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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335016 | Combustion chamber, particularly for vehicle heating device An evaporative burner, particularly for a vehicle heating device, includes a combustion chamber housing and, in the combustion chamber housing, an evaporative medium for receiving liquid fuel and for delivering fuel vapor into a combustion chamber. A heating coil ar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7270098 | Vehicle heater and controls therefor A heater for a liquid has a combustion chamber, a jacket for the liquid extending about the combustion chamber and a burner head assembly connected to the combustion chamber. The burner head assembly includes a housing having a burner mounted thereon and a hollow in... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7151326 | System and method for safely and efficiently capturing power currently produced by already available power supplies to power electrical devices in a truck while its engine is turned off The present invention is directed to an electrical system and method for providing power to a truck's cab while the truck's engine is turned off. An already available primary power supply of the truck and a secondary power supply generally located on a trailer being... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6971235 | Evaporative burner An evaporative burner that includes an igniter assembly, a swirler, an evaporation chamber, and a reverse throat. The reverse throat has raised ends that protrude into the evaporation chamber. The reverse throat in combination with the evaporation chamber and the sw... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6925812 | Rotary injector A radially-extending arm is adapted to rotate within a stream of first fluid flowing thereacross. In one embodiment, the arm comprises a plurality of lands located at different radial distances from the axis of rotation, and a port located on each land is operativel... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6881056 | Combustion heater A combustion heater comprising an induction chamber provided with an inlet, a combustion chamber in fluid communication with the inlet of the induction chamber, means for moving an oxydizer from the inlet of the induction chamber to the combustion chamber, a fuel re... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6726114 | Evaporative burner An evaporative burner includes an evaporative medium for feeding fuel vapor into a combustion chamber, a first heating device, having at least one ignition heating element projecting with at least its heating region into the combustion chamber for igniting fuel vapo... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6435863 | Gas burner for cooking areas A gas burner for cooking areas includes a lower part and an upper part. The upper part has gas repulsion ducts with gas outlet openings for gas flames. The upper part is rotatably mounted on the lower part by a compressed-air bearing configured to apply a... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6244856 | Burner assemblies A burner assembly includes a number of gas burners each utilizing a radiant ceramic plaque, the burners are disposed in confined combustion chambers where they direct heat towards a heat-receiving surface so that by this arrangement the plaque receives a ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5927269 | Auxiliary vehicle heater An auxiliary vehicle heater includes a combustion air fan, an intermittently rotating, absorbent wick, a glow plug for initiating combustion and a water jacket surrounding a combustion chamber. Fuel is supplied to the rotating wick by a metering pump and ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5632443 | Auxiliary vehicle heater An auxiliary vehicle heater includes a combustion air fan, an intermittently rotating, absorbent wick, a glow plug for initiating combustion and a water jacket surrounding a combustion chamber. Fuel is supplied to the rotating wick by a metering pump and ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5540213 | Portable kerosene heater A kerosene heater (1) having a pump assembly (106) which includes a piston (113) having a hollow bore (121) through which fuel (98) is routed to the hollow shaft of a fuel atomizer (27). The piston (113) is operated by a cam (117) machined into the shaft ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5307765 | Rotary fluid bed used to gasify and combust oil-in water emulsions A rotary fluid bed gasifier which comprises: a rotatable drum having a circumferentially extending wall which is permeable to gases; a means for feeding a fluidizing gas through the wall into the drum; a bed of particles which, at least when the gasifier ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5154597 | Burner for combustion of gasified liquid fuels A gasifier (17) is located at a distance (49) from an air aperture plate (35). At the outlet (42) of the gasifier there is a stationary mixing head (29) having a deflector section (31) and lateral outlets (33). Fuel is supplied coaxially through an openin... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5015173 | Burner for the combustion of liquids in the gaseous state A stationary gasifier (17) is located at a distance (49) from an air aperture plate (35). At the outlet (42) of the gasifier there is a stationary mixing head (29) having a deflector section (31) and lateral outlets (33). Fuel is supplied coaxially throug... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4957427 | Liquid fuel purifying burner The burner has a motor, a fuel pump and a fan. An easily replaceable component unit (27), the drive shaft (33) of which is coupled to the burner motor, is surrounded by the flame tube (21). The component unit (27) has a drive shaft (33), supported in an a... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4894007 | Apparatus for providing fluid to a rotatable member A ferrofluid seal assembly for providing gas to a rotatable member includes a chamber between the bore of the magnet within the seal and a shaft passing through the bore. Fluid inlet means provides fluid to the chamber. The shaft is hollow from the chambe... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4828975 | Fuel gasifying burner A fuel gasifying burner comprising a combustion plate having peripheral and bottom combustion surfaces provided with a plurality of gasified fuel blowing openings. The combustion plate is arranged within a combustion cylinder to define therebetween periph... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4813865 | Fuel gasifying burner A fuel gasifying burner comprising a gas chamber defined between a bottom wall of a combustion cylinder and a combustion plate formed with gasified fuel blowing openings. A plurality of ventilation pipes extend through the gas chamber for communicating an... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4803932 | Burner for a suspension of fine-grained coal in liquid Burner for a suspension of fine-grained coal in a liquid, particularly water, which burner operates according to a combination of the rotary burner and toroidal burner principles. The fuel is supplied axially behind a transverse distribution baffle within... