Stoves and furnaces inventions 02/07

20070039603 - Windscreen for backpacking stoves: A windscreen configured for use with a backpacking type of stove and a cooking container. The windscreen more effectively and efficiently directs the heat from the stove to the sides of the container so as to utilize less fuel to warm the materials therein, thereby reducing the weight to be... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070039604 - Barbeque grill having pivot foldable function: A barbeque grill includes an upright support frame, and a grill body foldably and pivotally mounted on the support frame. The grill body is rotatable relative to the support frame until the grill body is retracted into the support frame, so that the grill body is fully hidden in the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070039605 - Door linkage system for an oven having french-style doors: A cooking appliance includes first and second French-style doors connected through a door linkage system. The door linkage system includes first and second control arms, each including a first end linked to a corresponding one of the first and second doors and a second end. The second ends of the... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070039606 - Door locking mechanism for an oven having french-style doors: A cooking appliance having first and second oven doors that combine to extend across and close off a frontal opening of a cooking chamber includes a latching mechanism for locking the first and second oven doors in a closed position. The latching mechanism includes a fixed support plate and a... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070039607 - Heating apparatus: A heating apparatus includes a container, which has a main chamber for holding a can food, a flat baffle, which covers the main chamber of the container and has an opening for holding the can food in the main chamber, a heat source received in the container, and a tool... Agent: Feat-tek Corporation

20070039608 - Baffle assembly structure for producing fluid or flame whirls: The present invention discloses a baffle assembly structure for producing fluid or flame whirls, which is applied to water-washing or chemical-washing washing towers or heat-resisting burning towers. The structure has a diversion area disposed at a position corresponding to an air inlet in the tower for providing a tangential acceleration... Agent: Chang, Tsai Teng (c/o Ken Chang)

20070039609 - Radiant panel: A radiant panel includes a first and second skins and a fluid conduit between the first and second skins. The first and second skins each include an inner face and an outer face. The fluid conduit is formed in multiple rows, and is positioned within thermally conducting brackets bonded to... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070039610 - Positioning system for portable solar panels: A solar panel(s) positioning apparatus for controlling the orientation of a solar panel(s) having one edge pivotally mounted to a support surface including a lift bar attached to an opposite edge of the panel(s) and having a mast, a base supported on the support surface, a swing link connected between... Agent: Dowrey Rickards

20070039611 - Evacuable flat panel solar collector: In a flat Panel solar collector adapted to be evacuable and vacuum-tight, at least one absorber is provided. At least one conduit is provided which is at least Partially thermally associated with the at least one absorber. A holding structure is provided comprising a perimetric frame. At least one first... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070034198 - Portable anti-spill single gas burner camp stove: The present invention is for a portable anti-spill single gas burner camp stove (1) with a housing (2) having a single gas burner (4) for selectively heating a coffeepot (6) placed thereover, and a sleeve-like anti-spill windshield (13) for snugly receiving at least a major portion of the coffeepot (6)... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070034199 - Barbecue grill: A barbecue grill includes a main body, a plurality of burners mounted in the main body and each having a plurality of fire nozzles, a support seat mounted in the main body, and a placement member movably mounted on the main body and including a box slidably mounted on the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070034200 - Steam table heating surface adapter apparatus: An apparatus for converting an existing array of steam table wells into a single heating and/or cooking surface. The apparatus offers flexibility to dining establishments having any variety of single-well or multiple-well steam tables arranged. The apparatus includes one or more adapter frames adapted to fit within existing steam wells,... Agent: Patent Docket Administrator Lowenstein Sandler PC

20070034201 - Heat-generating mixture and device and method for heat generation: The invention relates to a heat-generating mixture, to a method and a device for generating heat, especially for heating food such as water, coffee, etc.... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070034202 - Self-contained warmer: Apparatuses and methods are provided in which a self-contained warmer is attached to a vessel to at least warm food therein. The self-contained warmer may include a container, and an exothermic composition provided within the container that produces heat by a chemical reaction upon activation of the exothermic composition. The... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070034203 - Hood with telephone communication functions: A hood (10) is described, in particular for a household kitchen; said hood comprises means (BT,M,A,D) adapted to receive and/or transmit telephone communication signals, in particular telephone communication voice signals.... Agent: Neil A. Steinberg

