Stoves and furnaces inventions 11/08

20080289614 - All weather cooking system: This invention is related to a universal, multi-functional article, with application to camping stoves and is composed by a wind proof protection, which is placed around the stove burner, composed by a structure, open on the upper and lower sections. It can be suspended. It can be packaged for equipment... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080289615 - Dual fuel gas valve and gas grill: A duel fuel gas control valve controls the supply of gas (e.g., natural gas or liquid propane gas) to a gas grill. The duel fuel gas control valve is structured to control either natural or LP gas flow at the desired operating characteristics based on conventional gas supply characteristics and... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080289617 - Gas heating appliance: In one aspect the invention discloses an improved gas burner with a high turn-down ratio. The improved burner includes first and second gas flow passages (44, 47), a flame front locator (49) in one of the passages of the burner head. Fuel gas is injected into an end of one... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20080289618 - Ignition device for a gas stove: An ignition device is mounted in a stove base of a gas stove and has a gas valve assembly, an electronic igniter and a triggering knob. The gas valve assembly is mounted in the stove base and has a gas valve with a valve nozzle and an extending tube extending... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080289619 - Charbroiler: Charbroilers, such as conveyorized and batch charbroilers, are disclosed wherein a single pilot flame receives gas from a gas line and is operable to ignite a plurality of burners. The charbroiler may include a housing, a conveyor removable from the housing and a shielding member removably connectable to the housing... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080289616 - Disposable warmer and bag member for the same: A disposable warmer of the present invention has a bag including a bag member (A) and a bag member (B); a heater; a heat-sealed portion where the bag member (A) and the bag member (B) are heat-sealed; and a portion with the heater sealed therein. The bag members (A) and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080289620 - Fresnel lens solar fluid heater: A continuous-flow fluid heater using solar energy is presented, where the solar heating is accomplished by means of a Fresnel lens focused on a conduit through which fluid is conveyed at a rate sufficient to heat the fluid to a desired temperature. The Fresnel lens is pointed at the sun... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20080289621 - Solar-energy extraction structure: Solar-energy utility structure including (a) an elongate solar receptor and energy extractor (receptor) exposed to a time-change-defined reception arc of sunlight which is characterized by a changing angle of light incidence, and (b) light-flow modifying structure operatively interposed the receptor and such an arc, operable, relative to the receptor, to... Agent: Robert D. Varitz, P.C.

20080289622 - Solar air conditioning device: A solar air conditioning device (100) includes a solar collector assembly (30), an inlet assembly (10) at an entrance of the solar collector assembly, and an outlet assembly (50) at an exit of the solar collector assembly. The solar collector assembly includes a heat-absorbing set (31) and a transparent panel... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080283034 - Oven and associated rack hanger: An oven includes an internal cavity defined by rear, bottom, top, left and right sidewalls. A front opening of the cavity is selectively accessible by moving a door between open and closed positions. A heating device is associated with the cavity for heating the environment within the cavity. The cavity... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080283035 - High-speed cooking oven with optimized cooking efficiency: The present invention is directed to improving the conventional high-speed cooking oven based on a combination of hot air impingement and microwave heating by providing a time-dependent spatial variation in the net air impingement and/or net microwave energy applied to the food product in the oven. This is aimed at... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20080283031 - Tripod griddle: A tripod griddle for cooking food over an open fire at, for example, a campsite and which is suspended from a support extending above the fire includes a primary support ring that is slipped onto the support, a plurality of chains pendent from the primary support ring at the upper... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20080283041 - Method of controlling an oven with hybrid heating sources: Cooking food in a hybrid conveyor with both electric and gas-fired infrared heaters. The heat output from the gas fired infrared heater is controlled by cycling or pulsing the gas supply to one or more burners that emit infrared heat by heating a nichrome screen wire. The electric power supplied... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080283032 - Quick install/remove stove guard for drop-in cooktops: A stove guard for a drop-in cooktop is attached to the front edge of a kitchen countertop by inserting the guard panel into two holding devices which are attached onto the front surface of the countertop. The guard prevents young children from reaching the burners, control knobs and cookware on... Agent: Law Offices Of Imam

