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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
May. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrick Deliens, Dampierre, FR;
Assignee:
Seb S.A., Ecully, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219439 ; 219438 ;
Abstract
An electric kettle includes a plastics material tank side wall structure for liquid to be heated and a heating arrangement including an electrical element associated with a metal heater plate mounted at the bottom of the side wall structure with its top face in direct contact with the liquid to be heated. The side wall structure includes shoulders to support a peripheral rim of the metal heater plate. A seal is disposed between the side walls and the peripheral rim of the heater plate. The kettle has a base including a skirt which fits around the side walls of the tank. A fixing arrangement attaches the base to the tank side wall structure.