# US 5,347,979 A · Chafing dish for outdoor use

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- Number: US 5,347,979 A
- Document ID: US5347979A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/142,977
- Filed: 1993-10-29
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1993-10-29
- Assignees: D. W. Haber & Son, Inc.
- Inventors: Robert H. Haber
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5347979A

## CPC

- A47J 36/2405: {for warming food contained in vessels immersed in a water bath, e.g. chafers or steam tables (A47J36/2438 takes precedence)}
- A47J 36/30: Devices for warming by making use of burning cartridges or other chemical substances
- A47J 37/0704: {with horizontal fire box}
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES

## Abstract

A chafing dish of a type in which food to be warmed is supported above a container of combustible fuel, particularly suited for outdoor use in which the occurrence of a burst of wind or a directed breeze is prevented from extinguishing or directing flames away from the undersurface of the chafing dish.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a chafing dish of a type including a main frame, a food serving pan supporting by said main frame, and a cylindrical combustible heat source element having a diameter also supported by said main frame disposed beneath said pan, the improvement comprising: a flame shield element carried by said main frame and positioned beneath said pan, said flame shield element being of frusto-conical configuration and tapering in a downward direction to define a centrally disposed planar opening of size corresponding to the diameter of said heat source element, said flame shield element having an outer peripheral edge and having through openings therein adjacent said peripheral edge to provide even distribution of heated air emanating from said heat source element; said opening in said flame shield element being positioned immediately above said heat source element a distance sufficient to provide air for combustion of fuel in said heat source element, while preventing excess air flow to said heat source element upon the occurrence of horizontally directed wind flow.