Abstract:
A dish assembly for serving food includes a dish housing that defines a surface, upon which the food can be placed, and an inner compartment, a phase-change material within the inner compartment, and an electrically-conductive element inside the inner compartment and thermally coupled to the phase-change material. In a typical implementation, the phase-change material is adapted to melt in response to the electrically-conductive element being heated by an electromagnetic induction heater. The thus heated dish assembly can facilitate getting hot food to a table while it is still hot, and once at the table, keeping that hot food at least warm for quite some time, while it is consumed.
Abstract:
An actively heated or cooled cup, mug, travel mug, baby bottle, beer mug, carafe or liquid container is provided. It can include a body that receives a liquid therein and a heating or cooling system at least partially disposed in the body. The heating or cooling system can include one or more heating or cooling elements that heat or cool a surface of the receiving portion of the body and one or more energy storage devices. A wireless power receiver can wirelessly receive power from a power source and control circuitry configured to charge one or more power storage elements and to control the delivery of electricity from the one or more power storage elements to the one or more heating or cooling elements. One or more sensors can sense a parameter of the liquid or sense a parameter of the heating or cooling system and communicates the sensed information to the control circuitry. The control circuitry can turn on, turn off, and/or operate the heating or cooling elements to actively heat or cool at least a portion of the body to maintain the liquid in a heated or cooled state generally at a user selected temperature setting based at least in part on the sensed parameter information. The actively heated or cooled cup, mug, travel mug, baby bottle, beer mug, carafe or liquid container can also be paired with a remote device or mobile electronic device to send or receive communications or commands.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a cooling utensil, which is a proof of freezing-crack and distortion. More particularly, an internal cavity of the utensil is fully filled the water to freeze in the freezer for cooling the serving food, such as a law fish, fruit, cold noodle or beer to feel fresh and tasty. For using the cooling bowl, the cooling cavity is filled the water or coolant for freezing. The cooling bowl is using for serving food. The cooling cavity is formed between the upper part and the lower part. The lower part is used a base to support the upper part. The upper part has same shape and size of the lower part for placing over the lower part. The elastic plate having flexibility and elastically restoring force is attached to the lower part, the upper part for assembling. Further, the cooling bowl having a cooling cavity is filled the water or coolant and freeze to use serving food. The lower part has built a dual wall to form a vacuum gap between the inner wall and the outer wall for insulation, so that the outer wall has no condensed water gained. The elastic tube (4k) having elastically restoring force is inserted through the water inlet (33). the plug bolt (5k) mounted at the mouth of the water inlet (33), for sealing the water filled cavity.
Abstract:
A tray for selectably heating or cooling the contents of the tray comprises a container body having a material chamber for containing said contents. The tray is specifically configured to heat of cool solid, semi-solid or viscous materials. The container body is generally flat wherein the width of the container body is greater than its height. The container body has a first compartment for housing a thermic module and a second compartment for containing the contents to be heated or cooled. Within the thermic module, an internal exothermic (or endothermic) chemical reaction is initiated to heat (or cool) the contents when a user actuates the thermic module. The thermic module comprises two reactant chambers separated by a breakable barrier, an actuator, and a piercing member movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A distal end of the piercing member breaks said breakable barrier when the piercing member is forced into the extended position to allow mixing of the reactants in the two reactant chambers.
Abstract:
A food delivery apparatus includes a domed shell that defines an interior space. A thermal storage device is secured to the shell so as to direct heat downward to food within the interior space.
Abstract:
The present invention concerns a plate (1) suited for directly dressing and serving meals directly thereon, which plate (1) comprises a heat storing material (14) allowing keeping the meal dressed thereon warm for an extended period of time in view of regular plates without heat storing material.
Abstract:
Child's thermal food dish (10) comprising an upper hollow part (2) and a lower hollow part (1), their edges sealed to define a compartment containing a substance with predetermined thermal properties such as to keep the food contained in the dish hot or cold as required.
Abstract:
A transparent bowl includes non-slip means and spoon-assisted food conglomeration means. Non-slip means may include a weight structure, a non-slip material affixed to the bowl bottom either substantially continuously covering the bottom or substantially discontinuously covering the bottom, using magnetic materials, or a suction cup. Spoon-assisted food conglomeration means may include a sloped bottom, a substantially spoon-shaped locus, a steep rim, or an inward-curving rim. The transparent bowl may further include an embedded decorative object or spillage reduction means. Spillage reduction means may include an abrupt taper terminus, a steep rim, an inward-curving rim, or a chamfered or rounded bowl vertex. The transparent bowl may further include a lid. Alternatively the bowl may comprise a sloped bottom terminating in a substantially spoon-shaped locus and further comprise non-slip means. In alternate embodiments the bowl may further comprise spillage reduction means or be characterized by a substantial transparent region. A substantial transparent region may further include one or more embedded decorative objects. In still further embodiments, the bowl may comprise non-slip means, spoon-assisted food conglomeration means, and spillage reduction means.