Liquid heating vessel
AssigneePulse Home Products Limited
InventorStewart Gordon
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Abstract
A kettle (10) is provided with LEDs (30) in the base (19) of the kettle that project through holes (18) or groups of holes (36) directly on to a power supply stand (16) to provide an indication that the kettle is switched on and yield a pleasing aesthetic effect.
Claims15
A liquid heating vessel comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- one or more light emitting devices disposed within said housing and positioned relative to respective holes in said housing such that, in use, said one or more light emitting devices project light through said holes onto a surface outside of said housing, said light being reflected from said surface outside of said housing to be visible to a user.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said holes are positioned around the circumference of the housing.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the liquid heating vessel is a kettle.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the light emitting devices, in use, emit light substantially within a cone angle of substantially 15°.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the light emitting devices are light emitting diodes.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein a group of holes is associated with each light emitting device.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein the light emitting devices, in use, pulse in response to a predetermined operational condition of the liquid heating vessel.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said housing has a sloped outer surface extending downward and outward from said liquid heating vessel from which said light is reflected.
A liquid heating vessel as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, wherein said light emitting devices are not directly visible when said liquid heating vessel is in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.