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Wearable Pet Enclosure

An enclosure for small animals which is wearable on the front or back of an animate being.

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Cocks, Josiah C.


Primary examiner statistics: 208 patents; average approval time: 211 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 263 patents; average approval time: 723 days

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NumberTitleIssue Date
6666676Programmable burner for gas stoves
A programmable burner for gas stoves, which is constituted by a gas burner and a safety valve that includes a thermocouple, which is located in coincidence with an external edge of the burner. The safety valve is maintained open when the thermocouple is d...
12/23/2003
6655375Solar thermoaccumulator
A solar thermoaccumulator, including a parallel battery of closed-circuit vacuum solar pipes, and provided with a plurality of accumulation bulbs, which are either immersed in a primary conductive fluid that circulates in an annular chamber having an air ...
12/02/2003
6637428Collapsible light concentration device
A collapsible light collection and/or transmission device having an axis of symmetry. The device includes opposing first and second body portions each having a curved inner reflective surface and an outer surface. The first body portion is pivotally coupl...
10/28/2003
6634351Thermostatic gas valve with standing pilot flow
A thermostatic gas valve structure for a kitchen oven comprises a valve body and a body cover, manual and thermostatic valves built into the body to regulate a main flow of said main burner, an actuating shaft traversing said cover and a rotary control co...
10/21/2003
6631710Method for cooking and cleaning with temperature-stable glass-ceramic cooking vessels and accessories in a pyrolytically self-cleaning baking oven
The method of cooking in and subsequently cleaning a pyrolytically self-cleaning baking oven includes providing a glass-ceramic baking oven accessory and glass-ceramic cooking vessel for cooking in the self-cleaning baking oven, which have as small as pos...
10/14/2003
6629837Integrated premixed indirect radiant burner
A gas-fired burner wherein a back plate having at least one inlet tube is connected with respect to a flameholder plate having a plurality of ports. The flameholder plate and the back plate form a plenum. A plurality of mixing baffles are formed within th...
10/07/2003
6619279Broiler switch structure
A broiler switch structure includes a main burner and an adjustment control switch connected with the main burner. The adjustment control switch has a main body, and a pilot light generator which is provided with a connection body and a pilot light head. ...
09/16/2003
6619951Burner
A burner apparatus includes a mounting head having a fuel inlet opening defined in the mounting head for receiving combustion air and fuel gas through the opening. An inner support structure is attached to the mounting head. The inner support structure de...
09/16/2003
6615819Convection oven
A convection, oven having a multi-speed fan for circulating hot air within the cooking chamber at a plurality of velocities, with the selection of the appropriate fan speed depending upon the food being cooked in the oven. The fan is disposed within a rec...
09/09/2003
6615820Flame-stoking attachment for a grill cooker
A flame-stoking attachment for a grill cooker for stoking the flames and charcoal of the grill cooker to quicken cooking of food. The flame-stoking attachment for a grill cooker includes a housing having a wall, an open top end, and an open bottom end; an...
09/09/2003
6595770Safety device for ignition gun
A safety device for ignition gun mainly has a knob, a push button, a spring, and a reed piece, disposed in the housing of an ignition gun, in which both the knob and the push button are slidable relatively to the housing while the reed piece is fixedly po...
07/22/2003
6595199Stove for solid fuel
A stove for solid fuel, with sensor controlled, motor driven adjustment means for respective different types of intake air and with a control unit which is programmable for selective control of the adjustment means in order to optimise the combustion unde...
07/22/2003
6591829Cool-door oven
The cool-door oven comprises a chamber which has an opening that can be closed by a hinged door. The chamber is mounted on a chassis with the chamber being insulated with respect to the chassis and the oven door being hinged to the chassis. Application to oven...
07/15/2003
6582219Torch illumination device
The present invention relates generally to an illumination device. More particularly, the present invention relates to providing an illumination device included in a portable gas torch apparatus. A control element in a first position, selects a light swit...
06/24/2003
6579089Floating candle holder
A floating candle holder is provided that includes: an anchor portion formed of a material having a density greater than that of water; a candle having a wick, the candle positioned above the anchor portion; and a shield portion having an opening defined ...
06/17/2003
6579085Burner and combustion method for the production of flame jet sheets in industrial furnaces
This invention relates to a burner and a method of combustion for producing a flame jet sheet or sheets for various applications in industrial furnaces. The burner has at least one linear or curvilinear flame nozzle having a ratio of width to height of gr...
06/17/2003
6575733Fuel combustion method and reactor
The invention relates to a method for combustion of fuels of arbitrary state of aggregation, which are burnt with air, possibly with the addition of water, and a reactor therefore, which is intended to optimize the combustion method. A solid, liquid and/o...
06/10/2003
6561183Fluid 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
6557544Charcoal cooker
The present invention relates to a charcoal cooker being easy to kindle a charcoal and to adjust heat applied to food in cooking. The charcoal cooker comprises: a charcoal burning part for containing and burning charcoal; a cooking part for cooking food b...
05/06/2003
6554608Apparatus and method for sensing flammable vapor
An apparatus and method for operating a pilot burner apparatus and a main burner apparatus of a gas-fired appliance. The pilot burner apparatus draws combustion air from a first environment. The main combustion apparatus draws air from a second environmen...
