Patents by Inventor Todd J. Saltzman

Todd J. Saltzman 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).

  • Heated make-up air system
    Patent number: 6629523
    Abstract: A heated make-up air system comprising a duct structure having a direct gas fired burner mounted therein. Adjacent the burner there is provided an opening for permitting air to flow there through. Mounted adjacent the opening one or more pivotally mounted panels or profile plates. The moveable panels or profile plates are spring-biased to assume a normally closed position. However, the moveable panels are moveable from the closed position to an open position in order to control air flow through the duct structure and past the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Captive-Aire Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd J. Saltzman, William B. Griffin
  • Heated make- up air system
    Publication number: 20020088456
    Abstract: A heated make-up air system comprising a duct structure having a direct gas fired burner mounted therein. Adjacent the burner there is provided an opening for permitting air to flow there through. Mounted adjacent the opening one or more pivotally mounted panels or profile plates. The moveable panels or profile plates are spring-biased to assume a normally closed position. However, the moveable panels are moveable from the closed position to an open position in order to control air flow through the duct structure and past the burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: July 11, 2002
    Inventors: Todd J. Saltzman, William B. Griffin
  • Heated makeup air system for a commercial kitchen
    Patent number: 5771879
    Abstract: A heated air makeup unit comprises a duct structure having a surrounding wall, a fan for moving air through the duct structure, and a gas burner mounted in the duct structure for heating air being moved past the burner. A pair of laterally spaced converging air-directing plates are disposed outwardly of the burner but inwardly of the surrounding walls of the duct structure for directing air into and through the burner. The laterally spaced converging plates define three air passageways through the duct structure, two outer air passageways between the respective plates and the surrounding walls of the duct structure and a third intermediate air passageway between the two plates with the intermediate air passageway being aligned with the burner. A preprogrammed heater control unit continuously monitors temperature, airflow and the flame about the burner and at the same time controls the temperature of the heated air being expelled from the heated air makeup unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Captive-Aire Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Todd J. Saltzman