Patent ID: 6469280
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A hanger assembly for supporting an electric heater below a chafing dish and in thermal contact with a chafing dish; the chafing dish being supported on an upper edge of a support frame;the hanger assembly including a pair of spaced apart hangers; each hanger including a pair of hanger bands, each having an upper and a lower end, the upper end of the hanger bands being bent over, and said band upper ends being slidedly received on the support frame; the lower ends of the hanger bands being disposed approximately under and supporting an electric heater; the lower ends of the hanger bands being connected to a spanning elastic support, with the elastic support being arranged in contact under an electric heater of the assembly; the hanger bands being of a size such that the elastic members of the hanger assembly hold the heater in positive contact with an underside of the chafing dish.