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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| 7347685 | Torch manifold with integrated nozzles A manifold for a torch including a gas distribution portion for distributing gas directed into the manifold to two or more gas channels, a nozzle in each gas channel, an air passage in the manifold proximate each nozzle, and a flame tube portion including a channel ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7007857 | Compact vehicle heating apparatus and method A compact vehicle heating system and method is provided which includes mechanisms to selectively shut down heating systems. For example, when domestic hot water is required, space heating and engine preheating systems can be shut down in order to provide priority he... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6951456 | Microcombustor and combustion-based thermoelectric microgenerator A generally toroidal counterflow heat exchanger is the main element of a combustor that operates at a micro scale. The combustor includes a central combustion region with openings to a reactant gas channel and an exhaust gas channel. The reactant channel and exhaust... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6863524 | Fuel pre-heating device A fuel pre-heating device for use with gas heaters to increase fuel efficiency including an orifice and a pre-heat tube. Fuel enters the device through the orifice and travels through the pre-heat tube and back to the orifice where it is then expelled and mixed with... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6814568 | Superatmospheric combustor for combusting lean concentrations of a burnable gas A superatmospheric combustion apparatus and a method of operating such an apparatus include providing a superatmospheric combustion device having a lean gas chamber, a combustor, a heat recovery section, and an exhaust, feeding lean gas to the lean gas chamber, prov... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6755643 | Propane vaporizer for fuel powered devices A vaporizer is connected to a liquid propane supply. The vaporizer contains a helical coil immersed in a bath. A pressure regulator at an inlet to the coil reduces the pressure and vaporizes part of the propane. A burner connected to the outlet of the vaporizer is u... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6663381 | Burner arrangement for low NOX emissions In a gas burner for introducing a fuel/air mixture into a combustion chamber, a tube is provided for introducing a source of primary air into a core portion of the fuel air mixture. The resulting secondary flame that is produced within the primary flame c... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6592361 | Process for pre-heating a hydro-fuel and producing in-situ steam for cooking The present invention provides a process of cooking foods using a hydro-fuel to produce super heated in-situ steam. The hydro-fuel is propelled at a regulated flow rate into a pre-heating tube situated near a burner that is used in cooking, but also heats... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6499992 | Plug connection device, especially for exterior rearview mirrors of motor vehicles A plug connection device has a plug housing having at least one contact and a complementary plug having at least one complementary contact. At least one of the plug housing and the complementary plug is moveable relative to the other one in two directions... | 12/31/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6347625 | Heating system for a wind machine A heating system for a tower mounted wind machine is provided. The heating system includes a burner that is rotatably mounted on the tower, in the air stream of the wind machine. The burner receives a combustible fuel conducted through a rotatable manifol... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6290487 | Fuel injection method and device to increase combustion dynamics and efficiency in combustion equipment operating with fluid hydro carbon fuel A method for providing fuel injection in combustion equipment by increasing the velocity of fuel flow delivered to an appliance incorporating a combustion zone and a burner therein, such as to increase ignition speed and flame speed during the combustion ... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6270337 | Dry, low NOx pilot This invention relates to an apparatus and method for increasing the reactivity of a fuel/air mixture prior to homogenous combustion of the mixture. More specifically, this invention is a pilot for a gas turbine combustor which utilizes the heat of combus... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6213760 | Burner for portable gas cooking stove There is provided a burner to be used for a portable gas cooking stove, including (a) a mixture gas pipe having an open end through which a gas mixture of combustible gas and air is exhausted, (b) a burner head connected to the mixture gas pipe in a herme... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6182651 | Open air stove An open air stove comprises a fuel supply line which can be connected to a fuel source, a fuel nozzle which is connected to one end of said supply line and which extends into a cylindrical inner part of an inner cup. The inner cup is mounted concentricall... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6155819 | Dry, low NOx catalytic pilot This invention relates to an apparatus and method for increasing the reactivity of a fuel/air mixture prior to homogenous combustion of the mixture. More specifically, this invention is a pilot for a gas turbine combustor which utilizes the heat of combus... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6109912 | Fuel vaporizer A heater with a fuel vaporizer. The vaporizer has an uptube for carrying fuel and is centrally located within the burner. A cap is located over the uptube. A tubular casing forms an annulus about the uptube and communicates with the cap. Vaporizer fuel is... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6042368 | Appliance for burning a combustible gas, and method of burning such a gas An appliance for burning a combustible gas, for example a liquefied petroleum gas. The appliance includes a relatively massive metal body forming a heat sink, in which there is formed a passage for flow of the combustible gas from a feed inlet to a discha... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5803727 | Burner assembly for burning appliances A burner assembly includes an outer housing having a generally cylindrical internal bore and a generally cylindrical inner housing within the bore of the outer housing. The inner housing is thermally insulated from the outer housing by a pair of axially s... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5799871 | Spray nozzle with discrete open/close deadband and method therefor A valved nozzle for spraying fuel oil and method therefor includes an inlet, a discharge chamber downstream of the inlet, and a flow restricting orifice downstream of the discharge chamber. The pressure in both the inlet and the discharge chamber urges th... