Electrically-heated container
OwnerAnthony Pianezzainventor
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Abstract
An improved container for heating beverages, soups, stews and like foods containing liquid matter which includes at least one electric heating unit embedded within the side and/or bottom walls of the container, said heating unit being connectable to a source of electric energy, and means responsive to the position of the container with respect to the supporting surface interposed between said heating unit and the electric energy source for switching on or off electric current to the heating unit.
Claims9
A device for heating liquid material comprising a container formed of dielectric material with a base, a sidewall and a detachable handle, an electrical heating unit embedded in said container, said heating unit having two heating leads, the first heating lead connected to a first electricity conducting tang mounted on the sidewall and the second heating lead connected to a switch mounted on the base, said switch having a switch lead connected to a second electricity conducting tang mounted on the sidewall, said handle including a battery with first and second battery leads connected to cooperating electricity conducting sockets, said tangs cooperating with said sockets and providing means for structural and electrical connection of the detachable handle to the sidewall, said switch responsive to changes in the position of the container when the container is picked up by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.