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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7690375 | Deep fat tube fryer burner assembly The gas tube fryer comprises substantially 90° in-shot burners, burner mounting boxes, a one-piece burner mounting bracket, and a bracket housing, all of which are used in conjunction with heat exchanger tubes, heat transfer baffles, a frypot, and a flue in a fryer... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7654257 | Radiant heater assembly A radiant tube heater assembly includes a housing containing a blower and a burner, which is aligned with an opening in the housing through which a flame and products of combustion flow into a U-shaped burner tube. The closed downstream end of the burner tube is in ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7506645 | Oven or grill burner, venturi tube, mounting for a thermocouple and/or an igniter, and process for fabricating said burner The invention relates to a burner comprising two half shells, one of which is perforated, that are tightly joined together along at least a portion of their edges, so as to form a tubular body communicating with a venturi tube. At least two corresponding ends of the... | 03/24/2009 |
| RE40512 | Acoustic convection apparatus A convective cooling apparatus cools an electronic device including at least one heat-generating component and enclosed in a case having cooling medium such as air or fluid therein. The convective cooling apparatus neither attempts to increase the velocity of flow i... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7360588 | Thermal processes for subsurface formations A process may include providing heat from one or more heaters to at least a portion of a subsurface formation. Heat may transfer from one or more heaters to a part of a formation. In some embodiments, heat from the one or more heat sources may pyrolyze at least some... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7328697 | Radiant tube heater assembly An indirect heater assembly (10) comprises a radiant tube heater (12) and a fan (14) for generating an air flow over the heater (12). In an preferred embodiment and in another aspect, the radiant tube heater (12) comprises a radian... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322818 | Method for adjusting pre-mix burners to reduce NOemissions A method for reducing NOx emissions from a furnace having multiple burners, each burner including at least one chamber for supplying a flow of combustion air and means to adjust the flow of air to the at least one chamber. The method includes the steps of... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7300278 | Gas fired portable unvented infrared heater A portable heater adapted for use in a recreational enclosure or temporary work enclosure includes a housing having an air inlet on the lower front face. A gas supply is at least partially enclosed by the housing which provides propane to the mouth of a burner ventu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293983 | Heating hydrocarbon process flow using flameless oxidation burners Hydrocarbon streams are heated uniformly and directly using one or more flameless oxidation burners. Flameless oxidation burners may control the temperature within a range of about 50° C. to reduce the tendency to coking due to localized “hot spots”. The hydroc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7255155 | Heat exchanger tube with integral restricting and turbulating structure A heat exchanger tube having an integral restricting and turbulating structure consisting of dimples formed by confronting indentations pressed into the sides of the heat exchanger tube. The dimples are comprised of indentations disposed in pairs which extend into t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7168949 | Stagnation point reverse flow combustor for a combustion system A combustor assembly includes a combustor vessel having a wall, a proximate end defining an opening and a closed distal end opposite said proximate end. A manifold is carried by the proximate end. The manifold defines a combustion products exit. The combustion produ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7104787 | Apparatus for radiant tube exhaust gas entrainment A radiant tube burner system comprises a novel flue gas recirculating assembly for reducing nitrous oxides emissions. In the burner system, the combustion air conduit running to the radiant tube burner intersects the exhaust conduit at a location between the radiant... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7089753 | Cooling member for a mobile ice rink and method for using such a cooling member A cooling member for a mobile ice rink includes a feed manifold extending in a transverse direction and a discharge manifold, and a number of longitudinal pipes which extend transversely to the manifolds and can be connected at a first end to a manifold, two longitu... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7063528 | Radiant tube and convection oven An oven for heating a coating on a substrate, such as a painted vehicle body, including a first zone having radiant tubes and shields above the tubes and a second zone including side heat chambers having nozzles directing heated air onto a coated substrate and a hol... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7029271 | Flameless oxidation burner A device including a burner (6) for directing a fuel/air mixture into a reaction chamber (2) for flameless oxidation of fuels. The burner (6) discharges a fuel/air jet transversely to a longitudinal axis (A) of the burner and an exhaust gas chan... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7025587 | Burner with high capacity venturi An improved burner and a method for combusting fuel in burners used in furnaces, such as those used in steam cracking, are disclosed. The burner includes a burner tube having an upstream end, a downstream end and a venturi intermediate said upstream and downstream e... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6945320 | Tubular heat exchanger with offset interior dimples A tubular heat exchanger has at least one pair of dimples which are extruded into at least one tube of the heat exchanger by deforming the tube wall inwardly. The dimples of each pair are in generally facing relationship, but are offset with respect to each other al... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918194 | Heating configuration for a drier A heating configuration for a drier, particularly for a laundry drier, has a burner with a burner head, a first heating channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening, and a second heating channel with an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The cross-sectional... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6893251 | Burner design for reduced NOx emissions A staged-air burner for use in furnaces such as in steam cracking. The burner includes a burner tube including (i) a downstream end, (ii) an upstream end for receiving fuel and air, flue gas or mixtures thereof from a primary air chamber, and (iii) a burner tip moun... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890172 | Burner with flue gas recirculation A burner for use in furnaces such as the type employed in steam cracking. The burner includes a primary air chamber, a burner tube including (i) a downstream end, (ii) an upstream end in fluid communication with the primary air chamber for receiving air, flue gas or... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6884062 | Burner design for achieving higher rates of flue gas recirculation A burner for use in furnaces such as in steam cracking. The burner includes a primary air chamber; a burner tube including (i) a downstream end, (ii) an upstream end in fluid communication with the primary air chamber, and (iii) a burner tip mounted on the downstrea... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6881053 | Burner with high capacity venturi An improved burner and a method for combusting fuel in burners used in furnaces, such as those used in steam cracking, are disclosed. The burner includes a burner tube having an upstream end, a downstream end and a venturi intermediate said upstream and downstream e... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877980 | Burner with low NOx emissions A burner for use in furnaces such as in steam cracking. The burner includes a primary air chamber; a burner tube having an upstream end, a downstream end and a venturi intermediate said upstream and downstream ends, said venturi including a throat portion having sub... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6872070 | U-tube diffusion flame burner assembly having unique flame stabilization A U-tube diffusion flame burner assembly having improved flame stabilization with no undesirable acoustic effects. The burners are axial units comprised of flame holders and combustors. The flame holders includes secondary air tubes to support the flow of secondary ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869277 | Burner employing cooled flue gas recirculation A method and apparatus for use in burners of furnaces such as those used in steam cracking. The apparatus includes a burner tube having a burner tip mounted on the downstream end of the burner tube adjacent to a first opening in the furnace, so that combustion of th... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6866502 | Burner system employing flue gas recirculation System for reducing NOx emissions from burners of furnaces such as those used in steam cracking. The system includes a furnace having at least one burner, the at least one burner including a primary air chamber; a burner tube including a downstream end, a... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6846175 | Burner employing flue-gas recirculation system A method and apparatus for reducing the temperature of the recirculated flue gas in a flue gas recirculation duct for burners in industrial furnaces such as those used in steam cracking. The apparatus includes a burner tube having a downstream end and an upstream en... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6827079 | Apparatus and method for reducing peak temperature hot spots on a gas fired infrared industrial heater A radiant heating system including at least one gas burner and at least one conduit connected to the at least one burner on one end and connected to at least one exhaust tube at an opposite end for transporting hot exhaust gas. Heat is transferred via conduction to ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6776610 | Burner arranged with a mixing chamber for fuel and combustion air A gas burner in which a burner head is positioned within an inner pipe that is surrounded by an outer protective pipe. Fuel is delivered to the burner head through a fuel conduit positioned within the inner pipe, and combustion air is delivered through the inner pip... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6638058 | Tubular burner for industrial furnaces A tubular burner for industrial furnaces is capable of achieving a good mixing of combustion gas and fuel. This burner contains an end section projecting into a combustion zone supplied with secondary combustion air, and several separate annular feed duct... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6588416 | Radiant device with gas burner and recirculation, adapted in view of reduced production of nitrogen oxides The invention relates to a radiant device with a burner of the "glove finger" type, comprising an exchanger (3) for heating air (T1) by the burned gases (T2), a furnace tube (6) drilled with air-intake orifices (60) and terminated by a nozzle (61) dispose... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6485294 | NOx reduction device In a gas-burning apparatus, such as a furnace, a device for reducing NOx emissions includes a cup member mounted proximate to an inlet to a combustion chamber of the apparatus and a perforate member attached to the cup member and located in the combustion... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6481434 | Gas fired infrared radiant tube heating system using plural burner assemblies and single gas delivery system A gas fired infrared radiant heating system of improved thermal output. The present invention solves problems associated with prior art designs by providing a single gas delivery system for delivering combustible gas to two or more burner assemblies. The ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6461148 | Compact, high-temperature, low-flow rate, liquid fuel-fired burner A burner, particularly for use in thermophotovoltaic (TPV) applications, is provided having a fuel distribution tube with integrated swirl vanes adjacent exit holes in the sides of the fuel distribution tube, a ceramic burner cap attached the top end of t... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6450162 | Indirect radiant heating device An indirect radiant heating device burns gaseous or liquid fossil fuels for the heat treatment of running products, such as bars, tubes, and strips kept in a protective atmosphere. The device includes a radiant cassette of parallelepipedal shape, with a c... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6435861 | Gas burner assembly and method of making An improved gas burner for a gas burner assembly and method of making is disclosed comprising a porous burner element extending between a first and a second end. The porous burner element comprises a sintered matrix of metallic fibers. A first end cap is ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6425754 | Method of purifying waste gases, and a gas burner A method of cleansing nitrogen oxide (NOx), hydrocarbon (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) from waste gases, such as the waste gases or exhaust gases originating from burners and internal combustion engines. The waste gases, or exhaust gases, are pa... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6408613 | High temperature, high pressure vaporizer to power a multi-cylinder expansion engine A high-pressure computer controlled chamber, processing high-temperature combustion gases combining with a vaporizing liquid, to create a high-energy flow to an expansion engine to do variable-rate work.... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6405794 | Acoustic convection apparatus A convective cooling apparatus cools an electronic device including at least one heat-generating component and enclosed in a case having cooling medium such as air or fluid therein. The convective cooling apparatus neither attempts to increase the velocit... | 06/18/2002 |