20080283047 - Radiant heater assembly: A radiant tube heater assembly includes a housing containing a blower and a burner, which is aligned with an opening in the housing through which a flame and products of combustion flow into a U-shaped burner tube. The closed downstream end of the burner tube is in close proximity to... Agent: George A. Seaby Seaby & Associates

20080283033 - Forced air furnace: A forced air furnace comprises an enclosure, an adjusting mechanism, an interface, an electric heating element and a fan. The enclosure has an air inlet and an air outlet. The adjusting mechanism is operative to adjust the air outlet between an open position and a partially closed position. The interface... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080283037 - Active iron powder, heat generating composition, and heat generating body: The invention is concerned with an active iron powder to be contained in a heat generating composition capable of generating heat upon contact with air, characterized in that in the active iron powder, a part of the surface of the iron powder is covered by an iron oxide film; and... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080283036 - Process for producing heat generating mixture, heat generating mixture, heat generating composition, and heat generating body: The invention is characterized by bringing a reaction mixture containing, as essential components, an iron powder, a reaction accelerator and water and having a water content of from 0.5 to 20% by weight and a water mobility value showing an amount of surplus water of less than 0.01 with an... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080283038 - Heat generating body: A heat generating body having an exothermic part having a heat generating composition molded body which is a molded body of a heat generating composition capable of causing heat generation upon contact with air in a convex of an accommodating bag having plural irregularities by laminating the heat generating composition... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080283039 - Overfire air tube damper for boiler and method for regulating overfire air: A damper and overfire air duct in a combustion system having a combustion structure defining a flue gas passage, the damper and overfire air duct including: an inlet to the overfire air duct and an outlet to the duct discharging overfire air into the flue gas passage, and the damper... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

20080283040 - High efficiency atmospheric steamer: A pressureless or atmospheric steamer for cooking food with a high cooking efficiency has a cooking compartment with an outlet for steam and condensate that feeds to a tempering tank via an outlet conduit. The outlet conduit is spaced closely from the controlled water level in the tempering tank, and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080283042 - Radiant liquid heating container: A radiant liquid heating device includes a container for holding a liquid. The container includes an opening for dispensing the fluid and a closed bottom. A base member is mounted relative to the closed bottom. The base member is spaced a predetermined distance relative to the closed bottom to provide... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080283043 - Sun location tracking method and apparatus of solar heat or photovoltaic collectors: This invention relates to the sun location tracking method and apparatus of solar heat or photovoltaic collectors which are composed of a solar heat comparison collector for tracing the sun, a solar heat collector for reverting the collectors to sunrise position, and a turbine driven instrument of differential gear for... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080283044 - Solar collector devices: A solar collector device for mounting on the outside of a support structure and including a fluid circuit for receiving a fluid for heating by solar radiation, the device further comprising a length of connection piping connected to the fluid circuit and moveable relative to the fluid circuit while thus... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080283045 - Flexible solar power collector: A flexible solar power collector includes a flexible transparent outer tube, a flexible black inner tube inserted through the flexible transparent outer tube for guiding water to a water heater, sealing devices that seal the two ends of the flexible transparent outer tube to define a greenhouse within the flexible... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080283046 - Solar collector having integral structure: A solar collector includes a radiant energy heat exchanging panel having two lateral tube, and a number of intermediate pipes disposed between the lateral tubes and each having a longitudinal bore communicating with the longitudinal bores of the lateral tubes for allowing the longitudinal bores of the lateral tube and... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20080276925 - Latch for oven door: A latch for an oven door is provided. The latch includes a bar defined within a frame of the oven and a door rotatably mounted to the frame. A latch arm is pivotably mounted to the door and a handle is pivotably mounted to the door by an operator. The... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080276926 - Fire igniter of carbonaceous fuel: A fire igniter of carbonaceous fuel, especially the fire igniter providing an initial operation to ignite cold and raw carbonaceous fuel, includes a barrel unit, a space of which is deformable and is collected easily. The barrel unit includes primarily a front plate, a rear plate and a side wing... Agent: Law Office Of Michael N. Cohen, P.C.

