Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Wolfe
Ronald D. Wolfe 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).
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Patent number: 11497217Abstract: An air impingement conveyor oven incorporating a case having orthogonal walls, the case being opened by opposite end food passage ports; an air plenum mounted within the case; vertical pairs of forwardly extending finger ducts mounted to the plenum; a food conveyor extending between the finger ducts pairs and through the food passage ports; register plates having air jet matrixes, the register plates covering the finger ducts; and the matrixes air jets upon the register plates, the air jets being configured for air flow direction biasing both toward the rearward ends of the food passage ports and away from the forward ends of the food passage ports.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Patent number: 11439153Abstract: A conveyor tunnel oven incorporating a baking case opened by longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal food passage ports; a first conveyor extending through the at least baking case, the first conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item therethrough, a second conveyor supported at the oppositely longitudinal end of the baking case, the second conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item longitudinally toward or away from the food passage port; a third conveyor carried by the second conveyor, the third conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item laterally toward or away from the food passage port; a fourth conveyor carried by the third conveyor, the fourth conveyor being adapted for orbiting the food item; and a fifth conveyor carried by the fourth conveyor, the fifth conveyor having food item engaging arms and being adapted for moving the food item upwardly or downwardly.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: WOLFE ELECTRIC, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Wolfe, Jayson S. Rohrback, Morgan M. Breth, James L. Vasher
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Patent number: 11433549Abstract: A pizza transfer tool incorporating a vertical shaft; an upper member mounted to the vertical shaft for upward and downward motions; a lower member mounted to the vertical shaft for upward and downward motions; a circumferential array of upper pivot arms having proximal ends pivotally mounted to the upper member; a circumferential array of lower pivot arms having proximal ends pivotally mounted to the lower member; a circumferential array of linking members having inner ends and outer ends, wherein each outer end is pivotally mounted to a distal end of one of the upper pivot arms, and wherein each inner end is pivotally mounted to a distal end of one of the lower pivot arms; and a circumferential array of spatulas attached to the linking member's inner ends.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: WOLFE ELECTRIC, INC.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20210086369Abstract: A pizza transfer tool incorporating a vertical shaft; an upper member mounted to the vertical shaft for upward and downward motions; a lower member mounted to the vertical shaft for upward and downward motions; a circumferential array of upper pivot arms having proximal ends pivotally mounted to the upper member; a circumferential array of lower pivot arms having proximal ends pivotally mounted to the lower member; a circumferential array of linking members having inner ends and outer ends, wherein each outer end is pivotally mounted to a distal end of one of the upper pivot arms, and wherein each inner end is pivotally mounted to a distal end of one of the lower pivot arms; and a circumferential array of spatulas attached to the linking member's inner ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: March 25, 2021Applicant: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20200187510Abstract: A conveyor tunnel oven incorporating a baking case opened by longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal food passage ports; a first conveyor extending through the at least baking case, the first conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item therethrough, a second conveyor supported at the oppositely longitudinal end of the baking case, the second conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item longitudinally toward or away from the food passage port; a third conveyor carried by the second conveyor, the third conveyor being adapted for carrying the food item laterally toward or away from the food passage port; a fourth conveyor carried by the third conveyor, the fourth conveyor being adapted for orbiting the food item; and a fifth conveyor carried by the fourth conveyor, the fifth conveyor having food item engaging arms and being adapted for moving the food item upwardly or downwardly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2020Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D Wolfe, Jayson S. Rohrback, Morgan M. Breth, James L. Vasher
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Publication number: 20190387751Abstract: An air impingement conveyor oven incorporating a case having orthogonal walls, the case being opened by opposite end food passage ports; an air plenum mounted within the case; vertical pairs of forwardly extending finger ducts mounted to the plenum; a food conveyor extending between the finger ducts pairs and through the food passage ports; register plates having air jet matrixes, the register plates covering the finger ducts; and the matrixes air jets upon the register plates, the air jets being configured for air flow direction biasing both toward the rearward ends of the food passage ports and away from the forward ends of the food passage ports.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Patent number: 8776773Abstract: An air impingement tunnel oven including a baking case having a plurality of walls, the case's interior having high and low pressure zones; a food conveyor spanning between food passage ports; a plenum and air impingement registers combination having pluralities of finger ducts overlying and underlying the food conveyor, each finger duct being attached to and extending from the plenum, and the plenum dividing the baking case's high and low pressure zones; a gas burner supported upon one of the baking case's walls and including a shell and a gas tube within the shell, the shell defining an annulus which opens the baking case's low pressure zone; and an optical flame sensor operatively mounted for detecting burner flame light passing outwardly through the annulus.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Wolfe, Steven M. Wolfe, Brent Staver
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Patent number: 8536493Abstract: A vertically stacked air impingement tunnel oven including a plurality of baking cases having vertically aligned food ports; an electronically controlled heater system connected to the baking cases, the heater system being adapted for heating selected groups of baking cases, the heater system including a plurality of on/off switches which are correspondingly electrically connected for actuating the heating of the selected baking cases; an exhaust hood and exhaust fan having an inlet over the food ports; and a first electronic motor drive system connected operatively to the exhaust fan, and being adapted for rotating the exhaust fan a rotation speed among a plurality of preset rotation speeds, the drive system including the plurality of on/off switches which are further electrically connected for simultaneously actuating the exhaust fan at rotation speeds corresponding with the selected baking case group.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2010Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Patent number: 8286400Abstract: A self cooling panel having a longitudinally inner wall; a longitudinally outer wall having a first plurality of “J” plates, each plate among the first plurality of “J” plates having a stem section, an upper end, a lateral end, and an oppositely lateral end, and a vertically ported tail section; first screw and eye combinations interconnecting each plate among the first plurality of “J” plates so that the upper end of each plate's stem section is positioned at the distal end of the tail section of one of the other plates among the first plurality of “J” plates, or so that the distal end of each plate's tail section is positioned at the upper end of the stem section of one of the other plates among the first plurality of “J” plate; and second screw and eye combinations interconnecting the longitudinally inner and outer walls, the second screw and eye combinations positioning the upper end of the stem section of each plate among the first plurality of “J” plates longitudinally outwardly from the panel's longituType: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Wolfe, Brent W. Staver, Kelly W. Berreth
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Patent number: 8210844Abstract: An air impingement conveyor oven incorporating a baking case having an interior space bordered by opposing longitudinal walls, opposing lateral walls, a ceiling, and a floor; an air plenum partitioning the baking case's interior space into an air impingement space and an air return space, the air plenum having at least a first intake port opening at the air return space, the air plenum further having a plurality of air impingement ducts extending into and opening at the air impingement space; a passive flow conduit opening the baking case, the passive flow conduit having an output end positioned at the return air space; a combustible fuel injector and igniter connected operatively to the passive flow conduit; and an air impelling fan mounted operatively within the baking case's interior space for recirculating impingement air from the air impingement space into the air return space, for drawing outside combustion air through the passive flow conduit, and for driving the air through the at least first intake pType: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventors: Ronald D. Wolfe, Frederick Hausler, Brent Staver
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Patent number: 7895809Abstract: A support beam and attachment clevis assembly having a pair of “J” beams, each “J” beam having a stem and a tail, each “J” beam's tail having a distal end and a longitudinal extension, each “J” beam's stem having an upper end and a longitudinal extension, the longitudinal extension of each “J” beam's stem being greater than that of said each “J” beam's tail; and incorporating a plurality of blind rivets interconnecting the pair of “J” beams so that the distal end of each “J” beam's tail contacts the upper end of the other “J” beam's stem.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: March 1, 2011Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20100104997Abstract: An air impingement conveyor oven incorporating a baking case having an interior space bordered by opposing longitudinal walls, opposing lateral walls, a ceiling, and a floor; an air plenum partitioning the baking case's interior space into an air impingement space and an air return space, the air plenum having at least a first intake port opening at the air return space, the air plenum further having a plurality of air impingement ducts extending into and opening at the air impingement space; a passive flow conduit opening the baking case, the passive flow conduit having an output end positioned at the return air space; a combustible fuel injector and igniter connected operatively to the passive flow conduit; and an air impelling fan mounted operatively within the baking case's interior space for recirculating impingement air from the air impingement space into the air return space, for drawing outside combustion air through the passive flow conduit, and for driving the air through the at least first intake pType: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: WOLFE ELECTRIC, INC.Inventors: Ronald D. Wolfe, Frederick Hausler, Brent Staver
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Patent number: 7604000Abstract: A tunnel oven including a case enclosing a baking chamber, the baking chamber having a lateral side, an oppositely lateral side, a longitudinal end, and an oppositely longitudinal end, the case having longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal end walls respectively bounding the baking chamber's longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends; the tunnel oven further including first and second food passage ports respectively extending through the case's longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal end walls, the first food passage port having lateral and oppositely lateral sides; the tunnel oven further including a heater connected operatively to the case; the tunnel oven further including a food conveyor extending longitudinally through the baking chamber; the tunnel oven further including a plenum mounted within the baking chamber's lateral side, the plenum being opened by a blower port and by at least a first duct port; the tunnel oven further including an air blower mounted in communication with the plenum's blowType: GrantFiled: December 21, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Wolfe, Ronald D. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20080072528Abstract: A support beam and attachment clevis assembly having a pair of “J” beams, each “J” beam having a stem and a tail, each “J” beam's tail having a distal end and a longitudinal extension, each “J” beam's stem having an upper end and a longitudinal extension, the longitudinal extension of each “J” beam's stem being greater than that of said each “J” beam's tail; and incorporating a plurality of blind rivets interconnecting the pair of “J” beams so that the distal end of each “J” beam's tail contacts the upper end of the other “J” beam's stem.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2006Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: WOLFE ELECTRIC, INC.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Patent number: 7340992Abstract: An air impingement conveyor oven including a baking case having an interior space, a food input port, a food output port, and having a longitudinal axis extending from the food input ports to the food output port; an air heating gas burner connected operatively to the baking case for heating air within the interior space; a plurality of air registers mounted within the baking case's interior space, the air registers being positioned longitudinally along the baking case's longitudinal axis; an air blower mounted within the baking case's interior space; a network of air ducts interconnecting the air registers and the air blower; left and right conveyor belts extending along the baking case's longitudinal axis and being respectively positioned leftwardly and rightwardly from the longitudinal axis; a first roller mounted intersectingly across the baking case's longitudinal axis, the first roller being frictionally engaged with the left and right conveyor belts, the first roller being annularly coffered at said axType: GrantFiled: January 27, 2005Date of Patent: March 11, 2008Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Wolfe, Ronald D. Wolfe
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Patent number: 6833533Abstract: A pizza oven having a baking chamber, having a loading port, and having a dispensing port; a conveyor extending longitudinally through the baking chamber from the loading port to the dispensing port; an air plenum having an air intake port and a plurality of air output ports; an air blower connected to the air plenum for moving heated air from the air intake port to the air output ports; and having upper and lower pluralities of ducts respectively overlying and underlying the conveyor, each duct having a proximal end attached to the plenum and a distal end, each duct further having proximal and distal air discharge ports respectively positioned proximally and distally from a vertical plane extending longitudinally along and substantially centrally through the conveyor, each duct's proximal air discharge port being larger than the duct's distal air discharge port.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2004Date of Patent: December 21, 2004Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventors: Gary L. Wolfe, Ronald D. Wolfe, Dwane D. Wolfe
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Patent number: 4830199Abstract: A hanging display having a circuitous metal hoop which supports a doubled layer of nylon mesh netting. The netting is initially formed as a tube which is threaded through the hoop and folded back upon itself and knotted to form a basket. The basket is easily deformable to contain a large quantity and variety of products, and returns to its initial shape as products are removed. The hook and netting may be supported from above by cables, on pegboard hooks, or by a freestanding frame member.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1987Date of Patent: May 16, 1989Assignee: Liberty Diversified IndustriesInventors: Ronald D. Wolfe, Dale D. Shepard
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Patent number: D618330Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2009Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Wolfe Electric, Inc.Inventor: Ronald D. Wolfe
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Patent number: RE36941Abstract: The oven of the present invention is a low profile, dual .[.conveyer.]. .Iadd.conveyor .Iaddend.oven including an oven cabinet, two closely spaced .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.and an air heating and circulation system. The .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.and the oven cabinet are adapted so that the .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.can be easily removed .[.from the.]. from the front or side of the oven cabinet. The oven cabinet houses the .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors.Iaddend., ducts and manifolds which all can be easily removed for cleaning or other maintenance. Each of the .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.include separately controlled drive motors capable of driving .[.the.]. each of .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.at different speeds and in different directions.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 1999Date of Patent: November 7, 2000Inventors: Ronald D. Wolfe, Dwane D. Wolfe