Patents Examined by Alfred Basichas
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Patent number: 12029349Abstract: Example adjustable warming racks for cookboxes of grills are disclosed. An example warming rack is configured to be coupled to a cookbox of a grill. The example warming rack includes a first rack and a second rack. The first rack has a hook configured to couple the warming rack to the cookbox. The second rack is pivotally coupled to the first rack. The second rack is movable relative to the first rack to transition the warming rack between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventors: Douglas W. Masek, James Keclik, Michael A. Graef, Brian Mathews, Nathan Mellas, Nicholas M. Nanos, Jr.
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Patent number: 12029347Abstract: A foldable grill device includes a cooking grill, a heating device which is operated with a flammable gas, and a carrier frame which holds the cooking grill. The carrier frame includes plate-shaped walls, and at least two opposite bearing elements in which the heating device is held to be releasable. The plate shaped walls are interconnected via releasable plug-in connections so that a release of the releasable plug-in connections converts the foldable grill device into a transport and storage state in which the plate-shaped walls and the cooking grill are placed one on top of another to form a flat stack. The heating device is provided as a tubular fuel rod which a first end, a second end which is arranged opposite to the first end, and a plurality of outlet openings for an outflow of the flammable gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: VENNSKAP GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Christian Battel
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Patent number: 12028015Abstract: A beam includes a flat plate and an elliptical curved plate, each of both ends of the flat plate are respectively fixedly connected to a corresponding end of the elliptical curved plate to form a ring shape, and a plane where the flat plate is located is perpendicular to a long axis of an ellipse where the elliptical curved plate is located. Also provided is the use of the beam in a solar tracking bracket that includes the beam; a post; and a bearing seat comprising a bearing ring, a Z-shaped support plate and a bottom plate connected sequentially. The Z-shaped support plate has a Z-shaped cross section, the beam is installed inside the bearing ring, the flat plate of the beam faces a solar module, and the bottom plate is connected to the post.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Arctech Solar Holding Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shitao Wang, Pengxiao Yu
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Patent number: 12025316Abstract: A mounting bracket mountable to the underside of the cabinet prior to the range hood and configured to engage and support the range hood as the range hood is secured to the cabinet. The mounting bracket having a support feature engagable to the range hood to hold the range hood proximate the cabinet while fasteners are sunk to secure the range hood to the cabinet. The mounting brackets are pre-positioned on the cabinet such that range hood is aligned with the cabinet when the range hood is supported by the support feature. The smaller mounting brackets can be more easily mounted in the proper position on the cabinet then the larger range 10 hood speeding the installation process and reducing errors.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Broan-NuTone LLCInventors: Benoit Gauthier, Richard R. Sinur, Brian R. Wellnitz, Jonathan Houde, Remi Cossette, Yannick Morin, Mark Kurth, Peter Muller, Timothy Payne, David Wylen, Phil Anthony, Aaron Eiger, Scott Rote
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Patent number: 12025309Abstract: A method for operating a premix gas burner wherein an air flow rate and/or a fuel gas flow rate are controlled so as to generate heat with the premix burner in accordance with a heat demand related value. The fuel gas comprises hydrogen and the method further provides a desired air excess factor relation of the air/fuel gas mixture which defines the relation between a desired air excess factor and an input variable like the heat demand related value, an air flow rate related value, or a fuel gas flow rate related value. The desired air excess factor is not a constant factor but varies for different input variable values. The fuel gas flow rate and/or the air flow rate are controlled such that an actual air excess factor converges towards the desired air excess factor while meeting the heat demand.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: BDR THERMEA GROUP B.V.Inventors: Marco Dal Gazzo, Sebastiano Temperato
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Patent number: 12018844Abstract: The present invention relates to an oven rack apparatus designed to enhance kitchen safety by facilitating the loading and unloading of cookware. The apparatus includes a heat-resistant rack equipped with rollers to enable easy sliding of cookware. It features adjustable, retractable legs that can be extended to match the height of an oven shelf and retracted for storage. The rack may include raised side members for additional stability and may display marketing materials. The legs can fold under the rack to conserve storage space. The apparatus can maintain a height adjustment for the legs to avoid readjustment with each use and is adjustable to fit most standard ovens. This invention provides a practical solution for safely handling cookware with respect to an oven, with additional features that enhance convenience and adaptability.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2024Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Inventor: Michael B. Carmona
