Patent ID: 7189252
Filing Date: 2007-03-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A warming/chilling apparatus comprising: a heating/cooling element, and a heating device and cooling device for alternately heating and cooling the heating/cooling element to a high and a low temperature respectively, wherein the heating device and the cooling device are designed and arranged relative to each other in such a way that the change between the high and the low temperature is possible within three minutes, wherein the temperature difference between the high and the low temperatures is at least 40° C. wherein the heating/cooling element has a heating/cooling face, and the heating/cooling face includes at least one surface of the heating device or surface of the cooling device, and wherein a surface of the heating device forms the heating/cooling face, the cooling device is attached on the side of the heating device, that is remote from the heating/cooling face, and the heating device has a low heat capacity.