Engine Heat Used, To Provide A Warm Lunch
Sheldon Sivak spent many years eating sandwiches and cold leftovers for lunch. “One day I noticed a dozer operator heating up his lunch in an aluminum funnel attached to the exhaust manifold on the engine,” Sivak says. “I figured there had to be a better way to do it.”
It dawned on Sivak that the exhaust manifold could be used to heat up his lunch every day at work if there was a special device to heat it in. During the next few weeks, Sivak designed a die cast aluminum box large enough to hold food containers or food wrapped in foil. Then he mounted magnets on the bottom of the box so it would magnetically attach to hot metal surfaces on an engine. After several months of testing the box on heavy equipment, he made it bigger.
“It’s just over 6 in. square, 4 in. deep and has a tight seal to keep the food clean. The magnets hold it tight against the manifold or turbo and I added a cable to secure the box to the engine for extra safety.”
It worked so well, Sivak’s wife Katrina and children Kobe, Alexis and Brady now help him build and market the heated lunchbox. “I took it to Kobe’s class at school for invention week and got a thumbs up,” Sivak says. “I’ve had a lot of farmers, coal miners, oilfield workers and people in the military interested in the product.”
Sivak says when the box is attached near the turbo or exhaust manifold, it will heat up to 300 to 350 degrees in less than an hour. The food inside the box warms to about 160 degrees. “The box gets hot to the touch, just like a pan in the oven,” Sivak says, “so it’s important to use gloves or an oven mitt to remove it from the manifold.”
Sivak’s nephew Seth used one of the boxes in the fall of 2011 on the farm and says it worked great. Sivak recently delivered 18 lunch boxes to two oil companies in western North Dakota’s oil fields.
Sivak says, “this invention is just like a stove, but it’s more convenient because there is no electricity or power source needed.” Sells for $98 plus S&H.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Sheldon Sivak, 2500 Centennial Rd., Lot 308, Bismarck, N. Dak. 58503 (ph 701 527-0845; www.lunch-solutions.com).
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Engine Heat Used To Provide A Warm Lunch ENGINES Sheldon Sivak spent many years eating sandwiches and cold leftovers for lunch “One day I noticed a dozer operator heating up his lunch in an aluminum funnel attached to the exhaust manifold on the engine ” Sivak says “I figured there had to be a better way to do it ” It dawned on Sivak that the exhaust manifold could be used to heat up his lunch every day at work if there was a special device to heat it in During the next few weeks Sivak designed a die cast aluminum box large enough to hold food containers or food wrapped in foil Then he mounted magnets on the bottom of the box so it would magnetically attach to hot metal surfaces on an engine After several months of testing the box on heavy equipment he made it bigger “It’s just over 6 in square 4 in deep and has a tight seal to keep the food clean The magnets hold it tight against the manifold or turbo and I added a cable to secure the box to the engine for extra safety ” It worked so well Sivak’s wife Katrina and children Kobe Alexis and Brady now help him build and market the heated lunchbox “I took it to Kobe’s class at school for invention week and got a thumbs up ” Sivak says “I’ve had a lot of farmers coal miners oilfield workers and people in the military interested in the product ” Sivak says when the box is attached near the turbo or exhaust manifold it will heat up to 300 to 350 degrees in less than an hour The food inside the box warms to about 160 degrees “The box gets hot to the touch just like a pan in the oven ” Sivak says “so it’s important to use gloves or an oven mitt to remove it from the manifold ” Sivak’s nephew Seth used one of the boxes in the fall of 2011 on the farm and says it worked great Sivak recently delivered 18 lunch boxes to two oil companies in western North Dakota’s oil fields Sivak says “this invention is just like a stove but it’s more convenient because there is no electricity or power source needed ” Sells for $98 plus S&H Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Sheldon Sivak 2500 Centennial Rd Lot 308 Bismarck N Dak 58503 ph 701 527-0845; www lunch-solutions com
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