Stoves and furnaces inventions 05/06

20060107941 - Oscillating hot dog grill: A hot dog grill for cooking hot dogs or similar food products is disclosed. The grill has an inclined heating surface defined on a sloping top plate. A grill assembly having a top cross member is placed over and in proximity to the heating surface. The grill assembly is moveable...

20060107942 - Cove heater radiator apparatus and method: An embodiment of the heater has a radiant panel, a heating element, a thermal dispersion gap, and an integral wire chase. A method of heating includes heating a radiant panel, having a thermal dispersion gap, with a heating element, and then directing the radiant heat emitted from the radiant panel...

20060107943 - Steam oven system having steam generator with controlled fill process: A steam oven includes a heating chamber or boiler in which steam is generated. Water fill and refill operations of the heating chamber are controller in attempt to account for water expansion and/or to enable substantially regular production of steam....

20060107944 - Protection system for a solar water heating system: The present invention includes a solar water heating system including: a water tank to hold water to be heated, an heat transfer fluid circuit including an heat exchanger associated with said water tank to heat water therein, a solar collection means in communication with said heat exchanger, an inlet connection...

20060102162 - Charcoal roaster: A. charcoal roaster has a stand having a top and an ash bin, a bottommost layer detachably mounted on the top of the stand, at least one containing layer detachably mounted on the bottommost layer and a grill assembly detachably mounted on the at least one containing layer. The bottommost...

20060102163 - Portable cooking grill having collapsible and extendable frame: A portable cooking grill that is configured with a collapsible frame having telescoping legs and a pair of frame sections that extend outwardly to allow the user to adjust the height of the grilling surface and the size of the frame is disclosed. Each frame section has a pair of...

20060102164 - Door for closing a cooking compartment of a cooking appliance: The invention disclosure relates to a door for closing a cooking compartment of a cooking appliance, e.g. of a combination steamer that cooks by using hot air and/or steam, with and without the lower horizontal member of a tray rack cart, which is inserted into the cooking appliance and which...

20060102165 - Automated opening/closing apparatus and method for a container having a hinged lid: An actuator moves the hinged lid of a cooking grill or similar container between a closed position and an opened position when an electronic sensor detects the approach of a person. For example, the actuator can open the lid when a person approaches, and then close the lid at a...

20060102166 - Motor driven oven door latch: A simple, highly reliable automatic motor driven oven door latch for an oven self-cleaning operation. To ensure that the motor has operated correctly and has not stopped in a null position, the motor is provided with a start pulse and the location of the latch or locking member of the...

20060102167 - Pizza oven for grill: A pizza oven for a barbecue grill includes a base and a cover. The base has a plurality of sides extending therefrom and at least one open side. The cover has at least one side corresponding to the open side of the base. The base is placed upon the grill...

20060102168 - Jr cooking odor exhauster: JR Cooking Odor Exhauster has many different mounting designs, but the principle is the same. The fan that is mounted on the solid one-piece, or the pieces that attach together, allows the fan to be situated at its utmost top level when it is placed on the window or on...

20060102169 - Foldable campfire extinguisher: A novel method for camping with the extinguishment of a campfire comprised of the steps of providing a collapsible campfire extinguisher in compact configuration; traveling to a camp site; utilizing a campfire; deploying the camp fire extinguisher in operable position and placing it over the campfire. A collapsible camp fire...

20060102170 - Mobile protection against high waters: The mobile protection against high waters that is contained from transportable structural elements that are water proof and that can be filled or emptied with water where the structural elements can be placed aside each to other and each over other, taking the shape of rectangular vessels (1) in case...

20060096585 - Automated barbeque safety mechanism: This invention is a safety mechanism that improves upon existing inventions in the field of barbeques and grills by minimizing grill fires and/or burning or overcooking of one's food. A barbeque includes a control panel that receives input from one or several thermocouples installed inside the grill. In the event...

20060096586 - Positioning system and method of orienting an object using same: A system (22) for orienting an object (28) relative to a base (24) to which the object (28) is rotatably coupled includes a braking surface (46) in fixed relation with the base (24). A brake (48) is engaged with the braking surface (46). A linear actuator (82) has a body...

20060090740 - Appliance to handle shortening: Apparatus for managing melted shortening or lard for deep-frying purposes includes an upper tank holding melting elements and a lower tank for receiving melted fat, and a delivery pump, hose, and hand-held nozzle. Tanks are electrically heated and regulated. The melting elements have a large surface area and are designed...

20060090741 - Gas range and method for using the same: A gas range includes a gas cooktop including a plurality of gas cooktop burners, and an oven coupled to the gas cooktop. The oven includes an oven cavity comprising a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion coupled to the top and bottom portions, a first side portion, and...

20060090742 - Motorized oven door latch assembly: A compact, reliable motorized oven door latch assembly utilizes a latch that pivotally connects to a motor at an axis that is offset from the motor's axis. The latch includes a latch guide that is guided by a slot in a housing of the assembly. Rotation of the motor moves...

20060090743 - Combined griddle, wok and grill cookware: Cookware combining two or three cooking sections in one unit. In the first four preferred embodiments, the three sections are a griddle section, a wok section, and a grill section. The griddle section is a flat plate. The wok section is a flat plate having an opening within which a...

20060090744 - Chafer rack: A rack for use with a chafing system includes a frame, a first support, and a fuel holder. According to one embodiment of the invention, the fuel holder is integrally formed as a part of a single unitary body with the support. According to another embodiment, an end of the...

20060090745 - Chimney draft control valve: The chimney draft control valve has a baffle plate suspended inside a housing, between an inlet opening and a valve seat inside that housing. The baffle plate is suspended to a pivot axis for pendulum movement toward and away from the valve seat and for checking a draft in a...

20060090746 - Smoke guiding machine: A smoke guiding machine embodying a front member device, a left member device and a right member device, which are installed around a gas stove, thereby omnidirectionally isolating smoke produced. The front member device is further provided with an air-speed tuner, wherewith can effectuate adjusting appropriate air speeds for different...

20060090747 - Solar magnetohydrodynamic power generation: A multi-stage solar concentrator (10) for use in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) electrical power generation system or process heating applications, said concentrator including a static planar solar collector (11), a paraboloidal mirror (12) receiving photons from the planar solar collector, and a compound parabolic solar concentrator (13) receiving photons from both...

20060090748 - Air cooled heat shield: A heat shield is disclosed comprising a formed sheet having a thickness, an exterior shielding surface, and an interior shielded surface, wherein the exterior shielding surface comprises a multiplicity of protruding perforations. The protruding perforations comprise protrusions increasing surface area and generating turbulent flow, and small openings through the shield...