Electric kettle with removable filter
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsDavid K. Wheeler, Wong Hon Yuen, John McGaw
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Abstract
An electric kettle having a housing, a heating element, and a filter system. The filter system has a connecting frame and a filter member. The connecting frame is stationarily connected to the housing and forms a vent conduit with the housing. The filter member is removably received in the connecting frame and has a top located at an exterior of the housing. A user can remove the filter member by moving the top of the filter member without having to move other components of the kettle.
Claims13
In an electric kettle having a housing with a pour spout, an electric heating element, and a filter removably connected to the housing at the pour spout, wherein the improvement comprises:
- the filter having a frame with a top located at a top of the pour spout, the top of the frame being accessible by a user to remove the filter from the housing without the user having to move any other components of the kettle;
- a connecting frame connected to the housing at the pour spout, the connecting frame having a receiving area with the filter removably located therein;
- said connecting frame having a top section forming a conduit with the housing to a vent aperture in the housing;
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- said connecting frame is a one-piece member connected to the housing by a single fastener.
An electric kettle comprising:
- a housing;
- an electric heating element located in the housing;
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- a filter system connected to the housing, the filter system having a connecting frame and a filter member removably connected to the connecting frame, the connecting frame being stationarily connected to the housing, having an aperture for water to pass through the frame for exiting the housing, and having a receiving area, the filter member being removably located in the receiving area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.