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AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsScott FRYER, Tee SMITH, Nicholas EDMONDS, Xiang REN, Con PSAROLOGOS, Ali TOFAILI, Sam WALKER, Tae-Kyung KONG, Barnaby WARD, Gerard WHITE
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An appliance (210) to heat a liquid, the appliance (21) including: a vessel (212) to receive the liquid to be heated, the vessel (212) having a generally central upright longitudinal axis (218), a bottom housing (220), and a side wall (222) extending upwardly from the bottom housing (220), with a portion of the bottom housing (220) and side wall (222) at least partly enclosing a chamber (234) within which the liquid is heated; and a heating element (238) in thermal communication with the chamber (234) so that heat generated by the element (238) can be delivered to the liquid via convection, wherein the housing (210) includes a deformable sealing member (268) sealingly associated with the element (238) to sealingly connect the element (238) and bottom housing (220), with the member (268) inhibiting transmission of sound from the chamber (234).
An appliance to heat a liquid, the appliance including:
The appliance of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the element is a printed heating element to distribute heat generally evenly over a heating surface of the element to at least minimize occurrence of cavitation of the liquid as the liquid is heated.
The appliance of any one of the preceding claims, wherein the housing is overmoulded to at least aid in inhibiting transmission of sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.