Stoves and furnaces inventions 11/07

20070272229 - Barbecue grill with biomass gasifier combustion unit as charcoal starter or heat source: Barbecue grill consisting of housing containing possible charcoal rack and one or more cooking grills. Attached below housing is a biomass gasifier/combustion unit providing charcoal starting and combustion air control for charcoal combustion or providing primary heat for cooking.... Agent: James B. Becker Manager Spenton LLC

20070272225 - Articulated cooking grill: A cooking grill assembly includes a foldable grill, wherein the components may be conveniently stored for transport, wherein the components include a lower support stake for insertion into soft ground or a free-standing base for use on hard ground, an upper extension post having at one of its ends a... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20070272224 - Cooking oven for bread, patisserie and pastries or similar: The invention relates to a cooking oven for bread, patisserie and pastry products or similar, including at least one cooking chamber with a fixed or moving floor, on which products are supported during cooking, whether directly or on a suitable cooking support, such as a plate a mesh or a... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070272226 - Afterburner device for fireplaces: Afterburner, to be installed in already existing stoves, for reduction of emissions from a stove, where the afterburner is based on the principle of supplying fresh, heated air in a zone (14) above a combustion chamber (13). The afterburner is characterised in that it consists of a folded plate (1)... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070272227 - Gas heating device: A gas heating device comprising a gas burner, a combustion chamber for the flames of the gas burner and a convection air conduit with an air inlet and an air outlet for evacuating a convection air stream that has been heated in the gas heating device. The aim of the... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070272228 - Furnace: A gas fired furnace capable of operating with a 16:1 turndown ratio or greater. The furnace includes a plurality of burners (10) grouped into at least (14a) first and second (14b) groups, each group connected to a source of combustible gas through a control valve (30a, 30b, 30c). The control... Agent: John R Hlavka Watts Hoffmann

20070272230 - Exhaust hood with air curtain: An exhaust hood captures and contains a thermal plume with a minimum of exhaust air by defining a short-throw planar jet around a protected perimeter. Corner interference is mitigated by various mechanisms including having at least one of adjacent planar jets run only partly along a respective edge such that... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20070272231 - Oven rack having an integral lubricious, dry porcelain surface: A lubricious porcelain coated steel wire oven rack. The preferred coated steel wire oven rack includes a plurality of elongated steel wire members joined together to form an oven rack having an outer surface. The plurality of elongated steel wire members are made from a cold drawn steel rod material... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070272232 - Cartridge fireplace firebox: In accordance with the present invention an unvented cartridge fireplace firebox that is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, has trapezoidally shaped sidewalls and a back wall that are lined with high gloss ceramic tile, a perforated metal shelf supporting a simulated logset and one or more alcohol fuel cartridges, and... Agent: Michael Weinberger Third Floor

20070272233 - Method and apparatus for solar collector with integral stagnation temperature control: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for a solar collector having intergral control of the maximum temperature that it can reach, thereby avoiding excessive stagnation temperatures in the collector. In one embodiment, a solar collector comprises a top portion comprising glazing, a bottom portion; an absorber disposed between... Agent: Stephen J. Scribner Parteq Innovations

20070272234 - Solar collector mounting array: A solar collector structural support system that affixes to a mounting surface without penetrating the mounting surface is disclosed. The invention in the preferred embodiment includes a base assembly comprising: a plurality of leg members, a center junction elements configured to receive (a) the proximal end of each of the... Agent: Andrew S. Naglestad

20070267007 - Water heater: A water heater comprising: a case main body; a front cover for closing a front opening of the case main body; a waterproof packing member interposed between a first inner peripheral flange formed on an inner peripheral edge of the front opening of the case main body and a second... Agent: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery

20070261691 - Floor assembly for grill: The present invention provides a shelf 300 for a barbecue grill frame assembly 302 of a barbecue grill. The shelf 300 has a perimeter that is cooperatively dimensioned with the interior space of the barbecue grill frame assembly 302 such that the shelf 300 is positioned within the interior space.... Agent: David I. Roche Baker & Mckenzie LLP

