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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8167610 | Premix furnace and methods of mixing air and fuel and improving combustion stability Premix furnace for heating an occupied space while producing lower NOx emissions and methods of mixing air and fuel delivered to a premix burner and of improving combustion stability. A mixing device may be located within an inlet tube, may have a flat surface that ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7425127 | Stagnation point reverse flow combustor A method for combusting a combustible fuel includes providing a vessel having an opening near a proximate end and a closed distal end defining a combustion chamber. A combustible reactants mixture is presented into the combustion chamber. The combustible reactants m... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7204688 | Gas burner for dryer Gas burner for a dryer including a gas nozzle for receiving, and injecting gas, a mixing tube for mixing the gas injected from the gas nozzle and primary air, igniter fitted to an outlet of the mixing tube for igniting the gas mixed with the primary air coming out o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7199088 | Lubricating oil for a diesel powered engine and method of operating a diesel powered engine A lubricating oil composition useful for a diesel-powered engine is provided that reduces NOx emissions level produced from a diesel-powered engine. The lubricating oil comprises a base oil and at least one oil-dispersible source of HNCO such as isocyanates. A metho... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7172413 | Laundry dryer having gas combustion apparatus A gas combustion apparatus of a laundry dryer is provided, by which an initial ignition power is improved to enhance an ignition property. The gas combustion apparatus includes a gas supply; a mixing pipe, having a mixing passage extending from an inlet end to an ou... | 02/06/2007 |
| 6918757 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus 2 has an anti-spreading member 65 disposed below a combustion chamber 10. This anti-spreading member 65 is composed of a generally cylindrical main body 65a, an outer flange 65b and an in... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6827296 | Method and apparatus for atomizing fluids with a multi-fluid nozzle The invention relates to a method an apparatus for atomizing liquids. In particular, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for atomizing heavy hydrocarbon fuels such as diesel, as part of a fuel reforming process. During normal operating conditions... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6773257 | Burner for the production of a hot gas In a burner (10) for the production of a hot gas, which burner (10) opens with a burner outlet (22) edged with an outlet edge (16, 17) into a combustion chamber (23), in which a fuel-air mixture flowing out from the burner outlet (... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6709637 | Fume recovery apparatus and methods Apparatus (10) for recovering fumes from a roofing kettle (12) includes a fan (72) for drawing air from the hollow interior of a housing (20). A conduit (34) extends through the housing front wall (22) and terminates in the ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6655373 | High efficiency conveyor oven A conveyor oven is heated by inshot burners, which eliminate blowers, ducts, and motors heretofore required to supply a force draft of combustion air to the burners. Apertures in front of the inshot burners have a diameter that regulates the amount of com... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6616442 | Low NOx premix burner apparatus and methods Low NOx axial premix burner apparatus and methods for burning fuel gas are provided by the present invention. The methods of the invention are basically comprised of the steps of mixing a first portion of the fuel gas and all of the air to form... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6534020 | Fume recovery methods Apparatus (10) for recovering fumes from a roofing kettle (12) includes a fan (72) for drawing air from the hollow interior of a housing (20). A conduit (34) extends through the housing front wall (22) and terminates in the hollow interior. A burner assem... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6409502 | Gas burners for heating a gas flowing in a duct The technical field of the invention is that of making "in-stream" burners which are placed directly inside a duct carrying a flow of gas, with the burners serving to heat the gas and being placed as burner rails that are generally made up of individual b... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6224369 | Device and method for burning vented fuel A device for burning vented fuel has a housing defining and substantially enclosing a combustion chamber. The housing has an air inlet, a vented fuel inlet, and an exhaust gas outlet. A manifold burner is disposed in the combustion chamber and conveys the... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6155821 | Burner assembly for a stove A burner assembly for a multi-fuel stove includes a nozzle that is vertically oriented during operation of the stove wherein the nozzle is connected to a number of flanges that extend along and in directions away from the nozzle and have upper portions ex... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6056542 | Burner for reducing nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide A burner is disclosed, comprising: a burner body and a burner lid coupled to the burner body so as to form a plurality of gas ports in a substantially circular and substantially planar arrangement, said gas ports being interposed between the burner body a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056538 | Apparatus for suppressing flame/pressure pulsations in a furnace, particularly a gas turbine combustion chamber An apparatus is provided for suppressing flame/pressure pulsations in a furnace, in which a flame is surrounded by a gas shroud stream having a higher flow speed, whereby a ring vortex formation is stopped. In order for this gas shroud stream to be able t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5992410 | High-efficiency furnace for mobile homes An improved high-efficiency furnace for use with manufactured housing has a modular heat exchanger assembly having a drum and a plurality of serpentine shaped tubes. A burner extends at least partially into the drum portion of the heat exchanger which act... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5984673 | Kiln for baking ceramic materials A kiln for baking ceramic materials includes a plurality of burners arranged along the conveyor surface so as to heat the internal volume of the kiln. The kiln includes a deflector which is arranged along the path of the flame that exits from at least one... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5961315 | Boiler plant for heat generation In a boiler plant for heat generation, which consists essentially of a combustion space and of a burner acting on the head side of the combustion space, this combustion space is divided into two parts (17,102a) by the insertion of an annular disk (103). A... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5961320 | Burner emission device A mixing/quenching device is in the form of a perforate metal sheet or screen secured at the downstream end of a belled orifice with the perforations defining a plurality of flow paths. The dividing and combining of the flow is passing through the flow pa... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5954492 | Burner for reducing nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide The gas burner of the present invention includes a mated burner body and a burner lid. A plurality of gas ports in a substantially circular and planar arrangement are interposed between the mated body and lid and are directed radially from the body and li... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5826569 | Low NOx water heater with finned burner A low NOx water heater burner including a burner body having opposed surfaces; and a multiplicity of spaced apart energy absorbing fins connected to at least one of the surfaces and positioned to absorb energy from burner flames generated by co... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5762005 | Wedge splash plate for kraft recovery furnace black liquor burners A wedge shaped form is mounted on the splash plate of a black liquor nozzle with the sharp edge of the wedge located at the exhaust of the nozzle to split the black liquor from the nozzle into two flat sheets on each side of the wedge with no droplet form... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5597301 | Burner emission device A mixing/quenching device is in the form of a stack of perforate metal sheets secured together with the perforations aligned to define continuous flow paths. The interfaces of the laminations in the flow path provides turbulence and the thermal mass of th... | 01/28/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5516278 | Forced draft mixer and burner assembly with pressure distribution device Combustion apparatus comprising a combustion chamber, a forced draft mixer and burner assembly extending into the combustion chamber, the assembly including a mixing tube having an open end, an opposed closed end, and a generally cylindrical, foraminous s... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5472339 | NOx reduction device A device for inhibiting NOx production is disposed in a gas furnace combustion chamber. The device includes a baffle member for dividing the combustion chamber into first and second regions. A fuel-rich mixture of gas and primary combustion air is ignited... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5449287 | Gas burner block apparatus and method of making the same A burner entry block constructed of an assembly of a plurality of parallel layers of ceramic fiber insulation bound together with thin layers of refractory mortar sandwiched between adjacent layers, the assembly of such parallel layers forming a generally... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5437123 | Underoxidized burner utilizing improved injectors Injectors are disclosed for use in an underoxidized burner having a single or double stage internal combustion chamber for receiving gaseous or liquid fuel such as diesel for mixture with air or oxygen and subsequent ignition by a spark plug. The injector... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5405261 | Waste oil fired heater with improved two-stage combustion chamber An improved two-stage combustion chamber for burning waste hydrocarbons such as crank case oil, spent motor oil, transmission fluid, lubrication dopes, and heavy bodied gear lubes. The combustion chamber is formed from a plurality of spaced apart, stacked... | 04/11/1995 |
| 5348468 | Fiber brick and burner with such fiber brick The invention concerns a fiber burner-brick 5, 13, 24, 34 with a fiber part 7, 15, 25, 35, 46, 54 made of refractory fibers. In order that the said brick be of low eight, insensitive to mechanical and thermal stresses and be characterized by fine and unif... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5333597 | Abatement member and method for inhibiting formation of oxides of nitrogen An abatement member for inhibiting formation of oxides of nitrogen in a gas-fired furnace by controlling peak flame temperatures and residence times at the peak flame temperatures is described. The combustion system has at least one heat exchanger conduit... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5244381 | NOx flame spreader for an inshot burner A furnace includes a generally cylindrical combustion chamber that is open at one end for receiving a single port inshot target burner. The target burner includes a flame spreader for lowering the heat energy and temperature of the gas flame so as to redu... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5083917 | Single port inshot target burner A furnace includes a generally cylindrical combustion chamber that is open at one end for receiving a single port inshot target burner. The combustion chamber is connected to a heat exchanger through which the combustion products are drawn by an induced d... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4934927 | Perforated flame deflector A series of perforated plates are placed in alignment with a horizontally sposed burner tube and canted to spread the flame from the burner both axially and transverse the axis of the tube. Each perforation is accompanied by an upper scoop that extends do... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4867673 | Condensing furnace A compact, high efficiency condensing furnace includes a combustion chamber and a pair of radiators. The temperature of the combustion gases is reduced in one of the radiators to the point at which combustion products condense, thereby extracting the late... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4856985 | Device for feeding gases into combustion chambers and process for diminishing pollutants during combustion operations The invention relates to a device for feeding gases, aerosols and/or mixtures of gases and solids into the combustion of a steam boiler or other combustion chambers using heat, and a process for diminishing pollutants, which are formed when burning gases,... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4848313 | Compact forced air heater A compact forced air heater comprises a combustion chamber mounted in a housing, a burner module mounted across a back open end of the combustion chamber adjacent a back wall of the housing for producing heated air in the combustion chamber, an air intake... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4836772 | Burner for coal, oil or gas firing An improved burner for the combustion of coal, oil or gas places a plurality of retractable and rotatable gas elements in close proximity to the outlet end of a tubular burner nozzle of the burner which are shielded from combustion air provided around the... | 06/06/1989 |
