Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7246614 | Lightweight, portable cooking stove A small, lightweight, portable cooking stove that utilizes alcohol as fuel and is suitable for backpacking, hunting, camping and similar activities. The cooking stove includes a combustion chamber which encloses, contains and regulates the entire combustion process.... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7069739 | Device for cooling or heating liquids in a bottle Heat-exchanging devices for cooling or heating liquids in a bottle or can, which include in a first embodiment, an elongated cooling or heating tube having a tube bore filled with a refrigerant/heating fluid such as water and sealed at the top, with liquid flow open... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7004161 | Insertable thermotic module for self-heating cans A self-heating container which comprises a container body having an internal beverage section and a thermic cavity. A liquid reactant is positioned in a first section of the thermic cavity and a solid reactant positioned in a second section of the thermic cavity. Th... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6962149 | Insertable thermotic module for self-heating can A thermic module for a self-heating container. The container includes a bottom end with a cavity having internal walls formed therein for receiving the thermic module. The thermic module will be comprised of a first cup having plastic walls and containing a first ch... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6948490 | Steam generator A steam generator device has a first and a second chamber, and walls mutually isolating the two chambers. Reagents which react together to generate steam when in mutual contact are mutually separated by a barrier, and disposed in the first chamber. An opening member... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6880550 | Food and beverage container A food or beverage container includes a receptacle and an assembly for generating a change in temperature. The assembly includes two reactive components in a housing and which are separated from each other by a frangible member within the receptacle. The receptacle ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6719514 | Process for producing a metal can with an insert piece for packaging, for example, a foodstuff, and a can of this nature A process for producing a metal can, having a cylindrical body, a base and a lid, of the type in which the base has a cylindrical recess which projects into the inside of the can, in which process: a) a combination of a body and a base is produced, by deep-drawing a... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6267110 | Disposable heating unit for food containers A disposable heating unit for use for heating the contents of a container, includes a first region containing a combination of at least two solid substances which undergo an exothermic chemical reaction which is not spontaneous at room temperature. Adjace... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6123065 | Feeding bottle A feeding bottle for infants useful for travelling and including a storage compartment for the nipple and a heater. The bottle includes an outer wall with an opening for the nipple at a first end and which turns inwardly at the opposite end defining a sec... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5640948 | Safety device for use with portable heater A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5598833 | Safety device for use with portable heater A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5568805 | Safety device for use with portable heater A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5462044 | Safety device for use with portable heater A portable heater includes a burner 10 disposed on the bottom of a combustion cylinder 2, a container to be heated 6 which is disposed in an upper part of the combustion cylinder for storing contents which are heated when the heater is in use, a fuel tank... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5429115 | Heater unit for a self-heating container The invention is a heater unit for installation in a disposable self-heating container having a solid fuel tablet, a slidably activated friction-responsive igniter, and a single piece carrier member produced by folding sheet material where the carrier mem... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5408987 | Portable heater A portable heater is made up of a cylindrical outer case 2 with at least one end thereof opened; a container to be heated 6 fixedly housed in the outer case 2 with a gap between the container and said outer case for the updraft of a combustion gas, the co... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5388565 | Self-heating container system This invention relates to a self-heating container for heating beverages or food contained within the container. The self-heating container or can includes a cup containing active lime that is positioned underneath a thin plate and another cup filled with... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5299556 | Self-heating container A self-heating container comprises an outer casing (56) having a bottom wall (60) an inner casing (64) secured within the outer casing and a heat-generating material (72) contained in the inner casing. The container includes also a vertical shaft (38) jou... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5295475 | Heating device In a heating device, a material is heated by heat from a hydration reaction with an exothermic material and water. A container for the material heated is provided above a container for the exothermic material and has a number of apertures at a bottom wall... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5220908 | Pyrogen and canister incorporating pyrogen The pyrogen of the invention is formed by the compression of ferrosilicon powder and a mixture of ferric oxide powder and another lower order iron oxide powder. This pyrogen overcomes the weaknesses inherent in earlier pyrogens by dispensing with the use ... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5205277 | Food heating technique for producing high temperature The present invention relates to a high temperature heating technique and container for foods. The container comprises principally quicklime, which is the main component for raising the temperature, a medium temperature heating pack, a high temperature he... