Patent ID: 8132500
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: A47F,A47J

Abstract:
1. A humidified food warming apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a cabinet; a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity level in the cabinet; a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature level in the cabinet; a humidity and a temperature controller; a warming element configured to warm the cabinet, the warming element being a gas burner; a warming element cover adjacent to the warming element that has a top surface and at least two side surfaces, with the side surfaces having a plurality of openings; and a water dispensing device configured to controllably release a quantity of water onto the warming element cover when the humidity sensor senses that the humidity level within the cabinet has decreased and when the warming element cover is sufficiently warm to evaporate the quantity of water released onto the warming element cover, wherein the warming element cover is heated by the warming element.