Title:
PORTABLE SELF-HEATING STEAM GENERATING DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/078865
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A portable self-heating device includes a heating cell having a fluid permeable wall defining an interior space of the cell. A fluid activated material is located in the interior space of the heating cell. The device further includes an outer cover having a fluid permeable section, and an absorbent layer positioned external to the interior space of the cell. The heating cell and the absorbent layer are positioned within a cavity formed by the outer cover such that the absorbent layer contacts the heating cell. A user can activate the portable self-heating device by contacting the device with a fluid (e.g., a gas or a liquid) that reacts exothermically with the fluid activated material. This raises the temperature of the device, and the increase in temperature can be sufficient to heat any portion of a liquid adjacent to or in contact with the device such that the liquid is converted to the gas phase and passes out of the outer cover by way of the fluid permeable section of the outer cover.
Inventors:
KNOPOW JEREMY F (US)
HARRIS JENNIFER R (US)
TRESTER KEEGAN J (US)
HEIRES KEVIN H (US)
HARRIS JENNIFER R (US)
TRESTER KEEGAN J (US)
HEIRES KEVIN H (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/063941
Publication Date:
August 02, 2012
Filing Date:
December 08, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JOHNSON & SON INC S C (US)
KNOPOW JEREMY F (US)
HARRIS JENNIFER R (US)
TRESTER KEEGAN J (US)
HEIRES KEVIN H (US)
KNOPOW JEREMY F (US)
HARRIS JENNIFER R (US)
TRESTER KEEGAN J (US)
HEIRES KEVIN H (US)
International Classes:
A47L13/20; A47L13/16; A47L13/22; F24V30/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2005041740A1 | 2005-05-12 |
Foreign References:
| EP1655005A1 | 2006-05-10 | |||
| KR20000000271A | 2000-01-15 | |||
| JP2003284659A | 2003-10-07 | |||
| EP1393699A1 | 2004-03-03 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
BAUSCH, Peter, J. (Inc.1525 Howe Stree, Racine WI, US)
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