Stoves and furnaces inventions 02/08

20080047541 - Barbecue grill: A cooking surface for a grill includes a cylindrical fire column. Food placed on the grill surface directly above the fire column will be impinged by the heat of the heat source, made even more intense by the upward, directional flow of air through the fire column. Food placed on... Agent: Charles A. Rattner

20080047540 - Grill top with removable rods: A grill top for a grill, the grill including a wall and an open cooking area, the grill top adapted to be mounted to the grill such that the grill top extends across at least a portion of the grilling area. The grill top includes a grill frame having at... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20080047542 - Slide-out half rack: The rack includes a main section including a primary platform area and a secondary platform area. The primary platform area includes a plurality of elongated support bars and at least one cross member provided across a portion of the primary platform area to provide strength. An auxiliary section has an... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080047543 - Gas-powered tool: There is disclosed a gas-powered tool. The gas-powered tool includes a barrel, a combustor and a controller. The combustor is installed in the barrel to combust gas. The controller is installed in the barrel to control the temperature by controlling the supply of the gas to the combustor. The overheating... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080047544 - Modular thermal radiation heating system: A thermal heating system, apparatus and method for heating a fluid using thermal radiation, for example, solar thermal radiation. The thermal heating apparatus includes a tank containing a fluid, a plurality of thermal units arranged in a panel and connected to the tank, and a frame supporting the tank and... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080047545 - Method and apparatus for conversion of the difference between the high temperature of the heat-accumulating working medium, in the limited space at the focus of concentration of the sun-heat radiation reflected by the parabolical mirror, during the light: A method and an apparatus for the 24 hours a day conversion of the high difference of temperatures between two working mediums accumulating the Sun-radiation-heat gets concentrated by the parabolical mirror, during light-days, and the cosmic cold, during nights, into electro-power & refrigeration-output which are realized and called for service... Agent: Harry Zagalsky

20080047546 - Inflatable solar concentrator balloon method and apparatus: Embodiments of the present invention relate to concentrating solar radiation using an assembly of at least one clear and one reflective film that inflates into a shape reflecting parallel rays of light to a concentrated focus in the interior or immediate proximity of the assembly. Embodiments of the present invention... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080047547 - Composite translucent thermal solar collector: In a composite translucent thermal solar collector, an upper transparent alveolar slab (4), an inner alveolar slab (3) and a third slab (2) of foam or fibrous material adjusted behind said alveolar slab (3), are kept packed together by elastic means (5) in a way that it allows the expansion... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080047548 - Solar collector: A solar collector which comprises a mineral wool insulation based on man-made vitreous fibers (MMVF) which are bonded by a formaldehyde-free polymeric binder system. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080041359 - Oven cooker for barbecue: Disclosed is an oven cooker for barbecue to resolve problems of difficult manipulation in charcoal supply or exchange of a charcoal case, which causes fire and burns. The oven cooker for barbecue of the present invention includes a main body mounted with hangers for cooking stuff inside an inlet and... Agent: Orion Law Group

20080041356 - Steam discharge device for pressure cooker: Disclosed herein is a steam discharge device for pressure cookers. The steam discharge device includes a steam pipe, a fastening nut, a safety cap, and an O-ring. The steam pipe has a first steam discharge passage, with an external thread provided on an outer circumference of an end of the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080041357 - Combustion apparatus for solid fuel: A combustion apparatus for the burning of solid fuel using a plurality of secondary combustion zones is disclosed. The combustion apparatus includes primary and secondary air inlets, an inclined hearth and a unique second air source which washes up a window in the combustion apparatus creating a floating flame effect... Agent: Laurence C. Bonar

20080041358 - High-frequency heating apparatus equipped with oven hood: An apparatus includes a cam 3, a lever 8, a switch 10, a spring 9 and fire detection means 15. Utilizing an interlocking movement and an operation of the switch, a motor 2 is driven under a microcomputer control 23, and by doing so, the automatic opening and closing movement... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080041360 - Gas catalytic combustion element and a gas powered heating device: A glue gun (10) comprising a body member (3) in which a glue accommodating and melting chamber (4) for receiving stick glue is formed and combustion chamber 910) is also formed for accommodating a gas catalytic combustion element (14). A temperature responsive valve (25) controls the supply of fuel gas... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080041361 - Residential fireplace insert: An improvement in the art relates to an insert fitted into a standard residential fireplace opening for burning fossel fuels such as wood or coal.... Agent: Robert Z. Schreffler

