Abrégé

Apparatuses for safely warming food and methods of manufacturing such an apparatus are provided. A heating element may be connected to a base such that there is air between the heating element and the removable top plate, the heating element cannot directly heat a removable top plate of the apparatus, and the heating element must heat the air between the heating element and the removable top plate before heating the removable hot plate. A resetting thermal fuse may be connected to a fuse holder connected to a wall of the base of the apparatus such that the thermal fuse is not directly affected by changes in temperature in the housing of the apparatus, and is affected by changes in temperature of the air between the heating element and the removable top plate.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05B 3/68 - Dispositions pour le chauffage spécialement adaptées aux plaques de cuisinière ou aux plaques chaudes analogues
• F24C 15/26 - Poignées de transport
• A47J 36/24 - Dispositifs de réchauffage
• F24C 15/10 - Dessus, p. ex. plaques chauffantesRondelles ou anneaux