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.
Claims40
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 heating element positioned within said interior, said heating element operable to be energized to heat a receptacle containing a 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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- c. 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 configured to move said receptacle to a contact position such that the receptacle is in contact with said heating element while maintaining the enclosure sealed.
An apparatus for selectively heating a volatile component in a sealed fuming enclosure, said apparatus comprising:
- a heating element having a heating surface capable of heating a receptacle containing a volatile component to a pre-selected temperature when the receptacle is placed in contact with said heating surface;
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- a moveable support configured to hold said receptacle in a non-contact position such that the receptacle is not in contact with the heating surface, and configured to automatically position said receptacle in a contact position such that the receptacle is in contact with said heating surface.
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 heating element positioned within said interior, said heating element operable to be energized to heat a receptacle containing a volatile component to a specified temperature;
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- c. a moveable barrier positioned within said interior, said barrier configured to be positioned 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 to be moved to a non-blocking position that does not inhibit the transfer of heat from said heating element to said receptacle while maintaining the enclosure sealed.
An apparatus for selectively heating a volatile component in a closed fuming enclosure, said apparatus comprising:
- a heating element having a heating surface capable of heating a receptacle containing a volatile component to a specified temperature;
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- a moveable barrier configured to be positioned in a blocking position between said receptacle and said heating surface in such a manner as to inhibit the transfer of heat from said heating surface to said receptacle and to be automatically moved to a non-blocking position that does not inhibit the transfer of heat from said heating surface to said receptacle upon said heating surface reaching a pre-selected temperature.
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 heating element positioned within said interior, said heating element operable to be energized to heat a receptacle containing a volatile component to a specified temperature when said component is positioned within said receptacle;
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- c. a one-way seal operable to receive a conduit extending through a portion of said outer walls from outside said enclosure into said interior adjacent said receptacle, said seal configured to prevent the flow of material from within said interior to the outside of said enclosure and to permit the flow of said volatile component through said conduit into said receptacle within said interior while maintaining the enclosure sealed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.