Heat control device

• US 3,155,260 A
• Filed: 12/20/1960
• Issued: 11/03/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Maurice W. Widener
• Original Assignee: Maurice W. Widener
• Inventors: Widener, Maurice W.
• Application Number:
  US04/077,196
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• US Class Current: 215/12.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 41/0044 comprising heat or cold storing elements or material, i.e. energy transfer within the vessel
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/00 Feeding-bottles in general
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/902 Foam

Claims

1. A HIGHLY THERMALLY INSULATING ENCLOSURE FOR QUICKLY HEATING A BOTTLE CONTAINING A RELATIVELY COLD LIQUID TO A DESIRED TEMPERATURE, AND FOR MAINTAINING THE LIQUID AT SUCH TEMPERATURE FOR AN EXTENSIVE PERIOD, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION WITH A BOTTLE:

A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER MEMBER OF A SIZE TO RECEIVE SAID BOTTLE, SAID CONTAINER MEMBER HAVING AN OPEN END AND AN END CLOSED BY A BASE, AND HAVING AN ANNULAR STEPPED PORTION AT ITS OPEN END, AND A RAISED RIBBED PORTION ON THE INTERIOR OF THE BASE AT ITS CLOSED END FOR SUPPORTING SAID BOTTLE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP FROM SAID CLOSED END;

A CAP MEMBER HAVING A PERIPHERAL STEPPED PORTION FOR SEATING ON THE STEPPED PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER MEMBER SO THAT WHEN SEATED THEREON A SUBSTANTIALLY AIRTIGHT ENCLOSURE IS FORMED, SAID CONTAINER AND CAP MEMBERS EACH BEING FABRICATED FROM A MATERIAL HAVING A VERY LOW COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND A LOW SPECIFIC HEAT, THE WALLS OF THE SAID ENCLOSURE GENERALLY CONFORMING TO THE SHAPE OF SAID BOTTLE TO BE HEATED AND BEING SPACED FROM THE BOTTLE TO PROVIDE A VOLUME THEREBETWEEN FOR RECEIVING A KNOWN QUANTITY OF A HEAT ENERGY PROVIDING SUBSTANCE SUFFICIENT TO