20080276923 - Timer for a gas cooking hob: A gas cooking hob comprising a number of gas burners, each of which is connected to a main gas pipe via a gas pipe section, and a main switch. The main gas pipe or the gas pipe section is open to supply gas to the gas burners when the main... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080276924 - Wood burning stove: A wood stove defining an upper combustion chamber and a lower fire box having two inwardly and downwardly angulated opposed fuel chutes for gravitational feeding of fuel to the fire box for extended burning. A rectilinear air channel spaced apart from a back wall of the stove, and structurally attached... Agent: Bergman & Jeckle P.l.l.c.

20080276927 - Decorative fireplace screen and method of manufacture: A decorative fireplace screen for a fireplace having a fireplace opening, and a method of manufacture therefor are disclosed. Decorative screens of the invention may also be for other purposes. The fireplace screen includes a planar main member, a decorative design applied to the front surface of the main member,... Agent: Jansson Shupe & Munger Ltd.

20080276928 - Window structure: A window structure is provided, comprising a frame, a solar energy board, a plate and a heat isolation film. The solar energy board is disposed in the frame. The plate is disposed in the frame corresponding to the solar energy board, wherein an isolation chamber is formed between the plate... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20080276929 - Solar collector: The invention provides a solar collector comprising a trough-like reflector for receiving solar rays and for concentrating the rays in a direction generally transverse to the length of the reflector between its ends. Concentrator means is provided for receiving the concentrated rays from the trough-like reflector and for concentrating the... Agent: Smart & Biggar P.o. Box 2999, Station D

20080276930 - Collector and collector arrangement for generating heat from incident radiation: The invention relates to a collector and a collector arrangement for generating heat, especially from incident radiation. In principle, such collectors and collector arrangements are know in prior art. An individual collector known in prior art typically comprises of a reflector device (110) for reflecting the incident radiation onto at... Agent: Venable, Campillo, Logan & Meaney, P.C.

20080271728 - Griller with detachable stove: The present invention provides a griller with detachable stove. The griller includes a pedestal portion and a stove portion. The stove has a connecting portion at a bottom of the main body of the stove, that can be assembled onto the stove coupling portion of the pedestal portion. Thus, the... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20080271725 - Outdoor cooking apparatus with rotating grate: An outdoor grill apparatus includes a grate that is vertically adjustable and also rotatably supported over an open fire. The support system of the apparatus includes a spade for stably engaging the ground, one or more interconnected poles extending from the spade for height, and a laterally extending cantilevered pole... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080271726 - Wall thimble with outside air inlet: An improved wall thimble is useful as part of a venting apparatus for a direct vent heating appliance. Dual functionality is provided in a single wall thimble device by having a vent path for exhausting combustion by-products, and a separate air inlet path to draw in outside combustion air for... Agent: Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

20080271727 - Motorized oven door latch: A motorized oven latch includes a base plate. A latch member is slidably connected to the base plate by a first mounting stud or first and second mounting studs connected to the latch member and located in a contoured slot defined in the base plate. The latch member includes an... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080271729 - Insertable thermotic module for self-heating can: A self-heating container having a container body with an internal beverage section and a thermic cavity. A liquid reactant is positioned in a first section of the thermic cavity and a solid reactant is positioned in a second section of the thermic cavity. The solid reactant may be an amount... Agent: Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

20080271730 - Underwater ultrasonic thawing apparatus: An underwater ultrasonic thawing apparatus includes a thawing treatment tank where thawing treatment water; an underwater ultrasonic vibrator configured to be fixed to an inner face of the thawing treatment tank and to emit ultrasound; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the thawing treatment tank; a temperature... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080271731 - Solar collectors with evacuated receiver and nonimaging external reflectors: A solar collector with external reflector. A solar collector includes a glass housing having a heat pipe disposed within the housing and a light reflector disposed external to the housing.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP