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US 5,560,940 AGranted
Device for melting matter by immersion in a bath of hot liguid
AssigneeSmoby
InventorDany Breuil
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Abstract
A device for melting matter by immersion in a heated vat which includes a basket articulated with respect to a base containing the vat. The basket is resiliently urged upwardly from the vat as a lid covering the basket is raised and members are provided for retaining the basket in its raised position, wherein the basket obstructs access to the vat.
Claims17
A device for melting matter by immersion in a bath of hot liquid comprising:
- a base in which a heating vat is contained;
- heating means mounted within said base for heating said vat;
- a basket for retaining the matter therein, said basket being movable between a lower position within said vat to a raised position above said vat;
- retaining means for retaining said basket in said raised position, and said basket being of a configuration to function as a protective cover to obstruct access to said vat when said basket is in said raised position.
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A device for melting matter by immersion in a bath of hot liquid comprising:
- a base having front and rear portions, said base further including an upper shell having a vat formed therein intermediate said front and rear portions, a heating element mounted within said base adjacent said vat;
- a basket for retaining the matter therein, said basket being moveable between a lower position within said vat to a raised position above said vat, said basket having front and rear portions, and means for pivotally mounting said front portion of said basket to said shell;
- a retaining means extending between said basket and said base for retaining said basket in said raised position, said basket being of a configuration to obstruct access to said vat when in said raised position;
- a lid having front and rear portions, said rear portion of said lid being pivotally mounted to said rear portion of said base, said lid being moveable from an open position wherein said basket is in said raised position to a closed position wherein said basket is in said lower position;
- and, means carried by said lid for disengaging said retaining means to thereby permit said basket to be lowered to said lower position as said lid is moved from said open position to said closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.