Patents Assigned to Oy Halton Group, Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230272928
    Abstract: A ventilation system return register is mountable in a room from with air will flow through the return register. It includes a housing that defines an internal volume through which air can flow, a transition collar configured to attach to the ventilation system duct, an electrical junction box configured to receive an electrical connection and a disinfecting light source electrically connected to the electrical junction box and configured to emit a radiation in a range that destroys microbial contaminants A reflective surface faces the disinfecting light and defines a disinfecting pathway through which air passes when the ventilation system is operating while it prevents the disinfecting light from shining into the room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. LIVCHAK, Gregory A. LYONS, Ben ARNOLD, Jimmy SANDUSKY, Philip J. MEREDITH
  • Publication number: 20230078575
    Abstract: One or more sections of a ventilated wall are provided around an outdoor space is not enclosed with a ceiling to form a fenced enclosure. Cooled air at a temperature colder than ambient temperature is supplied into the fenced enclosure through perforations in the wall and/or from an air-conditioned building adjacent to the fenced enclosure at displacement velocity to avoid disrupting stratification of air inside of the fenced enclosure. The cooled air pools inside of the fenced enclosure providing cooling for outdoor activities such as al fresco dining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrey V. LIVCHAK
  • Patent number: 11384941
    Abstract: An exhaust hood may have an exhaust inlet; a shroud having a lower edge and being movable, the shroud being configured to define an enclosed space over and adjacent a cooking surface, the enclosed space being in communication with the exhaust inlet. The shroud is movable to a first position providing clearance between the cooking surface and the shroud lower edge and a second position providing substantially less than the clearance provided by the first position. A vertical jet at the lower edge is aimed upwardly and along an inside of the shroud when the shroud is in the second position and the vertical jet is in the enclosed space. A horizontal jet is provided at a top of the shroud and aimed along an inside of the shroud when the shroud is in the second position and the vertical jet being in the enclosed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Olli Sipila, Philip J. Meredith, Rick A. Bagwell, Andrew C. Faller
  • Patent number: 11291870
    Abstract: A fire safety system particularly adapted for commercial kitchen applications provides control of exhaust levels for energy efficiency and intelligently responds to fires or fire risks. In embodiments, systems may provide early warning of fire hazards or impending fires. Embodiments employ probabilistic estimates with alarms that can be canceled. Embodiments employ classifiers that can make use of alarm cancellations as a mechanism for supervised learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Gregory A. Lyons, Jimmy Sandusky, Kyle Sunderlin, Philip J. Meredith, Nicholas Harlow
  • Publication number: 20220082267
    Abstract: A cooking fume mitigation system may have an exhaust hood configured to capture fumes from a cooking appliance, the exhaust hood conveying fumes to a particulate removal stage which conveys fumes to an odor removal stage. The system may also have an inlet volatile organic compound (VOC) sensor upstream of the odor removal stage and an outlet VOC sensor downstream of the odor removal stage. The odor removal stage may include a carbon filter or an ultraviolet light source. The particulate removal stage may include a pocket filter or an electrostatic precipitator filter. The system may also have a controller that receives signals from the inlet and outlet VOC sensors and uses the signals to generate data indicative of a remaining life of the carbon filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Derek W. SCHROCK, Andrey V. LIVCHAK, Fuoad A. PARVIN
  • Patent number: 11242999
    Abstract: Exhaust capture and containment are enhanced by means of automatic or manual side skirts, a sensitive breach detector based on interference effects, a combination of vertical and horizontal edge jets, and/or corner jets that are directed to the center diagonally from corners. Associated control functions are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Rick A. Bagwell, Darrin W. Beardslee
  • Patent number: 11137146
    Abstract: A method of controlling exhaust flow includes receiving at a digital controller at least one signal pertaining to a state of cooking appliance, controlling an exhaust flow to increase responsively to the at least one signal at a first time, and controlling the exhaust flow to decrease at a later time responsively to at least another signal indicating another state of the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Rick A. Bagwell, Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock
  • Patent number: 10835851
    Abstract: A pocket filter adapted for filtering grease and other liquid aerosols has first and second depth loading media with a separator that prevents wicking thereby to extend filter life and capacity. The first layer is also of lower efficiency than the second to distribute loading and further extend life. The spacer may be of unwoven fiber mesh. Various feature of the pocket filter ensure free flow of effluent streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuoad A. Parvin, Bernard A. Olson, Andrey V. Livchak
  • Patent number: 10808945
    Abstract: Energy recovery devices, systems and methods, and energy recovery control systems and methods for efficient extraction and reuse of waste heat from exhaust fumes generated from cooking appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Fuoad A. Parvin, Derek W. Schrock, Andrey V. Livchak
  • Patent number: 10744356
    Abstract: A method of responding to a condition in an exhaust ventilation system that has an exhaust hood includes receiving, at a control module, an exhaust air temperature signal representing a temperature of the exhaust air in a vicinity of the exhaust hood, the exhaust air temperature signal being generated by a temperature sensor. The method also includes receiving a radiant temperature signal representing a temperature of a surface of a cooking appliance that generates the exhaust air, the radiant temperature signal being generated by a radiant temperature sensor. Further, the method includes receiving a pressure signal representing the pressure in the hood and determining a state of the cooking appliance based on the received exhaust air temperature signal, the received radiant temperature signal, and the received pressure signal. Finally, the method responds to the determined appliance state by outputting a control signal from the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Rick A. Bagwell, Philip J. Meredith, Derek W. Schrock
  • Patent number: 10634365
