1. A food melter comprising:
an upper food container;
a lower water container;
wherein the food container is a removable attachable lid for the water container;
the water container is a thermal insulator; and
the food melter is configured such that, in use, hot water is poured into the water container, the food container is connected to the water container, food is placed into the food container and heat from the hot water is transferred through the food container to melt the food.
2. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the food container is connected to the brim of the water container.
3. The food melter of claim 2, wherein the brim of the food container is connected to the brim of the water container.
4. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the food container forms a water-tight seal with the water container
5. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the water container further comprises a water fill-mark.
6. The food melter of claim 5, wherein the bottom of the food container is lower than the water fill-mark when the food container is connected to the water container.
7. The food melter of claim 5, wherein the water fill-mark is formed on the inside of the water container.
8. The food melter of claim 5, wherein the water fill-mark extends around the perimeter of the water container.
9. The food melter of claim 1, further comprising an outer lid.
10. The food melter of claim 9, wherein the outer lid is a thermal insulator.
11. The food melter of claim 9, wherein the outer lid is a lid for the food container.
12. The food melter of claim 9, wherein the outer lid forms an air-tight seal with the food container.
13. The food melter of claim 9, wherein the outer lid forms an air-tight seal with the water container.
14. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the water container is made from plastic.
15. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the food container is made from plastic.
16. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the volume of the food container is at least 50 cm3.
17. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the depth of the food container is at least 2 cm.
18. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the food container further comprises a partition.
19. The food melter of claim 1, wherein the thermal conductivity of the water container is less than 1 Wm\u22121K\u22121.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer system for transmitting encoded data to a network, comprising:
means for receiving network information regarding a network condition of a network;
means for determining the network condition based on the network information received by the network information means;
means for switching among storage media according to the network information to select one of the encoded data sets that has a transmission rate corresponding to switching information, the storage media having stored a plurality of respective encoded data sets encoded at different respective transmission rates; and
means for selecting a transmission rate of encoded data to be transmitted based on the network condition information outputted from the network condition determination means to output the selected transmission rate as the switching information to the switching means.
2. The computer system according to claim 1, wherein the switching means includes means for detecting a switching position at which one of the storage media is switched to the other, and when an encoded data switching signal is generated by the switching information output from the selecting means, the detecting means detects the switching position, to switch one of the storage media at the switching position.