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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225730 | Spit assembly support base A support base for supporting the spit assembly of a rotisserie oven. The support base includes a substantially circular-shaped member having a periphery and an indented portion defined therein. The indented portion has a frustum-conical shape and extends downwardly... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225729 | Countertop rotisserie oven with warming unit Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7189950 | Electric oven An electric oven capable of cooking food in a cook-top way. The electric oven according to the present invention includes a cabinet which forms an appearance of the electric oven, a cooking cavity defined inside the cabinet and having an opening front part to contai... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7028684 | Barbecue grill fuel source support apparatus The present invention provides a barbecue grill assembly having a cooking chamber with a burner element and a base assembly configured to support the cooking chamber. The grill assembly further includes a support apparatus for a fuel bottle in fluid communication wi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021203 | Vented countertop rotisserie oven An enclosed rotisserie cooking oven having an enclosure able to rest on a horizontal surface housing a rotisserie spit, and opening to introduce food into the enclosure, a door covering the opening having a first and a second axle rod protruding from the door's peri... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010337 | Method and apparatus for monitoring blood condition and cardiopulmonary function Sensors located on a sensor carrier are placed adjacent one or more of a surgical patient's major thoracic blood-containing structures such as the aorta or pulmonary artery, and characteristics of blood in the blood-containing structures are determined noninvasively... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968839 | Multi-tray fireplace tray system A multi-tray fireplace tray system has a first tray and second tray. The first tray includes a hook. In use, the first tray and the second tray positioned proximate each other. The hook extends from the first tray into the second tray. Each tray includes a bottom su... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6929603 | Variable view arthroscope A variable-view arthroscope or similar instrument (endoscope, etc.) includes a housing tube with an input end. The housing tube contains an input assembly and a portion of a light relay assembly. A control varies the position of the input assembly to change the view... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6705308 | Personal heating device A personal heating device comprises a container and a heating arrangement within the container for providing heat to the container. The container has a hollow interior, a closable opening and a plurality of ventilation holes on the container. The heating arrangement... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6328029 | Portable, ventless cast iron stoves A heating stove for burning a gelled alcohol fuel is provided which is constructed of cast iron, yet nevertheless, is compact and light enough for one person to move. The stove is constructed of a minimum of parts, with a duplication of some parts, to min... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6125835 | Camping range A collapsible camping range for use in a camping environment. The camping range can utilize a collapsible wall structure that facilitates portability. In addition, a multi-purpose cover to the camping range can be utilized to serve as a cover for the oven... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6029650 | Personal heating device A personal heating device includes a chamber having a closed end and an opposing open end. One or more air intake holes are formed in the chamber proximal the closed end to allow air into the chamber. One or more vent holes are formed proximal the opposin... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6026800 | Portable heater and cooker system A portable heater and cooker system is provided to apply radiant and conductive heat from a heating component to an enclosure area or a cooking utensil, using a heat generated chimney effect and manual manipulation. In addition, user safety is assured wit... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5713343 | Recreational survival light/stove water heater unit An apparatus for outdoor recreation and survival which provides five simultaneous functions: portability, light, heat, a friction ignition system and a liquid heating system. It combines together elements of a burner fueled by a commercially available pro... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5706143 | Optical device A magnetically actuated optical focusing device is provided. The focusing device comprises a housing with an optical component being displaceably and rotatably arranged therein. The optical component is ferromagnetically coupled, via an internal magnet ar... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5524605 | Cooking burner A non-open fire type cooking burner capable of exhibiting endurance, workability and safety. Heat combustion or exhaust gas produced by combustion in a burner body are guided to a heat exchanger made of metal and discharged through an exhaust pipe to an e... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5359992 | Endoscope coupler with magnetic focus control An endoscope coupler includes a sealed chamber and a lens assembly longitudinally movable within the chamber for focusing an image to be received by a video camera. Spaced permanent drive magnets located exteriorly of the chamber are magnetically coupled ... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5347977 | Combination of a baking oven and a stove A combination of a baking oven and a stove includes a stove (1) for burning wood, an ash chest (3) under the stove, and a baking oven (2) above the stove. A conduit (8) extends from a furnace (7) of the stove into a secondary combustion chamber (9) above ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5343851 | Transformer heat generating assembly The transformer heating unit can be transformed into six different modes, namely: a stove, a cooking oven, a roaster, a barbecue grill unit, a foodstuff smoking unit, and an indoor space heating furnace. The whole transformer unit is enclosed into a compact, b... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5170773 | Space heating unit for recreational vehicles A space heating unit is designed for use in a recreational vehicle and particularly to operate in conjunction with a cooking stove wherein the heating unit has a housing which is placed over a pair of burners and air flow ducts extend across the housing a... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5094221 | Portable radiant gas grill A portable grill is provided which includes a casing for pivotably supporting a radiant heat gas burner therein, and a collapsible stand for supporting the casing and a tray under the casing. The burner may be turned and locked either in an up-faced posit... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4972823 | Safety stove and burner assembly The safety stove includes a stove body having a heating chamber and an air chamber therein. The stove body and chambers are pneumatically sealed. The heating chamber is positioned between the stove top and the air chamber. A burner assembly is mounted ben... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4934260 | Food cooker and smoker A food cooking and smoking apparatus comprising a rectangular container having a horizontal firebox in its depending or bottom portion. The firebox is provided with a fuel receiving grate and an electric motor driven fan for inducing a draft of air into t... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4915091 | High efficiency combustion heater A cooker and/or radiant-heating space heater system comprises a plurality of arcuate sheet metal shell segments assembled with overlapping edge portions so as to form a substantially cylindrical inner shell surrounded by a plurality of similarly overlappi... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4913126 | Outdoor stove/heater A portable outdoor stove/heater for use by outdoorsmen. The heater has a container for containing solid combustible fuel and a seat top which is heat conductive for sitting. The seat top does not extend fully across the open top to permit access to heat f... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4860726 | Multipurpose warming and heating vessel A multipurpose warming and heating vessel is provided. The vessel has an aperture for receiving a torch or other heat source and a mounting bracket for retaining the torch or heat source assembly in position. Other accessory components include a warmer po... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4848310 | Window mountable heating device A heating device for mounting in a window opening, particularly useful for vehicles, camper shells, and other enclosures, which includes a mounting plate; air intake and exhaust tubes, a burner contained within a sealed housing, an external fuel source, a... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4782767 | Solid fuel burning stove apparatus This apparatus relates to stoves, to devices for heating that use sawdust, ground corn cobs and other suitable materials gravity fed through a conical truncated feeder-hopper into a firebox. The heat generated raises the temperature of a tubular cylindric... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4708069 | Solid fuel heating appliance A heating appliance which burns solid fuel has a bottom feed to a furnace vessel, conveniently by means of an auger. The furnace vessel is arranged to be driven in rotation which assists keeping a uniformly distributed fire in the furnace vessel, and make... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4708122 | Alcohol outdoor portable stove and accessories An alcohol outdoor portable stove for hunters and fisherman comprising a hollow firebox with a cutaway portion in the front wall thereof for allowing escape of heat forwardly of the stove, a removeable front panel which covers the cutaway portion and a hi... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4676223 | Method of and apparatus for warming a person A personal warmer has a container with an imperforate top, a perforate seat on the top, a hot air diffuser on the seat, a heater support in the container, a movable hot air exhaust pipe for directing a convective flow of warm air into a persons clothing, ... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4651709 | Fuel burning stove A stove to burn solid fuels, said stove comprising a combustion chamber with a front (13) with a fuel charging aperture (14) therein and a door (3) with a transparent viewing panel (33) therein mounted over the aperture (14), a baffle (15) dividing the in... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4641629 | Apparatus for cooking and/or for heating of air Apparatus for cooking and/or heating of air, comprising a hearth having at least one hearth plate and a hinged cover which is arranged at the hearth for overlapping the hearth plate, the cover defining a chamber, a partition being provided between the upp... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4630592 | Wood stove The heating stove comprises from top to bottom, a smoke space, an oven, a combustion chamber and an ash-pit; a grate separates the chamber from the ash-pit. The grate comprises a plurality of open-ended hollow cylindrical metallic ducts which criss-cross ... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4561418 | Barbecue grill A barbecue grill for outdoor cooking has vertical spaced heating panels between which foodstuffs can be supported for cooking. One of the panels is slidable towards and away from the other panel to control the amount of heat supplied to the cooking area b... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4506651 | Wood stove The specification describes a combination wood burning stove and oven comprising a housing having a combustion chamber, a heat transfer chamber and an oven disposed in the heat transfer chamber, a combustion product intake opening means communicating the ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4506653 | Combustion method and apparatus The invention relates to a combustion method and apparatus for carrying out this method. The method comprises establishing (a) a combustion zone of hot embers above and near a grate and (b) a column of particulate fuel above and resting on said hot embers... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4466419 | Cooking method and apparatus for use with wood-burning stove A solid fuel burning heating apparatus, used as a parlor stove, is also used for cooking. The stove is provided with a self-clearing top smoke chamber having a top cover over an aperture. A cooking tray is supported in the aperture when the stove is opera... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4425901 | Heat exchange device A heat exchange device is adapted to recover heat from the fire box of a wood burning stove or the like for heating ambient air in a room or other enclosed space. The heat exchange device is adapted to mount in a recess in a stove top in place of a lid wh... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4368721 | Woodburning stove A wood burning stove having a lower main fire box and a vertically offset oven unit. Directly under the cooking surface of the lower firebox is an auxiliary firebox; the air supply inlet has means to selectively direct the incoming air to either firebox s... | 01/18/1983 |
