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Stoves and furnaces April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100101554 - Built-in cooking appliance: A built-in cooking appliance includes a top plate, a body frame provided under the top plate and receiving a heat source, a cabinet supporting the body frame and spaced apart from at least one side of the top plate, a support having a first side connected to the cabinet and... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20100101556 - Food baking oven, with airflow control devices of the heat dispersion from the baking chamber through the access span, and with integrated ventilation system for the thermal insulation with thermal barrier of the access span: Domestic use food baking oven to be embedded is provided with a ventilation system for the thermal insulation of the baking chamber, an airflow control device of the heat dispersion from the baking chamber, and integrated ventilation system for the thermal insulation of the baking chamber. At the baking chamber... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20100101557 - Cooking top: A cooking top, especially for household use, comprises an upward facing top cover and at least one first gas burner, the first gas burner in turn comprising: first flame divider means which puts the first burner in operative communication with the outside of the cover and comprises first flame outlets... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20100101558 - Heat distributing wave tray for a grill: A heat distributing tray for use in a barbecue grill includes a corrugated unitary body of heat conducting material having alternating solid and grated walls which define channels. More specifically, the body includes first and second side portions defined by both solid walls which extend at gradually decreasing angles with... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20100101553 - Temperature sensor for burner, and burner: A temperature sensor for a burner comprises two metal wires implementing a thermocouple, a protection sheath receiving the two metal wires, and a head in metal material having a front side intended to be facing the environment, the temperature of which is intended to be measured, and a rear side... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20100101555 - Heating cooker: A heating cooker comprising a body casing, a door openably fitted to the front panel of the body casing through hinges, and an annular packing (40) of the circumferentially same shape in cross section disposed between the door and the front panel. The hinge side of the annular packing (40)... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100101559 - Biaxial solar tracker: The invention includes a fixed platform bearing a circular rail, supporting rolling elements to which is attached a mobile frame with a sloping structure which holds a number of solar panels, grouped in rows, the panels of each row being connected to corresponding support shafts, supported on the sloping structure,... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100101560 - Solar reflector and drive control system: A planar reflector is supported on a ball-and-socket joint and can be independently pivoted about X and Y axes by magnetic drives that propel corresponding bail arms hingedly connected to the reflector. Control is achieved using the outputs of a multi-axis magnetic field sensor closely positioned adjacent a spherical magnet... Agent: Michael H Jester

20100101561 - Solar panels systems and methods: According to various embodiments of the invention, systems and methods for attaching a solar panel to a roof are provided. A solar panel generally comprises a solar cell and a frame enclosing the solar cell. The frame may be configured to interface with a conventional roof shingle in an overlapping... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20100101562 - Portable solar-heating system having an inflatable solar collector: A solar-heating system having an inflatable solar collector connected to a housing that can be installed, e.g., in a sash window of a house. The housing has an air blower that draws air from the interior of the house and directs it into the inflatable solar collector, which is positioned... Agent: Mendelsohn, Drucker, & Associates, P.C.

20100101563 - Absorber for solar heating and method for producing an absorber: The invention relates to an absorber (10), which can be used to produce heat by means of solar heating, the absorber comprising an upper metal sheet (12) facing the sun and a lower metal sheet (14) facing away from the sun, between which sheets conducting means (18, 54) are provided... Agent: Gregory A. Nelson Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20100101564 - Shop-assembled solar receiver heat exchanger: A shop-assembled solar receiver heat exchanger having an arrangement of heat transfer surfaces and a vertical steam/water separator structurally and fluidically interconnected thereto. A vertical support structure is provided to support the vertical separator and the heat transfer surfaces. The vertical support structure is bottom supported, while the vertical steam/water... Agent: Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.

20100101565 - Passive solar wire screens for buildings: Passive solar wire screens mount vertically on an edifice. The screens have rods vertically arranged parallel to one another and have wires horizontally arranged parallel to one another. The wires attach to the rods and have first surfaces facing away from the edifice in an upward direction from vertical. The... Agent: (weatherford) Wong Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP

20100095944 - Stacked steam oven construction: A stacked steam oven construction with a nested stacking component is described.... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100095946 - Spark arrestor and airflow control assembly for a portable cooking or heating device: A device for arresting spark and ash issuing from, and precisely controlling the ventilation of and temperature inside, a heat source-containing vessel such as a cooking grill, stove, oven, cooker, fireplace, heater, or firebox. The device comprises a spark arrestor assembly including a base plate, a cover plate, and a... Agent: Adorno & Yoss, LLC

20100095951 - Parallel tube burner with improved cooling and reduced size: A firebox for a gas grill with an infrared re-emitter surface at the top, at least one heat shield at the bottom, and sidewalls intermediate between the heat shields and the emitter plate forming a box like structure in which multiple small cross sectional area tubes with gas burner ports... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20100095945 - Dual fuel vent free gas heater: A dual fuel vent free gas heater having at least one gas burner with a plurality of gas outlet ports in an upper surface thereof. The gas outlet ports are in flow communication with at least one pilot flame burner. An adjustable fuel injector or at least two fuel injectors... Agent: Berenbaum Weinshienk PC

20100095947 - Hand warmer: A hand warmer comprising a heat generating element having a body portion and one or more extremity portions extending from the body portion, said one or more extremity portions adapted to substantially conform to the shape of one or more of a user's singular or combined extremities, and at least... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20100095948 - Thermal bottle sock and associated methods: A bottle warmer includes a flexible tubular sleeve having a closed lower end and an open upper end. The open upper end is to receive a bottle therethough, and the closed lower end is to receive a bottom of the bottle thereagainst. An elastic band is carried by a medial... Agent: Michael W. Taylor

20100095950 - Kitchen ventilation hood apparatus: The present invention provides a kitchen ventilation hood for ventilating the area above a cooking area and for exhausting air containing cooking by-products from a cooking station to an external environment through an exhaust duct while using a reduced airflow. The kitchen ventilation hood of the present invention is designed... Agent: Butler, Snow, O'mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC

20100095949 - Pollutant removing device and oblique single air curtain range hood using the device: The present invention relates to a pollutant removing device and an oblique single air curtain range hood using the device. The rear side of the range hood is adjacent to a wall and the range hood includes an air blow device and a suction device. The air blow device has... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100095953 - Brick assembly with magnetic attachment, and methods of making and use thereof: A brick assembly may include a molded brick having a planar surface and at least one magnetic attachment for magnetically securing the brick assembly to a ferromagnetic surface. A mold assembly for manufacturing a brick assembly may include a mold chamber and at least one magnetic attachment seat or a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100095952 - Masonry structure: An apparatus and a method of producing the same are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a panel, a plurality of fasteners, and a plurality of bricks secured to the panel by the fastener.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100095954 - Solar tracking device for solar panel: A solar tracking device for solar panel includes a barrel body, a light transmitting unit, a projecting unit, a photosensor unit, and a lens. The light transmitting unit is disposed at a first end of the barrel body oriented toward the sun. The light transmitting unit has a light-transmittable crossing... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20100095955 - Bidirectional solar tracker: The tracker is formed by a structure (3) bearing a platform (1) carrying the solar panels (2) that varies both the azimuth and elevation orientation thereof in order to track the sun. This movement is achieved by means of two actuators (4) connected respectively to fixed points (P1o, P2o) on... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100095956 - Optoelectronic devices employing fibers for light collection and emission: An optoelectronic device, such as a solar cell, light-emitting device, or photodetector, comprises a substrate, a number of fibers supported by the substrate so that an end of each fiber is in electrical communication with the substrate surface; an optional first layer, covering the substrate, though which the fibers protrude,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100089378 - Mobile kitchen: A mobile kitchen comprises a housing disposed atop one or more wheel axles and a plurality of appliances disposed within the housing. Each appliance is heated by combustion of a distillate fuel. One or more air channels are disposed about each of the appliances, such that each air channel substantially... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20100089380 - Ash bin and chimney device: An ash bin and chimney system comprising: an open topside and at least one side wall forming a device cavity, and the device further comprises at least one screen and a movable flap situated within the device cavity, the flap further comprises a leg, and the leg is in an... Agent: Dan M. De La Rosa, Esq.

20100089379 - Grill: A grill comprising a base, an upper shell, an upper pan located in the upper shell and an lower pan located in the base, the upper shell has a left lever and a right lever in the two sides respectively, one end of each lever pivotally connecting to the back... Agent: Kening Li Pinsent Masons LLP

20100089384 - Modular burner with an optimized supply for a hob: Modular burner for a hob of a cooking appliance, characterised in that it comprises a base body (20) in turn comprising a frame (22), a burner base (21,121) mountable centrally onto the frame (22), at least one lid (11,12,111) intended to close on the upper part the frame (22) and... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20100089386 - Multi-gas cooker, with a rotary valve provided with interchangeable regulating means: The cooking appliance (1) having a control panel (2) is equipped with one or more gas flow (Q) regulating valves, wherein the rotary regulating plug (6) is provided with various peripheral through holes (16-19). The control knob (9) being interchangeable for fitting to the actuating shaft (7), is chosen from... Agent: Berenbaum Weinshienk PC

20100089385 - Rotary valve arranged in multi-gas cooker: Cooking appliance (1A,1B) having an external and control panel (2,2′) equipped with one or more regulating valves, where the rotary regulator organ (6) is equipped with various peripheral openings (16-19) for supplying a flow Q. According to two embodiments (1A, 1B) of the cooking appliance, for the supply of one... Agent: Berenbaum Weinshienk PC

20100089381 - Portable flameless heat pack: A user-activatable, flexible heat pack (100, 300) has two opposed major surfaces. (102,104/302,304) The heat pack includes a first chamber (106,306) containing a first reactant and a second chamber (108,308) containing a second reactant. The first and second reactants are adapted to react exothermically with one another when mixed. The... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100089382 - Bicentric direct vent terminal: A combined air intake and combustion gas vent terminal is provided for engagement with at least one of a pair of pipes extending horizontally and being spaced apart to accommodate the inward flow of combustion air and the outwardly flow of exhaust air from a furnace. The terminal assembly is... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20100089383 - Submergible combustion burner: A burner apparatus includes a first tube having a first longitudinal bore and a second tube having a second longitudinal bore. The second tube is disposed within the first longitudinal bore such that an annular space is defined between the second tube and the first tube. The burner apparatus further... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20100089387 - Attic ventilation and heat recovery device for warming swimming pools: A machine that improves the management of thermal energy for a residence or other building by serving as both a swimming pool 26 water heater and an attic space 22 ventilator. The heating of air within an attic space 22, resulting primarily from the insolation of the roof surface 24,... Agent: Klemchuk Kubasta LLP

20100089388 - Aperture closure apparatus: Apparatus in the form of a sash window has sashes (16a, 16b) to control an opening (18). Drive arrangements (20a, 20b) are mounted within the frame and electrically powered from batteries (30), to allow the sashes (16a, 16b) to be opened or closed by remote control (40).... Agent: Chernoff, Vilhauer, Mcclung & Stenzel, LLP

20100089390 - Solar array mounting system: A solar array mounting system having unique installation and grounding features, and which is adaptable for mounting solar panels having mounting holes located in different locations. The solar array mounting system includes tilt brackets and longitudinal links forming columns. A tilt bracket includes a tilt arm for supporting an upper... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20100089389 - Solar array mounting system with universal clamp: A mounting system for photovoltaic solar panels providing support for different sized panels, and/or panels having mounting holes located in different locations. A universal panel clamp includes at least one elongated hole or slot to attach to a mounting hole on a solar panel frame. A clamp is attached to... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20100089391 - System and process for using solar radiation to produce electricity: A system for capturing solar radiation at a variable rate and providing heat at a constant rate to an electrical generating station is described. The system uses a thermal storage component that includes two or more thermal storage zones to coordinate the rate and quantity of heat delivered to the... Agent: Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20100083945 - Cooking apparatus and method of manufacturing the same: A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus includes an apparatus body, a cooking chamber defined in the apparatus body for cooking food, and a door for opening and closing the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber has an inner wall surface-treated by plasma.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100083946 - Portable combustion device utilizing thermoelectrical generation: This invention provides a portable combustion device that provides a cleaner combustion, reduces the kindling period, and provides a more efficient overall combustion through the use of a fan that directs a predetermined volume of airflow over the combustible fuel—typically wood or similar cellulose-based biological solids. The combustion device has... Agent: Loginov & Associates, PLLC

20100083947 - Barbecue grill having a split lid: A barbecue grill assembly comprises a firebox having a bottom and first and second ends, side walls extending from the first and second ends, and a pair of lids each hingeably connectable to an upper portion of one of the side walls and separately movable between open and closed positions.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100083948 - Protective liner and system for protecting a cooking top: A protective liner for use with a cooking top is provided. The protective liner includes a base sheet and additional sheets which are geometrically similar to the surface of a cooking top. The protective liner shields the cooking top or a portion thereof from soil. Housing holes in the sheets... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20100083955 - Burner assembly with integral log set: The burner assembly of the present invention broadly comprises a burner pan having an upper surface, a lower surface, and an inlet extending from the lower surface, a burner top complimentarily shaped to the burner pan and having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a plurality of ports extending... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20100083949 - Energy efficient griddle plate: An energy efficient griddle plate is provided that includes a base and a pattern of flame guide channels connected to or constructed on the base. The guide channels can accept flames and guide the flames and heated air to the perimeter of the base while fins extending from the base... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20100083950 - Solar energy water heating system: In one aspect, the invention is directed to a solar energy water heating system for heating water in a water storage tank. In one particular embodiment, the system includes a controller, a solar energy collector whose energy contribution to water in the tank is controlled by the controller, and a... Agent: Brunet & Co. Ltd.

20100083951 - Interior solar heater: A solar heater includes a plurality of suspended vertical components that cover at least a portion of an interior side of a window and have open top and bottom ends. Each suspended vertical component has a heat absorbing body position within the transparent sheath. The heat absorbing body is located... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100083952 - Adaptive self pumping solar hot water heating system with overheat protection: Solar collectors heat and self pump heat transfer fluid at reduced system pressure without mechanical intervention for heat exchange with hot water in a storage tank. Slugs of hot fluid are pumped by steam bubbles formed in solar collector tubes through an upper manifold and an exit-tube into an upper... Agent: James C. Wray

20100083953 - High efficiency solar energy devices and methods: A solar energy device includes a first prism with a dichroic surface and a reflective surface opposite the dichroic surface. A first solar cell is positioned to receive light rays passing through the dichroic surface. A second solar cell positioned to receive light rays from the reflective surface.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20100083954 - Fixture for solar modules: Disclosed is a fixture for external frame sections (1) of solar modules on a profiled support (2). Said fixture comprises a clamping piece support (3) which can be moved in a guided manner on the profiled support (2) in the longitudinal direction of the profiled support (2) and can be... Agent: Patent Central LLC Stephan A. Pendorf

20100078008 - Oven having multiple horizontal flow chambers: Oven for dough products, comprising an oven chamber having conveyance means for according to a vertical conveyance path conveying multiple trays with dough products through the oven chamber, and a number of horizontally positioned flow chambers placed one above the other at least one side of the conveyance path, wherein... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20100078009 - Grill with multi-sided access: A grill has a base that supports a grill body. A right and left lid are hingedly affixed to the grill body. The lids interconnect to ensure that they open and close together. A plurality of vents is defined by an upper surface of the lids. A shelf having a... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20100078006 - Stove pot retainer: A device and system for increasing the safety of portable stoves or stoves used in unstable conditions. The device includes at least one support member and at least one retaining member slidably disposed on the support member. The retaining member has an anchoring mechanism movably disposed on it that is... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20100078007 - High efficiency furnace/air handler blower housing with a side wall having an exponentially increasing expansion angle: An air distribution blower housing for an air handler such as a residential furnace is designed with a volute-shaped outer wall that has an exponentially increasing expansion angle in the direction of air flow through the blower housing for at least a portion of the volute-shaped outer wall length. This... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP

20100078010 - 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.

20100078011 - Ultra-compact, linear, solar-thermal steam generator: s

20100078012 - Half parabolic dish reflector with planar reflector solar smelter: Melting metals using solar energy is not new, but is new is making the technology ergonomic, and easy to use. Invented is a half-shell-parabolic-dish reflector, which has in front an adjustable flat planar reflector. When the sun is overhead, the sunlight reflects off the flat planar reflector to a half-shell-parabolic-dish,... Agent: Martin Nix