US 12,102,253 B2
Sous vide appliance
Brendan Foxlee, Alexandria (AU); Gregory Upston, Alexandria (AU); Lichan Meng, Alexandria (AU); Marian Silviu Rosian, Alexandria (AU); Vyvyan Rose, Alexandria (AU); and William Shen, Alexandria (AU)
Assigned to BREVILLE PTY LIMITED, Alexandria (AU)
Appl. No. 17/042,906
Filed by BREVILLE PTY LIMITED, Alexandria (AU)
PCT Filed Mar. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050280
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/183682, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901051 (AU), filed on Mar. 29, 2018; and application No. 2018902304 (AU), filed on Jun. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052102 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 27/10 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/10 (2013.01) [A47J 27/004 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sous vide appliance for cooking food in a bath of liquid, the sous vide appliance including:
a housing, wherein the housing includes an inlet and an outlet;
an impeller assembly to cause liquid to flow from the inlet to the outlet;
a heater located within the housing;
a heat sink located within the housing; and
a switch secured to the heat sink and operatively associated with the heater to provide for the delivery of electric power to the heater so as to heat liquid passing thereby,
wherein the switch is arranged to be conductively cooled by the liquid, and
wherein the switch is thermally isolated from the heater.