04/29/2003
6553985Tank support strut for grill
A preferred embodiment incorporates a grill casting support assembly which includes a tank support strut mounted thereto. The tank support strut is configured to mount an LP gas tank thereon and preferably is configured with a first end and a second end a...
04/29/2003
6551095Combustion process and fuel injection burner for implementing such a process
In a combustion process, especially one used for melting glass, the delivery of fuel is ensured by an apparatus having at least one burner (5) which is equipped with at least one injector (1) that includes a liquid fuel delivery tube (2) which has at leas...
04/22/2003
6550469Ignition device for stove
An ignition device for stove comprises a battery container projected from a housing of the stove and having a battery therein, a releasable ignition switch projected from an outer end of the battery container and being capable of detaching therefrom for r...
04/22/2003
6550470Portable gas burner with detachable reflector and base
A portable gas burner in which the base is comprised of a hollow disk-like shell and a plurality of sector plates detachably fastened to one another and to the periphery of the disk-like shell by screws; the reflector is comprised of a reflector disk and ...
04/22/2003
6543438Furnace with dual use inducer motor
An improved furnace including a two-speed inducer motor which can be used as a single speed motor for either a vertically or horizontally vented furnaces. The inducer has a common terminal, a low speed terminal and a high speed terminal. One lead is attac...
04/08/2003
6537064Flow director for line burner
A burner having improved flame quality even at high turn-down ratios. The burner includes a flow director which is preferably a bent sheet or plate positioned in the burner to alter the flow geometry of the air component into a series of channels where th...
03/25/2003
6537061Catalytic afterburner and bottle equipped with same
The invention concerns a catalytic combustion afterburner made of porous material, comprising in its lower part a substantially axial cavity for receiving a taper designed to convey to the burner a combustible liquid, and in its upper part an annular peri...
03/25/2003
6532952Heating and cooling solar system control module
A control for a solar-heating and ventillation-cooling air type solar system has temperature sensors, dual air distribution valves, valve actuators and a fan-integrated into a single module that is removably mounted together with a modular solar system en...
03/18/2003
6532950Fire ring assembly
A portable fire ring assembly includes at least three substantially identically configured curved ring sections. Each ring section has a body defined by an upper edge, a lower edge and opposing ends. Each end includes a pair of engaging structures extendi...
03/18/2003
6527546Utility lighter
The present invention relates to a lighter including a housing having a handle at one end and a nozzle at another end and including a fuel supply connected for selective fluid communication with the nozzle. A release member is cooperatively connected to t...
03/04/2003
6527542Child-proof safety device for eclipse lighter
A child-proof safety device for eclipse lighter includes a deformable resistance member placed between a piezoelectric generator and a supporting bar providing an press resistance to the thumb-pusher, wherein the deformable resistance member has two groov...
03/04/2003
6524098Burner assembly with swirler formed from concentric components
A burner assemblage includes an elongated, round burner assembly having a central axis and including internal baffle structure. The baffle structure is arranged to cause concentric primary and secondary air flows to move in a direction generally parallel ...
02/25/2003
6517341Method to prevent recession loss of silica and silicon-containing materials in combustion gas environments
While silicon-containing ceramics or ceramic composites are prone to material loss in combustion gas environments, this invention introduces a method to prevent or greatly reduce the thickness loss by injecting directly an effective amount, generally in t...
02/11/2003
6516792Compact multipurpose outdoor cooking apparatus
A compact multipurpose, multi-component cooking apparatus adaptable for use in an outdoor environment, the cooking apparatus comprising an annular ring, a basin having a flange to mate and engage with the annular ring, a cooking surface suspended from wit...
02/11/2003
6517344Gas supply coupling for water heater
A gas supply coupling for a water heater incorporating a shield to close the opening to the combustion chamber. The coupling includes a supply tube, a connector extending through the shield and a gas supply line detachably connected to the connector. The ...
02/11/2003
6514070Torch
A torch comprising a frame structure with a fuel container disposed therein, a flame guard cap extending upwardly from the frame with an aperture formed therein, a wick disposed in the aperture, and a rotatable snuffer cap attached to the frame and adapte...
02/04/2003
6511314Decorative candle and oil lamp assembly
A decorative candle and oil lamp assembly includes a decorative candle including a reduced cross portion, a variety of decorative features, and a circular recess in its top. The oil lamp assembly includes a top, bottom, and body portion. The top portion i...
01/28/2003
6506047Fast-fit electronic gas-lighting device
An electronic gas-lighting device (1) having a casing (2) made of insulating material and defined by a cup-shaped body (6); electronic high-voltage-pulse generating means (3) housed in an inner cavity (7) of the casing (2) and including noise suppressing ...
01/14/2003
6499991Liquid fuel vaporizer having single fuel injector
A liquid fuel vaporizer includes a combustion chamber in which heat is generated by burning fuel therein, an vaporization chamber in which liquid fuel is vaporized by the heat transferred from the combustion chamber to the vaporization chamber. Both chamb...
12/31/2002
6497571Durable catalytic burner system
There is provided a flameless catalytic burner system employing a catalytic bed assembly (20) for catalyzing the oxidation of a fuel stream. The catalytic bed assembly (20) includes first and second retaining members (122, 124) which define a compartment ...
12/24/2002
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