Heated or cooled drinkware
First Claim
1. An actively heated or cooled beverage container, comprising:
- a body chosen from a group consisting of a mug, a cup and a travel mug, the body having a chamber configured to receive and hold a food or beverage therein; and
a temperature control system, comprisinga phase change material positioned about at least a portion of the chamber, the phase change material configured to transition from one phase to a second phase at a predetermined temperature, the phase change material configured to remove heat from the beverage disposed in the chamber that has a temperature above a predetermined drinking temperature to lower the temperature of the beverage toward the predetermined drinking temperature,one or more heating elements positioned in thermal communication with a different portion of the chamber than the phase change material,control circuitry configured to control the operation of the heating element, anda ring rotatably coupled to a distal end of the body, the ring configured to rotate about a central axis of the container relative to a proximal portion of the body and to communicate with the control circuitry, where rotation of the ring adjusts a temperature setpoint of the temperature control system,wherein the distal end of the body comprises one or more Hall Effect sensors configured to sense information indicative of one or both of a direction and an amount of rotation of the ring and to communicate one or more signals to the control circuitry of the sensed information, the control circuitry configured to control the one or more heating elements based at least in part on the one or more signals, and wherein the control circuitry is configured to control the one or more heating elements to add heat to the beverage in the chamber to maintain the temperature of the beverage at approximately the predetermined drinking temperature or to increase the temperature of the beverage above said predetermined drinking temperature based upon the rotation of the ring.
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Abstract
An actively heated or cooled beverage container includes a body chosen from a group consisting of a mug, a cup and a travel mug, the body having a chamber configured to receive and hold a food or beverage therein. The container has a temperature control system that includes a phase change material positioned about at least a portion of the chamber that removes heat from the beverage disposed in the chamber that has a temperature above a predetermined drinking temperature to lower the temperature of the beverage toward the predetermined drinking temperature. One or more heating elements positioned in thermal communication with a different portion of the chamber than the phase change material. The temperature control system also has control circuitry configured to control the operation of the heating element. The temperature control system also includes a ring rotatably coupled to a distal end of the body, the ring configured to rotate about a central axis of the container relative to a proximal portion of the body and to communicate with the control circuitry.
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15 Claims
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1. An actively heated or cooled beverage container, comprising:
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a body chosen from a group consisting of a mug, a cup and a travel mug, the body having a chamber configured to receive and hold a food or beverage therein; and a temperature control system, comprising a phase change material positioned about at least a portion of the chamber, the phase change material configured to transition from one phase to a second phase at a predetermined temperature, the phase change material configured to remove heat from the beverage disposed in the chamber that has a temperature above a predetermined drinking temperature to lower the temperature of the beverage toward the predetermined drinking temperature, one or more heating elements positioned in thermal communication with a different portion of the chamber than the phase change material, control circuitry configured to control the operation of the heating element, and a ring rotatably coupled to a distal end of the body, the ring configured to rotate about a central axis of the container relative to a proximal portion of the body and to communicate with the control circuitry, where rotation of the ring adjusts a temperature setpoint of the temperature control system, wherein the distal end of the body comprises one or more Hall Effect sensors configured to sense information indicative of one or both of a direction and an amount of rotation of the ring and to communicate one or more signals to the control circuitry of the sensed information, the control circuitry configured to control the one or more heating elements based at least in part on the one or more signals, and wherein the control circuitry is configured to control the one or more heating elements to add heat to the beverage in the chamber to maintain the temperature of the beverage at approximately the predetermined drinking temperature or to increase the temperature of the beverage above said predetermined drinking temperature based upon the rotation of the ring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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