Portable electrically heated warming container for transporting infusions in a rescue vehicle
First Claim
1. A warming container arrangement for transporting of infusions or the like in a rescue vehicle, comprising a thermally insulated warming container case having a flat bottom wall and an interior space for receiving a plurality of containers to be warmed and an electrical heater operable by connection to the electrical system of a vehicle for warming containers received in said interior space, and a trough-shaped transport casing adapted to be fixedly installed in a vehicle and having a flat bottom wall and side walls which are low compared to the height of container case and which side walls define at least one receiving space open at the top side to at least partially snugly surround the warming container case in a manner securing same against sliding and tipping, wherein said electrical heater is detachably connectable to the electrical system of the vehicle by an electrical connecter having a plug-in electrical connector member adapted to be electrically connected to a vehicle power supply disposed on the bottom wall of the transport casing and by a complementary electrical connector member connected to said electric heater and positioned in a recess in the bottom wall of the case so as to be flush with the exterior bottom wall surface of the case and accessible externally thereof for receiving said plug-in electrical connector member upon insertion of said warming container case into said receiving space of the transport casing through said open top of said casing, said side walls of said casing acting in conjunction with the side walls of the case to guide a plug-in connector member and complementary electrical connector member into engagement as the case is inserted into the casing.
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Abstract
A portable electrically heated warming container arrangement for transporting infusions or the like in rescue vehicles includes a thermally insulated case having a flat bottom and an electric heater for heating a plurality of infusion containers carried in the case. A electrical connector plug for detachably connecting the electric heater to the rescue vehicle power supply is provided in the flat bottom of the case and is recessed so as to the flush with the flat bottom. During transport, the case is positioned within a transport casing secured to a wall of the rescue vehicle. The casing has a flat bottom and low side walls defining an upwardly open receiving space snugly surrounding the lower portion of the case for securing the case against sliding and tipping. The flat bottom of the casing is provided with an upstanding complementary electrical plug-in connector member connected to the rescue vehicle power supply and positioned to detachably engage the connector plug in the case bottom when the case is inserted into the receiving space of the transport casing to establish connection of the heater to the rescue vehicle power supply. The case is provided with a further electrical connector for permitting energization of the heating element from a non-vehicular power supply when removed from the rescue vehicle. The transport casing may be designed to receive and support a plurality of such cases.
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- 1. A warming container arrangement for transporting of infusions or the like in a rescue vehicle, comprising a thermally insulated warming container case having a flat bottom wall and an interior space for receiving a plurality of containers to be warmed and an electrical heater operable by connection to the electrical system of a vehicle for warming containers received in said interior space, and a trough-shaped transport casing adapted to be fixedly installed in a vehicle and having a flat bottom wall and side walls which are low compared to the height of container case and which side walls define at least one receiving space open at the top side to at least partially snugly surround the warming container case in a manner securing same against sliding and tipping, wherein said electrical heater is detachably connectable to the electrical system of the vehicle by an electrical connecter having a plug-in electrical connector member adapted to be electrically connected to a vehicle power supply disposed on the bottom wall of the transport casing and by a complementary electrical connector member connected to said electric heater and positioned in a recess in the bottom wall of the case so as to be flush with the exterior bottom wall surface of the case and accessible externally thereof for receiving said plug-in electrical connector member upon insertion of said warming container case into said receiving space of the transport casing through said open top of said casing, said side walls of said casing acting in conjunction with the side walls of the case to guide a plug-in connector member and complementary electrical connector member into engagement as the case is inserted into the casing.
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