Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6095793 | Dynamic control system and method for catalytic combustion process and gas turbine engine utilizing same A unique and useful dynamic control system has been invented for the control of a catalytic combustion system for use on a dynamic plant, preferably, a gas turbine engine. The dynamic control system facilitates the replacement of conventional flame combus... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5567142 | Burner system for a radio-controlled hot air balloon A burner system for a radio-controlled hot air balloon. The frame that is connected to an envelope contains two fuel tanks. One fuel tank is disposed right side up and delivers fuel in vapor form to a pilot burner mechanism. The other fuel tank is inverte... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5495829 | Water heater with thermoelectric module and through-chamber heat sink A self-powered forced or induced draft water heater is provided including a tank adapted for storing hot water, a sealed combustion chamber, a powered burner, a thermoelectric module, and a through-chamber heat sink having a base portion and a pin portion... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5232358 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus comprises: a large-diameter sleeve-like element forming an incoming passage through which an air/fuel mixture gas flows in a predetermined direction; at least one small-diameter sleeve-like element disposed in the incoming passage, ... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5203690 | Combustion apparatus A combustion apparatus comprises: a large-diameter sleeve-like element forming an incoming passage through which an air/fuel mixture gas flows in a predetermined direction; at least one small-diameter sleeve-like element disposed in the incoming passage, ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5033957 | Vaporizing diesel burner Diesel fuel is vaporized and then burned on a cylindrical screen flame holder. The fuel is vaporized in a finned, vertical tube vapor generator and directed through a superheater tube past the flame to a flow control valve and nozzle. A flow restriction i... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4529375 | Fuel gasifying burner A fuel gasifying burner including a combustion device located below a portion of a gas generating member housing a fuel supply device for directing a supply of liquid fuel into the interior of the gas generating member. A plurality of combustion members f... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4231731 | Multifuel self-regulating burner An automatic self-regulating burner system. A serpentine pipe structure connected to a source of fuel has a preheating portion, an orifice pipe portion and a backpressure pipe portion. The orifice pipe portion has an orifice therethrough which exhausts va... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4131414 | Lantern with kerosene preheater A cup is provided adjacent the generator tube of a kerosene lantern for holding a measured amount of fuel. A wick is located in the cup for burning the fuel at a controlled rate. A foraminous housing extends around and above the wick to control the entrai... | 12/26/1978 |
