Patents by Inventor John Wiker

John Wiker 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).

  • Conveyor oven apparatus and method
    Publication number: 20070012307
    Abstract: An oven according to some embodiments includes an oven chamber in which food is cooked, a heating element, a fan, a sensor for sensing the temperature of the oven chamber, a remote input device, and a controller configured to receive a signal from the remote input device and to change the fan or heating element based at least in part upon the signal received from the remote input device. In a method of operating the oven according to some embodiments, the oven enters an operating mode from an energy-savings mode responsive to receiving an signal from a remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: January 18, 2007
    Applicant: Middleby Corporation
    Inventors: John Wiker, Mohan Panicker, Magdy Albert, William Schjerven
  • Self-cleaning oven
    Publication number: 20070006865
    Abstract: A self-cleaning, gas-fired tunnel oven is provided. One embodiment of the oven provides a self-cleaning, gas-fired tunnel oven for cooking food products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventors: John Wiker, Frank Carbonara, Gregory Tomko, Michael Matthews, Theodore Chmiola