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Patent number: 12018843Abstract: A cooktop for an appliance includes a cooktop base surface that defines an edge. A cooktop burner is mounted on the cooktop base surface. A support base is rigidly fixed with the cooktop base surface adjacent the edge. A grate is rotatably supported to the support base and is rotatable between a raised position and a lowered position to alternately cover and uncover the cooking burner. A biasing member is coupled to the support base and exerts an upward biasing force on the grate.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Deeptiranjan Barik, Patrick J. Duffy, Tushar Jadhav, Sachin Karade, Atul Nalawade, Pradeep Thorat
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Patent number: 12018846Abstract: A portable heater can include a housing including a base and an enclosure and a burner assembly disposed within the enclosure, the burner assembly including a heating surface, wherein the enclosure and the heating surface are rotatable, with respect to the base, between a first rotational position and a second rotational position. In some examples, the heating surface is a curved surface. In some examples, a tilt switch is provided that has a position that is independent of the rotational position of the enclosure. The portable heater can also include temperature control features for maintaining fuel tank temperature at an improved operating condition.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Pinnacle Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sukru Erisgen, Jacob Frame
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Patent number: 12018842Abstract: A stove including spiraling walls to create multiple vertical inlets, spiraling layers of spaces that can self-draw and self-heat the air from outside of the stove into the burn zone, and a rim that covers the top area of the spiraling walls and leaves an opening above the fire. From burning, a convection draft draws air from the side-environment of the stove through the vertical inlets to circulate in the spiraling layered space, and to supply to the fire horizontally. The circling of air will be heated by the fire through conduction and irradiation. This design enables extra heated air directly for an enhanced primary burn. The stove can include side walls of different profiles, e.g., straight, tilted and curved walls and different spiraling profiles of spiraling layered spaces, e.g., linear, exponential, and exponential-polynomial.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Knowledge Makers LLCInventors: Liya W. F. Luk, Yan-Yeung Luk
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Patent number: 12011111Abstract: A portable base and grill assembly with few parts, that is collapsible, robust, and easily portable and storable is provided. The base includes two parts: a collapsible frame for containing combustion and an insert for holding combustible material including wood and charcoal. The portable grill includes two parts: a collapsible stand and a cooking surface. The cooking surface is a rollable grill that can support cookware or be used to cook food directly. The height of the stand may be adjusted to raise or lower the cooking surface above a heat source. The portable base, portable grill and cooking surface may each be used as a standalone apparatus or combined and used together as in the assembly. The base and grill assembly may be constructed wholly of stainless steel for durability.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Entreprises Nolk Inc.Inventors: Maxwell Ashford, Joseph Hofer, Theodore George Rizkalla, Chris Parker
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Patent number: 11998133Abstract: A cooking vessel according to one example embodiment includes a food receptacle for holding food during cooking. The cooking vessel includes an inner shell and an outer shell. An outside surface of the inner shell forms the food receptacle. A portion of an inside surface of the inner shell is spaced from a portion of an inside surface of the outer shell forming a sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell. A heat pipe is positioned within the sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell for distributing heat through the sealed volume between the inner shell and the outer shell. Embodiments include those wherein each of the inner shell and the outer shell includes a respective bottom wall and a respective side wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.Inventor: Jerry Wayne Smith
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Patent number: 12000591Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable camping wood-burning stove in the technical field of wood-burning stoves, including a stove body. A fixing disk is threadedly connected to the bottom surface of the stove body. A support mechanism is arranged on the fixing disk. An ash collecting disk is arranged on the bottom surface of the fixing disk. The support mechanism is rotationally connected in the ash collecting disk. Three chutes are formed in the stove body. A lifting mechanism is slidingly connected in the chute. The lifting mechanism is provided in the stove body. A stove plate is movably connected to the lifting mechanism. Two sealing plates are slidingly connected between the two fixing strips, which effectively adjusts an apparatus, makes it more convenient to use the apparatus, and further improves the practicability and convenience of the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2024Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: SainStore Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chuansong Feng, Shuqi Gao, Tianle Cheng, Hua Liao
