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US 2016/0095468 A1Published application
Food holding apparatus and method
OwnerPaul J. Storiz, Paul E. Sternlieb +1inventors
InventorsPaul J. Storiz, Paul E. Sternlieb, Bektas C. Gulkanat
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Abstract
A food holding apparatus includes at least one heating element, where the heating element is formed at least in part by a positive temperature coefficient heater characterized by an electrical resistance that increases with increasing temperature such that the positive temperature coefficient heater provides higher heating power at lower temperatures and lower heating power at higher temperatures.
Claims21
A food holding apparatus, comprising:
- a food holding device comprising a bin structure or a plate structure;
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- at least one heating element associated with the food holding device, wherein the heating element comprises a positive temperature coefficient heater characterized by an electrical resistance that increases with increasing temperature such that the positive temperature coefficient heater provides higher heating power at lower temperatures and lower heating power at higher temperatures.
A food holding apparatus, comprising:
- a plate structure having an upper surface for receiving food products thereon, the plate structure including at least one associated heating element that operates for heating the pate structure in order to heat food products on the upper surface in a localized manner that is dependent upon actual temperature of each food product.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.