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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allan E. Witt, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Kenneth Hays, Sturgeon Bay, WI (US);
Assignee:
Hatco Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/10 ;
Abstract
A flow heater for a sink heater or rethermalizing system is disclosed. The flow heater includes a flow tube in fluid communication with a fluid receptacle. The flow tube has a heating element that is in conductive communication with the flow tube and helically encircles the flow tube. Fluid flowing through the flow tube is caused by thermal siphoning affects. The flow heater system may be used for sanitizing dishware in a sink or for rethermalizing packaged foods.