Stoves and furnaces inventions 08/07

20070199564 - Heater for use in an agricultural house: A radiant heater is configured to be positioned above a floor at a predetermined distance and to produce a generally quadrangular zone of heat within a predetermined temperature range, preferably between approximately eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit and one-hundred degrees Fahrenheit, on the floor. The heater includes an elongated burner assembly, an... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070199555 - Method and portable system for cooking: A portable cooking system has a heating chamber supported by retractable legs that rest on a lid. A fire pan also resting on the lid and partially within the heating chamber is adaptable to burn charcoal, wood, or compressed gas. The lid supports and isolates the fire pan from the... Agent: Bruce E. Weir

20070199556 - Resistance spot welder: A resistance spot welder includes: a motor, having a shaft; a cylindrical casing; a hollow guide rod, inserted into the casing, and adapted to be moved linearly for moving a first electrode tip facing a second electrode tip provided at a gun arm; a ball nut, fixed in an inner... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070199557 - Dual baking/cooking camping appliance: A system and method for a portable, space and weight efficient cooking solution that permits baking and other alternative cooking solutions. The system includes a heat conductive container having a container bottom and a container sidewall extending upwardly from the container bottom to form a container opening; a container lid... Agent: Patent Law Offices Of Michael E. Woods

20070199558 - Cooking stove: According to a gas table 1, combustion gas (including the flame) is jetted from a flame port 17 of a burner 14 diagonally upward entirely twisted in the burner circumferential direction. The combustion gas flows into plural combustion gas routes sectioned into spiral shape, and hits trivet claws 22, and... Agent: Burr & Brown

20070199559 - Fireplace installation assembly: A fireplace installation assembly is provided that includes a furniture unit having an enlarged receptacle well above the ground, and a fireplace unit positioned in the receptacle of the furniture unit. The fireplace unit has a firebox contained in an outer housing and configured to contain a fire or simulated... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070199560 - Method of supporting a solar energy collection unit: A method (92) of supporting a solar energy collection unit (22, 54, 76) of a solar energy system (20, 52, 78) calls for redistributing (96) earth at a worksite (26) to form an elevated earthen structure (24) having a sun facing surface (28), compacting (102) the earthen structure (24), and... Agent: Meschkow & Gresham, P.L.C

20070199561 - Flashable rooftop solar collector enclosure: A flashable, rooftop enclosure with a solar radiation transmissive glazing suitable for holding solar energy collector of a solar power system includes an insulated base section with sidewalls which is secured to the roof sheathing and flashed all around, and a removably attachable glazed top section with full skirt, that... Agent: Maine & Asmus

20070199562 - Solar air heater: This invention provides novel devices and methods for the heating of air with solar radiant energy. The devices of the present invention feature a housing partitioned into essentially isolated sections wherein the sections are in fluid communication with each other through a plurality of channels located within the partitions. The... Agent: David J. Wilson

20070199563 - Apparatus for concentration and conversion of solar energy: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for the collection and conversion of light energy including a collector element defining the shape of a pentagon, and a concentrator including a plurality of pentagon shaped reflector elements symmetrically arranged around the collector element. Each of the reflector elements being disposed... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070193572 - Removable door for an oven: A removable door for an oven includes two fixed bases respectively fixed at two sidewalls of the oven body and two positioning bases respectively fixed at two sides of an oven door. Each fixed base has a roller, a stopper and a locking hook. Each positioning base has a leaning... Agent: Ming-tsung Lee

20070193573 - Vacuum system of semiconductor device manufacturing equipment: Semiconductor device manufacturing equipment has a vacuum system that enhances the fluency of the gas being discharged from a chamber of the equipment. The vacuum system has a vent line, and a throttle valve that includes a vent line opening and closing member oriented so that it is readily opened... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20070193574 - Grease filtration system and methods of making and using the same: Grease filtration systems suitable for use on the rooftop of a building are disclosed. Methods of making and using grease filtration systems are also disclosed.... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20070193575 - Container having a heat concentration assembly securely formed on a bottom of the container: A container includes a body and a heat concentration assembly securely formed on the bottom face of the body. The heat concentration assembly is composed of multiple protrusions formed on the bottom face of the body. The protrusions on the bottom face of the body absorb heat from a heating... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070193576 - Firebox for water for camping: A portable heating device includes an enclosed structure for containing and heating water. The firebox is constructed of steel and sits on four removable legs, allowing a campfire to burn on top of and underneath the firebox, maximizing heating elements. The heating of large quantities of water can be achieved... Agent: Pedersen & Company, PLLC

20070186919 - Support device: The present invention provides a support device for a barbeque lid comprising a base portion with means for attaching the base portion to a kettle. The support device includes an extension member having one end connected to the base portion and a distal end connected to the other end of... Agent: Glen Stuhlmacher Ii

20070186920 - Gravity feed natural draft pellet stove: A pellet stove utilizing gravity feed and natural draft more effectively and efficiently burns pellet fuel while producing less air pollution and ash. In one embodiment, the pellet stove has a primary combustion area comprising a burn unit removably disposed in the vent tube, a feed tube defining a fuel... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070186921 - Cylindrical solar energy collector: A system is disclosed to employ optical collectors 10 including cylindrical troughs 14 below ground level for solar-thermal generation of electricity. In one preferred embodiment, the interior wall 24 of the cylindrical trough 14 is coated with reflective material to act as primary cylindrical collector mirror 20. Since the trough... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070186922 - Solar panel with a translucent multi-walled sheet for heating a circulating fluid: A panel for generating electrical and thermal power comprises an upper layer formed by a translucent sheet having an array of photovoltaic cells and a support structure including a pair of multi-walled translucent sheets, and an underlying reflective sheet. The multi-walled translucent sheets each include a number of elongated channels,... Agent: Ronald V. Davidge

20070181118 - Ceramic bushing: The inventions disclosed herein generally relate to isolating heat sensitive components from the heat source of a barbecue grill. In the preferred embodiment, ceramic bushings are used to isolate a glass-reinforced nylon grill stand from the cooking chamber of a barbecue grill. The bushing incorporates a beveled upper edge for... Agent: David I. Roche Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070175467 - Barbecue grill: A barbecue grill has a grill body, two hinge plates, a rear cover, a front cover and holding pins. The hinge plates are mounted on the grill body and respectively have a mounting foot and a mounting and adjustment panel. Each mounting and adjustment panel has a pivot hole and... Agent: Patenttm.us

20070175468 - Systems and apparatuses for solar water heating: A manifold of a solar water heating system having an offset mechanism formed on an outer surface thereof that allows articulated airflow between the manifold and a mounting surface. For one embodiment the offset mechanism is implemented as flanges formed at each end of the manifold. For one embodiment the... Agent: Thomas Van Zandt