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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2009
Deron Lichte, Village of Lakewood, IL (US);
Bruce Grau, Island Lake, IL (US);
Souksomchay Luangnikone, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Deron Lichte, Village of Lakewood, IL (US);
Bruce Grau, Island Lake, IL (US);
Souksomchay Luangnikone, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Food Warming Equipment Company, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Abstract
A food container or cabinet may have a power cord extending and exiting from the cabinet at recess formed at a corner of side, top and back walls. The cabinet may be heated and humidified and operated with a control that operates air and water heating elements alternately and not simultaneously. The control may include a microprocessor and a digital storage device storing instructions for the microprocessor. An interface may be provided at the cabinet via which electronic signals can be directed to or received from the microprocessor or digital storage device. The container may be provided with a removable water receptacle and a water heating element positioned within the receptacle. The water heating element may be mounted in a pivotable fashion such that as the receptacle is removed from the container, the heating element is automatically pivoted out from within the receptacle and as the receptacle is returned to the container, the heating element is automatically pivoted into the receptacle.