An Improved Plate Warmer.
Year: 1897

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Date of Application, 2nd June, 1897-Accepted, 14th Aug., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Plate Warmer.
I RICHARD WADE BOYD, of the Firm of Alexander Boyd & Son, 105 New Bond
Street, in the County of London, Ironmongers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object to provide a portable plate-warmer which can be
placed upon a table, side-board or other convenient support, and in which the
plates can be very readily placed and will be held in such a position that the heated
air will circulate freely around thein all, so that they will be warmed uniformly and
in a very short space of time.
My improved apparatus comprises a metal box or chamber which is open at the
bottom and has a removable, top or cover, and which is adapted to rest upon a
hot-plate hereinafter referred to. This box or chamber is provided with a rack or
racks extending longitudinally therein a short distance above the lower end thereof
to receive the edges of the plates; which are to be placed side by side in the said
box or chamber in a vertical or nearly vertical position. The said racks are so arranged
that the plates to be warmed, when resting theron, will be out of contact with the
said hot-plate. This hot-plate forms the top of a stand or support, the upper part
or body of which is made in the form of a hot-air chamber having an opening in
its underside to permit the heating of the air within it by means of a spirit or
other lamp placed beneath the said opening. The said hot-air chamber is provided
with suitable legs whereby it can rest upon a table or the like; and a horizontal
plate or other convenient support is preferably fixed at a suitable distance above
the lower ends of the said legs for the said lamp to rest upon.
The hot-plate or top of the hot-air chamber has one or more suitable openings formed
in it to permit the circulation of the heated air from the hot-air chamber through
the box or chamber containing the plates. On the upper side of the said hot-plate
around the box or chamber for the plates to be warmed, is preferably provided a
projecting rim or flange so as to form a socket to receive the said box or chamber.
If desired the box or container for the plates to be warmed can be permanently
attached to the hot-plate or top of the hot-air chamber. I prefer, however, to make
my improved plate-warmer as above described in two main portions, viz. :-the
plate-container and the stand or support constructed with the hot-air chamber, as,
in such case, the plate-container can be removed and replaced by a shallow tray or
other suitable receptacle adapted to fit into the aforesaid socket and to close the
openings in the hot-plate, and the apparatus can then be used for heating or keeping
warm articles of food.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a perspective view, and
Figure 2 a vertical longitudinal section showing one form of my improved
plate-warmer.
a is the metal box or chamber for containing the plates to be warmed. It is
provided with a removable top or cover 6 and with a rack c near its lower end to
receive the edges of the plates d. In the arrangement shown, the said box or

page_text: chamber a is made open at the bottom and is adapted to rest upon a hot-plate e
within an upwardly projecting lip or flange e¹. The hot-plate forms the top of a
stand or support provided with legs f and with a casing g for retaining the heated air
beneath the said hot-plate e. A horizontal plate / for supporting a lamp j is secured to
the legs near their lower end. Suitable perforations are made in the hot-plate e
to permit the circulation of heated air through the box or container a.
Ôn removing the box or container a, an imperforate metal plate or shallow tray
can be inserted in the socket formed by the lip or flange e¹, and food or the like can
be placed on the said metal plate or tray for the purpose of warming the same or
keeping it warm.
If desired the box or container a can, as above stated, be permanently attached to
the hot-plate e.
It is evident that articles other than plates can, if desired, be placed in the
aforesaid box or chamber for the purpose of warming them or keeping them warm.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The improved plate-warmer comprising the box or container provided with the
rack or racks, and the stand or support provided with the hot-air chamber, constructed
separately or permanently united, substantially as hereinbefore described.
Datch the day of a
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.