Steam-heated milk warmer
OwnerRomarico P. Robauinventor
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Abstract
A milk warmer comprising an open tray for holding hot water and containers of milk, and a closed chamber under and contiguous with the tray, there being a common heat-conducting wall between the tray and the chamber. There is a first means for controllably introducing steam into the chamber; for example from a coffee-making machine. There is a second means for controllably transferring steam and condensate from the chamber into the tray and impinging the transferred steam against a shield attached inside the tray.
Claims11
A device for warming milk comprising a watertight open tray for holding hot water and containers of milk, said tray having a heat-conducting bottom wall, side walls attached to said bottom wall, and a shield attached to the inside of one of said side walls;
- a closed chamber under and contiguous with said tray, said bottom wall being common and integral with said tray and said chamber;
- first means for controllably introducing low-pressure steam into said chamber and second means for controllably transferring low-pressure steam from said chamber into an inlet for said tray and impinging said steam against said shield located above said inlet thereby forming liquid water which would assist heating said tray.
A device for warming milk and adapted to be operated in conjunction with a steam-heated coffee-making machine comprising a substantially rectangular watertight open tray for holding a quantity of hot water and at least one milk container, said tray having a heat-conducting bottom wall and upstanding side walls connected to and extending continuously around the periphery of said bottom wall;
- a closed chamber adapted for conducting steam therethrough, said bottom wall being common and integral with said tray and said chamber;
- first means for controllably introducing low-pressure steam from said coffee-making machine into said chamber;
- second means for controllably transferring steam from said chamber into an inlet for said tray;
- and a shield located above said inlet attached to a wall of said tray positioned in the path of steam issuing from said second means and further positioned so that condensate impinging thereon drains into said tray thereby further heating said tray.
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