and wherein
- the probe tip is electrically-isolated from the food-embedded portion,
- the food-embedded portion includes one of the electrical-charging contacts, and
- the probe tip includes the other electrical charging contact;
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- an electrically-powered probe charger configured to mate with and charge the probe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.