US PATENT SUBCLASS 219 / 443.1
.~.~ Exposed horizontal planar support surface for material to be heated (e.g., hot plate, etc.)


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219 /   HD   ELECTRIC HEATING

200  DF  HEATING DEVICES {14}
385  DF  .~ Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material to be heated {12}
443.1.~.~ Exposed horizontal planar support surface for material to be heated (e.g., hot plate, etc.) {13}
444.1  DF  .~.~.~> Material is an electronic semiconductor device
445.1  DF  .~.~.~> With indicator
446.1  DF  .~.~.~> Having sensor {2}
449.1  DF  .~.~.~> Heating by convection
450.1  DF  .~.~.~> For direct contact with food (e.g., grill, griddle, etc.)
451.1  DF  .~.~.~> Having support for a heating unit {5}
457.1  DF  .~.~.~> Having direct manually actuated electrical switch
458.1  DF  .~.~.~> Having electrical connection {1}
460.1  DF  .~.~.~> Heating element gapped from underside of the exposed horizontal support surface (e.g., ceramic plate, radiation-type, etc.) {2}
463.1  DF  .~.~.~> Formed by tubularly shaped heating unit {1}
465.1  DF  .~.~.~> Heating element contacting planar underside of the exposed horizontal planar support surface (e.g., sheet metal, etc.) {2}
468.1  DF  .~.~.~> Heating element is embedded in the exposed horizontal planar support surface
468.2  DF  .~.~.~> Heating element is in a groove formed on underside of the exposed horizontal planar support surface (e.g., cast metal plate, etc.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 219/443.1

Exposed horizontal planar support surface for material to be heated (e.g., hot plate, etc.)

(under subclass 385) Subject matter wherein the heating device has a laterally extending flat exterior surface to support the material to be heated.

(1) Note. "Material" encompasses any tangible substance that can be placed upon the "exposed horizontal planar support surface"; however for this and indented subclasses the term "material" is usually a cooking vessel.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

228, for hand-manipulative tool or instrument having heat distribution means (i.e., heat applied to extended area).

245+, for a heating device combined with sole plate-type pressure application means (e.g., flat irons, etc.).

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

99, Foods and Beverages: Apparatus,

288, for a beverage infuser combined with a food heating or cooking apparatus. 100, Presses,

92+, for a press having an additional heating, cooling, or drying means to treat material.

156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,

379.6+, for a means to apply wave energy or electrical energy directly to work.

392, Electric Resistance Heating Devices,

309, for a hot plate combined with other than electric

heating means (e.g., gas, etc.) or subclass 467 for a continuous flow type fluid heater including a hot plate.

432, Heating, a residual class for apparatus and related methods for the generation of heat and its application to materials, and

227+, for a heat generator with an associated work support or heat delivery structure.