Stoves and furnaces inventions 09/09

20090235917 - Adjustable gas grill burner and method of making and using the same: Adjustable gas grill burners are disclosed. Methods of making and using adjustable gas grill burners are also disclosed.... Agent: Withers & Keys, LLC

20090235918 - Cooking griddle and associated gas flow control arrangement: A cooking apparatus includes a housing and a cooking plate having an upper cooking surface for receiving food product and an opposite surface for being heated. First and second gas burners are located within the housing and below the cooking plate for heating the cooking plate and a pilot burner... Agent: Michael J. Nieberding, Esq. Thompson Hine LLP

20090235922 - Infrared wok heater: An infrared heater for heating a cooking vessel, such as a Chinese wok. The heater includes a block of refractory material, which emits infrared radiation upon heating to an elevated temperature, forming an inverted frustum-shaped cavity or opening. A gas-fired burner having a burner head which produces a laterally directed... Agent: Mark E. Fejer Gas Technology Institute

20090235913 - Locking appatatus for locking a cooking device door: A locking apparatus for locking a cooking device door is provided that includes a locking element, a motor for moving the locking element, and a stop in the cooking device door which restricts the movement of the locking element in a locking position. In order to provide a locking apparatus... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090235914 - Heating system and apparatus: A heating apparatus and a system that utilize friction to generate thermal energy. The heating apparatus comprises a housing unit, a plurality of heating chambers for generating heat, an actuating unit, a shaft; and at least one blade unit. Each heating chamber comprises a stationary disc member, a rotating disc... Agent: Thomas F. Presson, Esq. C/o Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090235915 - Nanoheater elements, systems and methods of use thereof: The present invention provides devices and methods for making nano structures such a nanoheater In one embodiment, the nanoheater element comprises a first reactive member and interlayer disposed in communication with at least a portion thereof. Preferably, contact between the first and second reactive members of the nanoheater element can... Agent: Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Lebovici LLP

20090235916 - Non-return valve for an exhaust duct of flue gasses: The invention regards a non-return valve for a exhaust duct of flue gases of a boiler, comprising a valve body in which a passage opening of flue gases is defined, to said valve body a obturator being associated which, in a determined operating condition, closes said opening, said obturator comprising... Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP

20090235919 - Screen for gas fireplace window: A means for avoiding the build up of a film on the inside surface of the transparent window of a gas fireplace comprises providing a mesh screen spaced a short distance of the inside surface. The mesh screen is believed to interrupt the flow of gases toward the window thereby... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20090235920 - Light tracking sensor and sunlight tracking system thereof: A light tracking sensor and a sunlight tracking system including the same, the light tracking sensor comprises two or more light tunnel devices. One end of the respective light tunnel devices form a common single-point micro-hole acting as an input port for directional light, the other ends of the light... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090235921 - Hydraulic control device: A hydraulic control device for moving at least one hydraulic consumer comprises at least one supply line, a discharge line or bypass line to which the hydraulic consumer is connected, and at least one pressure source and, optionally, a directional control valve. The line contains a dosing device for measuring... Agent: Cook Alex Ltd

20090229593 - Heat-accumulating heater: A heat-accumulating heater includes a powdery paraffinic latent heat storage substance sealed in a bag-shaped container. The bag-shaped container includes a plurality of inner container members formed of sheets impermeable to the heat storage substance and water and permeable to air. The inner container members are each received in one... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090229594 - Heat source and heating device: The heat source 1 comprises a bag 10 and a heat-generating composition 20 containing aluminum powder and calcium oxide powder, packed in the bag 10. The bag 10 is formed by a packing material made of a base material of nonwoven fabric of which one surface is coated with a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090229595 - Energy recovery system: An apparatus and method for recovering thermal energy from boiler stack exhaust gases and using the thermal energy in biomaterial processing. The apparatus and method include means to improve the boiler's operation and reduce emission of certain regulated compounds.... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C. David A. Rose

20090229596 - Solar energy module having repair line, solar energy assembly having the same, method of repairing the solar energy module and method of trimming the solar energy assembly: A method of electrically eliminating defective solar cell units that are disposed within an integrated solar cells module and a method of trimming an output voltage of the integrated solar cells module are provided, where the solar cells module has a large number (e.g., 50 or more) of solar cell... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090229597 - Solar servo control tracking device: A solar servo control tracking device is disclosed. The device includes: an integrated control device having a solar cell sensor unit detecting luminance at a solar azimuth, and an integrated control panel transmitting a control signal at a maximal solar azimuth, calculated by comparing a solar azimuth from the luminance... Agent: Gwips Peter T. Kwon