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5148688 | Drinking vessel A drinking vessel with an ice container mountable within the vessel to cool the vessel contents without diluting it, and a heat chamber for burning fuel to heat the vessel contents. The ice container is removably mounted in the vessel by magnetic members,... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5052368 | Heat producing tear strip container A heat producing tear-strip container comprising a container body having a top removeably held by scored lines defined within the periphery of a top portion of the container; a tearing-strip surrounding the bottom portion of said container; a strip of ign... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5051220 | Method for the manufacture of a heating element In order to form a heating element, a coil-shaped hollow path, cut into a plate (10), is filled with an exothermally reacting pulverulent mixture and is compressed by means of a correspondingly shaped pusher (13), a platen being then applied to the upper ... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5048506 | Container for heating canned food and can main body used therefor A container for heating canned food comprising a can main body having a protrusion on the side covered with a safety metal stripe formed integrally with a detachable lid, and a heater casing for receiving the can main body therein and having a lateral eng... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5020509 | Heating element The present invention relates to a heating device comprising a heat generating portion composed of a mixture of at least of ferric oxide, cupric oxide and trilead tetroxide powder and powder of silicon and/or silicon-iron alloy, a firing portion disposed ... | 06/04/1991 |
| 5018505 | Self-heating container A self-heating container comprising a container with a heater fixed therein. The heater includes a pyrogen, a firing agent in contact with and easier to fire than the pyrogen, and an igniter including a rotatably supported striker wheel and a flint mounte... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5012795 | Self-heating container A-self heating container comprising a container with a heater fixed therein. The heater includes a pryogen, a firing agent in contact with and easier to fire than the pyrogen, and an igniter including a rotatably supported striker wheel and a flint mounte... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4928495 | Self cooling and self heating container Self cooling and self heating beverage containers utilizing water, the boiling point of which has been lowered by a vacuum as the working cooling fluid. A dessicant in a separate container sorbs the vapor generated by the boiling water. The sorption of va... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4834065 | Field cooker A portable field cooker is taught which enables a user to heat food in an inner vessel thereof while the user remains on the move. The cooker includes a tubular body having an outer housing, and an inner, food containing vessel. Insulation means are provi... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4823769 | Self heating food receptacle A self-heating food system comprised of a retort packaged food container disposed above an hermetically sealed reaction chamber and a relatively small rigid rod placed therebetween. Said reaction chamber has therein a water containing ampule and quantity ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4819612 | Self-heating container A container capable of heating its content when ignited has a container containing Japanese sake, coffee, soup or the like and an exothermic material storage chamber projected into the container. A self-combustible exothermic material consisting of a mixt... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4784112 | Container for use in precooked foods The container for use in precooked foods comprises a disposable container main body for containing precooked foods made of incombustible material and a disposable heater device made of incombustible material such as incombustible paper or aluminum, having... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4773389 | Self-heating foodstuff container A self-heating foodstuff container is capable of generating heat by utilizing an exothermic reaction and includes a body having a first chamber for containing a foodstuff and a second chamber for receiving an exothermic reaction agent, and a liquid contai... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4722322 | High efficiency combustion heater A furnace or furnace-and-pot heating system comprises an inner shell, an outer shell surrounding the inner shell to form a duct between the two shells for preheating combustion air flowing down the duct to enter a combustion chamber within the inner shell... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4512328 | Portable gas heater particularly useful for heating foodstuffs A portable gas heater particularly useful for heating foodstuffs under all-weather conditions comprises a housing having a first section defining a gas burner compartment, and a second section defining a gas container compartment, the latter section inclu... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4506654 | Heating device The heating device for heating liquid and solid products comprises a heating element intended to heat a food preserve (314) or container structure. The heating element consists of a flat tile like element including a heat spreading layer (308) made of hea... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4424798 | Self-heatable container A self-heatable container including a container member having a bottom provided with a downwardly extending heat transfer projection, which projection itself has a downwardly opening recess. A cup-shaped member having an upwardly extending wall connected ... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4386703 | Food service tray A serving tray for use in a food rethermalizing cabinet. The tray is sectioned by a thermal divider and formed so that dishes of food placed therein can be selectively heated or cooled by separate air streams flowing from one end of the tray to the other.... | 06/07/1983 |
