Stoves and furnaces inventions 08/09

20090211563 - Open fire, multi-purpose cooking grill: An open fire multipurpose cooking grill generally comprising a metal “T” shaped stake that can be optionally driven into the ground or placed into a base stand holder in positioned near a campfire, patio fire-bowl, fire-ring, or charcoal container for cooking and tending to food, generally outdoors. The cooking grill... Agent: Robin Blackshear

20090211564 - Smoke exhaust with an air curtain fan: A smoke exhaust has a casing, a suction fan and an air curtain fan. The casing has an air chamber, an air duct and a smoke collecting eaves. The air chamber has a lower inlet and an upper inlet. The smoke collecting eaves is mounted on the casing. The suction... Agent: Lariviere, Grubman & Payne, LLP

20090211565 - Fireplace firewood retainer assembly with air deflector, fireplace incorporating the same and method of reducing particulate emissions in a wood burning fireplace: A firewood retainer assembly and a fireplace incorporating the same are provided. The assembly includes a grate for supporting firewood at a level above a floor of a fireplace combustion chamber. The grate includes a first end opposite a second end such that a width of said grate is defined... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090211566 - Tracking system for wave sources: A tracking system for wave sources comprises a fixed panel (1) for the support of at least one receiving element (2) of incoming waves, which can be oriented with respect to the panel (1).... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20090211567 - Energy storage for pv water heater: A system for heating water includes a first tank containing water and a heater element for heating the water, a solar panel, a control circuit coupling the solar panel to the heater element, and a second tank. The control circuit couples power to the heater element in proportion to available... Agent: Paul F. Wille

20090211568 - Thermal storage system: A thermal storage system includes a porous thermally massive material, a storage fluid, a storage fluid pump, a storage fluid supply system and a storage fluid receiving system. The thermally massive material has a top portion and a bottom portion. The storage fluid supply system is for supplying the fluid... Agent: James Marc Leas

20090211569 - Reflector element for a solar heat reflector and the method for producing the same: Reflector element (1) for a solar collector which comprises a not mechanically flexed monolithic glass pane (2) of heat treated glass which due to its enhanced resistance properties becomes self-supported without requiring the presence of any kind of frame member or device to maintain its shape at the normal utilization... Agent: Moore & Van Allen Pllc

20090205639 - Portable and easy-to-clean kitchen stove: A portable and easy-to-clean kitchen stove includes a tabletop and supports, the tabletop being provided thereon with circular burner openings, beneath which burners are installed as well as chimney-shaped thermo-protective devices and pan adapters are arranged in turn, the burner openings being circumferentially welded with baffle rings, the tabletop being... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090205625 - Heating cooker: A protruding portion 100 having a sloped surface 100b sloped against a ceiling surface is provided on the ceiling side of a cooking chamber 20. Superheated steam from a steam temperature-raising device 50 is blown off from first ceiling steam blowoff openings 101 provided in a flat surface 100a of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090205626 - Grill for cooking: It is characterized in that it comprises in principle a lower base with legs and an upper grating which bears the different foods to cook, in such a way that the upper grating is attached to the base via means that permit the height of said grating to be regulated... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090205627 - Consumable charcoal starter: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for lighting charcoal, specifically a single-use, substantially consumable, chimney-style charcoal starter. The apparatus may include an open-ended, substantially tubular body, a charcoal support, and a fuel source. The apparatus may be charged with charcoal disposed upon the charcoal support. The apparatus may be... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090205629 - Barbecue grill: A barbecue grill includes a pot-shaped grill body and a pan supporting the grill body. The grill body is formed with air holes arranged along the bottom edge thereof at angular intervals of 90°. The pan is formed with protrusions arranged along its edge at angular intervals of 90°. During... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090205628 - Flameless barbecue grill: A grill for a barbecuing, the grill having an upper grate, wherein a grillable foodstuff may be placed thereon and a lower grate having channels which may catch juices that drips from the foodstuff. The upper grate and lower grate are positionable relative to each other, so as to vary... Agent: Phillip H. Lee

