Stoves and furnaces inventions 04/09

20090107477 - Steam oven system with steam generator: A steam cooker includes one or more cooking chamber having an access door. A steam generator unit is provided for heating water to generate steam. The steam generator unit may be connected for selective delivery of steam to one or more multiple cooking chambers. In some embodiments, a steam superheater... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090107479 - Wall oven and corresponding method: In an embodiment, a wall oven has a cooking cavity surrounded by a baffled cavity. The wall oven has a door for restricting access to the cooking cavity. A control cavity has a front surface maintaining controls for operation of the wall oven. An exhaust fan is in flow communication... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090107481 - Barbecue cooking apparatus with ventilation system: A barbecue apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a firebowl having an open topside and a bottomside, the bottomside comprising at least one aperture; a column has a top and a bottom, the top of the column is attached to the bottomside of the firebowl, the column comprises an internal... Agent: Dan M. Delarosa, Esq.

20090107478 - Barbecue cooking apparatus with ash bin and chimney device: A barbecue apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a firebowl having an open topside and a bottomside with at least one aperture; a base attached to the bottomside of the firebowl, and the base comprises an internal cavity, and the aperture of the bottomside of the firebowl leads to the... Agent: Dan M. De La Rosa, Esq.

20090107480 - Barbecue cooking apparatus with ash scraper assembly: A barbecue apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprises: a firebowl having an open topside and a bottomside which has a circumference smaller than a circumference of the topside of the firebowl, and the bottomside of the firebowl comprises at least one central aperture situated adjacent at least one peripheral aperture;... Agent: Dan M. Delarosa, Esq. Suite 24c

20090107482 - Protective barrier system against cooking splatter: A barrier system protecting a wall from cooking surface splatter includes a panel having an exterior surface and a rear surface spatially offset from the wall. The panel also has a bottom edge and an opposing upper edge. The panel is secured to the wall with multiple securements such that... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090107483 - Portable fire pit: A portable fire pit includes a base for supporting and containing combustible material, a plurality of legs for supporting the base above the ground or other surface, and a plurality of fire screens movably mounted to the base for movement between a first, compact position for transport and storage of... Agent: Gardner Groff Greenwald & Villanueva. PC

20090107484 - Solar collector stabilized by cables and a compression element: A solar collector system including solar elements connected to form an array for intercepting the sun's radiation, a compression element that is positioned substantially perpendicular to the array, and pairs of cables that run from opposite sides of the array to the compression element to mutually stabilize each portion of... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090107485 - Calibration and tracking control of heliostats in a central tower receiver solar power plant: A suntracking system for a central receiver solar power plant includes a heliostat field for reflecting sunlight to a receiver, cameras directed toward at least a subset of the heliostats, and a controller. The cameras are configured to produce images of sunlight reflected from multiple heliostats. The heliostats include a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090107486 - Solar panel with a coolant vapor pressure driving system: Coolant vapor pressure is used to generate a push force to adjust the azimuth angle of a solar panel without using a dedicated power supply.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090107487 - Apparatus and method for solar thermal energy collection: An apparatus for collecting solar energy includes a receptacle adapted for receiving solar thermal energy; an insert located within the receptacle, the insert being a heat pipe adapted to transfer heat; and an absorption device positioned proximate to and substantially conforming to at least a portion of an internal surface... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090107488 - Apparatus and method for solar thermal energy collection: An apparatus for collecting solar energy includes a receptacle adapted for receiving solar thermal energy, an insert adapted for counter-flow located within the receptacle, and an absorption device positioned proximate to and substantially conforming to at least a portion of an internal surface of the receptacle and thermally coupled to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090107489 - Solar thermal energy collector: A solar thermal energy collector includes a receptacle and a tube. The tube is adapted to fit within the receptacle and defines a first region within the tube and a second region between the tube and an internal surface of the receptacle. A fluid is circulated between the first region... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090107490 - Solar air conditioning device: A solar air conditioning device (100) includes a flat casing (10) and a solar collector (20). The casing includes a frame (12) having two side plates (14a, 14b) and inlet and outlet end plates (16a, 16b), a base plate (11) hermetically assembled to a bottom end of the frame. Inlet... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090101132 - Modular burner for a cooking plate: A modular burner for a cooking plate of a cooking appliance comprises a burner base (20) in turn comprising a framework (22), a burner base (21) which can be centrally assembled to the framework (22) and at least one cover for covering the framework (22) and the burner base (21).... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090101131 - Flue tuning and emissions savings system: A flue tuning and emissions saving system is disclosed. The device or system includes an inlet duct (20) having an inlet cross-sectional area and an outlet duct (18) having an outlet cross-sectional area that is the same as the inlet cross-sectional area. An outer duct (16) that is of an... Agent: Ramon L. Pizarro

