A self-heating assembly includes a product container for holding a product to be heated and a heater container coupled to the product container. There is a reaction space between the product container and the heater container. There is a support structure (made, for example, of open cell foam) in the reaction space and a granular second reactant distributed throughout the support structure. There is a liquid first reactant in the reaction space. A frangible membrane is configured so that, when intact, it separates the liquid first reactant from the support structure and from the granular second reactant. The liquid first reactant and the granular second reactant are adapted to exothermically react upon contact with one another. The support structure is permeable to the liquid first reactant and is configured to support and substantially maintain the distribution of the granular second reactant throughout the support structure before and during the exothermic chemical reaction.

A thermal liquid container system comprising a main body, a phase change material (PCM) liner disposed within the main body having a PCM disposed therein, a liquid reservoir defined by PCM liner, a liquid dispensing partition disposed within the liquid reservoir such that the liquid reservoir is partitioned into a temperature conditioning channel and a liquid retention chamber, and a lid comprising a liquid ingress and a liquid dispensing opening, the temperature conditioning channel for placing a liquid passing therethrough in thermal contact with the PCM whereby thermal energy is exchanged between the liquid flowing through the temperature conditioning channel and the PCM such that the liquid is dispensed at a temperature that is within a desired temperature range determined by the selected PCM melting temperature.

A catalytic heating system for heating a container, comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with a bottom plate of the container; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector. The catalytic heating system also includes a system for heating a heating plate comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with the heating plate; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector.

A catalytic heating system for heating a container, comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with a bottom plate of the container; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector. The catalytic heating system also includes a system for heating a heating plate comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with the heating plate; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector.

A flexible malleable warming device generates heat through an exothermic chemical reaction. The device can conform to an endoscope to heat it for use. The device can further include one or more surfaces for applying anti-fogging solution and white-balancing the camera of the endoscope.

The invention relates to a packaging 1 having a plurality of material-tight separated chambers 2, 3, wherein the chambers 2, 3 contain different substances, and having at least one predetermined breaking point 4 that is formed between two adjacent chambers 2, 3 such that a break in the predetermined breaking point 4 enables a material exchange of the substances of chambers 2, 3 adjacent to the predetermined breaking point 4, wherein the packaging 1 further has a thermocouple 6 capable of being activated that causes an energy flow from or into at least one of the chambers in an activated state.

An apparatus for heating a product includes a storage compartment for a product to be heated and a heater module physically and thermally coupled to the storage compartment. The heater module has a housing that defines a reaction chamber. A rigid barrier is inside the reaction chamber and defines first and second portions thereof. A first reactant is inside the reaction chamber, and a flexible bag (with a second reactant) is in the first portion of the first chemical reactant. The first and second reactants react exothermically upon contact. A piercing element can pierce the flexible bag. After piercing, the a fluid path and one or more fluid channels carry the second reactant to a section of the first portion of the reaction chamber away from where the flexible bag is located.

A catalytic heating system for heating a beverage or food that comprises: a container for containing the beverage or food and a catalytic combustion assembly for heating the container, with the catalytic combustion assembly comprising a fuel supply assembly having a fuel canister for supplying a fuel gas having a stoichiometric ratio of about 15 to an air mixing injector for injecting the fuel gas into an elongate sidewall enclosure having curved shape and defining an enclosed catalytic combustion chamber where a catalytic combustion process is generated, causing the complete combustion of all of the fuel gas and heating the container containing the beverage or food.

A catalytic heating system for heating a container, comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with a bottom plate of the container; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector. The catalytic heating system also includes a system for heating a heating plate comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with the heating plate; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector.

A catalytic heating system for heating a container, comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with a bottom plate of the container; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector. The catalytic heating system also includes a system for heating a heating plate comprising: a catalytic combustion chamber; a catalytic reaction media having a toroidal shape, with the catalytic reaction media disposed within the combustion chamber, and with the catalytic reaction media in contact with the heating plate; a fuel and air mixing injector for injecting an entrained air and fuel gas mixture into the combustion chamber; and a fuel canister for supplying fuel gas to the fuel and air mixing injector.