Inventors:
Michael Peter Linskens - Delafield WI, US
Assignee:
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. - Glenview IL
International Classification:
A47J 43/04, F24F 3/14, A47F 3/04
Abstract:
A humidified food warming apparatus is disclosed having a cabinet, a humidity sensor configured to measure a humidity level in the cabinet and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature level in the cabinet. A humidity and a temperature controller is also included. A warming element warms the cabinet as well as a warming element cover configured to rest adjacent to the warming element. A water dispensing device controllably releases 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.