20080041362 - Electrical generator systems and related methods: Various embodiments of electric generator systems are disclosed. The systems may include an electric generator whose energy source is provided by the displacement of a first fluid. The first fluid may be in a liquid state contained in a reservoir hydraulically connected to a first chamber. The first chamber may... Agent: Claudio Filippone

20080041363 - Water heating and storage system: There is provided a water heating and storage system, including a heat-insulated main heated water storage tank for storing hot water. The storage tank consists of top, side and bottom walls, has an inlet for heated water entering the tank at a level below the normal level, and a cold... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080041364 - Energy efficient building design: The present invention relates to an energy efficient housing and to a method of providing an energy efficient housing wherein building material and house structure aim to provide a system effectively using external temperature for house needs. The house is built of multilayered blocks having layers of concrete and layer... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20080041365 - Solar-powered grill: A solar-powered grill is assembled from a kit which includes a set of generally flat, foldable components, made of an inexpensive material such as cardboard. The grill includes a flexible, reflective sheet, held by a bottom piece and a pair of side panels, to define a generally parabolic curvature. The... Agent: William H. Eilberg

20080035137 - Combustion apparatus: An improved solid fuel combustion apparatus intended for use in residential or light commercial settings capable of sustaining a controlled, continuous blue flame burn, resulting in high efficiency heat output with low emissions and low ash. The combustion apparatus is further capable of being thermostatically controlled, turning off combustion of... Agent: Anthony D. Pellegrini Rudman & Winchell, LLC

20080035138 - An apparatus for heating a restaurant kitchen, dining room, and hot water supply: An apparatus for recovering heat from exhaust air received from a restaurant kitchen. Rotating backwards inclined fan blades draw exhaust air from the kitchen along a flow path and impel it against walls of a housing, such that grease is removed from the exhaust air. A fan motor is positioned... Agent: Lang Michener LLP

20080035139 - Additional bottom adapted to be fixed to the outer surface of the bottom of a vessel: An additional bottom adapted to be fixed to an outer surface of a bottom of a vessel, provided with holes which are designed to be filled by a material of the vessel during a coining step which fixes the bottom to the vessel, further comprising protrusions which protrude from an... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080035140 - Solar roof tile: A frame system suitable for mounting a solar module on a roof, the frame system comprising at least one frame comprising an upper frame member, a lower frame member a right-side frame member, a left-side frame member, at least one projecting member that is attached to or is an integral... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.

20080029082 - Interchangeable system for high-efficiency heating and cooking: In a portable heating assembly, in which a heating utensil is supported on an upper surface of a utensil support, there is included a heat transfer element attached to a bottom surface of the heating utensil for both enhancing the heat transfer to the heating utensil and centering the heating... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080029077 - Cooking stove: A cooking stove in which heat exchange between combustion gas and the bottom surface of a cooking container is sufficiently conducted and heat exchange efficiency is improved is provided. On a top plate 2, a plate 7 that supports a cooking container P is arranged concentrically with the burner head... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080029078 - Cooking oven with anti-condensation door: c

20080029079 - Heat generating body, heat insulating method using the same and packaging material for die molding heat generation: A heat generating body wherein a heat generating composition molded body resulting from molding a moldable heat generating composition containing surplus water as a connecting substance is interposed between packaging materials and the periphery of the heat generating composition molded body is heat sealed, which is characterized in that the... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080029080 - Active iron powder and heat generating body: There is provided an active iron powder which is suitable as a raw material of a heat generating body, is excellent in rising properties of a heat generating composition and is excellent in economy. The invention is concerned with an active iron powder to be contained in a heat generating... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080029081 - Low depth telescoping downdraft ventilator: A low depth telescoping downdraft ventilator controlled by an electronic controller providing a precisely controlled and efficient way of removing gases and fumes is disclosed. The low depth telescoping downdraft ventilator has the ability to fit behind a built-in oven placed below a cook top unit. The telescoping downdraft ventilator... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.