A hot water tank for a bidet includes a tank main body in which a space for accommodating water is formed and an inclined surface having a portion of an upper side inclined downward is formed. The hot water tank also includes a heating unit inserted into and positioned in the tank main body and a bimetal positioned on the inclined surface.

A cooktop appliance having a temperature switch is generally provided herein. The cooktop appliance may include a panel, an electric heating element, an infinite switch, and the temperature switch. The electric heating element may be positioned at the panel and include a first terminal and a second terminal. The infinite switch may be electrically coupled to the electric heating element to control power thereto. The infinite switch may include a primary voltage path and an auxiliary voltage path independent from the primary voltage path. The temperature switch disposed in thermal communication with the electric heating element, the temperature switch being in alternate communication with the primary voltage path below a predetermined threshold temperature and with the auxiliary voltage path at or above the predetermined threshold temperature.

A heating pad with a thermostatic control circuit coupled to a resistance heating element. The resistance heating element and an acrylic based polymer adhesive are glued between polyester film layers. The film layers and heating element are contained with a plastic sleeve. The thickness and properties of the polyester film and adhesive forms a fuse. The adhesive delaminates the polyester film at excessive temperatures causing the resistance heating element to sever thereby creating an open circuit that halts operation of the heating pad. The thermostatic control circuit includes a hysteresis circuit that compares analog signals across two thin film resistors to provide a control signal to a power controller to selectively vary the power output to the heating element. The thermostatic control circuit is an integrated circuit board disposed within the fused plastic sleeve.

The present invention relates to an inhaler comprising: an assembly including a heater element arranged in the inhaler to be proximal to a substrate region configured for supporting a vapour or atomiser precursor substrate; wherein the assembly is configured such that the heater element is operative to achieve and maintain a target temperature in the substrate region throughout a period corresponding to a plurality of consecutive uses of the inhaler.

The invention relates to a device (21) for heating a system for distributing windscreen-washer liquid (1) of a motor vehicle, said heating device (21) including: at least two heating conductors (23, 25), characterised in that it also includes a current regulator (35) controlling the current flowing therein in accordance with the temperature of the two heating conductors (23, 25).

An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; an aerosol-generating article, including a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source; and at least one resilient member provided in the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article and being resiliently biased against the heater element, wherein at least one of the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source contacts the at least one resilient member, and the aerosol-generating system is configured to heat the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source of the aerosol-generating article so that the medicament source has a higher temperature than that of the volatile delivery enhancing compound source.

A heating pad with a thermostatic control circuit coupled to a resistance heating element. The resistance heating element and an acrylic based polymer adhesive are glued between polyester film layers. The film layers and heating element are contained with a plastic sleeve. The thickness and properties of the polyester film and adhesive forms a fuse. The adhesive delaminates the polyester film at excessive temperatures causing the resistance heating element to sever thereby creating an open circuit that halts operation of the heating pad. The thermostatic control circuit includes a hysteresis circuit that compares analog signals across two thin film resistors to provide a control signal to a power controller to selectively vary the power output to the heating element. The thermostatic control circuit is an integrated circuit board disposed within the fused plastic sleeve.

A temperature controller is disclosed, including: a mounting body provided with a first electrical connecting terminal and a second electrical connecting terminal, where a contact conductive mechanism and a heating element are arranged in parallel between the first electrical connecting terminal and the second electrical connecting terminal, the contact conductive mechanism includes a static contact assembly arranged at the first electrical connecting terminal and a movable contact assembly arranged at the second electrical connecting terminal, a bimetallic sheet is arranged on the mounting body, and the bimetallic sheet, when being deformed by heat, is capable of driving the movable contact assembly away from the static contact assembly to enable conduction of the heating element.

A switch for operating a heating element of a cooking appliance includes a first contact electrically connected with the heating element, a second contact electrically connected with a power source. A bimetal strip is configured to electrically connect and disconnect the first and second contacts. The switch further includes a rotatable cam member having a cam surface for operative engagement with a cam follower. The cam surface has a profile dimension that is at least partially variable about the rotational axis of the cam member and is configured to cause displacement of the cam follower as a function of its rotational orientation to thereby adjust an operating temperature of the heating element. The cam surface is configured such that the operating temperature can be adjusted up to but not beyond a predetermined maximum temperature via rotation of the cam member. Circuits incorporating such a switch also are disclosed.

A method and a heating device (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100) for fluids are provided. The device includes a tubular metal jacket (101, 201, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701, 801, 901, 1001, 1101), a heating element (102, 202, 302, 312, 402, 502, 602, 702, 802, 902, 1002, 1102) and a control/regulating element (103, 203, 303, 403, 420, 503, 620, 720, 803, 903, 1003, 1103) for the heating element. The heating element and the control/regulating element are arranged at least partially within the tubular metal jacket and are embedded at least partially in a metal powder or granular metal (109, 209, 309, 409, 509, 609, 709, 809, 909, 1009, 1109) within the jacket. The heating element is a heating cartridge, a hollow cartridge, a tubular heating body or a coiled tube cartridge. The control/regulating element is electrically insulated from the metal powder or granular metal.