[001] The present subject matter described herein, an immersion rod with a safety
cover and more particularly to a novel structural element to cover the immersion
5 rod and promote the efficient usage of immersion rod.
BACKGROUND AND PRIOR ART AND PROBLEM IN PRIOR ART:
[002] Background description includes information that may be useful in
understanding the present invention. It is not an admission that any of the
information provided herein is prior art or relevant to the presently claimed
10 invention, or that any publication specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
[003] Human often in a requirement to ease the daily routine of life, use water for
various purposes such as bathing, washing clothes, etc. During winter seasons,
using a bucket of cold water is nothing short of great unease. This led to the
invention of water heating elements such as an immersion rod. An immersion rod
15 is a very common household appliance and is used widely for heating the water.
[004] The immersion rod(s) are used by submerging the heating element of the
immersion rod in the water placed in the bucket. In most common cases, immersion
rod has a hook to mount it on bucket which fixes in vertical manner and touches the
bucket upper rim and wall. Such a hook system is quite inefficient for using the
20 immersion rod in the most optimal manner because it lets the main heating element
touch the bucket walls and may at times cause the bucket to melt away because of
the heat generated in the heating element.
[005] User started improvising by using additional unconventional, sometime
non-user friendly additional elements to act as a supporting material to mount the
25 immersion rod on the bucket.
[006] Solution to this problem is not seen yet. The information disclosed in this
background of the disclosure section is only for enhancement of understanding of
the general background of the invention and should not be taken as an
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acknowledgement or any form of suggestion that this information forms the prior
art already known to a person skilled in the art.
[007] The mounting of the immersion rod using the additional extra supporting
elements is unsafe, cause inefficient usage of the immersion rod. Therefore, the
5 current invention provides a solution by providing an insulation arm acting as a
cover flap mounted on the main body of the immersion rod. Such cover flaps form
an integral part of the immersion rod and increases the efficient usage of the
immersion rod. The user can easily mount the immersion rod on rim of the bucket
or can use it as cover sleeve to enclose the main body/heating element.
10 [008] These and other objects and advantages of the present subject matter will be
apparent to a person skilled in the art after consideration of the following detailed
description taken into consideration with accompanying drawings in which
preferred embodiments of the present subject matter are illustrated.
15 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
[009] Solution to one or more drawbacks of existing immersion rod, and
additional advantages are provided through the present immersion rod as disclosed
in the present disclosure. Additional features and advantages are realized through
the technicalities of the present disclosure. Other embodiments and aspects of the
20 disclosure are described in detail herein and are considered to be a part of the
claimed disclosure.
[0010] The present invention provides an immersion rod comprising of a main body
having a metallic rod connected to an electric circuitry providing electricity to the
main body.
25 [0011] In a surprising novel and technical effect, the present invention provides a
plurality of insulation arm mounted on the main body, preferably on the on upper
portion and is capable of performing motion along the axis of the main body.
[0012] In an aspect of the invention, the insulation arm mounted on the main body,
connected to the electric circuitry of the immersion rod, is capable of performing a
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90 to 180-degree motion along the axis of the main body. That is at 180 degrees,
parallel to the ground, the insulation arm shall perform a mechanism to act as a
supporting element for placing the immersion rod safely in its intended usage. The
electric circuitry stops the electricity flowing to the main body when the insulation
5 arm is in the state of less than 180 degree along the axis of the main body. And at
instance of attaining a 90 degree motion the insulation arm shall act as a cover
enclosing the immersion rod inside it.
[0013] In another aspect of the invention, the present invention has mechanism to
adjust the length of the insulation arm.
10 [0014] In another aspect of the invention, the present invention discloses the
insulation arm to be coupled with resistive closing mechanism including resilient
material and consists of grooves and channel along the length of insulation arm
allowing better placement of arms on the objects.
[0015] In yet another aspect of the invention, the immersion rod present a
15 thermostat coupled to the main body, for enabling temperature variations, a waterlevel indicator, coupled to the electric circuitry and a power indicator on the
immersion rod.
[0016] In an embodiment of the invention, the insulation arms further consist of
interlocking mechanism including but not limited to snapping, magnets etc., to
20 ensure the plurality of arms are fastened.
[0017] The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any
way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features
described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent
by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.
25 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] It is to be noted, however, that the appended drawings illustrate only typical
embodiments of the present subject matter and are therefore not to be considered
for limiting of its scope, for the invention may admit to other equally effective
embodiments. The detailed description is described with reference to the
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accompanying figures. In the figures, a reference number identifies the figure in
which the reference number first appears. The same numbers are used throughout
the figures to reference like features and components. Some embodiments of system
or methods or structure in accordance with embodiments of the present subject
5 matter are now described, by way of example, and with reference to the
accompanying figures, in which:
[0019] Fig. 1 illustrates an immersion rod with insulation in close state.