20070261692 - Thermostatic temperature control for self-heating containers: A system and method for protecting self-heating containers that include single-use chemical heaters during overtemperature occasions includes the automatic release into the heater of a suppressant composition in response to a design temperature being achieved. For protection against extreme temperature excursions, the system and method include generating steam to absorb... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070261693 - Kitchen extractor hood: The invention relates to an extractor hood for kitchens characterised in that it can be installed on a cooker hob (1) on the surface (2) of the hob support unit. Said hood includes a flame shield element (3), containing a filter support (4), in which at least one anti-grease filter... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20070261694 - Oven rack with slide assembly: An oven rack assembly including full extension slides. Full extension slides are mounted to an oven rack and oven rack frames or wire racks providing full extension of an oven rack from an oven enclosure. The rack frame is mounted to oven walls or the slides are coupled to wire... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070256677 - Multi-seamed warming devices with adhesive and methods of warming: Self-contained disposable single-use heat-generating apparatuses and methods for providing heat are disclosed that have adhesive formed on at least a portion thereof. One exemplary apparatus includes a heat-generating pack having a first bag layer defined by a first surface area bonded to a second bag layer defined by a second... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070256678 - Multi-seamed warming devices with adhesive disposed thereon and methods of warming: Self-contained disposable single-use heat-generating apparatuses and methods for providing heat are disclosed that have adhesive formed on at least a portion thereof. One exemplary apparatus includes a heat-generating pack having a first bag layer defined by a first surface area bonded to a second bag layer defined by a second... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070256679 - Warming devices with elastic disposed therein and methods of warming: Self-contained disposable single-use heat-generating apparatuses and methods for providing heat are disclosed that have elastic member formed on at least a portion thereof. One exemplary apparatus includes a heat-generating pack having a first bag layer defined by a first surface area bonded to a second bag layer defined by a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070256680 - Net device for smoke exhauster: A smoke exhauster includes a housing having one or more openings formed in a bottom plate and having three or more protrusion extended from the bottom plate and arranged around the opening of the housing, and one or more fan devices engaged in the housing. A net device includes an... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070256681 - Smoke exhauster mounting structure: A smoke exhauster includes one or more rails for attaching to a supporting surface, and a housing having one or more slots for slidably receiving the rails and for easily and readily and detachably attaching the housing to the rail or the supporting surface. The rail includes an anchoring member,... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070256682 - Gasket-less vent pipe coupling: A coupling feature for double-walled pipes. A double-walled vent pipe section has an outer wall with corresponding male and female coupling features formed on opposite ends thereof. The inner wall of the double-walled pipe section has a small ridge formed around the circumference of one end. When pipe sections are... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20070256683 - Cooking system and method for separating and storing fatty liquids: A cooking system for separating and storing fatty liquids away from edible food either during or after cooking. The system includes a cooking apparatus having a body portion for cooking food. A fatty liquid reservoir mounted on the cooking apparatus is in fluid communication with the body portion. A pressure... Agent: Walter W. Duft Law Offices Of Walter W. Duft

20070251517 - Fry basket for processing of bulk food items and method: An open top fry basket device suited for use in a semi-automated food processing station, system and method is provided that allows cooked food items to be dispensed through a pivotable bottom of the fry basket actuated by the operator. The efficient and ergonomic design permits emptying of the fry... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20070251518 - Automated dual cooking surface grill: A dual-sided cooking device is provided that determines whether the upper and lower cooking platens are substantially parallel to each other when in a cooking position. In addition, the method and device in accordance with the invention are capable of identifying a type of food item placed on a lower... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20070251519 - Vertical lift door assembly for an appliance: An appliance includes a chassis defining a cavity and having an opening for accessing the cavity and a door assembly joined to the chassis. The door assembly includes a door for closing access to the opening, and the door assembly further includes a door lift sub-assembly having a horizontal slide... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20070251520 - Oven door: An oven door includes upper fixtures, lower fixtures and middle frames which are attached to a front glass of the door. One or more panes of glass are mounted behind the front glass and are spaced from the front glass. As a result, air can circulate through a space behind... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070251521 - Rfid food production, inventory and delivery management system for a restaurant: A system and method for managing food production, inventory and delivery in a restaurant by automatically monitoring the types and quantities of food types that have been cooked and are in a cooked food holding area. Food holding trays are equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, and holding cabinets... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP