Patents by Inventor Richard L. Ricker

Richard L. Ricker 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: 9372004
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air. The filter unit includes a housing having upstream and downstream walls and a cavity therebetween. The upstream wall has an entrance opening aligned with a downstream wall portion, and the downstream wall has first and second exit openings aligned with first and second upstream wall portions. A heat exchanger is disposed within the cavity and includes first and second upstream conduits within the entrance opening and first and second downstream conduits within the first and second exit opening. The entrance and exit openings are arranged to define S-shaped air flow paths through the housing between the entrance and exit openings, each of which flows around a downstream side of one of the upstream conduits then around an upstream side of one of the downstream conduits before exiting through one of the exit openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Publication number: 20140345461
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air. The filter unit includes a housing having upstream and downstream walls and a cavity therebetween. The upstream wall has an entrance opening aligned with a downstream wall portion, and the downstream wall has first and second exit openings aligned with first and second upstream wall portions. A heat exchanger is disposed within the cavity and includes first and second upstream conduits within the entrance opening and first and second downstream conduits within the first and second exit opening. The entrance and exit openings are arranged to define S-shaped air flow paths through the housing between the entrance and exit openings, each of which flows around a downstream side of one of the upstream conduits then around an upstream side of one of the downstream conduits before exiting through one of the exit openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Patent number: 8852307
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one flow path through the housing and around the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Blissfield Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink
  • Publication number: 20120060820
    Abstract: A filter unit, system and method for removing grease, oil and other particulates from air, for example, in a kitchen environment. The filter unit includes a housing having an upstream side, an downstream side, and a cavity therebetween, a heat exchanger disposed within the cavity and comprising at least two tubes, at least one entrance aperture disposed on the upstream side of the housing and defined by at least one fin, at least one baffle disposed on the downstream side of the housing so as to be oppositely disposed from the at least one entrance aperture, and at least one exit aperture disposed on the downstream side of the housing adjacent the at least one baffle. The baffle and fin define at least one flow path through the housing and around the tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: BLISSFIELD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel W. Sikkenga, Christopher L. Schultz, Thomas A. Parott, Richard L. Ricker, Antonio R. Galvan, Brian A. Ford, Frederick D. Morrison, Patrick D. Farver, Bruce A. Eppink