Patent ID: 8242415
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A product or food warming apparatus, comprising: at least one product or food holding container having a bottom surface; an enclosure having at least one opening configured to receive the product or food holding container; a substantially horizontal heat radiating plate, said substantially horizontal heat radiating plate being in thermal communication with and configured to receive heat from an electric heating element, and said substantially horizontal heat radiating plate having a top surface disposed adjacent the bottom surface of the product or food holding container, said top surface of the substantially horizontal heat radiating plate being spaced apart from the bottom surface of the container to define a gap therebetween, said substantially horizontal heat radiating plate only extending beneath substantially the entire bottom surface of the product or food holding container without any surface of said substantially horizontal heat radiating plate extending upwardly to be disposed adjacent to a side wall of the product or food holding container for enabling the heat to be transferred from the substantially horizontal heat radiating plate directly to heat the bottom surface of the product or food holding container and not the side surfaces to prevent a food product from sticking to the side surfaces; and a thermostatic controller in thermal communication with the heat radiating plate for controlling a flow of electric current to the electric heating element, wherein maintaining the substantially horizontal heat radiating plate at a first predetermined temperature enables a product or food disposed within the at least one product or food holding container to be maintained at a second predetermined temperature regardless of minor fluctuations in the first predetermined temperature of the substantially horizontal heat radiating plate.