Patents by Inventor James A. Kleva

James A. Kleva 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).

  • Patent number: 5845631
    Abstract: An oven (1) for baking foods having a baking cabinet (2), at least one door (3), a plurality of burners (4), a plurality of annular heat exchange tubes (6) for receiving in an annulus (7) at an intake end (8) combustion gases (5) from the burners (4), a flue (9) for conducting the combustion gases (5) out of the oven (1), and a blower device (11) for recirculating air from within the baking cabinet (2), over the heat exchange tubes (6) and back into the baking cabinet (2). In the improvement, a first bracket (20) is removably attached to the oven (1), a second bracket (21) is attached to the oven (1) and spaced a distance from the first bracket (20). A plurality of annular heat exchange tubes (6) are disposed between the brackets (20, 21) with the intake end (8) of each tube attached to the second bracket (21) and the discharge end (10) of each heat exchange tube (6) attached to the first bracket (20) so as to form a removable rack (25) of the heat exchange tubes (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: Kerry Ingredients, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Kleva, Andrzej Sliwowski
  • Patent number: 5497760
    Abstract: An efficient convection oven is described. The oven utilizes a single inlet centrifugal induced back draft fan disposed in a sidewall thereof between vertical burners and combustion chambers to constantly mix products of combustion from the combustion chambers with air from within the oven cavity and recirculate the same. The fan design of the instant invention permits air changes within the oven cavity in the range of 85 to 100 per minute and the vertical burner fan combustion chamber combination permits a dramatic increase in the rack space within the oven cavity for a given oven exterior envelope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: G. S. Blodgett Corporation
    Inventors: Lorne B. Alden, J. Timothy Cole, James A. Kleva, Erin D. Lonergan