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Stirring hot plate

US5834739A · kind A · utility

61Cited by
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43Claims
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Filing dateNov 5, 1996
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J43/0465
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A stirring hot plate (20) having an electrical heating element (30) embedded in a generally horizontal plate (26) for supporting a vessel containing a substance to be selectively heated and stirred. The stirring hot plate (20) has a high temperature enclosure (84) mounted to the bottom of the plate (26) that receives the ends (32, 33) of the electrical heating element (30). A stirring device drive (64) and control (68) are mounted in a low temperature enclosure (86). A tubular conduit (96) has one end (107) connected to the low temperature enclosure (86), and an opposite end (98) connected to the high temperature enclosures (84). The tubular conduit (96) has an internal passage (97) for receiving and carrying wires (76, 80, 83) between the high and the low temperature enclosures (84, 86). The tubular conduit (96) is made of a material having a low thermal conductivity to maintain the one end (107) of the conduit (96) at a temperature substantially lower than the opposite end (98) having a temperature approximately equal to the temperature of the plate (26).

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