Patents by Inventor Keith R. Carpenter

Keith R. Carpenter 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: 8387518
    Abstract: A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Wood Stone Corporation
    Inventors: Keith R. Carpenter, Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence B. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20090205512
    Abstract: A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Keith R. Carpenter, Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence B. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7543529
    Abstract: A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Wood Stone Corporation
    Inventors: Keith R. Carpenter, Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence B. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7004159
    Abstract: A cooking oven having a cooking chamber with a rear entry portion and a forward exit portion. There is a conveying platform extending along the length of the cooking chamber, and this platform comprises stationary elongate platform members and moveable platform members, with the two groups of platform members being spaced in an alternating relationship next to each other. The moveable platform members move together in a cycle upwardly, through a forward increment of travel, downwardly, and rearwardly to its original position and upwardly, thus conveying food products. There is a heating chamber below the platform and also infrared heaters above the platform, which are arranged to apply heat to food product on the platform with different patterns of intensity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventors: Keith R. Carpenter, Harry E. Hegarty, Larry Johnson