Patents by Inventor Stan Smits
Stan Smits 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: 11788731Abstract: A method and device for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance. The method includes determining usage behavior of the customer(s) or operating behavior of the cooking appliance(s), transferring the usage behavior or the operating behavior to the cooking appliance manufacturer, saving the usage behavior or the operating behavior, receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer or receiving information established internally at the manufacturer, evaluating the received information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior, determining which received information or information established internally at the manufacturer could be of interest for customers or for the cooking appliance, and conveying the determined information of interest to the customer or to the cooking appliance.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2023Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
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Patent number: 11391466Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular to a commercial cooking appliance with a housing, with a cooking chamber that is arranged in the housing and that has a cooking chamber opening that is surrounded by a circumferential door seal that is arranged at the door inner side and/or a housing area adjacent to the cooking chamber opening and that can be opened and closed by a cooking chamber door, wherein the cooking chamber door has an inner pane that is adjacent to the cooking chamber and that, in the closed state of the cooking chamber door, abuts a door seal as well as an outer pane that is arranged at a distance to the inner pane and that together with the inner pane delimits a cooking chamber door interior space, and with an optoelectronic sensor, wherein, in the closed state of the cooking chamber door, the optoelectronic sensor projects into a reception area of the cooking chamber door interior spaces arranged outside the door seal.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventors: Hannes Wild, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Publication number: 20220175170Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular a commercial cooking appliance, comprising a cooking chamber; a motor-driven fan wheel which is arranged in an area which is separated from the cooking chamber by a suction plate having a central suction opening; a heating device which has one, at least two heating coils and is arranged around the fan wheel; an appliance control, the appliance control activating the heating coils independently of one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: WELBILT DEUTSCHLAND GMBHInventor: Stan Smits
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Publication number: 20210080113Abstract: A method and device for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance. The method includes determining usage behavior of the customer(s) or operating behavior of the cooking appliance(s), transferring the usage behavior or the operating behavior to the cooking appliance manufacturer, saving the usage behavior or the operating behavior, receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer or receiving information established internally at the manufacturer, evaluating the received information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior, determining which received information or information established internally at the manufacturer could be of interest for customers or for the cooking appliance, and conveying the determined information of interest to the customer or to the cooking appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: CONVOTHERM-ELEKTROGERATE GMBHInventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
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Patent number: 10920991Abstract: A method for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance of a cooking appliance manufacturer, the method having the following method steps: determining by the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behavior of the customer(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) and/or transferring to the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behaviour of the individual(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s); saving at the cooking appliance manufacturer the determined usage behaviours of the customer or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) (GG2, GG3); receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer and/or receiving information established internally at the business; evaluating by the cooking appliance manufacturer the receiving information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior to determine which of the items of received inType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: CONVOTHERM-ELEKTROGERATE GMBHInventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
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Patent number: 10852003Abstract: A method for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance of a cooking appliance manufacturer, the method having the following method steps: determining by the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behavior of the customer(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) and/or transferring to the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behaviour of the individual(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s); saving at the cooking appliance manufacturer the determined usage behaviours of the customer or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) (GG2, GG3); receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer and/or receiving information established internally at the business; evaluating by the cooking appliance manufacturer the receiving information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior to determine which of the items of received inType: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: CONVOTHERM-ELEKTROGERATE GMBHInventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
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Publication number: 20200018486Abstract: A method for the targeted conveying of information to individuals using cooking appliances and/or to at least one cooking appliance of a cooking appliance manufacturer, the method having the following method steps: determining by the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behavior of the customer(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) and/or transferring to the cooking appliance manufacturer the usage behaviour of the individual(s) and/or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s); saving at the cooking appliance manufacturer the determined usage behaviours of the customer or the operating behaviour of the cooking appliance(s) (GG2, GG3); receiving information sent by cooperation partners of the cooking appliance manufacturer and/or receiving information established internally at the business; evaluating by the cooking appliance manufacturer the receiving information taking into consideration the saved usage or operating behavior to determine which of the items of received inType: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2018Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: Konstantin Stroh, Stan Smits, Gisela Rosenkranz, Hannes Wild, Marina Fischer, Cornelia Chowanetz
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Publication number: 20190093900Abstract: A cooking appliance, in particular to a commercial cooking appliance with a housing, with a cooking chamber that is arranged in the housing and that has a cooking chamber opening that is surrounded by a circumferential door seal that is arranged at the door inner side and/or a housing area adjacent to the cooking chamber opening and that can be opened and closed by a cooking chamber door, wherein the cooking chamber door has an inner pane that is adjacent to the cooking chamber and that, in the, closed state of the cooking chamber door, abuts a door seal as well as an outer pane that is arranged at a distance to the inner pane and that together with the inner pane delimits a cooking chamber door interior space, and with an optoelectronic sensor, wherein, in the closed state of the cooking chamber door, the optoelectronic sensor projects into a reception area of the cooking chamber door interior spaces arranged outside the door seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Hannes Wild, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: 7017571Abstract: A heat exchanger device for a cooking appliance includes a burner arranged in a combustion chamber. The burner is connected by a feeding pipe to a mixing device which prepares a gas/air mixture necessary for the combustion and feeds it to the burner. The mixing device is connected to the burner in a gastight manner additional air is prevented from flowing in. The combustion chamber is formed by an enlargement of a heat exchanger pipe which, starting from the combustion chamber, spirally surrounds the fan wheel which provides forced circulation of the treatment medium. The heat exchanger pipe is also wound around the combustion chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2003Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeräte GmbHInventors: Stan Smits, Gerd Gumienny, Lutz Riefenstein
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Publication number: 20040255925Abstract: A heat exchanger device for a cooking appliance includes a burner arranged in a combustion chamber. The burner is connected by a feeding pipe to a mixing device which prepares a gas/air mixture necessary for the combustion and feeds it to the burner. The mixing device is connected to the burner in a gastight manner additional air is prevented from flowing in. The combustion chamber is formed by an enlargement of a heat exchanger pipe which, starting from the combustion chamber, spirally surrounds the fan wheel which provides forced circulation of the treatment medium. The heat exchanger pipe is also wound around the combustion chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2003Publication date: December 23, 2004Applicant: Convotherm Elektrogerate GmbHInventors: Stan Smits, Gerd Gumienny, Lutz Riefenstein
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Patent number: D756698Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERAETE GMBHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: D757480Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GMBHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: D757481Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GMBHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: D757482Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GMBHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: D758782Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GmbHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: D764852Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogeraete GmbHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: D765457Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERAETE GMBHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber
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Patent number: D812411Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: CONVOTHERM ELEKTROGERATE GMBHInventors: Christian Schwamkrug, Siegfried Ebner, Martin Behle, Hannes Laessig, Stan Smits, Herbert Fischhaber