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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8021144 | Catalytic combustor and method thereof A catalytic combustor (1) is provided for combustion of gaseous and liquid fuels, which combustor comprises a housing (2) having an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) through which an airflow is directed, and a fuel injector (10) for inje... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7338953 | Method of treating chronic fatigue syndrome Disclosed herein are methods of treating an individual suffering from, chronic fatigue syndrome. The methods generally include administration of a therapeutic amount of racemic reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the individual. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7329119 | Vaporizer for fuel supply to a carburetor Fuel for supply to the carburetor of an engine is vaporized in a container having a first and second chamber divided by a transverse heating plate against which the fuel is impacted from a fuel injection nozzle a form vapour therefrom so be discharged under pressure... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7313916 | Method and apparatus for generating power by combustion of vaporized fuel An apparatus for producing power from a source of liquid fuel. The apparatus includes at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end in fluid communication with the source of liquid f... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7276503 | Method of treating chronic fatigue syndrome Disclosed herein are methods of treating an individual suffering from, chronic fatigue syndrome. The methods generally include administration of a therapeutic amount of optically pure (S,S) reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the individual... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7241762 | Method of treating peripheral neuropathy Disclosed herein are methods of treating an individual suffering from peripheral neuropathy. The methods generally include administration of a therapeutic amount of racemic reboxetine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to the individual. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7117676 | Apparatus for mixing fluids A premixer for a combustor to entrain a selected volume of fuel in an oxidizer to be combusted to heat the oxidizer. The combustor is for a gas powered turbine which employs the hypergolic or high energy air stream which will allow a fuel to be combusted in the abse... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111394 | Hybrid loop heat pipe A heat pipe assembly (100) has a combined reservoir (102) and evaporator (104), the evaporator (104) having ducts of a vapor manifold (106) that exhausts vapor toward the condenser (108) instead of opposing the flow of liqui... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7008219 | Boil-off gas processing system using electric heater A boil-off gas processing system for reliably burning a boil-off gas. The system processes a boil-off gas produced from a liquid hydrogen tank which is built in a hydrogen fueled vehicle. The system includes a mixing device for introducing air into a discharge passa... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004181 | Apparatus for cleaning a substrate The invention provides a water supplying apparatus and method thereof which has a high capacity of peeling and removing a disused material such as a resist film and the like, and can efficiently use water vapor. A water supplying apparatus for executing a washing pr... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004749 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus 2 has a fuel spraying nozzle 12, a feed canal 16 and a return canal 17, both the canals connected to the nozzle, with the former canal 16 feeding a fuel to the nozzle and with the later canal 17 allowi... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978767 | Active drag and thrust modulation system and methods A vehicle traveling through an environmental media such as air experiences drag. The drag is actively modulated by energy beams which may either increase or decrease the drag. The energy beams may provide either a chemical, acoustic or electromagnetic energy at a tr... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6957013 | Fluid heater A fluid heater having a first heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein, and having a first surface, a second heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein and having a second surface adjacent to the first surface. A cavity is f... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6909840 | Localized surface volatilization The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for rapid flash-like volatilization of high and low vapor pressure components from liquid or solid emanators which is in contact with a point or localized heat source. Vaporization is promoted by a geometrical... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6871792 | Apparatus and method for preparing and delivering fuel A method and apparatus for vaporizing liquid fuel. The apparatus includes at least one capillary flow passage, the at least one capillary flow passage having an inlet end and an outlet end; a fluid control valve for placing the inlet end of the at least one capillar... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6707987 | Electric liquefied petroleum gas vaporizer A vaporizer having a pair of heat exchanger blocks each with a vaporization tube formed therein. The heat exchanger blocks are in face-to-face arrangement and the vaporizer tubes are coupled together in series. A plurality of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) h... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6632085 | Catalyst combustion device and fuel vaporizing device A catalyst combustion apparatus, includes: a fuel feed course for feeding liquid fuel; an air feed course for feeding air; a mixing unit for mixing fuel to be fed from the fuel feed course with air to be fed from the air feed course; a vaporizing unit for... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6585509 | Vaporization and pressurization of liquid in a porous material A vaporization module is provided that includes a capillary member to convert non-pressurized liquid to pressurized vapor. The pressure is sustained by capillary pressure of the liquid in the capillary member. The capillary member has low thermal conducti... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6540505 | Burner for liquid fuel A burner for liquid fuel has an electric heating device for start up heating a fuel vaporization chamber to a selected temperature, a flame retention baffle being fitted on the vaporization chamber with a temperature sensor sensing temperature of the vapo... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6390076 | Systems and methods for delivering atomized fluids A method for causing a very fine atomization or vaporization of a liquid or liquid-like fluid, where the resulting atomized or vaporized solution is entered into engine, instrument or area for the fluid to be in mixed. The ability of the near supercritica... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386862 | Catalytic combustion apparatus A mixed gas supply portion 1 for mixing fuel with air, a mixed gas ejection portion 2 for ejecting the mixed gas mixed by the mixed gas supply portion 1, a breathable first catalyst body 5 provided downstream of the mixed gas supply portion 2, a breathabl... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6350116 | Pre-vaporizing and pre-mixing burner for liquid fuels The invention concerns a pre-vaporizing and pre-mixing burner for liquid fuels which has a fuel feed line (56), a pump which pressurizes the fuel in the feed line, a mixing region (123) and a fuel valve (119) which opens out into the mixing region and by ... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6347936 | Liquid vaporization and pressurization apparatus and methods A vaporization/pressurization module employs a porous member having a low thermal conductivity and a substantially uniform, small pore size. Liquid feed is introduced to the porous member and is heated, vaporized, and pressurized within and/or on a surfac... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6179609 | Compact external torch assembly for semiconductor processing A compact torch for use in semiconductor processing which may be used both to produce steam and to perform wet or dry dichlorethylene (DCE) oxidation at varying concentrations with no reconfiguration of the torch, providing full temperature of control of ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6162046 | Liquid vaporization and pressurization apparatus and methods A vaporization/pressurization module employs a porous member having a low thermal conductivity and a substantially uniform, small pore size. Liquid feed is introduced to the porous member and is heated, vaporized, and pressurized within and/or on a surfac... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6123540 | Heavy oil emulsion fuel combustion apparatus A heavy oil emulsion fuel combustion apparatus is arranged, in a combustion apparatus using a heavy oil emulsion fuel, to prevent a decrease in the combustion efficiency due to water content in the fuel and to prevent an increase in the sulfuric acid dew ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6065957 | Catalyst combustion apparatus According to the present invention, a catalyst combustion apparatus includes a ring-shaped catalyst body for catalytically burning the mixture of the fuel and the air, which is disposed in a combustion cylinder. In the combustion cylinder, a fuel nozzle a... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6053725 | Method of and device for producing energy A method and device for producing heat energy by bringing water into contact with pre-heated oil in a chamber within a reaction vessel is disclosed. When the water and the oil meet, a violent reaction results in which a flame-like eruption of very hot gas... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6036473 | Heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion apparatus A heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion apparatus is provided in which steam bubbles generated in the pressure reduction operation for dewatering a heavy oil emulsified fuel before combustion are prevented from mixing into a dewatered heavy oil side result... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6012915 | Method of combusting a water/fossil fuel mixed emulsion and combustion apparatus There is disclosed a method of combusting a water/fossil fuel mixed emulsion, which comprises elevating the temperature of a water/fossil fuel mixed emulsion, and vaporizing the emulsion, with a temperature-elevating and vaporizing apparatus 3, jetting th... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5964585 | Oil burner for ensuring combustion of long-term stored kerosine An oil burner capable of ensuring normal combustion of quality-deteriorated kerosine. A burner body including a vaporization section is fed with fuel and air from a fuel pump and an air fan, respectively. A combustion control unit controls the fuel pump a... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5938427 | Combustion apparatus According to a combustion apparatus comprising a mixing unit 3 for preparing a fuel-air mixture by mixing a fuel with combustion air, a first catalytic combustion chamber 4 incorporating a first catalyzer 7 for catalytically burning the mixture and a fin ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5937141 | Smoke generator method and apparatus A smoke generator apparatus and method are provided in which the apparatus has a pump connected to a reservoir of liquid smoke agent and to an electrical resistance heating tube incorporated into an electrical circuit. The electrical resistance heater tub... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5879149 | Fuel control and preheating system for a fuel-burning heater A fuel control and preheating module for use with an oil-burning furnace including a fuel line providing a passageway section through which oil is routed from a reservoir to the furnace for burning includes an electrically-powered positive temperature coe... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5870525 | Capillary feed boiler The invention is an improved boiler for generating vapor at low pressure from liquid in reservoirs that are not pressurized. Liquid from a reservoir is fed through a supply wick by capillary action to a boiler wick in which the liquid is heated and boiled... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5823763 | Combustion device and method for use in a thermal oxidation furnace A combustion device for use in an oxidation furnace, includes a nozzle providing H2, a nozzle providing O2, and an electrical heating coil placed in the H2 nozzle for heating the H2 to a temperature at which it ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5816790 | Heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion equipment A heavy oil emulsified fuel combustion furnace is provided which prevents lowering of combustion efficiency due to water content in the fuel as well as prevents elevation of sulfuric acid dew point due to water content in the flue gas of the combustion fu... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5813850 | Kerosene combustion apparatus A kerosene combustion device includes a burner body having a heated inner surface against which kerosene and combustion air are impacted, to cause the kerosene to be vaporized prior to being ignited. The kerosene is introduced into the burner body through... | 09/29/1998 |
