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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418960 | Steam cooker and related superheater A steam cooker includes a steam generator including a heating chamber defining a volume for holding water. A heat exchanger is associated with the heating chamber so as to generate steam. A steam superheater superheats steam traveling from the heating chamber to a s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415943 | Single pass fuel-fired fluid heating/storage device A fuel-fired water heater has a single pass condensing-type heat exchanger disposed within its water storage tank portion. The heat exchanger includes a primary non-condensing portion defined by a combustion chamber positioned in an upper interior portion of the tan... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7341634 | Apparatus for and method of processing substrate A workpiece is processed uniformly, e.g., a uniform plated film is formed on a workpiece, by a processing liquid, e.g., a plating solution, which is maintained in an optimum state while minimizing the amount of the processing liquid to be used. An apparatus for proc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7316265 | Method for passive phase change thermal management In one embodiment, a method includes forming a conductive structure having a cavity, injecting a phase change material into the cavity, injecting a plurality of spheres into the cavity, and sealing the cavity. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7258006 | Sight gauge shield and method A one-piece molded polymeric sight gauge shield with internal cylindrical bore and method for making same are disclosed, along with a liquid-containing urn including same. The shield is molded by mating first and second mold portions about first and second spaced-ap... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7081185 | Purification apparatus provided with low heat conductive member The object of this invention to provide an improved arrangement that enables to prevent adhesion of polymer on or around the inner wall of a purification apparatus directly equipped on the outer wall thereof with an attachment such as a support by suppressing local ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7030341 | Cooking vessel A frying vessel having heating elements placed within a cylindrical sleeve so as to direct a current of heated frying fat. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6786215 | Deep fat fryer with burner tube end weld heat shielding A fry pot includes a burner tube that is secured to the walls of the fry pot with front and rear end welds. A front end weld shield consists of a stainless steel clad first molded ceramic positioned between the gas burner and the front of the burner tube and a rear ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6561183 | Fluid heater system with tiltable heater assembly A fluid heater system with tiltable heater assembly for facilitating the performance of maintenance on the heater assembly. The fluid heater system with tiltable heater assembly includes a support frame and a heater assembly mounted on the support frame. ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6435174 | Fluid heater coil configuration and fabrication method A spiral fluid heater coil system for facilitating drainage of fluid from the heater and increasing the efficiency of transferring heat to a fluid. The spiral fluid heater coil system includes a heater assembly including a combustion chamber having a cham... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6244224 | Heating system for tanks for storing liquid products The system uses principal radial tubes 4 which connect an inner, central arc 3 to an outer arc 2. A plurality of branches 5 emerge from these tubes 4 and then assume a radial geometry, forming secondary radial tubes which extend as far as the said outer a... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6044839 | Liquid heating apparatus A novel liquid heating apparatus is provided by which sufficient heat efficiency is achieved with the production cost reduced by simplification of the construction thereof, and the maintenance of which is easily carried out. The liquid heating apparatus i... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5983889 | Portable water tank heating system A portable water tank heating system utilizes a continuous hollow tubular loop that contains a fluid which is circulated through the tubular loop by convection to prevent the water in a drinking tank from freezing. The system is made up of the continuous ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5722487 | Heat transfer channel on the outside of a tank A heat transfer channel with an improved channel member is disclosed for circulating a heat transfer fluid over the end surface of a large tank. The channel member has an arcuate cross-section and comprises a number of substantially straight sections arra... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5253567 | Thermal fluid heat exchanger for deep fat fryer The invention relates to a thermal fluid fryer which essentially contains an oil-filled cooking channel disposed within a fryer tank support frame, in which the product to be fried is conveyed through the channel on a continuous food conveyor belt. The oi... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5235904 | Multi-flex cooker This invention is a cooking device which consists of cylindrical main vessel with a flared open top with annular shoulders on which is seated the perforated annular shoulder of a smaller cooker vessel that extends downwardly in the main vessel, a tray-lik... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5228384 | Double boiler container A double boiler container includes an interior wall spaced from an exterior wall having a fluid chamber therebetween accessed through a fill conduit through the outer side wall, with the fill conduit including a vent port. A modification of the invention ... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5209284 | Reduced pressure heat treating device A heat treating device used in chemical and food industries, including a heat exchanger of jacket type, for example, which surrounds a reaction vessel, wherein heat media such as steam and water are fed to the heat exchanger and also sucked by sucking mea... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5167216 | Vapor jacketed cooking vessel with burner A cooking vessel includes a kettle partially surrounded by a vapour jacket. An evaporator for containing fluid is mounted to the kettle and includes a tubular portion and is in fluid communication with the jacket to act as a vapour source for the jacket a... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5119800 | Hot water pan for a chafer A hot water pan for warming food in the food pan of a chafing dish. The hot water pan includes a central well for holding a volume of heated water and maintaining a warm food pan temperature. The hot water pan further includes a lip formation creating a w... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5092229 | Entirely uniformly heated responsive cooker An entirely uniformly heated responsive cooker comprising an inner pot and an outer pot, wherein the inner pot neither directly touches the heating source nor the wall portion of the outer pot by means of exhalation valve means capable of adjusting proper... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5031519 | Heat insulating cooking vessel A heat insulating cooking vessel includes a heat insulating outer container, an inner container which is releasably housed in the outer container, and a heat insulating lid member for closing the opening portion of the outer container when the inner conta... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5012947 | Water chamber baking pan An apparatus defining a baking pan, including a planar floor, with a surrounding water chamber mounted about the floor defined by coaxially aligned internal and external walls, with a fill-spout cooperative between the walls to effect filling of the defin... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4823767 | Apparatus for steaming food The steamer comprises a first heating chamber (5) intended to generate wet steam from supplied water, and a second heating chamber (6) arranged between the first heating chamber (5) and the cooking chamber (2) and used for heating the wet steam coming fro... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823980 | Enamelled double pan An enamelled double pan includes an outer pan member and an inner pan member. The outer pan member has an open top, a peripheral flange formed on the open top, and a handle mounted on an outer side surface thereof. The outer pan member is coated with an e... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4813396 | Methods and apparatus for changing liquid temperature Water heating methods and apparatus feed a combustible mixture of gas and air to an axial inlet of a cylindrical radiant surface burner and conduct water to be heated through a heat exchanger encompassing that cylindrical radiant surface burner as a cylin... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4781172 | Variable flow multiple pass apparatus for heating liquids The present invention is a variable flow, multiple pass heat exchanger for use in heating various liquids to include cooking oils. The apparatus is comprised of metallic tubing disposed in a baffled stacked configuration disposed within a combustion chamb... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4779605 | Food warmer well hinged clamp The present invention provides a hinged clamp which allows ease in both installing and removing drop-in type food warmers. A warmer well which is placed or dropped into a cut out defined in a counter top includes an outwardly extending flange to support t... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4688550 | Means and preparation process, for burning, of an emulsion containing water and heavy oil An emulsion preparation arrangement includes an emulsion preparation tank, a jacket which surrounds the tank on its sides and bottom and contains hot water, a plurality of tubes for supplying components of the emulsion and withdrawing the emulsion, and a ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4660542 | Cooking system with closed loop heat transfer means A cooking system particularly adaptable for commercial or institutional usage. The cooking system includes a high efficiency, gas fired heat generating sender, a cooking element or receiver, and a closed loop heat transfer circuit having a heating and vap... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4629866 | Method and device for transferring heat through a double walled container A device for transferring heat from a heating source to contents of an article to be warmed in which the device includes an outer wall adapted to be heated by a heating source, the heat source having a temperature above 212° F., an inner wall secured to ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4467783 | Radiant/jet impingement gas-fired cooking kettle Disclosed is a vapor-jacketed cooking kettle having a compact, self-contained, gas-fired combustion system. The tiltable kettle includes a gas-fired cylindrical power burner which fires radially into a combustion chamber below a jet plate which in turn is... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4461599 | Apparatus for storing heavy hydrocarbon oil and vessel therefor Heavy hydrocarbon oil having a pour point higher at least than the environmental temperature is loaded into a storage vessel in a state heated up to a temperature above its pour point and is cooled down to a temperature below the point to be stored in a s... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4445428 | Cooking grill heated from deep fat fryer A cooking grill structure for utilizing the heat from deep fat fryers has a grill plate and a heat pipe extending into the cooking oil. Water is utilized as the liquid medium in the heat pipe, and condensation is distributed over the grill plate to provid... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4389226 | Open heated box trays having flow-promoting devices A flow-promoting device in combination with a heated box tray open at the top in a reaction and degasification column in which a viscous or highly viscous liquid is flowing from an inlet end to an outlet end of the tray and in which a heating tube registe... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4343292 | Vapor jacketed cooking vessel An improved vapor jacketed cooking vessel having an integrally contained fired-tube vapor generator, thus making it independent of outside vapor supply.... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4331127 | Double boiler and steam cooker A boiler and steam cooker consists of an outer vessel provided with an insulated side wall. The outer vessel has an upper inwardly directed flange supporting thereon the outwardly directed flange of an inner vessel. Interlocking structure is provided on t... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4274391 | Steam table A steam table adapted to hold containers of food comprises an open tank for holding the water used to heat the food. The tank has a double bottom, and water, separate from the water used to heat the food, fills the double bottom. Heat is supplied to the d... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4245147 | Vapor transfer griddle with immersed electrical heating A vapor transfer griddle unit with a planar sheet metal heat conductive top member defining a horizontally extensive griddle, a bottom wall sealed to the top member and defining therewith a corresponding vapor chamber disposed below the griddle, a body of... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4091801 | Deep fat fryer A food cooker is illustrated in the form of a deep-fat fryer, in which the fat is isothermally heated to an operating temperature below a temperature range in which an unacceptably high rate of undesirable decomposition products formation occurs in the co... | 05/30/1978 |
