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Hot well and method of heating

  • US 4,024,377 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1975
  • Issued: 05/17/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a hot well, especially for food;

  • an upwardly opening heating vessel of heat conducting material having a bottom, side and end walls, a heating element supported beneath said bottom wall for supplying heat thereto at least partly by radiation, a heat sink of good heat conducting material in the form of a U-shaped metal member having a bottom part beneath said heating element and side parts extending upwardly along and engaging the side walls in heat exchange relation, said U-shaped member receiving heat from said heating element and supplying heat to said walls by conduction, a frame connected to the peripheral region of the top of said vessel and having side walls and end walls extending downwardly along the sides and ends respectively of said vessel in spaced relation thereto, a blanket of heat insulation extending over at least the underside of the bottom part of said U-shaped metal member and upwardly between the side parts thereof and the side walls of said frame, and a bottom cover connected to the bottom of said frame and enclosing said heat insulation from below.

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