20090101133 - Device for regulating the air/gas mixture supplied to burner appliances, in particular for burners of decorative fires: A device for regulating the air/gas mixture supplied to a gas burner appliance of a decorative fire is provided. The device includes a duct for supplying the air/gas fuel mixture to the burner and a choke of the flow of primary air taken into the duct and adapted to be... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090101134 - Solar panel: A solar panel (10) has tubing (12) through which water from a swimming pool is recirculated. The tubing (12) is adapted to be exposed to the sun for heating the water to a temperature whereby the pool is heated. The solar panel (10) has a housing (14) for the tubing... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090101135 - Strong wind protection system for a solar panel: A detector is used on a solar panel to detect the strength of the wind blowing at it. A height-adjustable support decreases the height of the solar panel, based on the wind strength detection, for protecting the solar panel from potential damages caused by strong winds.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090101136 - Electric wind adjustable fresnel reflector solar concentrator: This invention deals with novel method and apparatus for positioning and motion control of the elements (mirrors) of a Fresnel reflector solar concentrator tracking heliostat array by rapid-response motorless linear motion, angular deflection, and rotational motion utilizing electric wind force due to electrons, ions, and/or neutrals. Thus forces and torques... Agent: Mario Rabinowitz

20090101137 - Sun tracking system pressure differential driving system: A first coolant tank is arranged on first side of a solar energy collecting panel, a second coolant tank is arranged on second side of the solar energy collecting panel. A first wall is arranged beside the first coolant tank, a second wall is arranged beside the second coolant tank.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090101138 - Method of operating a solar thermal power plant and solar thermal power plant: In order to provide a method of operating a solar thermal power plant, in which a heat transfer medium is evaporated endothermally by solar radiation in an evaporator section, wherein the evaporator section comprises a plurality of evaporator branches, among which the heat transfer medium is distributed, in which method... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20090095275 - Ceramic stove top kit: A ceramic stove top kit used to convert a drop in range, a drop in range being a stove top wherein at least one cut out is defined in the countertop of the stove top and wherein below the cut out of the stove top there is at least one... Agent: Ruben Alcoba, Esq.

20090095276 - Apparatus, systems and methods for facilitating ignition of a solid fuel: A charcoal starter is provided that is fully consumable through combustion. The starter takes the form of a container that includes one or more walls that define a top and bottom compartment. Solid fuel is deposited in the top compartment and kindling material is deposited in the bottom compartment. The... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20090095277 - Barbecue cooking apparatus with folding shelves: A portable barbecue cooking apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising a cooking chamber comprising a topside opening and a fire bowl with opposing ends; at least two handles, each handle attached to opposing ends of the fire bowl; and at least two shelves, each shelf being pivotally attached to each... Agent: Dan M. Delarosa

20090095278 - Cooking appliance: A cooking appliance, especially a built-in wall cooking appliance, which comprises at least one muffle, delimiting a cooking compartment and having a muffle opening, a door, guided by a lift mechanism, for closing the muffle opening, and at least one switch that switches dependent on a position of the door.... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090095279 - Full and partial oven rack assembly: An oven rack assembly (100′) is utilized within an oven (128′) having a pair of ladder frames (1221) mounted to the sides of the oven interior surfaces (124′). The oven rack assembly (100′) includes a pair of support stampings (112′) coupled to an oven rack (102′) so that the support... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090095280 - Support system for solar energy generator panels: A support system for a solar panel comprises a plurality of legs configured to receive multiple solar panels. The legs each comprise a base, a plurality of shafts, and a support precipice. The support precipice is divided into two sides by a t-bar. The first side comprises a guiding wing... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20090095281 - Heliostat with actively controlled liquid ballast system: A heliostat having a frame structure for supporting a mirror. The frame structure is pivotable about at least one axis of rotation. A liquid ballast system is mounted on a side of the frame structure that is remote from the reflective surface of the mirror. The liquid ballast system includes... Agent: Robert W. Becker & Associates

20090095282 - Solar panel: A solar panel that utilizes the sun's rays to heat a liquid to be used for providing heat or hot water includes front and rear parallel but spaced apart clear plastic panels. Each panel has a front surface, a back surface and left and right side edges. The front panel... Agent: Norman E. Lehrer, P.C.

