Abstract: A broiling oven formed by an oven liner and an access door. Two electric radiant heating elements are located beneath the top wall of the oven liner. A hinged reflective plate is supported at each side of the innermost heating element. When these plates are lowered they form a miniature broiling compartment using the innermost heating element. When they are raised both heating elements may be operated together or separately.

Abstract: A sculpturing kit and method for producing dehydrated sculptured forms from hydrated articles, such as apples or other fruits and vegetables. The sculpture kit includes a transparent heating chamber for mounting an article on a base which includes an incandescent heating source mounted therein. A plurality of templates are provided for use by the sculptor to shape an apple, for instance, into a facial or other form prior to the dehydration process within the heating compartment. The kit also includes a heat drip shield which prevents liquid extracted from the article from contacting the light source, as well as a plurality of sculpturing tools.

Abstract: An electric barbecue grill comprises a cooking vessel and a housing connected centrally thereof. Electric heating means are provided and include a heating elements mechanically mounted on a hollow member of the housing in relative positions for different cooking modes and an electrical cord disposed in the hollow member for protection. A grillwork is provided for supporting a refractory bed adjacent the heating element unit, and electric controls for selectively energizing the heating elements for different cooking modes are disposed in the hollow member to be thermally protected from heat emanating from the heating element unit and the refractory bed.

Abstract: A high pressure radiant energy image furnace includes a radiant heat source, such as a Xenon short arc lamp or a halogen incandescent lamp, and an optical system for concentrating the radiant energy from the source on a sample enclosed in a thin wall transparent sample vessel. A closed high pressure vessel resistant to more than 10 atmospheres encloses the heat source as well as the optical system, sample and the sample vessel. A first high pressure gas source communicates with the high pressure vessel and a second high pressure gas source communicates with the sample vessel. The sample in the sample vessel is subjected to a gas pressure of more than 10 atmospheres and the gas pressures in the high pressure vessel and the sample vessel are substantially the same whereby pressure stresses the sample vessel created by differences in internal and external gas pressure are eliminated and the sample safety heated.

Abstract: A dry-process corn popper or like heat-expansion device for cereal grains, of the kind comprising a horizontally oriented metal mesh expansion cylinder which is charged with grain; the cylinder is rotated in one direction while being heated to expand the grain, the grain being discharged upon expansion, and the cylinder is subsequently rotated in the opposite direction to discharge incompletely expanded grain and other waste from the bottom of the cylinder. An electrically-powered heat source, producing radiant heat energy, is positioned near the side of the cylinder, away from the waste discharge location; a reflector directs the radiant heat onto and into the rotating cylinder to heat the grain and expand it.

Abstract: This invention relates to a conveyor for transporting sheets of material through an ultraviolet exposing chamber for curing and setting of a coat. Up to this time, the drying of solvent ink has involved considerable pollution problems, a fair consumption of natural gas and large and costly ovens with high temperature incineration systems. These problems have generally been brought about by long ovens wherein the metal sheet has been passed through once or twice in order to accomplish curing or drying.

Abstract: A heating panel for use in explosion-prone furnaces comprises a heating element on the inner side thereof, and on the outer side of the heating element a series of spaced parallel sheets of aluminum foil which, in the case of an explosion, simply blow out and are easily replaceable. The panel is rectangular and bordered with insulating material and it is contemplated that a plurality of the panels can be assembled in side-by-side relationship. The heating element may be electrical or run on gas or oil.