Induction heating apparatus with suspended induction plate
AssigneeScott Wilson Design, Ltd.
InventorsScott Wilson, Jon Godston, Stephen Christopher, Dennis M. Puhalla, Dustin Brown
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for induction heating of a liquid. The apparatus includes a vessel having a volume for receiving a liquid, an induction plate and an induction base. The induction plate is positioned proximate to an induction base and suspended within the vessel, so that it is completely surrounded by the liquid to be heated. The apparatus may also include a filter column positioned within the vessel and for receiving an infuser.
Claims21
An induction heating apparatus comprising:
- a vessel having a volume with a top opening;
- a cap seated in the top opening;
- a filter column suspended from the cap and positioned within the volume;
- an infuser disposed within the filter column;
- an induction plate suspended from the bottom side of a lower end of the filter column;
- and,
- an induction base.
An induction heated kettle for heating a liquid, the kettle comprising:
- a vessel having a volume for receiving a liquid and a top opening;
- a removable subassembly comprising:
- a cap seated in the top opening of the vessel, and forming a funnel to facilitate the pouring of liquid into the vessel
- a filter column suspended from the cap;
- and
- an induction plate suspended from the filter column;
- and,
- an induction base.
A method for induction heating of a liquid, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an induction heating apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- i. a vessel having a volume;
- ii. a filter column positioned within the volume;
- iii. an infuser disposed within the filter column;
- iv. an induction plate fixedly connected to a lower end of the filter column;
- and,
- iii. an induction base;
- applying energy to the induction base;
- generating heat through the induction plate;
- and, heating the liquid to a desired temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.