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5759024 | Fuel vaporizer A temperature compensated fuel control valve or regulator has a temperature sensor which senses the temperature of fuel entering the regulator. The temperature sensor controls the area of an orifice through which the fuel must pass in order to enter the b... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5735684 | Gas pistol with reverse flow heating device An improved gas pistol with reverse flow heating device including a base, a support device, a piezo electric device, an air control device, a reverse flow heating device, an ejection device and an outer tube. In use, an insert ring is coupled to a gas con... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5709542 | Device and method for the combustion of oxidizable constituents in a carrier gas which is to be cleaned The invention relates to a process and a device for burning oxidizable components in a vehicle gas to be purified, comprising a gas inlet (36), a burner (19) with an attached flame pipe (22) opening into a main combustion chamber (24) comprising a bottom ... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5655512 | Fuel valve for a campstove A fuel control assembly for a campstove includes a valve stem which is rotatable 180° within a valve body between open and closed positions. A pin on the valve body extends into a helical slot in the stem for moving the valve stem axially as the valve st... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5647738 | Jet type gas burner A jet type gas burner includes a gas supply device, a control device, a piezo-electric device, a return device, a burning device and a housing. A base of the gas supply device is connected to a gas container such that the gas may pass into the base. An ad... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5601789 | Raw gas burner and process for burning oxygenic constituents in process gas Raw gas burner that maximizes fuel efficiency of the burner, minimizes residence time, and reduces or eliminates flame contact with the process air or gas in order to minimize NOx formation. Process air flow such as from the cold side of a heat exchanger ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5474442 | 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... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5370527 | Fuel tube for burner assembly with remote fuel tank A burner appliance includes a burner assembly, a separate fuel tank, and a tube connecting the fuel tank and the burner assembly. A restrictor rod is positioned within the tube for minimizing fuel surge, enhancing generation of vaporized fuel, and reducin... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5306138 | Method and apparatus for incinerating combustibles carried by an air stream The incinerator has a closed housing (10) with high temperature insulation (17). A linear gas burner (50) is wholly within the bottom portion of the incineration chamber (22), producing a line of small flames (59). Polluted air, passing downwardly through... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5295817 | Apparatus and method for combusting crude oil Apparatus and method of combusting crude oil produced during testing of a subterranean well includes a primary nozzle for atomizing and spraying the primary feed of crude oil into a combustion chamber; a combustion chamber for receiving and combusting the... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5203692 | Burner for solid and liquid or gaseous fuel A burner (1) for feeding solid and liquid or gaseous fuel into a burning zone (8) of a kiln, for instance a rotary kiln, and comprising central duct (2) for liquid or gaseous fuel, a surrounding annular duct (3) for primary air and a further surrounding a... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5098283 | Combustion method for combusting a pressurized fuel The invention provides a combustion device such as a stove which may include a pressurized fuel mixture, such as an aerosol container containing alcohol and a propellant which may comprise a normally gaseous hydrocarbon, such as a liquified petroleum gas.... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5080580 | Combustion apparatus and method for combusting a pressurized fuel The invention provides a combustion device such as a stove which may include a pressurized fuel mixture, such as an aerosol container containing alcohol and a propellant which may comprise a normally gaseous hydrocarbon, such as a liquified petroleum gas.... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5003778 | Stirling engine A thermally insulating lining for the housing of the heater system ensures that on the outside of the heater system only low temperatures are reached which are not dangerous to operators in the vicinity of the engine. Combustion air duct means between an ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 5002481 | Apparatus for generating a combustible gaseous mixture Production of oxides of nitrogen during combustion of liquid fuel can be reduced by burning at relatively low temperatures of about 1400° C., by first producing a special combustible gaseous mixture of superheated steam, fuel vapor, and combustion air. W... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4928605 | Oxygen heater, hot oxygen lance having an oxygen heater and pulverized solid fuel burner There is disclosed an oxygen heater, which uses a part of supplied oxygen as auxiliary combustion oxygen, a hot oxygen lance and a pulverized solid fuel burner, both having oxygen heaters. The oxygen heater (1) has a combustion chamber (4) for both mixing... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4915615 | Device for controlling fuel combustion in a burner A device for controlling fuel combustion in a burner detects the temperature in the burner and controls, based on the detected temperature, electric power supplied to an atmozing glow plug of a fuel atomizer which heats and atomizes fuel.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4850857 | Apparatus for the combustion of oxidizable substances suspended in a carrier gas An appliance for the combustion of oxidizable substances in a carrier gas is described, in which the carrier gas is fed through heat exchanger tubes having inlet ends which are bent outwardly adjacent an outlet for gas from which oxidizable substances hav... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4792300 | Atomizing burner In a burner, a combustion cylinder made of a ceramic material is divided into an atomizing chamber and a combustion chamber by a partitioning plate having openings, a fuel injection port of an atomizing device is opened in the combustion chamber, the atom... | 12/20/1988 |
| 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 |
