FOOD WARMING VESSEL FOR CAFETERIAS AND RESTAURANTS

摘要

The warming device of the present invention includes afood pan or tray (12) formed from metal so as to promote theconduction of heat to the food contained in the tray (12). Thetray (12) is held within a sump vessel (14) which, during usecontains a heat transfer fluid such as water. The sump vessel(14) is a unitary bowl-shaped, i.e., dish-shaped container havingside walls (14a-14d) and a bottom wall (14e) and an upper openwide mouth for receiving the food tray (12) whereby the foodtray (12), when inserted, is located within the sump vessel (14)so that the bottom portion of the food tray (12) is spaced fromthe wall of the sump vessel (14) to define a chamber (32) suitedfor containing water and steam between the sump vessel (14)and the food tray (12).