Michael Joseph Mcgowan

US Patent:

20050072418, Apr 7, 2005

Filed:

Feb 23, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/784682

Inventors:

Michael McGowan - Shreveport LA, US

International Classification:

A47J027/026

US Classification:

126391100, 099403000

Abstract:

A deep fat fryer which includes a housing fitted with a bottom burner and having a cooker characterized by a tank seated in the housing with a reservoir for containing a quantity of cooking oil. The tank includes a reverse-curve baffle that separates the oil reservoir from the burner chamber and an exhaust deflector is provided at the top of the tank to deflect the burner exhaust fumes and products of combustion. Basket support rods extend from the reverse-curve baffle to the side of the tank to support a wire basket containing food to be cooked in oil provided in the oil reservoir and heated by the burner. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the cooker and tank are seated on a support and the cooker may be removed from the housing to expose the burner and a burner frame mounting the burner may also be removed from the housing for replacement or repair. An oil drain is provided in the bottom of the cooker tank and communicates with the reservoir to facilitate draining oil from the tank, and the reverse curvature of the reverse-curve baffle minimizes residue accumulation on the baffle and facilitates the concentration of corn meal and other residue in the bottom of the tank for easy drainage and flushing through the oil drain.

US Patent:

20120152961, Jun 21, 2012

Filed:

Dec 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/970332

Inventors:

Mike DiBlasi - Pleasant Valley NY, US
Deb DiBlasi - Pleasant Valley NY, US
Michael McGowan - LaGrangeville NY, US

International Classification:

B05C 21/00
B44D 3/12

US Classification:

220570, 1525706

Abstract:

A paint pan and integrated paint utensil cleaner for the removal of excess paint from paint tools used in commercial and residential painting procedures. The paint tray and integrated cleaner includes a vessel for the retention of paint as well as a compression paint utensil cleaner. The compression based paint utensil cleaner compresses excess paint from the paint utensil and directs the excess paint back into the vessel for storage. The paint pan also includes two flanges or foot rests for securing the paint pan to a flat surface during the cleaning operation. A variety of diameters and configurations of paint pan can be accommodated by the proposed invention.

US Patent:

49794361, Dec 25, 1990

Filed:

Jan 23, 1989

Appl. No.:

7/299624

Inventors:

Michael J. McGowan - Shreveport LA

International Classification:

A47J 3707

US Classification:

99340

Abstract:

A smoking and baking apparatus which is characterized by a cabinet having an outer shell and an inner shell that define a smoke channel therebetween. A firebox is located in the bottom of the cabinet and a pair of spaced flanges are positioned over the firebox for receiving a removable water pan. One or more doors close the cooking chamber of the cabinet, which cooking chamber is located above the firebox and is defined by the inner shell. A separate door closes the firebox and the water pan separates the firebox from the cooking chamber. A vertical duct or chimney is provided in the cabinet channel, which chimney opens to the smoking chamber at the lower end of the inner shell above the water pan and to the atmosphere at the upper end of the outer shell. When the water pan is resting on the spaced flanges over the firebox beneath the cooking chamber, smoke generated in the firebox is diverted by the water pan upwardly into the channel formed by the outer shell and the inner shell. The smoke then travels from the channel downwardly into the cooking chamber, across food located on removable shelves or trays in the cooking chamber and upwardly through the chimney to the atmosphere.