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Electrical heater and plug
Assignee: Flexwatt Corp
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Filing: 1988-11-23
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Granted: 1990-06-12
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Expires: 2008-11-23
Abstract
Abstract An electrical heater, to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter socket, includes a heating element, a plug configures to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors permanently connecting the heating element to the plug. The plug has a flat substrate and a pair of conductors mounted on the substrate. An electrical plug, for a lighter socket of the kind having an inner wall of a predetermined diameter and a pair of electrical contacts, includes a flat assembly having a flat dielectric base having a width corresponding to the predetermined diameter, and a pair of flat conductors attached to the base for touching the pair of electrical contacts in the socket.
Inventors
- 👤 Paul A. Cunningham
- 👤 Frederick G. J. Grise
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-06 00:41
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J47/00; A47J47/14; A47J47/145; A47J27/00; A47J27/004; B; B65; B65D; B65D81/00; B65D81/34; B65D81/3476; H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/20; H05B3/34; B65D2585/00; B65D2585/30; B65D2585/36; B65D2585/363; B65D2585/366; H05B2203/00; H05B2203/011; H05B2203/013; H05B2203/014; H05B2203/017; H05B2203/028
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
52 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors permanently connecting the heating element to the plug, said heating element and said plug copmprising flat substrates bearing flat conductive layers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
52 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors permanently connecting the heating element to the plug, said heating element and said plug copmprising flat substrates bearing flat conductive layers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors permanently connecting the heating element to the plug, and wherein the plug is flat.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors permanently connecting the heating element to the plug, and wherein the plug is flat.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
81 words
A disposable pizza heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter socket, comprising a flexible heating element having a paper substrate bearing a resistance coating of deposited metal and sized to lie flat in a bottom of a pizza box, a flat plug configured to be inserted into the socket and having a paper substrate bearing a pair of conductors, and a cable connecting the heating element to the plug and having a paper substrate bearing a pair of conductors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
81 words
A disposable pizza heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter socket, comprising a flexible heating element having a paper substrate bearing a resistance coating of deposited metal and sized to lie flat in a bottom of a pizza box, a flat plug configured to be inserted into the socket and having a paper substrate bearing a pair of conductors, and a cable connecting the heating element to the plug and having a paper substrate bearing a pair of conductors.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
40 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter socket, comprising a heating element, a flat plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors connecting the heating element to the plug.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette lighter socket, comprising a heating element, a flat plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a pair of conductors connecting the heating element to the plug.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette ligher socket comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a cable connecting the heating element to the plug having a flat substrate and a pair of conductors mounted on the substrate, said heating element and said plug comprising flat substrates bearing flat conductive layers.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
63 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette ligher socket comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a cable connecting the heating element to the plug having a flat substrate and a pair of conductors mounted on the substrate, said heating element and said plug comprising flat substrates bearing flat conductive layers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
56 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette ligher socket comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a cable connecting the heating element to the plug having a flat substrate and a pair of conductors mounted on the substrate, and wherein the plug is flat.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
56 words
An electrical heater to be powered from an automotive-type cigarette ligher socket comprising a heating element, a plug configured to be inserted into the cigarette lighter socket, and a cable connecting the heating element to the plug having a flat substrate and a pair of conductors mounted on the substrate, and wherein the plug is flat.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
The heater of claim 6 in which the plug includes a flat substrate having a width corresponding to the predetermined diameter, and a pair of flat conductors attached to the substrate for touching contacts in the socket.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The heater of claim 7 in which the flat substrate of the plug comprises biodegradable paper.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The heater of claim 8 in which the substrate further comprises plastic laminations on both faces of the paper.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
The heater of claim 7 adapted for use with a cigarette lighter socket having an inner wall of a predetermined diameter, in which the plug has a width slightly greater than the predetermined diameter.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
50 words
The heater of claim 10 in which the plug has a tooth located to touch the inner wall of the socket, said tooth having a more tapered leading edge to make insertion of the plug easier, and a less tapered trailing edge to make removal of the plug more difficult.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
14 words
The heater of claim 11, in which there are a series of said teeth.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
53 words
The heater of claim 7 in which one of the flat conductors lies along an axis of the plug for making connection with a central contact of the socket, and the one conductor extends beyond the end of the substrate and has a contour which provides resilience to the conductor along the axis.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
14 words
The heater of claim 5 or 6 in which said cable has transverse folds.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
The heater of claim 14 in which there are a periodic series of said folds along the length of the substrate.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
14 words
The electrical heater of claim 5, 1, or 2 wherein said conductors comprise wires.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
24 words
The electrical heater of claim 5, 6, 1, or 2 wherein said flat substrate comprises two layers with said conductors sandwiched between said layers.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
14 words
The electrical heater of claim 17 wherein said layers are held together by adhesive.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
12 words
The electrical heater of claim 17 wherein said layers comprise biodegradable paper.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
22 words
The heater of claim 5, 6, 1, or 2 in which the heating element comprises a flexible substrate bearing a resistance coating.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
12 words
The heater of claim 20 in which the substrate comprises biodegradable paper.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
13 words
The heater of claim 20 in which the resistance coating comprises deposited metal.
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