Patents by Inventor Robert Edward Jacob

Robert Edward Jacob 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).

  • CONVECTION CONVEYOR OVEN MANIFOLD AND DAMPER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240053003
    Abstract: A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: William S. Schjerven, SR., Richard H. Van Camp, Theodore James Chmiola, Brent James Carlson, Robert Edward Jacob
  • Convection conveyor oven manifold and damper system
    Patent number: 11835229
    Abstract: A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Middleby Corporation
    Inventors: William S. Schjerven, Sr., Richard H. Van Camp, Theodore James Chmiola, Brent James Carlson, Robert Edward Jacob
  • CONVECTION CONVEYOR OVEN MANIFOLD AND DAMPER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210164650
    Abstract: A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: William S. Schjerven, SR., Richard H. Van Camp, Theodore James Chmiola, Brent James Carlson, Robert Edward Jacob
  • Convection conveyor oven manifold and damper system
    Patent number: 10920980
    Abstract: A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION
    Inventors: William S. Schjerven, Sr., Richard H. Van Camp, Theodore James Chmiola, Brent James Carlson, Robert Edward Jacob
  • CONVECTION CONVEYOR OVEN MANIFOLD AND DAMPER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190113229
    Abstract: A gas manifold for a convection conveyor oven includes an elongated housing having a wall that at least partially encloses an interior volume; a gas inlet in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of gas outlets in fluid communication with the interior volume and extending through the wall; a plurality of seat inserts removably coupled with a plurality of gas outlets; a plurality of valve openings formed in the wall and aligned opposite the plurality of gas outlets; and at least one valve removably coupled to the wall and aligned with a first valve opening, wherein the valve is aligned with a first gas outlet and has a first position in which a first seat insert is not in fluid communication with the gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: William S. Schjerven, SR., Richard H. Van Camp, Theodore James Chmiola, Brent James Carlson, Robert Edward Jacob