Patents by Inventor Russell C. Schneider

Russell C. Schneider 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: 5686004
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for cooking foodstuffs by conveying the foodstuffs through a cooking chamber comprising:an oven section and at least one integral conveyor section, the oven section comprising a bottom wall, top wall, two side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall defining a cooking chamber, the front wall having a front aperture and the rear wall having a rear aperture horizontally aligned with the front aperture, an electrical heating means comprising radiant heaters disposed within the cooking chamber to heat a foodstuff in the cooking chamber;a conveyor section removably attached to the oven section and comprising a continuous heat-resistant flexible belt formed into an elongated continuous loop with an essentially horizontal upper flight, a front reverse curve at a front end, a lower flight and a rear reverse curve at a rear end, drive means for advancing the belt around the continuous loop to convey foodstuffs along the top flight, the drive means attached to the conveyor section in a manner and
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Inventor: Russell C. Schneider