20090205630 - Burner with flame stability: The present invention concerns a burner assembly that includes a burner body having a combustible gas chamber from which a combustible gas is distributed to a plurality of burner ports at which the combustible gas can be combusted and a stability chamber in gas-flow communication with the combustible gas chamber... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090205631 - Gas burner head: A gas burner head used for a gas stove and being provided with a kindling pipe, the kindling pipe is fixed on a burner head, the lower end of the kindling pipe is an gas intake port, while the higher end of the kindling pipe is an gas out take... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090205632 - Stove system using combustion gas: A stove system that can show amount of gas stored, the system is provided with a pressure reducer between an gas intake pipe and a gas delivering pipe of a stove, and has an indicator installed on the housing of the stove for displaying the amount of gas stored, the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090205633 - Simulated fire glow lights for fireplace: A fireplace has an arrangement for providing a simulated ember glow using lights projected through colored light transmitting material, such as glass. The arrangement includes a panel that is supported relative to a burner with a light below the panel that projects upwardly through the panel. A bed of colored... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090205634 - Residential fireplace insert system improvements: This CIP titled “Residential Fireplace Insert System Improvements” involves an improvement in the efficiency of the slide-in “Residential Woodburning Fireplace Insert System”, formerly application Ser. No. 11/507,343 filed Aug. 21, 2006, (now Pat. No. 7,509,954) wherein the heat output and fuel consumption are improved by controllably shutting off free air... Agent: Robert Z. Schreffler

20090205635 - Evacuated tubular solar collector with eccentric type manifold flange: There is provided an evacuated tubular solar collector with an eccentric type manifold flange capable of changing flow of a heating medium and improving the electric heat performance of a manifold by employing an eccentric end cap with a fluid path and a baffle in the manifold and improving the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090205636 - Solar power collectors: The present invention provides a solar power collector for harnessing the thermal energy of the sun, comprising: a collection system comprising a cone shaped to reflect sunlight to a target where a circulating working fluid absorbs the thermal energy such that the working fluid is heated; a base including a... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090205637 - Sun-tracking controller for multiple solar collectors: A solar collector tracking system is provided for maintaining orientation of multiple solar collectors to the sun to provide optimal focusing of solar radiation on a receiver. The system includes a local controller circuit board that contains a sun-tracking algorithm to control the movement of multiple solar collectors to keep... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20090205638 - Solar receiver for a photo-bioreactor: A solar receiver for a photo-bioreactor comprises a support having an interior, a vessel for supporting a biological culture, and at least one optical element. The optical element is arranged to receive light, and to direct the light to the interior of the support, to which the vessel is mounted.... Agent: Sf Bay Area Patents, LLC Attn: Andrew V. Smith, Ph.d.

20090199839 - Vertical food smoker/cooker: A vertical food cooker includes: (a) an open-bottomed upper warming portion including: a support frame, a temperature measuring gauge, an adjustable upper air vent, and an openable cooker lid, the support frame including a substantially cylindrical-shaped upper collar and at least two spaced apart rails extending generally downward from the... Agent: William C. Hulsey

20090199840 - Barbeque grill ignition apparatus: A barbeque grill ignition apparatus installed between a stove with a gas inlet pipe and a pressure reducing valve connected to a gas fuel includes a gas valve with a fuel gas channel and a spitfire pipe. A gas inlet of the fuel gas channel is connected to the pressure... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090199842 - Smoker conversion kit: This invention is to be used primarily to convert a traditional charcoal grill into a multifaceted smoker with wet and dry smoking capabilities. Furthermore, novel racks within the invention allow the user to utilize all of the space within the smoker providing for more food cooked over a given time... Agent: Mr. Timothy D. Smith

