Patent ID: 9743463
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A45D,B05B,B67D,H01R,H05B

Claim:
1. An induction-heating device adapted to heat products for shaving or cosmetic purposes comprising: a housing defining a non-electrically conductive induction receptacle; a non-electrically conductive product container for holding shaving or cosmetic products, said non-electrically conductive product container removably received in said non-electrically conductive induction receptacle, a shaving or cosmetic product stored in said non-electrically conductive product container and defining a top product surface and a heat affected product zone consisting of a layer of said product immediately below said top product surface; an induction coil adjacent to said non-electrically conductive induction receptacle for generating an electromagnetic field into said non-electrically conductive product container; an electrically conductive metallic target member in said non-electrically conductive product container having a top surface and a bottom surface overlying said top product surface, said electrically conductive metallic target member having through-passages; electronic circuitry mounted in said housing and connected to said induction coil for activating and deactivating the generation of said electromagnetic field for a predetermined time period into said non-electrically conductive product container, said electrically conductive metallic target member being heated during a heating cycle for said predetermined time period in response to said electromagnetic field to heat and or melt said product only in said heat affected product zone thereby permitting said heated and or melted product to flow through said through-passages onto said top surface of said electrically conductive metallic target member and be collected by a user for shaving or cosmetic purposes; and whereby said electrically conductive metallic target member resides in said heat affected product zone subsequent to said electronic circuitry deactivating said electromagnetic field during said predetermined time period.