20090095283 - Multiplexed torque brake system for a solar concentrator assembly: A multiplexed torque brake (MTB) system for preventing the accumulation of torsional forces at a center drive and thereby significantly reducing the design load requirements for trough frames of a corresponding solar concentrator assembly (SCA). In one embodiment, an MTB system for an SCA having a plurality of solar reflector... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090095284 - Solar module system with support structure: A solar module system having a self-supporting structure and at least one solar module element or reflector element which can be arranged on the support structure is provided. A support structure includes at least one self-supporting rib longitudinal profile and/or hollow longitudinal profile as a support profile with a solar... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090095285 - Solar panel mounting structure: A method and apparatus for mounting solar panels is provided. Preferably, the apparatus includes a base, a solar panel receiving structure, and a support structure coupling the base to the solar panel receiving structure such that the solar panel receiving structure is at least one of elevated and angled relative... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Attn: Patent Administrator

20090090347 - Cooking apparatus and method for controlling the same: A cooking apparatus to change the direction of hot air to be fed into a cooking chamber. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a hot-air feeder to feed hot air into the cooking chamber, and an air-direction regulator to change a direction of the hot air fed from the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090090345 - Safety system for a stove: A system for improving the safety of a stove by preventing unwanted movement of cooking vessels in use on the stove. The system includes independently extendable posts that are adjacent to the cooking areas of the stove. The extendable posts may be retracted to a position wherein the top surface... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090090348 - Cooking grill: The invention is a cooking grill comprising a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a side opening therein, a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber, a drawer slidably disposed in the side opening, the drawer having a bottom tray and a front wall sized and positioned so as... Agent: Saul Ewing LLP (philadelphia)

20090090346 - Heat generating sheet and heat generating sheet bag: The present invention relates to a heat generating sheet which includes a plurality of flat heat generating elements disposed in a plane, and two packaging sheet materials between which the flat heat generating elements are interposed, wherein the two packaging sheet materials each have a boomerang shape and a perforation... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090090350 - Combined food and wipe heater: A combination heater device including an inner pouch with an activation agent and an outer pouch with a heat generating material adapted to generate heat upon contact by the activation agent. A first package containing at least one wipe is in heat absorbing contact with the heater as is a... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090090349 - Pan in pan heater: A device for heating the contents of a container when in contact with a container, comprising a sealed outer package, an actuatable heat source in the outer package and an inner package inside the outer package and having an actuation agent therein with a seal keeping the actuation agent in... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090090351 - Heater device: A heater device that includes an outer container formed from a vapor impervious material and holds a quantity of heat generating material. A second container is positioned inside the outer container and hold an activation material. A seal on the second container is adapted to be opened to transfer the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090090352 - Pulse burner and liquid heating cooker: A pulse burner includes: a combustion chamber provided in a liquid vat capable of storing liquid; a tail pipe that is connected to the combustion chamber and has a heat exchanging portion located in the liquid vat and bent in a predetermined shape; and a mixing chamber which communicates with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090090353 - Apparatus and method for a self-contained heating vessel: A method and apparatus for a self-contained heating vessel having enhanced efficiency and safety features. In one embodiment, the vessel includes a chamber for containing fuel; a burner assembly for burning the fuel; a fuel delivery mechanism that delivers the fuel from the chamber to the burner assembly; and a... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090090354 - Device for pumping and desalination of water at a depth: The present invention provides a device for pumping water from a depth. The device includes a pressure-containing conduit with a first end located at a depth within a body of water, an inlet portion in fluid communication with the pressure-containing conduit to allow water to enter therethrough, a float portion... Agent: Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne

20090084376 - Barbecue cooking apparatus with base having folding shelves: A portable barbecue cooking apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising a base; a fire bowl having a topside opening, and the fire bowl is mounted on the base, and the topside opening of the fire bowl is situated above the base; a grill situated within the fire bowl and is... Agent: Dan M. De La Rosa, Esq.

20090084375 - Aligned multiple flat mirror reflector array for concentrating sunlight onto a solar cell: An aligned multiple flat mirror reflector array for concentrating sunlight onto a solar cell is disclosed. The reflector array includes a concentrating dish and a plurality of flat mirrors disposed on an inside surface of the concentrating dish, the plurality of flat mirrors being disposed and aligned on the inside... Agent: Schein & Cai LLP

20090084374 - Solar energy receiver having optically inclined aperture: The present application provides a solar energy receiver comprising an effective absorption aperture that is biased, so that solar radiation from a certain direction can be preferentially absorbed by a solar radiation absorber in the receiver. The effective absorption aperture is inclined relative to a physical aperture. Thus, in an... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP