Electric heating – Heating devices – Combined with container – enclosure – or support for material...
Patent
1995-03-29
1997-01-28
Walberg, Teresa J.
Electric heating
Heating devices
Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material...
219386, 220252, H05B 306, B65D 4314
Patent
active
055975003
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a container apparatus for food, with a receptacle supported by a frame intended for a direct or indirect receipt of a food, and with a line for the supply of energy, which at the one end extends away from the apparatus and at the other end is mounted to the base of the receptacle for the transmittal of energy.
The container apparatus is designed according to common practice as temperature holding apparatus and an electric cable serves for the supply of energy, whereby a heating device is mounted at the outer side of the bottom of the receptacle. Basically, however, the container apparatus could also serve for a cooling of food, whereby in such case a cooling device would be mounted at the outer side of the bottom of the receptacle. However, also a gas could be used for the energy supply. Below, the container apparatus shall be described as temperature holding apparatus. As is common practice the electric cable extends in a disorderly way, loosely from the outer side of the bottom of the container hanging downwards and freely away from the container apparatus. This is not esthetical and specifically unsuitable when the container apparatus is provided with a tilting lid. In the latter case the tilting lid is tilted in such a manner into its opened position that it is pivoted away from the guest. This means that the guest passes along the opened container apparatus and helps himself to the food. When the e.g. hemispherical tilting lid has been opened in this way completely, it pivots through under the receptacle-in the direction to the guest. At mentioned disorderly, i.e. not guided state of the electric cable, this means that the electric cable comes to lie between the inner wall of the lid and mentioned heating device at the bottom of the receptacle and hangs towards the outside at the rim of the lid and specifically directly in front of the guest. This is unsightly and, therefore, also disadvantageous because the electric cable lies in an area of water of condensation occurring.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Object is the provision of a container apparatus, with which the above mentioned drawback can be eliminated.
The inventive container apparatus is characterized, in that a horizontal receptacle supporting ring of the frame is provided with at least one supporting pin for the line projecting horizontally therefrom, which supporting pin is designed as a at the side open groove for a lateral hooking of the line and thus guiding the line towards the outside along the vertical outer contour of the receptacle and through the supporting pin.
By means of this inventive measure the line serving for the supply of energy is now led out of the container apparatus in a guided manner. Therefore it is possible to lead e.g. the electric cable from the outer side of the bottom of the receptacle along the vertically outer contour of the receptacle and then through the bearing pin. Now the electric cable does no longer lie loose between receptacle and tilting lid.
One embodiment of the subject of the invention is illustrated in the drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a perspective illustration of the container apparatus with a hemispherical tilting lid in the shut state,
FIG. 2 is a perspective illustration obliquely from below onto the frame supporting the receptacle with the guide for the electric cable,
FIG. 3 is a top view in direction of the arrow A in FIG. 2, whereby the bearing pin with parts of the frame is illustrated,
FIG. 4 illustrates a part of the tilting lid with a coulisse in the open state, and
FIG. 5 illustrates the part of the tilting lid shown in FIG. 4, whereby the coulisse is in its shut state.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The container apparatus for food shall be explained in the following as temperature holding apparatus, whereby the line for the supply of power is an electric cable. The container apparatus has a receptacle 1, which in the embodiment can serve as water receptacle, whereby this receptacle 1 is supp
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Hasenfratz Rene
Mutschler Siegfried
Pelham J.
Spring AG Metallwarenfabrik Eschlikon
Walberg Teresa J.
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