Automobile coffee maker
View Patent ↗The 12 Volts DC powered cooker to be installed by the vehicle's manufacturers or the vehicle's owner. The unit will heat liquid temperature to 100° C. and will switch off at temperature greater than 100° C. The switching and temperature monitoring is controlled by an electronic unit. The electronic controlled unit that switches on the heating glow plug to heat liquid to 100° C. and switches off when the liquid is above 100 C. A safety switch also turn the heating glow plug off when the temperature exceeds 200 C. or when the unit is not in an upright position.
1. An apparatus for heating a human-consumable item, comprising:
a receptacle configured to hold a cup of a consumable; and
a cooker unit for receiving the receptacle, wherein the cooker unit has a square bottom and a cylindrical wall, the cooker unit including
at least one ceramic sheathed glow plug, designed for use in a diesel engine, adjacent the receptacle configured to heat the cup, wherein the glow plug has a pellet with a power heating element, and wherein the glow plug is designed to reach a temperature of 800° C. in eight seconds and a temperature of 1200° C. after sixty seconds.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the heating element includes a coil.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit capable of shutting off the at least one glow plug when the temperature exceeds 200° Celsius.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit capable of shutting off the at least one glow plug when a vehicle in which the apparatus is installed in is not in an operational mode.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit capable of shutting off the at least one glow plug when the apparatus is not upright.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the control unit comprises a liquid mercury switch.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the item includes a food or a liquid.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a safety door switch capable of turning off the at least one glow plug if a safety cap of the apparatus is opened.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a control unit capable of shutting off the at least one glow plug when the temperature exceeds 100° Celsius.
10. A method for heating a human-consumable item, comprising:
providing an apparatus having
a receptacle configured to hold a cup of a consumable, and
a cooker unit for receiving the receptacle, wherein the cooker unit has a square bottom and a cylindrical wall, the cooker unit including
at least one ceramic sheathed glow plug, designed for use in a diesel engine, adjacent the receptacle configured to heat the cup; and
activating the at least one glow plug,
wherein the glow plug has a pellet with a power heating element, and wherein the glow plug is designed to reach a temperature of 800° C. in eight seconds and a temperature of 1200° C. after sixty seconds.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising shutting off the at least one glow plug when the temperature exceeds 200° Celsius.
12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising shutting off the at least one glow plug when a vehicle in which the apparatus is installed is not in an operational mode.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising shutting off the at least one glow plug when the apparatus is not upright.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the item includes a food or a liquid.
15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising turning off the at least one glow plug if a safety cap of the apparatus is opened.
16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising shutting off the at least one glow plug when the temperature exceeds 100° Celsius.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the heating element includes a coil.