Patent ID: 6866036

Claim:
A cooking heat absorber for reclaiming and removing heat radiated from a cooking surface and from a flue riser in surface cooking equipment, comprising: a radiator assembly for absorbing radiated heat comprising: a front panel, a back panel and sides joined to define an inside space; one or more walls extending from said front panel to said back panel and defining an elongated chamber within said inside space; a radiator inlet, for allowing fluid to enter, and a radiator outlet, for allowing fluid to exit, both connected to said radiator assembly and in fluid communication with said chamber; a tank assembly for holding fluid and for circulating said fluid to and from said radiator assembly comprising: a rigid watertight container; a first outlet to said container for connection by a fluid carrying conduit means to a continuous pressurized water supply and to said radiator inlet; an inlet to said container for connection by fluid carrying conduit means to said radiator outlet for forming a fluid circuit; a second outlet from said container for connection by fluid carrying conduit to a water heater supplying water to said water heater; a circulating pump operably connected to said fluid circuit for urging a fluid through said circuit; energizing means operably connected to said circulating pump for energizing said circulating pump.