Towel warmer

An apparatus for warming articles comprising an outer cabinet including a pair of generally parallel side walls and a pair of end walls connecting said side walls together, an interior wall disposed in spaced parallel relation to said end walls and dividing said cabinet into a warming chamber and a second chamber, a tubular rack disposed in said warming chamber and extending generally horizontally between one of said end walls and said interior wall, said rack having an inlet extending through said interior wall and communicating with said second chamber, said rack also having a plurality of discharge openings, an integral air supply unit disposed in said second chamber and including blower means and a pair of air channels connected to the discharge side of said blower means, a first of said channels having an open upper end communicating with the inlet of said rack and the second of said channels having an open upper end communicating with the upper portion of said first chamber above the level of said rack, electrical heating means for heating the air flowing within said channels, whereby heated air is discharged through said first channel into the interior of the rack and is then discharged through said outlet openings into contact with the inner surface of an article draped on the rack and heated air is discharged from the open upper end of said second channel and flows downwardly along the outer surface of said article, and connecting means for removably connecting said unit in said second chamber to thereby cause registry of the upper end of said first channel with the inlet of said rack, said connecting means comprising first guide means on said interior wall and second guide means on said unit and engageable with said first guide means.