20070034204 - Tubular radiation absorbing device for solar heating applications: A tubular radiation absorbing device (1) designed for a solar heating application is described. The tubular radiation absorbing device has a metal central tube (3) and a glass tubular jacket (2) surrounding the central tube (3). A folding bellows (11) is connected between the central tube (3) and the tubular... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20070034205 - Solar parabolic trough, receiver, tracker and drive system: This invention integrates the receiver as a support with improved performance and rigidity and eliminates moving fluidic components that increase the units overall reliability and lowers construction costs. The cable drive mount system provides foul weather operation coupled with a slip clutch for un anticipated loads. Integrating the sun tracker... Agent: Phillip Charles Watts

20070034206 - Method and apparatus for generating a telemetric impulsional response fingerprint for a computer system: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for generating telemetric impulsional response fingerprints for an electronic system. The system operates by first determining a steady-state response of the electronic system under specified initial conditions. Next, the system introduces a sudden impulse step change to a parameter of the... Agent: Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20070034207 - Parabolic trough solar collector for fluid heating and photovoltaic cells: A solar concentrating collector includes corrugated board parabolic support segments with flexible strips and side tabs over the cut edge to support a laminate with reflective coated film. The reflector assembly has supporting arms and pivots about a heat absorbing conduit secured to vertical extensions of adjacent stationary posts. Selected... Agent: Willam P. Niedermeyer

20070028912 - Modular portable grill: A modular portable gas grill including an energy management system for even temperature control, enhanced flavor devices, and electronic, electromechanical, or mechanical controls is provided. The grill includes a touch control system including sliders or knobs providing efficient, precise and accurate control. Heat and flame deflecting shields provide an improved... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070028913 - Multi-purpose cooking tool: A multi-purpose cooking tool comprises an elongated shaft, a handle, a first hook-like member, a second hook-like member and a grill engaging recess. The elongated shaft has a first end and a second end. The handle is provided at the first end of the elongated shaft. The first hook-like member,... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20070028914 - Barbeque pit smoker: A barbeque pit smoker is provided, the smoker including a cooking pit having a first side, a second side, and a front side; an access door disposed on the front side of the cooking pit; a firebox disposed adjacent to the first side of the firebox; an adjustable pit entry... Agent: Arnold & Ferrera, L.L.P.

20070028915 - Gas manifold for a cooking range, with a pipe closure: The gas manifold (1) adapted for installation on a cooking range includes a conduit (2) for distribution of a flow (Q) at a pressure “P”, with a number of regulating taps (5) fixed to the conduit (2). The conduit is made from a metal pipe (3) with a thin cylindrical... Agent: Keith Kline The Kline Law Firm

20070023028 - Fastenerless gravity retained cantilevered outdoor cooking assemblies and related methods: Cantilevered outdoor cooking assemblies, and related methods, are disclosed, which comprise one or more cantilevered cooking trays adjustably suspended from an erect post by gravity without fasteners.... Agent: Lynn G. Foster

20070023029 - Door assembly for a cooking appliance: A cooking appliance includes a door assembly having a main frame provided with an inner, central opening. A glass panel is secured to the main frame portion across the inner, central opening and an overlay member is adhesively secured to the glass panel through a plurality of adhesive elements. The... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070023030 - Device and method for removing cooking grease from cooker exhaust air: A device 10 for removing cooking grease from cooker exhaust air includes a rotating chiller member 12, a stationary diffuser member 14 having a plurality of apertures 16 therethrough, the diffuser member 14 encasing the rotating chiller member 12, an enclosure 18 for enclosing the diffuser member 14 and the... Agent: Donald G. Flaynik, Jr. Cherskov & Flaynik

20070023031 - Tool to aid in fireplace flue installation: The tool to aid in fireplace flue installation supports the sections of a flue during attachment to the vent of a fireplace or stove. The tool has a support bracket for mounting the tool to a vertical support, such as a stud in a chase where the flue will be... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070023032 - Waterfall device: Embodiments include a waterfall device which is usable independent of or in conjunction with a fireplace. The waterfall device may be either an accessory to or an alternative to the fireplace. Embodiments also include a method for making the waterfall device and a method of using the waterfall device. In... Agent: Kyla D. Cummings Speed Law Firm