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Patent number: 11998141Abstract: A cooking apparatus, having a body defining an interior cooking chamber for cooking food, a pellet supply portion coupled to the body and including a hopper for storing fuel, a combustion chamber for burning the fuel and heating the cooking chamber, a feeding mechanism for supplying fuel from the hopper to the combustion chamber, and a removable collection receptacle located below the combustion chamber. The apparatus also includes an ash-shaker located between the collection receptacle and the combustion chamber, the ash-shaker including an external actuator that controls one or more moving elements located in the combustion chamber, wherein movement of the moving elements encourages unburned debris in the combustion chamber to fall into the receptacle, after which the collection receptacle can be removed and the unburned debris discarded.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Onward Multi-Corp. Inc.Inventors: Terry Witzel, Colin Kirvan
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Patent number: 11994298Abstract: A stand is provided for elevating a portable stove above a surface. The stand includes a central intersection and a plurality of legs. Each leg includes an inner link extending radially outward from the central intersection, and an outer link connected to the inner link by a hinge. The outer link is thus movable to a position extending radially outward from the inner link. Each leg also includes a foot coupled to, and extending transverse to, the outer link. Each foot includes a standoff extending transverse from the outer link in a first direction, and an interference arm extending transverse from the outer link in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Solo Brands, LLCInventors: Jeffrey R. Weilert, Alexander K. Maghsadi
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Patent number: 11988391Abstract: A pan support for a gas cooker includes a support structure for a container for food to be cooked. The support structure of the pan support has a contact surface for the container and a channel for a flammable combustion gas and air mixture, which channel leads to gas outlet openings.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: BSH Hausgeräte GmbHInventors: Luis Acosta Herrero, Roberto Carballo Fernandez, Alberto Lopez Ortiz, Luis Antonio Palacios Valdueza, Emilio Placer Maruri
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Patent number: 11984840Abstract: Disclosed are a rope transmission structure, a solar energy tracker and the application method thereof, relating to the technical field of solar power generation. The rope transmission structure includes a driving wheel, a driven wheel, a main transmission rope and a plurality of tracking units. The main transmission rope is connected end to end, and one end of the main transmission rope is sleeved on the driving wheel and the other end thereof is sleeved on the driven wheel. The plurality of tracking units are provided at intervals along a lengthwise direction of the main transmission rope. A rotating member is hinged on a mounting bracket, and one end of a first branch rope is connected to the rotating member and the other end thereof is connected to the main transmission rope.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: JIANGSU ENEUTRAL NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Haitao Sun, Yanglin Li, Zhongjun Yang, Hepeng Wang, Jianguo Yan
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Patent number: 11976823Abstract: In order to solve the problem of providing an improved hob assembly which can be integrated into kitchen furniture of any type in a particularly easy manner, a hob assembly is proposed which includes at least one cooking zone, at least one air-purifier device arranged beneath the cooking zone, and at least one connecting element for connecting the cooking zone to the air-purifier device such that air can be conducted from the cooking zone to the air-purifier device via the connecting element, wherein the connecting element is arranged on the cooking zone in a mechanically removable manner and is height-adjustably mounted in the air-purifying device.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Caso Holding GmbHInventor: Udo Berling
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Patent number: 11974695Abstract: A preparation table formed of a prep surface having one or more frames secured to the prep surface. A plurality of legs are rotatably secured to the one or more frames. The legs and frames are configured to nest with a collapsible stove such that the overall thickness of the collapsible stove is increased substantially only by a thickness of the prep surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Inventor: Daniel F. Cuffaro
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Patent number: 11959664Abstract: The invention proposes a method and a device (110) for thermal-electrochemical energy storage and energy provision.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Inventors: Jonathan Flesch, Klarissa Niedermeier, Dennis Otte
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Patent number: 11959646Abstract: An ignition device for a biomass particle fuel barbecue grill and a heater, the device comprising an electrode rod (2), an igniter (3) and a wire (5), wherein the electrode rod (2) is arranged at the bottom part of a biomass particle fuel combustion area, (1) in a biomass particle barbecue grill body. Specifically, a hole site is arranged at the bottom part of the biomass particle fuel combustion area (1) for fixing and installing the electrode rod, (2) and making contact with biomass particles in the biomass particle fuel combustion area (1); the igniter (3) is fixedly arranged at a suitable position on the outer surface of the biomass particle barbecue grill body; and the igniter (3) is connected to the electrode rod (2) by means of the wire (5).Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: WH Products, LLCInventor: Xianjia Fan