Food freshening apparatus

Claim 1

FOOD FRESHENING APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOUSING CONTAINING A WATER RESERVOIR AND A FOOD CHAMBER, STRUCTURE PIVOTED TO SAID HOUSING AND INCLUDING A PIVOTED COVER FOR SAID FOOD CHAMBER, A STEAM GENERATOR AND MEANS FOR DISCHARGING STEAM THEREFROM INTO SAID FOOD CHAMBER, A PUMP COMMUNICATING WITH SAID RESERVOIR AND HAVING ITS DISCHARGE CONNECTED TO SAID GENERATOR, A LEVER FULCRUMED TO SAID HOUSING AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PUMP, SAID HOUSING HAVING A SLOT THEREIN OF SUFFICIENT WIDTH TO RECEIVE SAID LEVER AND OF GREATER WIDTH AT ONE END WHEREBY A SHOULDER IS FORMED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID SLOT, SAID LEVER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID SLOT, A BAR EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID LEVER AND CONNECTED TO SAID LEVER AT A POINT REMOTE FROM THE FULCRUM FOR MOVEMENT LENGTHWISE ONLY OF SAID LEVER AND CONNECTED TO SAID BAR LENGTHWISE OF SAID LEVER INTO SAID ENLARGED END PORTION OF SAID SLOT WHEREBY TO ENGAGE SAID SHOULDER AND PREVENT MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER WHEN SAID COVER IS RAISED, AND ADDITIONAL MEANS ACTUATED BY SAID COVER WHEN THE LATTER IS CLOSED TO RETRACT SAID BAR FROM THE SLOT.