[0020] Fig. 2 illustrates an immersion rod with insulation arm in open state.
[0021] Fig. 3 illustrates an immersion rod in an embodiment of invention.
10 [0022] The figures depict embodiments of the present subject matter for the
purposes of illustration only. A person skilled in the art will easily recognize from
the following description that alternative embodiments of the structures and
methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles
of the disclosure described herein.
15 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS:
[0023] While the embodiments of the disclosure are subject to various
modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof have been shown
by way of example in the figures and will be described below. It should be
understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular
20 forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications,
equivalents, and alternative falling within the scope of the disclosure.
[0024] The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof used
in the disclosure, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a device,
system, assembly that comprises a list of components does not include only those
25 components but may include other components not expressly listed or inherent to
such system, or assembly, or device. In other words, one or more elements in a
system or device proceeded by “comprises… a” does not, without more constraints,
preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or
device.
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[0025] In the present invention there is provided an immersion rod acting as a
heater unit for a water bucket including; a main body comprising of the heating
elements, electrical connections, thermostat; electrical connections mean to a power
supply; and a cover flaps or insulation arm(s).
5 [0026] According to the invention, there is provided an easy mounting and safety
feature in immersion rods. Immersion rod has cover flaps or insulation arms as
better known in the rest of the invention. The cover flaps are able to rotate up to
180 degrees and used to mount rods on the rim of the bucket. When mounted on the
rim of the bucket, the rods position is present at the center and hanging on the bucket
10 with the main body of the immersion rod submerged in the water.
[0027] Such a unique technique provides easy mounting & installation of rods on
the bucket. It is possible in the invention that after the intended use of the flaps or
insulation arm, the flaps are closed and it acts as to cover the hot immersion rods
and it can be kept in standing or lying position. The insulation arm(s) of rod
15 provides safety and proper storage feature to the exposed hot rods after use. Flaps
are designed in a manner to fit on the bucket rims of various diameters from 16lit
to 25lit size available in the market.
[0028] Referring to figure 1 to 3, the present invention presents an immersion rod
(150, 250) comprising of a main body (120, 220, 320) having a metallic rod
20 connected to an electric circuitry (140, 240, 340) providing electricity to the main
body (120, 220, 320).
[0029] As understood and appreciated by ordinary skill in art person, the passage
of electricity in the main body causes an event of increasing the temperature of the
main body (120, 220, 320). The increased temperature of the main body and
25 subsequently that of the metallic rod is further utilized as a heating rod for
increasing the temperature of water. The metallic rod is immersed in the water, with
an uninterrupted flow of electricity. This causes the temperature of the metallic rod
to soar and dissipate the heat to the water. Thus increasing the temperature of water.
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[0030] As mentioned in the background section, the immersion of rod in the water
has been a grave concern as far as safety measurements and efficient handling of
the entire immersion rod as a product is concerned.
[0031] The present invention, deliberately introduces a novel technical effect by
5 creating a mechanism and mounting an insulation arm (110, 210, 310) on the main
body.
[0032] The insulation arm (110, 210, 310) are capable of performing motion along
the axis (130, 230) of the main body.
[0033] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the insulation arm (110,
10 210, 310) are mounted on the upper portion of the main body referring to Fig.1. The
insulation arm(s) (110,210,310) are mounted by means of a cylindrical axis made
into the top part (head) of the body. The insulation arm contains a similar cylindrical
axis which mates into the provision of the top part similar to a hinge. Once both the
cylindrical provisions are fit together, the insulation arms are able to rotate around
15 the said axis to perform a movement of 90˚ to 180˚ motion as preferred in the
present invention.
[0034] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the motion is restricted
from 90˚ to 180˚ by shape of the top part or by providing protrusion (280) on the
main body which limit the insulation arms moment. The cylindrical mating of the
20 arm and the main body can also be supplemented with friction reducing
mechanisms like ball bearing, lubricants, polished surfaces, etc. to reduce the
rotational friction that might be experienced. The location of this cylindrical axis
can be anywhere within the top part (230) or also on the body (220).
[0035] It is to be understood that it is possible for an ordinary skill in art person to
25 alternatively place the axis of rotation at any other place on the entire immersion
rod and create it as an axis of rotation.
[0036] The mounting mechanism of the insulation arm provides the capability to
insulation arm to perform a 90 degree (160) to 180-degree (260) motion along the
axis (130,230) of the main body.
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[0037] Depending upon the motion the insulation arm provides various benefits
such as:
1. Insulation arm acts as a cover sleeve and used for safe storage.
2. Insulation arm possess cut-out section along the arm length for mounting on a
5 bucket (370) or a rim of bucket (380) to be precise. It also restricts the insulation
arm from sliding on the bucket during use, hence avoiding any accidental fall
in the water.
