Patent ID: 6877504
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: A47J,F24V,F25D

Abstract:
1. A self-contained, temperature-change container assembly comprising: an inner container; a jacket top ring disposed around a top surface of the inner container; a jacket body disposed around the inner container; a flexible jacket bottom secured to the jacket body, wherein the jacket top ring, the jacket body, and the jacket bottom enclose a first internal volume and a second internal volume outside of the inner container; a reagent separator between the first internal volume and the second internal volume; a first temperature-change reagent in the first internal volume; a second temperature-change reagent in the second internal volume; and a plurality of penetrators fixed to the jacket bottom; wherein flexing the jacket bottom presses the penetrators through the reagent separator to breach the reagent separator and form a plurality of openings in the reagent separator to allow the first and second temperature-change reagents to mix to initiate a chemical temperature-change reaction; and further comprising a steam condenser formed of a material that has a high thermal conductivity in direct contact with the material of the inner container.