Stoves and furnaces inventions 12/07

20070295322 - High speed convection oven: A convection heating apparatus capable of providing effective, high speed cooking without the assistance of microwave energy. The oven apparatus includes an exterior cabinet, a door, and a cooking chamber having interior side walls, a back wall, and a lower jet plate. The oven further includes a blower for circulating... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070295323 - Device for covering a cooktop: A safety device for covering a hot cooktop surface includes a bottom layer with a plurality of at least one pad that is placed directly on at least one cooktop burner. A top layer is provided above a middle insulating layer that is located between the bottom layer and the... Agent: Law Office Of Steven B. Leavitt, L.L.P.

20070295324 - Extraction unit and method for ventilating a cooking surface: An extraction unit for ventilating a cooking surface is provided that includes a retractable device permitting an extraction component of the extraction unit to be extended and retracted, a control unit comprising at least one actuating component, which is used to trigger the retractable device by a manual user entry,... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070295325 - Food tray and tray insert: A food tray and tray insert are provided that are particularly adapted for use in a heated food holding compartment. Methods of storing cooked food are also provided using such devices. The devices and use thereof allows cooked food such as hamburger patties to be stored at elevated temperatures for... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20070289587 - Multiple purpose support device for portable outdoor grilling and cooking: A self supporting alignment and stability system for portable outdoor grilling and cooking that serves as a support structure for attaching multiple purpose grilling attachments and accessories that also can be attached to any grill, fire ring or other portable grills. The basic structure includes a main post ground stand,... Agent: Mark Allen Eckes

20070289588 - Damper regulator assembly: A damper regulator device for adjusting the orientation of a damper blade in an air transfer system, such as a duct, is disclosed. The regulator is coupled to an end portion, of a damper shaft, pivoting of a handle component of the regulator functioning to turn the shaft and hence... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070289589 - Intelligent and adaptive control system and method for wood burning stove: A control system and method for a wood stove adjustably operates in accordance with operational characteristics of the wood stove. The system operates air vents to the combustion chamber of the stove to control operating temperatures of the stove. The air vents are adjusted proportionally to changes in temperature of... Agent: Law Office Of Brett N. Dorny

20070283946 - Barbecue cover assembly: A barbecue cover assembly includes a container having a base, walls moveable between an erected configuration and an outwardly collapsed configuration, and an actuating member operable to retain the walls in the erected configuration and to permit outward movement of the walls to the collapsed configuration. A barbecue cover is... Agent: Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070283947 - Wood stove radon reduction system: A combination of a wood stove and radon collection system. A radon collection tube location in the basement of a building is connected via conduits leading into the combustion chamber of a wood stove. Means secure the radon collection outlet to the stove between the stove door and the stove... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070283945 - Rotisserie hanging grill: A self-contained apparatus having a rotating flavor barrel for roasting, grilling, searing, rotisserie cooking, and smoking food. The apparatus is easily assembled, disassembled and transported making it ideal for “tailgate” cooking. The apparatus may be mounted on a wheeled frame or on a vehicle mounted frame. The apparatus can include... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20070283948 - Vertical steamer: A vertical steamer for flavoring a bird during cooking in a closed cooker includes a hollow frustum bottom having a closed flat base. The cooker further includes a hollow cylindrical top having an open end and a plurality of circular openings located in the cylindrical top.... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20070283949 - Solar radiation modular collector: The invention relates to the field of solar radiation collectors intended to convert energy of solar radiation into thermal energy, specifically, to the solar radiation collectors constructed as the combination of a concentrated solar radiation receiver, a single-curvature or compound-curvature concentrator and a tracking mechanism. A thermal insulation of the... Agent: Dr. D. Graeser Ltd. C/o The Discovery Dispatch

