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Patentsmith Ii, Inc.

Patentsmith Corporation

Patentsmith Technology, Ltd.

Lincoln Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Stein Associates, Inc.

Patentsmith Corportion

Donald P Smith

Jarald E High

Michael J Dobie

John R Norris

William W Plumb

Alden B Sparman, Sr

Virgil L Archer

Mitchell C Henke

Robert W Foreman

Gordon D Bell

Yong Y Hwang

Gerald Easterling

J E High

Donald P Lohr

R W Taylor

Flush ring spacer design for electrical receptacles

A method and apparatus for vending a hot food product wherein a sealed container is moved from a protective sleeve and deposited in an oven where heat is transferred to the container for initially melting a protective sealing film and then heating the food product. After the food product has been heated, the container is removed from the oven and reinserted into the protective sleeve prior to dispensing the heated food product.

Method and apparatus for vending hot food

Apparatus for transferring heat between temperature controlled air dispensed from a pair of oscillating ducts and a food product in a cabinet having an interior compartment bounded by front, side and rear walls. A foraminous partition, having a central portion and extremities, is mounted to divide the interior of the cabinet into a cooking chamber and an air conditioning chamber. It is configured to encircle a portion of the cooking chamber such that the air conditioning chamber extends around a major part of the periphery of the cooking chamber wherein air is drawn along multiple paths toward side walls and toward the rear wall from the cooking chamber.

Microwave oven for heating food products

Convection heat transfer apparatus

Microwave vending machine

A method and apparatus for heating a product which includes a plurality of tapered ducts in a cabinet above and below a conveyor to form streams which are directed toward the product. Spent air is drawn through return ducts which have intake openings centered between entrance and exit openings in the cabinet and centered between lateral edges of a conveyor and between the tapered ducts to provide a balanced flow of spent air in the cabinet to the return opening. Temperature controlled gas is delivered at an angle through an array of openings adjacent opposite edges of an opening through which a conveyor extends to cause most of the heated air to be drawn to the return duct opening and to maintain internal pressure in the cabinet to prevent ingress and egress of air through the opening.

Air circulator for impingement heat transfer apparatus

A method and apparatus for maintaining a food product at or above a desired serving temperature wherein a volume of dehumidifier material, such as calcium sulfate, is heated to a temperature greater than the predetermined serving temperature of the food product and positioned in heat exchange relation with the food product, such that heat is transferred from the heated dehumidifier material to the food product and moisture is transferred from the food product to the dehumidifier material.

Carrier for hot food

Oscillating air dispensers for microwave oven

A method and apparatus for heating or cooling a product which includes a plurality of tapered ducts in a cabinet above and below a turntable to form streams which are directed toward the product. Spent air is drawn through intake openings in return ducts in the cabinet. Temperature controlled gas is delivered at an angle through an array of openings adjacent opposite edges of an opening through which a product is loaded on the turntable in a loading zone to cause most of the heated air to be drawn to return duct openings and to maintain internal pressure in the baking zone in the cabinet to prevent ingress and egress of air through the loading opening. Orifices are formed in a circular array of rings such that the sum of the areas of orifices in each ring spaced from the axis about which the turntable rotates is substantially equal.

Turntable convection heater

An oven with a heated interior volume, an access into the heated interior volume, and a door mounted adjacent to the heated interior volume for pivoting between closed access and opened access positions and having a concave interior surface defining an interior space adjacent to the heated interior volume.

Oven with short radius door

Method and apparatus for controlling the temperature and surface texture

Food handling system

A method and apparatus for heating or cooling a product which includes a plurality of tapered ducts in cabinet above and below a turntable to form streams which are directed toward the product. Spent air is drawn through intake openings in return ducts in the cabinet. Temperature controlled gas is delivered at an angle through an array of openings adjacent opposite edges of an opening through which a product is loaded on the turntable in a loading zone to cause most of the heated air to be drawn to return duct openings and to maintain internal pressure in the baking zone in the cabinet to prevent ingress and egress of air through the loading opening. Orifices are formed in a circular array of rings such that the sum of the areas of orifices in each ring spaced from the axis about which the turntable rotates is substantially equal.

Turntable convection oven

The invention is an apparatus and method for measuring the heat transfer and the rate of heat transfer in thermal exchange processes such as food processing, thermosetting of plastics, and freezing processes. The apparatus comprises a target module and a data recording module. The target module comprises a target having a known mass and known thermal characteristics. The black body edge effects of the target are minimized by an edge shield positioned adjacent to the target. The edge shield is physically separated from the target so that conductive heat transfer between the two elements is minimized. The edge shield supports the target such that at least one surface of the target is exposed to the surrounding environment. A temperature sensor measures the change in temperature of the target. The data recording module may be insulated so that the calorimetric data may be recorded in extreme temperature environments.

Heat transfer rate target module

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Dallas, TX, United States of America

Donald P Smith