20090199841 - Stove cover of infrared barbeque grill: A stove cover of an infrared barbeque stove is positioned at the top of the heat generating portion of the stove and includes ventilation holes, each having a blocking plate. When the infrared barbeque stove is used for barbeque, the cover is provided for storing heat to prevent heat loss,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090199837 - Combustion chamber of a combustion system: A combustion chamber of a combustion system comprises a combustion space, a support structure, a heat shield, and at least one through-opening. The heat shield has at least two segments, and each segment has an edge region, a gap communicating with the combustion space being formed between edge regions of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090199838 - Oven cover fixing apparatus: The present invention discloses an oven cover fixing apparatus that includes a stove and a cover. The cover is fixed on the stove through a fixing rack, and the bottom of the fixing rack is fixed onto the stove, and the top of the fixing rack has a stop portion... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090199843 - Self-heating systems and methods for rapidly heating a comestible substance: Self-heating systems for rapidly and effectively heating a comestible substance are disclosed. Self-heating systems generally include a reaction chamber and a heating chamber. The heating chamber contains a substance to be heated. The reaction chamber contains reactants that, when contacted, exothermically react. The containers and reactants can be configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090199844 - 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: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090199845 - Folding flue: The present invention relates to a folding chimney flue cap [1000] for fitting chimneys. The folding flue cap [1000] is manufactured as a flat body [1100] having an end panel [1140], a side panel [1160], another end panel [1150], and another side panel [1170], separated by fold lines [1180] between... Agent: Mitchell A. Smolow

20090199846 - Solar roof tracker: A solar tracking system for mounting on a roof having one or more rooftop planar surfaces includes an array of solar tracking assemblies for at least one of the one or more rooftop planar surfaces, each array of solar tracking assemblies mountable at substantially the same orientation on the rooftop... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090199847 - Earth based solar collector: This invention relates to the collection of sunlight for heat which is used for heating and for the conversion of heat to electricity. Where a large area of land is prepared then covered with a solar collecting film of plastic or glass. The air or water under the film being... Agent: James M. Hawley

20090199839 - Vertical food smoker/cooker: A vertical food cooker includes: (a) an open-bottomed upper warming portion including: a support frame, a temperature measuring gauge, an adjustable upper air vent, and an openable cooker lid, the support frame including a substantially cylindrical-shaped upper collar and at least two spaced apart rails extending generally downward from the... Agent: William C. Hulsey

20090199840 - Barbeque grill ignition apparatus: A barbeque grill ignition apparatus installed between a stove with a gas inlet pipe and a pressure reducing valve connected to a gas fuel includes a gas valve with a fuel gas channel and a spitfire pipe. A gas inlet of the fuel gas channel is connected to the pressure... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090199842 - Smoker conversion kit: This invention is to be used primarily to convert a traditional charcoal grill into a multifaceted smoker with wet and dry smoking capabilities. Furthermore, novel racks within the invention allow the user to utilize all of the space within the smoker providing for more food cooked over a given time... Agent: Mr. Timothy D. Smith

20090199841 - Stove cover of infrared barbeque grill: A stove cover of an infrared barbeque stove is positioned at the top of the heat generating portion of the stove and includes ventilation holes, each having a blocking plate. When the infrared barbeque stove is used for barbeque, the cover is provided for storing heat to prevent heat loss,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090199837 - Combustion chamber of a combustion system: A combustion chamber of a combustion system comprises a combustion space, a support structure, a heat shield, and at least one through-opening. The heat shield has at least two segments, and each segment has an edge region, a gap communicating with the combustion space being formed between edge regions of... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090199838 - Oven cover fixing apparatus: The present invention discloses an oven cover fixing apparatus that includes a stove and a cover. The cover is fixed on the stove through a fixing rack, and the bottom of the fixing rack is fixed onto the stove, and the top of the fixing rack has a stop portion... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090199843 - Self-heating systems and methods for rapidly heating a comestible substance: Self-heating systems for rapidly and effectively heating a comestible substance are disclosed. Self-heating systems generally include a reaction chamber and a heating chamber. The heating chamber contains a substance to be heated. The reaction chamber contains reactants that, when contacted, exothermically react. The containers and reactants can be configured to... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090199844 - 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: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20090199845 - Folding flue: The present invention relates to a folding chimney flue cap [1000] for fitting chimneys. The folding flue cap [1000] is manufactured as a flat body [1100] having an end panel [1140], a side panel [1160], another end panel [1150], and another side panel [1170], separated by fold lines [1180] between... Agent: Mitchell A. Smolow

