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Self-heating container

US5012795A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 5, 1990
Grant dateMay 7, 1991
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24V30/00
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A-self heating container comprising a container with a heater fixed therein. The heater includes a pryogen, a firing agent in contact with and easier to fire than the pyrogen, and an igniter including a rotatably supported striker wheel and a flint mounted for compressive engagement with the wheel. The wheel is rotatably engageable from outside the container.

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