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4712997 | Burner, in particular burner for the combustion of liquid fuel in the gaseous state The burner has a motor (11), a fuel pump (13) and a fan (15). In the flame tube (81) is a gasification chamber having a gasification chamber housing (75) coaxially located to the flame tube (81), and a housing (75) located at a distance therefrom. The rot... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4604052 | Dual-water mixture fuel burner A coal-water mixture (CWM) burner includes a conically shaped rotating cup into which fuel comprised of coal particles suspended in a slurry is introduced via a first, elongated inner tube coupled to a narrow first end portion of the cup. A second, elonga... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4516931 | Fuel gasifying burner A fuel gasifying burner including a combustion cylinder, a rotary shaft extending into the combustion cylinder through its open base, a frustoconical rotary gasifying member connected to the rotary shaft and formed at a lower end of its wall with a bent p... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4504215 | Liquid fuel burner In the construction of a liquid fuel burner in which liquid fuel is subjected to two-staged combustion, active and passive expedients are preferably combined for complete burning of the liquid fuel. The active expedient employs specified edge construction... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4499858 | Fuel burning assembly An improved fuel burning assembly particularly adapted for use with a boiler having a fire box situated below an array of boiler tubes. The assembly discharges a number of spaced rotating streams of minute droplets of a flowable fuel both laterally and lo... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4480790 | Rotary burner A rotary burner has fuel discharge nozzles arranged exclusively in the high velocity zone of combustion air flow. The resulting annular flame pattern has a central region adjacent to the burner hub which is essentially combustion free.... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4457695 | Burner for the combustion of powdery fuels A burner (1,29) for the combustion of powdery fuels, in particular coal-dust, comprises a central duct (9,37) to supply a jet of core-air (13,41), a fuel channel (12,40) to supply the fuel and a casing channel (5,6; 31) to supply secondary air (7,8; 36). ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4395228 | Rotary burner for liquid fuels A rotary burner for liquid fuels includes a casing having a nozzle in which is rotatably mounted a fuel atomizer. The fuel atomizer is made in the form of a cup, which together with an outlet portion of the nozzle forms an annular convergent channel conne... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4386905 | Liquid fuel gasifying burner A liquid fuel gasifying burner including an inner gasifying member connected to a rotary gasifying member of the frustoconical shape so that the two members can rotate as a unit. The inner gasifying member is formed with an air port in the central portion... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4247282 | Liquid fuel burner for burning liquid fuel in gasified form A liquid fuel burner for burning liquid fuel in gasified form including a cylindrical main body having a flame blowoff nozzle and an inner bottom wall at opposite ends, a gas chamber, a combustion plate formed with a multitude of gasified fuel blowing ope... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4125358 | Oil burner An oil burner which operates on all grades of fuel oil, even dirty oil, has a rotating burner element spinning in a hollow container, with the fuel oil being fed to the burner element. Air is fed in from below. The burner element is of fan-like form with ... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4116617 | Device in burners, in particular rotary burners The disclosure relates to burners with a burner nozzle and a primary air nozzle, the nozzles being jointly axially offset in relation to a secondary air nozzle. The primary air nozzle is in the form of, or is mounted to, an elongate tube which, in its tur... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4113416 | Rotary burner Disclosed is a rotary burner of the type wherein the liquid fuel (to be referred to as "the oil" hereinafter in the specification) is atomized by uniform and stable ultrasonic waves and the oil particles are prevented from being sprayed outwardly so that ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4113418 | Rotary burner control An improved embodiment of the rotary fuel-steam burner system described in copending application Ser. No. 664,214 filed Mar. 5, 1976, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,035,133. A fuel flow set point signal is delivered to a diaphragm motor valve to set a desired fuel f... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4113421 | Gasified liquid fuel burner A gasified liquid fuel burner having a combustion chamber in the form of a cylinder closed at the bottom, a hollow fuel gasifying member of a substantially conical shape located in the combustion chamber for rotation and having an open end formed therein ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4087234 | Method and apparatus for burning fuel An improved method and apparatus are described for burning gaseous or vaporizable fuels, such as kerosene or other light fuel oils or gases. The burner provides for an efficient and complete burning of the fuel in a small combustion space and at variable ... | 05/02/1978 |
| 4035133 | Rotary burner control A system and method for controlling a rotary burner of the type in which attempts have been made to maintain predetermined differential pressures between steam and fuel delivered thereto. The fuel flow is adjusted to provide a given heat release; and with... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4022567 | Burner for burning liquid fuel in gasified form A burner wherein a fuel gasifying member is rotatably mounted in a main body of the burner made of a thin metallic material and receiving an air supply duct inserted through one side, a gasified fuel-air mixing plate for scattering the liquid fuel in atom... | 05/10/1977 |
| 4008991 | Heat power plant A power plant for producing heat. A frame is rotatably mounted within a container with an inertia wheel mounted to and rotatable with the frame. A fuel storage tank mounted within the frame is connected between and to an external source of fuel and a plur... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3986815 | Burner for burning liquid fuel in gasified form A burner wherein a fuel gasifying member is non-rotatably mounted in a main body of the burner and maintained in communication with a gas chamber formed in an outer marginal portion of the main body of the burner, and liquid fuel scattering means is rotat... | 10/19/1976 |
