Stoves and furnaces inventions 10/09

20090241935 - Gas cooking appliance: A gas cook top includes a plurality of gas burners arranged on a cook top surface to accommodate a variety of cooking vessels. Each burner is associated with a valve for varying the flow of fuel gas from a supply to the burner, so that the heat output of the... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20090241943 - Pitot tube pressure sensor for radiant tube heater: A pitot tube assembly is provided for a radiant tube heater having a blower for providing combustion air to a burner. The assembly includes a mounting plate for attaching the assembly to a wall of a housing of the blower. First and second, substantially L-shaped pitot tubes extend through the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090241942 - Radiant tube heater and burner assembly for use therein: A burner assembly for a radiant tube heater having an air duct portion for passage of combustion air to a radiant tube portion includes a mixing cup for mixing combustible gas and air and delivering the mixture to the tube. This cup has an inlet portion and a larger cylindrical... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090241933 - Grate assembly for supporting combustible wood pellets: A grate assembly is provided for at least partially supporting a pile of a plurality of combustible wood pellets. The grate assembly includes a plurality of elongate members positioned to at least partially support the pile of wood pellets. Each of the members has a body with a passage extending... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan

20090241934 - Motorized extractor hood for kitchens of vertical sliding type: The present invention relates to a motorized extractor hood for kitchens, of the type housed and vertically sliding inside a vertical compartment (2) obtained on the back of the cabinet (M) in which the oven and/or stove is installed, which also contains an actuator (3) designed to move the hood... Agent: Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A.

20090241936 - Ethanol-burning hearth apparatus: An apparatus having a substantially air-sealed, transparent, front through which a flame within the firebox may be viewed. The apparatus may include a burner configured to hold and burn a liquid fuel and positioned so as to cause a flame from the burning fuel to appear within the firebox. The... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090241937 - Sunshine tracker: A machine for tracking the sun's movement and concentrating sunlight consists of a main Frame which pivots in the north and south direction on a base having conduit for a heat medium (a liquid usually of the Glycol family the Main Rrame supports the Mirror Frame that pivots 360 degrees... Agent: Darrell G Ashcraft

20090241938 - Solar thermal receiver for medium- and high-temperature applications: A receiver system for harnessing solar radiation. Embodiments of a receiver system include a receiver including one or more receiver elements, each receiver element including: a plurality of transparent tubes including a first tube and at least one second tube at least partially within the first tube; a first passage... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090241939 - Solar receivers with internal reflections and flux-limiting patterns of reflectivity: Solar receivers and particularly to solar receivers having one or more cavities and optionally having absorptivity/reflectivity patterns on surfaces and methods of reflective material application.... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, P.C.

20090241940 - Solar thermal collector manifold: A solar thermal energy collector manifold is provided. The manifold is connected to solar collector tubes for collecting solar energy. A fluid is used to transfer the heat collected from the collector tubes. The manifold includes an inlet path for receiving the fluid, a fluid flow path for transferring the... Agent: The Mueller Law Office, P.C.

20090241941 - Partially transparent sun collector having a sun protection function: The present invention relates to a sun collector comprising a flat absorber body (1) on or in which one or more absorber channels (17) for the flow of a heat transfer medium are configured. In areas which are not occupied by the one or more absorber channels (17), the absorber... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber