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Conductive warmer for foam packaging bags

  • US 5,986,239 A
  • Filed: 03/13/1998
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A warmer for bags containing a foamable composition, and comprising:

  • a heat-conducting member having a plurality of spaced-apart compartments for receiving bags, the heat-conducting member including an integral one-piece back portion having opposite ends and having a first surface forming bottoms of the compartments, the heat-conducting member further including a plurality of spaced-apart heat-conducting fins projecting from the first surface thereof, the compartments being defined between adjacent pairs of the fins with each compartment extending along a length of the back portion substantially from one end to the other end thereof; and

    an electrical resistance heating element attached directly to a second surface of the back portion on an opposite side thereof from the first surface, the heating element being in heat-exchanging relationship with the back portion of the heat-conducting member for heating the back portion such that heat is then conducted through the fins to the bags.

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