3. The insulation arm and its cut-out (270) for mounting can be adjustable, i.e.,
they can slide over one-another to give more flexibility with bucket sizes, hence
10 provides mechanism to adjust the length of the insulation arm.
4. The insulation arm arm is further connected to the electric circuitry enabling the
electric circuitry to stop the electricity flowing to the main body when the
insulation arm is in the state of less than 180 degrees along the axis of the main
body acting as extra safety feature.
15 5. The insulation arm(s) when closed or in 90-degree rotation (160) as in Fig.1,
blocks the access to the exposed hot rods just after use.
6. The insulation arm includes resistive closing mechanism using a resilient
material like spring or similar mechanism for insulation arm(s) to overcome the
free fall of covers when pulled out from the bucket.
20 [0038] The preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a plurality of
insulation arm as cover sleeve for the main body. In an object of the invention, the
cut-out (270) in Fig.2 provides a groove section for maintaining a suitable
placement on the rim. The grooves act as a clasping agent on the rim of the bucket.
The cut-out (270) section has a sliding mechanism to increase or decrease the size
25 or increase the wing span of the insulation arm.
[0039] In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the insulation arm provides a
rotation mechanism holding the insulation arm and allowing its rotary movement
along the axis of the main body. The rotation mechanism allows multiple insulation
arms to be fitted on the immersion rod.
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[0040] The present invention also provides multiple attachments and additional
features such as a water-level indicator. The water-level indicator detects the depth
of the main body submerged in water. In case the submerged main body is below a
specific pre-defined depth, then the water-level indicator lights up indicating that
5 there is less than required amount of water in the bucket.
[0041] The immersion rod of the invention is provided with a thermostat, plug pins
and electrical connections, the lower section of immersion rod comprising a heating
element in the main body. Preferably the plug pins comprise any one or more of
Earth, Live and/or Neutral connections.
10 [0042] It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used
herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims)
are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be
interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be
interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as
15 “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within
the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such
an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation
no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following
appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and
20 “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases
should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the
indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced
claim recitation to inventions containing only one such recitation, even when the
same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and
25 indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be
interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use
of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific
number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the
art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least
30 the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other
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modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations).
Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A,
B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one
having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at
5 least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A
alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together,
and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). In those instances where a convention analogous
to “at least one of A, B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended
in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a
10 system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include but not be limited to systems
that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C
together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those
within the art that virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or
more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be
15 understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of
the terms, or both terms. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be understood to
include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”
[0043] It will be further appreciated that functions or structures of a plurality of
components or steps may be combined into a single component or step, or the
20 functions or structures of one-step or component may be split among plural steps
or components. The present invention contemplates all of these combinations.
Unless stated otherwise, dimensions and geometries of the various structures
depicted herein are not intended to be restrictive of the invention, and other
dimensions or geometries are possible. In addition, while a feature of the present
25 invention may have been described in the context of only one of the illustrated
embodiments, such feature may be combined with one or more other features of
other embodiments, for any given application. It will also be appreciated from the
above that the fabrication of the unique structures herein and the operation thereof
also constitute methods in accordance with the present invention. The present
30 invention also encompasses intermediate and end products resulting from the
practice of the methods herein. The use of “comprising” or “including” also
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contemplates embodiments that “consist essentially of” or “consist of” the recited
feature.

We Claim:

1. An immersion rod (150, 250) comprising:
a main body (120, 220, 320) having a metallic rod connected to an electric
circuitry (140, 240, 340) providing electricity to the main body (120, 220,
5 320);
an insulation arm (110, 210, 310) mounted on the main body wherein the
insulation arm is capable of performing motion along the axis (130, 230) of
the main body.
2. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation arm is mounted
10 on upper portion of the main body.
3. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1 wherein the insulation arm mounted
on the main body is capable of performing a 90 (160) to 180-degree (260)
motion along the axis (130) of the main body.
4. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation arm mounted
15 on the main body are in plurality.
5. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation arm has
mechanism (270) to adjust the length of the insulation arm.
6. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation arm is further
connected to the electric circuitry enabling the electric circuitry to stop the
20 electricity flowing to the main body when the insulation arm is in the state of
less than 180 degrees along the axis of the main body.
7. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation arm is coupled
with resistive closing mechanism including resilient material.
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8. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation arms consists
of grooves and channel along the length of insulation arm allowing better
placement of arms on the objects.
9. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein the insulation arms has
5 mechanism to fasten the plurality of insulation arm.
10. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, further consists of a thermostat
coupled to the main body, for enabling temperature variations.
11. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein a water-level indicator,
coupled to the electric circuitry, is provided on the immersion rod.
10 12. The immersion rod as claimed in claim 1, wherein a power indicator is provided
on the immersion rod.