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Hot water extraction unit having electrical immersion heater
Assignee: Parise and Sons Inc
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Filing: 1976-06-21
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Granted: 1977-09-06
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Expires: 1996-06-21
Abstract
Abstract Means for varying the heating rate of an immersion heater in a hot-water extraction unit comprising a solution tank in which an electrical immersion heater is mounted in order to decrease the warm-up time of the unit. In the preferred embodiment, the means comprise (a) a first heating element having a first watt rating; (b) a second heating element having a second watt rating, lower than the first watt rating; and (c) means for selectively actuating one or the other of the two heating elements.
Inventors
- 👤 Carl Parise
- 👤 Ralph Eugene Blackman
- 👤 James M. Wimsatt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-08 21:35
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B1/00; H05B1/02; H05B1/0227; H05B1/0252; H05B1/0275; H05B1/0283; A; A47; A47L; A47L11/00; A47L11/34; A47L11/40; A47L11/408; A47L11/4086; H05B3/00; H05B3/78; H05B3/82
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
In a hot-water extraction unit comprising: a solution tank, an electrical vacuum motor, an electrical pump motor, an electrical immersion heater, said heater being mounted within said tank, said immersion heater comprising a first high wattage heating element and a second low wattage heating element, circuit means for selectively connecting said heater elements and said motors across a source of electrical power, said circuit means comprising means defining a first circuit path for said first heater element and a second circuit path in parallel with said first path for said second heating element, switching means for alternately connecting said first and second current paths across said source, and means for connecting both electrical motors within said second circuit path; whereby, said vacuum motor and said pump motor may be energized during energization of said second, low wattage heating element, but cannot be energized during energization of said first high wattage heating element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
In a hot-water extraction unit comprising: a solution tank, an electrical vacuum motor, an electrical pump motor, an electrical immersion heater, said heater being mounted within said tank, said immersion heater comprising a first high wattage heating element and a second low wattage heating element, circuit means for selectively connecting said heater elements and said motors across a source of electrical power, said circuit means comprising means defining a first circuit path for said first heater element and a second circuit path in parallel with said first path for said second heating element, switching means for alternately connecting said first and second current paths across said source, and means for connecting both electrical motors within said second circuit path; whereby, said vacuum motor and said pump motor may be energized during energization of said second, low wattage heating element, but cannot be energized during energization of said first high wattage heating element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improvement recited in claim 1 wherein said first and second heating elements are both mounted within a single housing.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1980-09-05 | 1981-03-07 | 1981-09-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1984-09-05 | 1985-03-07 | 1985-09-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1988-09-05 | 1989-03-07 | 1989-09-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |