Patents by Inventor Jean P. Menard

Jean P. Menard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Continuous oven with a plurality of heating zones
    Patent number: 5440101
    Abstract: A pass-through convection oven having a series of gas jet distributors and an exhaust system adjacent later distributors in the series to gather gas for the initial distributors in the series. A distributor in the series is formed of a pair of plenums in series in the gas flow path with a cumulative area of the passageway between them exceeding the cumulative area of the orifice from which the gas jets are formed in that distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Research, Incorporated
    Inventors: Norman R. Cox, Jean P. Menard, Wayne W. Baer, Bradley C. Anderson