Patent Application
20200237142
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The disclosure and prior art relates to water heaters and more particularly pertains to a new water heater for conveniently heating a dental procedure water bottle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a sleeve body having a front side, a rear side, a left edge, a right edge, a top edge, and a bottom edge. The front side is separated from the rear side to form an inside. An attachment mechanism is coupled to the sleeve body and comprises a first attachment half coupled to the front side adjacent the left edge and a second attachment half coupled to the rear side adjacent the right edge. The first attachment half is selectively engageable with the second attachment half. The attachment mechanism is configured to secure the sleeve body around a bottle. A heating element is coupled within the inside of the sleeve body. A control housing is coupled to the front side of the sleeve body. A power source is coupled to the control housing and is in operational communication with the heating element. A CPU is coupled to the control housing and is in operational communication with the power source. A temperature sensor is coupled to the rear side of the sleeve body and is in operational communication with the CPU. The temperature sensor is configured to read the temperature of the bottle. A temperature display is coupled to the control housing and is in operational communication with the CPU to display a reading from the temperature sensor. A plurality of controls is coupled to the control housing and is in operational communication with the CPU. The plurality of controls activates the heating element to maintain the temperature of the bottle at a preset level.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A heating element 36 is within the inside 26 of the sleeve body. The heating element 36 may be a continuous heating coil 38. A control housing 40 is coupled to the front side 14 of the sleeve body and may be rectangular prismatic. A power source 42 is coupled to the control housing 40 and is in operational communication with the heating element 36. The power source 42 may be a plurality of batteries 44. A CPU 46 is coupled to the control housing 40 and is in operational communication with the power source 42. A temperature sensor 48 is coupled to the rear side 16 of the sleeve body and is in operational communication with the CPU 46. The temperature sensor 48 is configured to read the temperature of the bottle 34. A temperature display 50 is coupled to the control housing 40 and is in operational communication with the CPU 46 to show a temperature reading from the temperature sensor 48. A battery display 52 may be coupled to the control housing 40 and is in operational communication with the power source 42 to show remaining power level. The battery display 52 may comprise a plurality of illuminating bars 54. A plurality of controls 56 is coupled to the control housing 40 and is in operational communication with the CPU 46. The plurality of controls 56 comprises a pair of temperature controls 58 and a power button 60. The pair of temperature controls 58 increases and alternatively decreases the temperature and the power button 60 activates and alternatively deactivates the heating element and the CPU to maintain the temperature of the bottle 34 at a preset level. A Wi-Fi chip 62 is coupled to the control housing 40 and is in operational communication with the CPU 46. The Wi-Fi chip 62 is configured to make the plurality of controls 56 operable with a web connected app on a smartphone 64. A serial number plate 66 may be coupled to the rear side 16 to assist in pairing the app with the correct unit.
In use, the attachment mechanism 28 is used to secure the sleeve body 12 around the bottle 34 with the rear side 16 contacting the bottle. The plurality of controls 56 is then manipulated directly or via the web connected app to adjust the temperature and warm the bottle 34 to improve patient comfort in a dental procedure.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
