Patent · US Expired

Food steaming apparatus

US4677905A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
9References
11Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 23, 1985
Grant dateJul 7, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 23, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J27/04
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A food heating apparatus placeable over boiling water, the apparatus comprising a plate including a generally planar upper surface and a lower surface generally parallel to the upper surface, the plate having therethrough a plurality of steam passages extending between the lower surface and the upper surface, each of the steam passages communicating with the upper surface through a first opening having a first area and communicating with the lower surface through a second opening having a second area substantially greater than the first area.

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