Flash vaporizer

Claim 1

A FLASH STEAM COOKING DEVICE FOR WARMING OR COOKING FOODS BY STEAM UNDER SUPER-ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE, SAID COOKER COMPRISING A CABINET, A FLASH STEAM VAPORIZING UNIT STATIONARILY MOUNTED IN THE CABINET AND HAVING MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE UNIT AT AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE FOR THE INSTANTANEOUS PRODUCTION OF STEAM WHEN THE UNIT RECEIVES A CHARGE OF WATER, A WATER RESERVOIR IN THE CABINET, METERING MEANS AND PIPE MEANS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH FOR DELIVERING A SELECTED CHARGE OF WATER TO THE VAPORIZING UNIT AS DESIRED, DRAWER MEANS LOCATED BENEATH THE VAPORIZING UNIT HAVING A FOOD CONTAINER MOUNTED THEREIN WITH THE UPPER MARGIN THEREOF ADAPTED TO BE SEALED AGAINST SAID VAPORIZING UNIT, MEANS FOR MOVING THE FOOD CONTAINER UPWARDLY INTO SEALING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VAPORIZING UNIT WHEN THE DRAWER IS CLOSED, SAID VAPORIZING UNIT HAVING STEAM JET ORIFICES COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONTAINER WHEN THE CONTAINER AND VAPORIZING UNIT ARE IN SEALED OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP.