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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2013
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Paul S. Paget, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Mitchell L. Robertson, Elkhart, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A warming containerincludes a mixing bowl and a heating cradle configured to receive the mixing bowl. The warming containeralso includes a shell having an inner facing surface and which is coupled to a bottom edge of the heating cradle at a seat. The seat is configured to receive a base of the mixing bowl. A cavity is defined between the heating cradle and the shell and a conductive heating structure is disposed within the cavity. The conductive heating structure includes a plurality of conductive longitudinal flanges. A wire heating element is disposed about the plurality of conductive longitudinal flanges, wherein the wire heating element is disposed about the conductive heating structure in a sinusoidal configuration. The wire heating element is in thermal communication with the heating cradle via the conductive longitudinal flanges.