20090199846 - Solar roof tracker: A solar tracking system for mounting on a roof having one or more rooftop planar surfaces includes an array of solar tracking assemblies for at least one of the one or more rooftop planar surfaces, each array of solar tracking assemblies mountable at substantially the same orientation on the rooftop... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090199847 - Earth based solar collector: This invention relates to the collection of sunlight for heat which is used for heating and for the conversion of heat to electricity. Where a large area of land is prepared then covered with a solar collecting film of plastic or glass. The air or water under the film being... Agent: James M. Hawley

20090194089 - High-strength three-dimensional structure and method of manufacture: A structure including a sheet of material bent along bend lines to form a plurality of walls defining an interior volume having a predetermined cross-section. A fold-out tab portion in one of the walls has a peripheral shape complementary to the predetermined cross-section. At least one side of the tab... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

20090194091 - Barbecue grill: A barbecue grill has a body and a cover. The body has an open top, an inner chamber and a net. The net is mounted on the top. The cover covers the open top of the body and has an outer surface, an inner surface, a handle, at least one... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090194090 - Oven: An oven, which both satisfies heat insulating and cooling of a door by adjusting an air flow in channels formed in the door. The oven includes a plurality of channels provided in a door, into which external air flows, accompanied with air discharged by a discharge duct, such that the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090194092 - Oven equipped with steam generation unit: An oven which is convenient to supply water and clean a steam generation unit thereof. The oven includes a cooking chamber in which food is cooked, a door which opens and closes the cooking chamber, and a steam generation unit formed at a front part of a bottom plate of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090194093 - Baffle-type grease filters for kitchen ventilators: A grease filter has upper and lower baffle assemblies that define tortuous paths for exhaust air flowing therethrough. The baffles in the upper assembly include a perforated metal strips and bent free edges to maximize grease extraction from the exhaust air. A hinge connects the upper and lower baffle assemblies... Agent: Howson & Howson LLP

20090194094 - Device for collecting rain water and calories from solar radiation: A device for collecting rainwater and calories originating from solar radiation in order at the same time to drain the rainwater and generate domestic hot water or heating, capable of being mounted at the base of a roof or on the edge of a balcony, includes an open channel (2)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090194095 - Solar air-heating system: A roof-mounted solar air-heating system containing a solar absorber with at least one air manifold integrated structurally with the solar absorber to effect improved heat transfer efficiency and airspeed. The improved airspeed in combination with integrated air entrance and exit tubes improves solar-heated air displacement and temperature de-stratification in buildings... Agent: Joel Fairstein

20090194096 - Method and apparatus for concentrating optical radiation using light trapping elements: A holographic planar concentrator for collecting and concentrating solar radiation with light trapping elements. A holographic planar concentrator (HPC) comprises a transparent planar plate with at least one holographic film mounted on the face of the planar plate and a solar energy collecting device attached to at least one edge... Agent: Clifford H. Kraft

20090194097 - Methods and mechanisms to increase efficiencies of energy or particle beam collectors: The current invention is a Method and Mechanism to Increase Efficiencies of Energy or Particle Beam Collectors. Light may go through a transparent, open, 1-way, low emission, or transparent top that may focus light below from a thin film that is designed to be a Fresnel focusing surface that angles... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20090194098 - Solar module with a frame for mounting a solar panel: This invention relates to a frame for mounting a solar panel, where an angle frame member has a generally L-shaped cross section. The highly contoured frame member includes a riser element and a span element, where the riser element includes a straight section below an arcuate section bending towards the... Agent: Carol Wilson Bp America Inc.