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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8434470 | Adjustable burn apparatus An adjustable burn apparatus for a fireplace using a liquid or gel-type fuel. The apparatus includes an elongate housing with an elongate top opening into which an elongate removable fuel container is inserted. The removable fuel container has an elongate open top o... | 05/07/2013 |
| 6962106 | Outdoor cooking system An outdoor cooking apparatus includes a base heating unit and at least one cooking chamber adapted to interlockingly engage the heating unit so that the heating unit and cooking chamber can be carried separately or as a unit. The base heating unit includes a housing... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6478022 | Self-contained camp heater Self contained and transportable camp heater with a burner within a casing and a fuel tank operably connected to the burner. A stack is removably mounted on the casing and is positioned on a holder with the casing and the fuel tank after removal for trans... | 11/12/2002 |
| 5979432 | Portable gas heater A portable space heater includes a base suitable for insertion into a cup holder of a vehicle or other inhabitable strcuture. The base carries a post on which fuel containers are carried. A holder at the upper end of the post includes a clamp which retain... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5794610 | Free standing fireplace An operable, knockdown flueless fireplace for installation in rooms and buildings not originally intended to accommodate a fireplace. The fireplace has a thin walled, cast metal facade comprising a front face, two sides, a mantel, and a hearth. Each compo... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5127822 | Combustion apparatus with atomizer and method of controlling same Provided is an atomizer-equipped combustion apparatus including an atomizing device for atomizing a fuel, a spray chamber for mixing the fuel atomized by the atomizing device with air to form a mixture, and for moving the mixture downwardly toward an open... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5098283 | Combustion method for combusting a pressurized fuel The invention provides a combustion device such as a stove which may include a pressurized fuel mixture, such as an aerosol container containing alcohol and a propellant which may comprise a normally gaseous hydrocarbon, such as a liquified petroleum gas.... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5033956 | System for and method of controlling fuel flow to a heating device Flow of liquid fuel to a vaporization tube of a heating device is controlled by a vertically adjustable float valve, with the vertical height of a surface level of the fuel in a float valve chamber being set to correspond to a desired operating level of t... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4919120 | Radiant-type heater A radiant-type heater is disclosed which has a deflection plate in an upper part of a casing, a burner in a lower part of the casing, and a heating element formed of a thin metal sheet. The heating element is suspended from the deflection plate downwardly... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4896655 | Versatile heater for under-blanket heating, tent heating, and food heating A portable heating system operable in three modes; an under-blanket heating mode, a tent heating mode, and a food heating mode. In the under-blanket heating mode, one or more users cover themselves and the basic heater (2) with a light foil-type blanket (... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4890600 | Fireplace burning simulator unit A unit to produce simulated burning and heat includes a lower enclosure that may be conveniently placed on a hearth of a fireplace, for example. Within this enclosure is a light source and a reflection wheel located over a reflective plate. The reflection... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4774931 | Safety heater A portable heater comprising a double-wall vessel which forms a combustion chamber and encloses a suitable fuel. Air passages provide an airflow through the vessel for supporting combustion. Also included are endless conduits which entrap displaced fuel t... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4748967 | Portable space heater having disposable heat source There is disclosed a portable space heater comprised of a base member, a cylindrically-shaped chimney member including means for removably inserting a fuel source therein mounted on the base member and defining therebetween inlet means for combustion air ... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4710125 | Safety device for oil burner A safety device for an oil burner is disclosed which is capable of carrying out the detection of flame by means of a DC flame current obtained due to the rectification of flame to detect the abnormal combustion in the oil burner. The safety device include... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4691688 | Safety heater A portable heater comprising a double-wall vessel which forms a combustion chamber and encloses a suitable fuel. Air passages provide an airflow through the vessel for supporting combustion. Also included are endless conduits which entrap displaced fuel t... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4643673 | Burner system at heating unit A burner system, for example at a heating unit, comprising a burner of evaporation type for liquid fuel, for example Diesel oil, where fuel is intended via an inlet (5) to be supplied into a combustion space, preferably at the bottom (3) thereof, which co... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4614493 | Heat radiation-type oil burner An oil burner of the heat radiation type is disclosed which is capable of effectively preventing clouding of the inner surface of a heat-permeable cylinder with moisture, contaminants contained in combustion gas such as soot and tar, and the like during a... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4588371 | Safety device for pot-type oil burner A safety device for a pot-type oil burner is disclosed which is capable of efficiently and rapidly detecting the decrease of oxygen concentration in a room due to combustion to provide a warning and/or stop the combustion by sensing the decrease in temper... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4586485 | Heating drum for radiant heater and method of manufacture thereof An heating drum for use in a radiant heater having a burner for the combustion of fuel, which comprises an axially corrugated barrel made of steel material and forming therein a generally cylindrical inner chamber and a plurality of annular chambers commu... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4549523 | Heating apparatus This invention relates to a heating apparatus such as an oil heater, a gas heater or an electric heater generating heat and light, and to provide an arrangement such that at least a part of periphery of a heat source of the heating apparatus is covered wi... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4492218 | Oil stove An improved oil stove of the type including a cylindrical burning wick adapted to be displaced up and down as required is disclosed which ensures that a burning sleeve is entirely disconnected from a hot dish containing the burning wick therein when the o... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4408593 | Liquid fuel combustion apparatus This invention relates to a liquid fuel combustion apparatus such as oil space heater in which liquid fuel is vaporized by a vaporizer and the vaporized liquid fuel is injected through a first nozzle to a burner. The vaporizer is heated by combustion of f... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4402664 | Waste oil heater An improved waste oil heater that includes a vaporizer pan having a mounting ring, a replaceable aluminum foil piece mounted on the ring to form the bottom of the pan and a member mounted on the ring to provide threads, a tool threadingly engageable with ... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4385621 | Oil stove for burning waste oil and normal heating oil An oil stove for burning both waste oil and heating oil has a primary combustion chamber for the initial combustion of fuel and an adjoining secondary combustion chamber of larger diameter in which combustion is completed. The two chambers are located in ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4373905 | Oil heater Oil heater for burning of waste oil or other like petroleum liquids through vaporization of the fuel resulting in total fuel burn and maximum BTU. Combustion air enters the center of a combustion chamber enclosure through a combustion air wand resulting i... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4351316 | Combustion apparatus for burning waste oils Combustion apparatus for burning waste oils of various viscosities with high combustion efficiency and which can meet strict polution regulations comprises primary and secondary combustion chambers with the secondary combustion chamber located above the p... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4308854 | Oil stove for burning waste oil and normal heating oil An oil stove for burning both waste oil and heating oil has a primary combustion chamber for the initial combustion of fuel and an adjoining secondary combustion chamber of larger diameter in which combustion is completed. The two chambers are located in ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4303055 | Waste oil heater having fuel control system An oil heater comprises an oil burning section and an oil feeding system for feeding oil from a tank to the burning section. The oil feeding system includes pump means and motor means for operating the pump means. A control system of the oil feeding syste... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4177792 | Drilling rig heater A heater includes a first housing which forms a fuel reservoir and a base support to maintain the heater in an upright position. A first elongated hollow or tubular member is secured to the top of the first housing with its lower end communicating with th... | 12/11/1979 |
