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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7302944 | Barrel and ball sizer for paint-ball gun A ball sizer for a paint-ball gun includes a bore having an entrance. In the preferred embodiment, the bore has a chamfer, which in turn has a smooth transition from the entrance to the bore of the sizer. The transition may define a section of a parabola, a section ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7238635 | Creep resistant zircon refractory material used in a glass manufacturing system A glass manufacturing system is described herein that has a forming device (e.g., isopipe) which is made from a zircon refractory material that has an improved creep resistance property. The zircon refractory material has a composition with at least the following el... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7194963 | Ceramic fiber block reflector system The present invention utilizes radiation reflectors on the refractory wall of a fired furnace opposite the spaces between adjacent tubes. The refractory radiation reflectors have a base contiguous with the refractory surface and secured to a subjacent structure, and... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7138093 | Heat exchanger device A heat exchanger device is configured for use with a catalytic heater having a planar heat radiating surface. The device includes an inlet header, an outlet header and heat exchanger tubes communicating therebetween. A frame supports the headers and the heat exchang... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7041614 | Creep resistant zircon refractory material used in a glass manufacturing system A glass manufacturing system is described herein that has a forming device (e.g., isopipe) which is made from a zircon refractory material that has an improved creep resistance property. The zircon refractory material has a composition with at least the following el... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6526898 | Furnace with radiant reflectors The present invention utilizes radiation reflectors on the refractory wall of a fired furnace opposite the spaces between adjacent tubes. The radiation reflectors focus the reflected radiation from the flame onto the dark side of the tubes. The invention ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6325000 | Waste incineration machine A waste incineration machine capable of rendering a waste gas occurring during the combustion of waste smokeless and odorless. A heat insulating wall to which a first far infrared ray radiator is fixed is provided so as to surround a combustion furnace an... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6269754 | Steam generator for superheated steam for incineration plants with corrosive flue gases The invention relates to a steam generator (1) for superheated steam for incineration plants with corrosive flue gases, essentially comprising a radiation section (2) and a convection section (5), having at least one superheater (8) and having plates (10)... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6227127 | Furnace material, heat resisting protection tube and protective member using the same sintered material A sintered material includes a polycrystalline substance of MgAl2 O4 and/or Al2 O3 ; and 3 to 90 weight percent of Cr2 O3 and/or CeO2. Furnace material, furnace wall block, high ... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6012401 | Water pipe protecting refractory structure A heat-resistant assembly to shield boiler tubes which does not entail a thick heat-resistant block. This structure would be interposed between the boiler tubes and the combustion gases. Such a structure would be distinguished by the fact that it comprise... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5730071 | System to improve mixing and uniformity of furnace combustion gases in a cyclone fired boiler An apparatus for improving mixing and uniformity of furnace combustion gases in a boiler includes a slag screen 50, slag screen baffle 62 with a plurality of wingwall sections 52 situated between cyclone burner riser sections 64. This arrangement improves... | 03/24/1998 |
| 4809621 | Refractory brick protection for membrane boiler walls Refractory bricks, suspended wall of refractory bricks, and a method for mounting refractory bricks for protection of membrane boiler tube walls. The pre-fired brick has a rectangular generally flat exterior face, a top face having an upper groove extendi... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4803933 | Refractory brick having an increased insulating value A refractory brick includes at least one insulation insert located on the cold face of the brick. Heat reflective means is provided on the surface of the insert disposed parallel to the cold face of the brick to reduce the amount of heat radiated through ... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4763584 | Means of attaching refractory to a furnace wall A furnace water cooled tube wall portion (10) is separated from heated gasses by cast refractory material (12). A metal isolation plate (14) against the tubes (18) separates the tubes from the refractory material (12) and has projecting elongated anchors ... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4630594 | Furnace wall lining composition and the use thereof An infrared ray reflective coating for application to insulative materials comprising aluminum particles in an aqueous acidic binder slurry, a hardener, and a coating cement having about 96% of a mixture of Al2 O3 and SiO2. | 12/23/1986 |
| 4617870 | Method of accelerating radiative transfer A method of accelerating radiative transfer is characterized in that a radiation acceleration plate is interposed between heat absorption pipe trains or planes disposed opposite to each other and heated by radiation of gases having a high temperature in a... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4433644 | Steam boilers Two types of boilers for generating high pressure steam from gaseous effluents containing abrasive and corrosive solids are provided. Both types of boilers are vertical boilers of the fire-tube type with the gas flowing within the boiler tubes and with th... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4395958 | Incineration system An incineration system for processing solid, semi-solid waste material and sludge includes an incinerator unit which has a horizontally disposed rotary primary oxidation chamber and a generally vertically disposed secondary oxidation chamber which receive... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4266513 | Flue heat exchanger A flue heat exchanger particularly adapted for use in a water heater tank comprising a plurality of segments of a metallic or non-metallic non-friable refractory material randomly packed within a flue. Rounded metallic sections of steel pipe or copper tub... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4256082 | Warm air furnace A warm air furnace including a plenum, a blower, heat exchanger disposed within the plenum and an air distribution chamber. The heat exchanger includes an encasement surrounding a plurality of vertically extending heat exchanger tubes. The tubes are in co... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4250866 | Thermal energy storage to increase furnace efficiency A forced air furnace includes a conventional fuel fired, primary heat exchanger and a secondary heat exchanger associated with the stack. The secondary exchanger includes a phase change material having a transition temperature within the range of the stac... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4217877 | Energy-saving forced-air furnace The specification discloses a novel energy saving forced-air furnace. In contrast to previous forced-air furnaces, which ran only on gas or oil and in which approximately half of the energy derived from the burning fuel was lost through the chimney, the f... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4176612 | Ceramic ferrule A double-ring ceramic ferrule member insertable into a fire tube of a sulfur plant boiler or cooler, the invention comprises an article of manufacture capable of reducing damage caused by high temperature gas flow through a fire tube, thereby to protect t... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4121563 | Fuel saving furnace improvement A fuel saving improvement in conventional home, commercial and public building heating furnaces comprising the inclusion of heat absorbing members such as stones on rod mesh trays in the normally substantial amount of unoccupied space above the furnace co... | 10/24/1978 |