20090229598 - method for making large-sized hollow ceramic plate: A method for making large-size hollow ceramic plate (1, 2, 4) adopts raw materials of ordinary ceramics, mixing with industrial wastes or crude minerals abundant in period IV transition metal elements, squeezing a molded body by vacuum squeezing machine then producing at low cost a large-size hollow ceramic plate (1,... Agent: Venable LLP

20090223503 - Self-cleaning oven: A self-cleaning, gas-fired tunnel oven is provided. One embodiment of the oven provides a self-cleaning, gas-fired tunnel oven for cooking food products. The oven includes a control system that regulates oven temperature during a pyrolitic, self-cleaning procedure for incinerating contaminants that accumulate inside; a burner for cooking food products and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090223512 - Outdoor patio heater: An outdoor heater such as an outdoor patio heater may include a number of panels and ribs that securely couple the panels together. The heater may include a coupling assembly that easily and securely couples a support such as a pole to a tabletop, pedestal or base. The tabletop, pedestal... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090223504 - Fireplace flue sealing device: The invention relates to a fireplace flue sealing device comprising a plate, a shaft mounted onto the plate, a tubular base for releasably receiving the shaft, and a locking mechanism having a locking position and a releasing position. The locking mechanism is positioned in relation to the tubular base and... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090223505 - Slide rack: An oven rack system has a two piece oven rack (100) with a cooking rack (102) and a base rack (104). The base rack (104) is adapted to remain stationary and may be positioned on ledges or other protrusions associated with inner liners of oven cavities. In one embodiment, a... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090223506 - Crateless retorting with improved cold water infestation prevention for eliminating under processing in the canned foods industry (botulism prevention): The technical simplification of the invention is on FIG. 5. That is X<Y<Z. This simple expression represents the elevation of the three nozzles on the bottom door. The elevation difference of these three nozzles is what sets my crateless retort apart from the traditional crateless retort. Drain nozzle is at... Agent: L. Kirk Baumann

20090223507 - Low-emission fireplace assembly: A fireplace assembly is disclosed and includes a smoke chamber, a firebox, a throat in fluid communication with and linking the smoke chamber and the insulated firebox and a divider positioned within said throat and defining a front air channel and a rear air channel within the throat. The fireplace... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20090223508 - Man made island with solar energy collection facilities: A manmade island [10], adaptable for land-based or sea-based operation holds solar energy collection facilities and is rotatable to optimize the angular orientation thereof relative to the position of the sun. More particularly, the man-made island [10] uses a platform [12] that includes a large outer ring [14] that floats... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090223509 - Water-heating system: A liquid-heating system has a solar energy collector exposed to solar radiation, a geothermal heat exchanger buried in the ground at a depth between 0.5 m and 5 m, a heater through which a liquid to be heated passes, and a heat pump having a sink side connected to the... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20090223510 - Optimized solar collector: A solar collector has articulated first and second reflective panel operably connected to a rotatable pivot housing defining an interior channel that can be filled with a fluid for storing heat generated by the reflection of solar radiation. The solar collector may also include a system for collecting an recycling... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090223511 - Unglazed photovoltaic and thermal apparatus and method: A photovoltaic/thermal solar panel is presented which contains no glazing above the photovoltaic array. The absence of glazing allows the photovoltaic cells to operate at a lower temperature and therefore at a higher efficiency. In addition, the absence of glazing allows the present invention PV/T panel to be used to... Agent: Beck And Tysver P.l.l.c.

20090217920 - Operational module: An operational module for a domestic appliance door having a recess formed therein, the operating module including at least one operational control, the operating module comprising a body portion configured for at least partial insertion into the recess of the domestic appliance door. A domestic appliance door, especially an oven... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090217921 - Method and control system for operating a solar power tower system: A solar energy collection system includes a primary solar receiver and a secondary solar receiver. The secondary solar receiver generates steam using energy from solar radiation incident thereon. The primary solar receiver receives the generated steam from the secondary solar receiver and superheats the steam using energy from solar radiation... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC