Patents by Inventor Steven E. Groll

Steven E. Groll 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).

  • Publication number: 20100192938
    Abstract: A cooking medium heating system includes a cooking vessel for holding a cooking medium, at least one heat transfer tube for transferring heat generated by combustion to the cooking medium, and a combustion gas eductor for venting combustion gas exhausted from a combustion gas exhaust opening. Each heat transfer tube includes a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, a top wall, and a combustion gas entry opening and a combustion gas exhaust opening formed therein at opposite ends thereof. The tubes may include at least one heat transfer fin and a combustion gas flow separator dividing the tube into two spaces between the separator and the pair of side walls. The combustion gas eductor includes a flue including a narrower, exhaust gas receiving end disposed adjacent to the combustion gas exhaust opening, a nozzle including a nozzle inlet and a nozzle outlet, and a blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Edward J. Florkey, Steven E. Groll, Thomas L. Gort, Joseph Gerstmann, John M. Corliss
  • Patent number: 6056029
    Abstract: A fuel-transfer system is provided for a fuel system of a vehicle. The fuel-transfer system includes a filler neck and a fuel tank having top and bottom walls. The fuel-transfer system includes a tube and a fuel conductor. The fuel conductor includes a housing and a diverter valve positioned to lie in the housing. The diverter valve is configured to intercept and guide the tube through an outlet of the housing into a fuel tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: Stant Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Devall, Brian J. Williamson, Steven E. Groll, Barry A. Beyer
  • Patent number: D561530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Henny Penny Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Florkey, Steven E. Groll