    Abstract: A services supply device for a commercial kitchen includes multiple wall modules that are interconnectable to form a continuous wall. The continuous wall is defined by a pair of common substantially planar surfaces, one at the front side of the wall and one at the back side of the wall, spaced apart by some distance. The interior of the wall between the front and back sides forms a cavity. A portion of the cavity may be configured as an exhaust duct that conveys exhaust fumes away from a cooking appliance serviced by the services supply device, while another portion may be configured as a filter. The exhaust duct may have an inlet positioned on one of the sides of the continuous wall. The individual wall modules may be formed from functional units stacked on top of each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Philip J. Meredith, Rick A. Bagwell, Andrew C. Faller
  • Publication number: 20200054905
    Abstract: A fire safety system particularly adapted for commercial kitchen applications provides control of exhaust levels for energy efficiency and intelligently responds to fires or fire risks. In embodiments, systems may provide early warning of fire hazards or impending fires. Embodiments employ probabilistic estimates with alarms that can be canceled. Embodiments employ classifiers that can make use of alarm cancellations as a mechanism for supervised learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. LIVCHAK, Derek W. SCHROCK, Gregory A. LYONS, Jimmy SANDUSKY, Kyle SUNDERLIN, Philip J. MEREDITH, Nicholas HARLOW
  • Patent number: 10480797
    Abstract: A flow control device has a duct section with a plurality of damper blocking elements, each having a major plane. The damper blocking elements are pivotably connected to the duct section and movable in a range that is limited to ensure that, when the duct section is mounted in a preferred orientation, the damper blocking element major planes always form an angle of at least 45 degrees from the horizontal throughout the range. The range is such that the plurality of damper blocking elements can selectively close and open the duct. The blocking elements can completely close the duct, for example, to block natural convection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Darrin W. Beardslee, Andrew C. Faller
  • Patent number: 10473336
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods provide energy recover, modular systems to build and revise commercial kitchen services, closed circuit exhaust, and high efficiency capture and containment of fumes from cooking processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Derek W. Schrock, Olli Sipila, Philip J. Meredith, Darrin W. Beardslee, Rick A. Bagwell, Andrew C. Faller
  • Patent number: 10471482
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes a ventilated ceiling component with multiple surfaces and recesses. Each recess has an exhaust intake, the recesses being distributed over an area of a ceiling that has a perimeter adjacent the recesses. The perimeter has a jet register located below the exhaust intake and configured to generate jets, a first of the jets being directed toward and located below at least one of the exhaust intakes and a second of the jets being directed substantially vertically downward. The perimeter further has a displacement ventilation register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Heinz Ritzer, Fridolin Muehlberger, Andrey V. Livchak
  • Publication number: 20190338958
    Abstract: An exhaust hood may have an exhaust inlet; a shroud having a lower edge and being movable, the shroud being configured to define an enclosed space over and adjacent a cooking surface, the enclosed space being in communication with the exhaust inlet. The shroud is movable to a first position providing clearance between the cooking surface and the shroud lower edge and a second position providing substantially less than the clearance provided by the first position. A vertical jet at the lower edge is aimed upwardly and along an inside of the shroud when the shroud is in the second position and the vertical jet is in the enclosed space. A horizontal jet is provided at a top of the shroud and aimed along an inside of the shroud when the shroud is in the second position and the vertical jet being in the enclosed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. LIVCHAK, Derek W. SCHROCK, Olli SIPILA, Philip J. MEREDITH, Rick A. BAGWELL, Andrew C. FALLER
  • Patent number: 10434344
    Abstract: A method of responding to a condition in an exhaust ventilation system that has an exhaust hood includes receiving, at a control module, an exhaust air temperature signal representing a temperature of the exhaust air in a vicinity of the exhaust hood, the exhaust air temperature signal being generated by a temperature sensor. The method also includes receiving a radiant temperature signal representing a temperature of a surface of a cooking appliance that generates the exhaust air, the radiant temperature signal being generated by a radiant temperature sensor. Further, the method includes receiving a pressure signal representing the pressure in the hood and determining a state of the cooking appliance based on the received exhaust air temperature signal, the received radiant temperature signal, and the received pressure signal. Finally, the method responds to the determined appliance state by outputting a control signal from the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Rick A. Bagwell, Philip J. Meredith, Derek W. Schrock
  • Patent number: 10365003
    Abstract: A ventilation system includes a supply register with a displacement-type diffuser providing a flow of ventilation air at a non-mixing rate that maintains stratification of air in the occupied space. An first exclusive return register is positioned near the ceiling and a second exclusive return register is positioned near the floor. A control system controls the flow of heated or cooled air to the supply register and selectively controls the flow of air into the first or second return registers. During the cooling mode, cooled air flows through the supply register and air is withdrawn only through the first exclusive return register, while in the heating mode warm air flows through the supply register and air is withdrawn only through the second return register.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Andrey V. Livchak, Rick A. Bagwell
  • Publication number: 20190212015
    Abstract: A method of controlling exhaust flow includes receiving at a digital controller at least one signal pertaining to a state of cooking appliance, controlling an exhaust flow to increase responsively to the at least one signal at a first time, and controlling the exhaust flow to decrease at a later time responsively to at least another signal indicating another state of the cooking appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicant: Oy Halton Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Rick A. BAGWELL, Andrey V. LIVCHAK, Derek W. SCHROCK
  • Patent number: D883464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: OY HALTON GROUP LTD.
    Inventors: Christian Hirschmann, Derek W. Schrock, Philip J. Meredith, Kyle Sunderlin