IP Library Granted Patent US 10,871,327
Granted Patent B2
US 10,871,327 · App. 16/833,415 · Granted Dec 22, 2020

Waterless portable precision heating device

Inventor: Shanel A. Lindsay (Roslindale, MA)
Assignee: Ardent LLC
F27B5/14F27B5/08F27B5/18
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,871,327
App. No.
16/833,415
Granted
Dec 22, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A waterless portable precision heating device includes an ingredient container to contain a food-related, a health-related, or a crafting-related ingredient; a thin heating element configured to surround and contact the ingredient container; an insulation layer configured to surround and contact the heating element; an outer shell surrounding the insulation layer; a lid that encloses the product container and fluidly seals it from the environment; at least one sensor configured to detect the temperature of the device; and a circuit board with a controller that controls the heating of the heating in response to signals received from the at least one sensor indicating whether the product container has reached a threshold temperature.

Claims (10)

1. A waterless portable precision heating device for even heating,

comprising:

an ingredient container to contain a food-related, a health-related, or a crafting-related ingredient;

a thin heating element configured to surround and contact the ingredient container in a manner that maintains a first threshold temperature of over 100° C. in the ingredient container without use of liquid or pressure and ensures that the temperature does not increase beyond a second threshold temperature that may damage the contents contained within the product container, wherein the second threshold temperature is at least 105° C.;

an insulation layer configured to surround and contact the heating element in a manner that reduces thermal transmission from the outer shell of the device to the environment;

an outer shell surrounding the insulation layer;

a lid that encloses the product container and fluidly seals it from the environment;

at least one sensor configured to detect the temperature of the device; and

a circuit board with a controller that controls the heating of the heating in response to signals received from the at least one sensor indicating whether the product container has reached the first threshold temperature.

2. The waterless portable precision heating device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to control power to the heating element to maintain the ingredient container temperature at temperature greater than 100° C.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 17, 2021
From: ARDENT LLC; ARDENT LIFE INC.
To: ARDENT LIFE INC.
Reel/Frame 056265/0711 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2020
From: LINDSAY, SHANEL A.
To: ARDENT LLC
Reel/Frame 054148/0091 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 15756534
Provisional Application 62213968 · Sep 3, 2015
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