Heater for food products

Claim 1

A STEAMING HEAD ASSEMBLY FOR WARMING FOOD PRODUCES COMPRISING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED TUBULAR CASING MEMBER HAVING OPEN UPPER AND LOWER ENDS, AN APERTURED PLATE MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS SAID UPPER END OF SAID CASING MEMBER, A FIRST PLATE MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS SAID CASING MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID APERTURED PLATE MEMBER AND DEFINING A DRY STEAM CHAMBER THEREWITH, ANOTHER PLATE MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS SAID CASING MEMBER SPACED FROM SAID FIRST PLATE MEMBER AND DEFINING A STEAM STORAGE CHAMBER THEREWITH, A RAW STEAM INLET CONDUIT EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OTHER PLATE MEMBER FOR INTRODUCING STEAM TO SAID STORAGE CHAMBER FROM A SOURCE OF STEAM SUPPLY, A STEAM OUTLET CONDUIT EXTENDING THROUGH AND ABOVE SAID OTHER PLATE MEMBER AND SPACED FROM SAID RAW STEAM INLET PASSAGE, A DRY STEAM INLET CONDUIT COMMUNICATING WITH SAID DRY STEAM CHAMBER AND EXTENDING THEREFROM TO THE SIDE OF SAID OTHER PLATE MEMBER REMOTE FROM SAID STEAM STORAGE CHAMBER AND HAVING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE WALL THEREOF IN CONTACT WITH THE STEAM IN SAID STEAM STORAGE CHAMBER AND SPACED FROM SAID RAW STEAM INLET CONDUIT FOR INTRODUCING DRY STEAM INTO SAID DRY STEAM CHAMBER, AND A CONTROL VALVE DISPOSED ON THE SIDE OF SAID OTHER PLATE MEMBER REMOTE FROM SAID STEAM STORAGE CHAMBER AND CONNECTING SAID STEAM OUTLET CONDUIT TO SAID DRY STEAM INLET CONDUIT FOR SELECTIVELY ADMITTING STEAM FROM SAID STEAM STORAGE CHAMBER TO SAID DRY STEAM CHAMBER.