Patents by Inventor Michael K. Roff

Michael K. Roff 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: 6880544
    Abstract: A rack oven having an oven interior, an access door, a baking chamber, a passive steam generator, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a chamber containing burners, an undivided exhaust collection plenum positioned above the burner chamber, and a plurality of straight heat exchange tubes extending upwardly between and communicating with the burner chamber and the collection plenum. A blower circulates air within the oven interior among the heat exchange tubes, the steam generator and the baking chamber, and the steam generator produces steam using the circulating air heated by the heat exchange tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Assignee: Lang Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Stephen B. Hegge, Bradley J. Miner, Michael R. Anderson, Michael K. Roff, Christopher D. Steely
  • Publication number: 20040107953
    Abstract: A rack oven having an oven interior, an access door, a baking chamber, a passive steam generator, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a chamber containing burners, an undivided exhaust collection plenum positioned above the burner chamber, and a plurality of straight heat exchange tubes extending upwardly between and communicating with the burner chamber and the collection plenum. A blower circulates air within the oven interior among the heat exchange tubes, the steam generator and the baking chamber, and the steam generator produces steam using the circulating air heated by the heat exchange tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Stephen B. Hegge, Bradley J. Miner, Michael R. Anderson, Michael K. Roff, Christopher D. Steely