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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062027 | Industrial burner and method for operating an industrial burner The industrial burner comprising a mixing chamber, which is provided with at least one opening into a furnace room, through which opening at least a partially-mixed fuel flow from the mixing chamber dispenses into the furnace room during operation. A combustion air ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7581948 | Burner apparatus and methods for making inorganic fibers Inorganic fiber production burner apparatus and methods of use are disclosed. One burner includes a refractory block adapted to be in fluid connection with sources of primary oxidant and fuel, the refractory block having a fuel and primary oxidant entrance end and a... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7370478 | Method of controlling a gas combustor of a gas turbine A gas combustor has a peripheral premix burner, and a central diffusion burner whose nozzle defines an eccentric first channel housing an ignition device, an axial second channel, and a third channel interposed radially between the first and second channel; the gas ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7175423 | Air staged low-NOx burner An apparatus and method for using staged air combustion. The apparatus includes a burner body (10) secured to a port block (42), and a fuel passageway (12) extending through the burner body (10), terminating in a fuel nozzle (22), ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7143610 | Method and system for feeding and burning a pulverized fuel in a glass melting furnace, and burner for use in the same A method and system feed and burn pulverized fuel, such as petroleum coke, in a glass melting furnace having burners associated with sealed regenerative chambers which act as heat exchangers. The system supplies the pulverized fuel for melting glass raw materials. T... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7100360 | Pulsed combustion engine A pulsed combustion device includes a support structure and a combustor carousel supported by the support structure and rotating relative thereto about an axis. The carousel has a number of combustion conduits in a circumferential array. Each conduit cyclically rece... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7066973 | Integrated reformer and shift reactor A hydrocarbon fuel reformer for producing diatomic hydrogen gas is disclosed. The reformer includes a first reaction vessel, a shift reactor vessel annularly disposed about the first reaction vessel, including a first shift reactor zone, and a first helical tube dis... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6793483 | Combustion burner A combustion burner includes an air supply case connected to an air supply mouth a position at a position on the air supply case from a rear end part to a tip portion thereof, which supplies air from air supply equipment; a nozzle body attached so as to cover a tip ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6780005 | Burner concentrator A funnel-shaped concentrator that is attachable to the outlet of a standard cast iron burner is disclosed. The concentrator directs the flame produced by the burner toward the outlet of the concentrator causing the flame emanating therefrom to be directed toward the... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6764302 | Atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a heater that can be used on a vehicle An atomizing nozzle for a burner, especially for a heater that can be used on a vehicle includes a first flow guide element (34), which provides a flow guide surface (40) and has an atomizing lip (48) in an axial end area in relation to a centra... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6748735 | Torch igniter An improved torch igniter for use in devices such as thrust augmenters, gas turbine engines, ramjets, combined-cycle engines and industrial burners. The torch igniter includes a housing with a combustion chamber. Fuel and oxidizer are delivered into the combustion c... | 06/15/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6409499 | Variable stoichiometric combustion A method of combustion and an apparatus therefor in which separate streams of very lean and very rich fuel/oxidant mixture are combusted separately, the products of combustion therefrom being thoroughly mixed before final combustion takes place. The lean/... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6322353 | Ignition appliance for a heat generator In an ignition appliance for a heat generator, the supply lines for air (70) and fuel gas (60) are led directly into a flame tube (40). The igniter (51) is arranged in an ignition space (50) remote from the flame tube (40) and connected to the flame tube ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6241510 | System for providing proximate turbulent and coherent gas jets A system for providing gases into an injection volume in one or more coherent gas jets proximate to one or more turbulent gas jets wherein a coherent gas jet is formed in a forming volume with a flame envelope prior to passage into the injection volume in... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6220852 | Variable exit high velocity burner A method and apparatus for adjusting the flame exit velocity of a high velocity burner. The burner includes burner combustor chamber having a fluid accelerating nozzle and a burner combustor exhaust port. Fuel is delivered to the burner combustor through ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6022213 | Gas fired heater A gas fired low emission air heater for a cup making machine having a combustion chamber and a venturi block mounted on the inlet end of the combustion chamber and having a tapered venturi passage in the venturi block. An air inlet nozzle is aligned with ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6010329 | Heat gun with high performance jet pump and quick change attachments A jet pump for a heat gun includes an elongate hollow pump body lying along a longitudinal axis. The pump body has an inlet, a mixing section and an outlet. A nozzle unit is axially aligned with the inlet for directing pressurized fuel into the inlet of t... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5927960 | Burner A burner arrangement for ferrous scrap melting and the like includes a fuel outlet and a primary oxidant supply outlet communicating with a mixing chamber. The burner also has a main outlet and secondary oxidant supply outlets. In addition there is a conv... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5921765 | Periodic, on-demand pressurized gas power source and method of providing same Periodic, on-demand supply of heated and pressurized gas for use as a power source is provided by a device having a storage compartment storing pressurized, liquified, combustible gas, a pressure regulator attached thereto for feeding the liquified gas to... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5823762 | Coherent gas jet A system for producing a coherent jet of gas wherein a flame envelope is established around a gas jet and directed toward the center axis of the gas jet.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5813845 | Curved silicon-carbide based burner nozzle for use with gaseous fuel flames This invention relates to a torch comprising: a) a nozzle having a bore extending therethrough, the bore comprising a first end portion, a second end portion, and an arcuate middle portion defining an arcuate tube surface, b) means for providing a flame flowin... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5810579 | Hot gas spray pistol A palm top hot air gas spray pistol including a base case for accommodating gas and an upper cover containing a gas guide and ignition mechanism. The upper cover includes a nozzle formed by a spray tube and an outer cover. Ignition is controlled by pressi... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5727937 | Burner unit for the singeing of flat textile structures A burner unit for the singeing of flat textile structures and the like, in particular a burner unit for singeing machines having a combustion chamber and ramp stones forming one or more singe slits, the combustion chamber being fed from a gaseous mixture ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5715673 | Reduced pollution power generation system Five embodiments of Pollution-Free, Efficient, Large Scale Electrical Power Generation Systems, using thermal energy are illustrated herein. Each embodiment is composed of subsystems and/or individual elements which tailor each system to an operating envi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5709077 | Reduce pollution hydrocarbon combustion gas generator A gas generator is provided for generating gas including steam and carbon dioxide from the combustion of a hydrocarbon gas with oxygen. The gas generator includes an enclosure with an induction head (201) having an oxygen inlet and a fuel inlet therein, a... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5570679 | Industrial burner with low NOx emissions An industrial burner with low NOx emissions, particularly for heating furnace chambers of industrial furnaces, has a high-heat-resistance combustion chamber (9), which is formed with a fuel supply device and an air supply device and with at lea... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5513981 | Burner with variable volume combination chamber A burner for an industrial furnace has a plurality of lines passing through a furnace wall for fuel gas, burner air, and waste gas. Arranged in the furnace space is a combustion chamber (66) in which a mixture of fuel gas and burner air is combusted, and ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5497838 | Automated rock burner An automated burner system for channeling a mineral body consisting of a burner staff carrying a burner at one end, a guide shaft adapted to carry the burner staff for reciprocating motion, a support shaft adapted to mount the guide shaft for oscillating ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5476378 | Turbine device for hot air generation The pressure head needed to drive combustion air into the combustion region (46) of a heat gun (930) is imparted to the air by a compressor blades (36) driven by a turbine whose blades (32) are interposed in the fuel conduit that leads to the combustion r... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5399085 | High output tube burner A burner assembly combines air and fuel to produce a burn firing into a downstream tube. The assembly includes a funnel formed to include an inlet, an outlet, and an air and fuel mixing region therebetween. The funnel also includes a cylindrical intake en... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5344314 | Turbine device for hot air generation The pressure head needed to drive combustion air into the combustion region (46) of a heat gun 930) is imparted to the air by a compressor blades (36) driven by a turbine whose blades (32) are interposed in the fuel conduit that leads to the combustion re... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5344310 | Burner for an industrial furnace A burner for an industrial furnace has a plurality of lines passing through a furnace wall for fuel gas, burner air, and waste gas. Arranged in the furnace space is a combustion chamber (66) in which a mixture of fuel gas and burner air is combusted, and ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5320523 | Burner for heating gas stream A burner for heating a gas stream is disclosed having a primary combustor mounted coaxially within a main combustor to form an assembly. The assembly is coaxially mounted within a burner housing and defines a gas flow space between the assembly and the ho... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5314329 | Pulse combustor ignitor system A pulse combustor ignitor comprising a small combustion chamber located external to the pulse combustion chamber. A spark ignition source such as a spark plug is associated with the chamber and separate inlets for fuel and air are provided. The fuel/air m... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5285769 | Aerosol generating rotary pulse-jet orchard heater An orchard heater including a base and a pulse-jet engine rotatably mounted on the base. The pulse-jet engine exhausts a heated moisture-laden exhaust stream through an exhaust tube. The exhaust stream is directed tangentially to create a torque which aut... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5257926 | Fast, safe, pyrogenic external torch assembly A fast, safe pyrogenic external torch assembly that provides pure steam for semiconductor processing in semiconductor processing furnaces includes a gas injection nozzle subassembly, a pulse heater subassembly and a compressed-air-cooled heat-exchanging j... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5249952 | Exhaust fume energy source and waste combustion apparatus A three-chambered combustion burner is provided with a seed fuel under pressure to burn simultaneously injected waste products such as incompletely combusted exhaust fumes or air entrained combustible solid waste. An explosive mixture is provided in a fir... | 10/05/1993 |
