ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,413, issued on July 22, was assigned to SST Systems Inc. (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.).
"Oven slot cover" was invented by Bradley M. Andreae (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.), Anthony C. Scoville (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) and Joshua Hembel (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure mechanism to inhibit escape of heat from an oven chamber of a conveyor oven having a conveyor hanger. The closure mechanism includes a plurality of plates configured to couple to a first and second pluralities of connection tabs of a conveyor oven. Each of the plurality of plates include a connection portion, an angled portion configured to extend downward from the...