20070283950 - Solar collector: A solar collector has a polygonal top panel forming a top face and having at least three edges, a similarly polygonal bottom panel forming a bottom face directed away from the top face and fitted congruently to the top panel to form a flow passage extending between the faces, and... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070277805 - Portable barbecue box: A portable barbecue box is disclosed. The portable barbecue box of the present invention comprises a cooking chamber, a heating tube, food supporting element(s), a control compartment and a motor. The food supporting element(s) may be a plurality of sticks. The heating tube is disposed inside the cooking chamber. A... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070277813 - Nozzle: Certain embodiments of a nozzle are configured to dispense a first gas, liquid, or combination thereof at a first pressure in a first mode of operation and dispense a second gas, liquid, or combination thereof at a second pressure in a second mode of operation. In some embodiments, the nozzle... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070277812 - Pressure regulator: In certain embodiments, a pressure regulating device for selectively coupling with a first source or a second source includes a housing defining at least a portion of a first input channel, a second input channel, and an output channel. In some embodiments, the device further includes a first connector configured... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070277799 - Impingement/convection/microwave oven and method: A combination oven that is operable with convection air, impingement air and microwave energy in various combinations thereof. The oven has an oven chamber and a fan box that are located front to back. A fan in the fan box circulates heated air by discharging via openings in a top... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070277800 - Barbecue: A barbecue has a body, a charcoal bracket and at least one food drawer. The body has a front wall with a mouth and multiple vents defined in the front wall, a central cavity and at least one side cavity. The charcoal bracket is received inside the central cavity in... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070277801 - Cooking device: A cooking device includes: a base unit including a bottom wall, and a surrounding wall extending from a periphery of the bottom wall, cooperating with the bottom wall to confine an accommodating space, and having a top flange extending therefrom; a tray unit including a bottom wall formed with a... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070277802 - Cookware safety lock device: A cookware safety lock device for installation on a stovetop, wherein a heat-resistant base is secured to the stovetop with height-adjustable, pivotable arms extending therefrom, wherein the heat-resistant movable arms accommodate virtually any size pot or pan by locking into position thereabout, and wherein handle ports are defined therein for... Agent: Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20070277803 - Heater: In certain embodiments, a heater comprises a fluid opening configured to communicate with a source of fuel. In some embodiments, the heater further comprises a first flow channel, a second flow channel, and a fluid flow controller in communication with the fluid opening. In some embodiments, the controller is configured... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070277804 - Apparatus for warming a user and keeping a user warm, a system, and a method: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus including a heat source, a covering, and a transportable case. The a transportable case may be sized and shaped to enclose the heat source and the covering in thermal transfer relation to warm the covering while the covering is in a first... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070277806 - Heat generating pad and method of use of the same: To provide a heat generating pad which is able to relax symptoms such as stiff shoulder, low-back pain, muscular fatigue, menstrual pain, a symptom of poor circulation and in particular, can be suitably used for relaxation of a symptom of menstrual pain and a method of use of the same.... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070277807 - Stovetop grill having heat distributing rotor: A stovetop grill having a rotatable turbine to diffuse and spread heat that is carried by hot gases across a cooking area of a grill platform so that food on the platform will be evenly cooked. The turbine includes a disk body that is mounted for rotation around an axis... Agent: Law Offices Of Morland C Fischer

20070277808 - Spark arresting incinerator: A spark arresting incinerator apparatus for burning combustible solid materials without the release of hot embers or ash capable of igniting materials outside the incinerator includes a firebox to contain the combustion, a grate disposed across the bottom of the firebox to support materials to be burned, an ash box... Agent: Ronald B. Sefrna

20070277809 - Portable, self-heating cooking utensil: A portable cooking utensil having self-contained heating features for cooking food without requiring gas or electric includes a handle having a chamber for storing therein batteries, the handle projecting from a cooking body that has heating coils embedded within the body, and the coils forming an electrical circuit with the... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20070277810 - Solar panel: The invention provides a solar panel having a panel front and a panel back, comprising an array of solar cells and an element comprising a visually distinguishable feature. Each of the solar cells has a front and a back, wherein at least the front is capable of converting at least... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070277811 - Method and apparatus for cooling ventilation air for a building: An apparatus for cooling ventilation air for a building, includes a radiating panel having an emissive surface for use on the building such that the emissive surface of the panel is directed skyward and exposed to ambient air. The radiating panel defines an air collection space between itself and the... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.