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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4941818 | Cigarette lighter The cigarette lighter of the invention has an igniter member which promotes smooth burning of the fuel gas ejected from the gas nozzle. The igniter member is composed of an igniting element which is a coiled wire of platinum metal or a platinum-based allo... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4916904 | Injection element for a combustion reactor, more particularly, a steam generator The injection element comprises a fuel inlet, an oxidant inlet, a mixing mber for fuel and oxidant, and an ignition device for a mixture of fuel and oxidant. To ensure optimum mixing of the reaction components and efficient ignition even in the case of s... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4896636 | Method of operating I. C. engines and apparatus thereof Operation of unthrottled internal combustion engines is improved by providing the combustion chambers with an electrically heated glow plug having a catalyst surface layer on the ignition element. The catalyst is heated to and maintained at a temperature ... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4827852 | Catalytic wood stove A catalytic combustor wood stove is presented having a combustor ignitor plate which promotes turbulence and mixing of combustion gases with air from a distributed primary air supply to deliver thoroughly mixed gas to the catalytic combustor to light off ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4825658 | Fuel nozzle with catalytic glow plug In a gas turbine power plant fuel and air are mixed and ignited in a combustor to provide motive fluid for driving a gas turbine. A fuel nozzle is used to provide a fuel/air mixture into the combustor. According to the present invention, the fuel nozzle a... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4766878 | Far-infrared radiating system In a far-infrared radiating system, a plurality of radiating units for allowing the combustion gas to pass therethrough are connected in series to form a multi-stage series-connecting construction. The combustion gas releases its heat energy in the form o... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4666677 | Pollution control device An apparatus for converting harmful hydrocarbon emissions into harmless gases includes, in sequence, a transition chamber, transition duct work, a burner chamber, a catalyst chamber, and a cap. The hydrocarbons are burned and then treated with a catalyst ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4664674 | Method of making a priming device for a heating unit A method of making priming devices for a fuel element is disclosed. A high quality priming device is obtained by treating suitable pieces of cellulose with catalyzing agents such as manganates or permanganates and with oxidizing agents such as inorganic o... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4631024 | Catalytic combustion device A catalytic combustion device of the type including a catalyst for oxidation of a fuel vapor and air, and an ignition heater for initiating oxidation on the catalyst is disclosed. The device comprises a tubular first member carrying thereon the catalyst f... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4588373 | Catalytic camping stove A catalytic stove is provided comprising a mixing chamber having one end adapted to receive a fuel can and an opposite end provided with a diffuser. A plate provided with a grid of between 200 and 400 openings per square inch extends across the exit end o... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4519776 | Apparatus for attracting insects An apparatus for attracting insects to an insect trapping device. The apparatus includes: a source of combustible fluid; a burner communicating with the fluid source for igniting the fluid in an exothermic reaction generating carbon dioxide, moisture and ... | 05/28/1985 |
| 4518346 | Gas fuel burner with incorporated ignition and safety devices The invention relates to a gas fuel burner with incorporated ignition and safety systems, wherein the burner body defines a central shaft, co-axial to the distribution chamber, situated under the cap and opening at the lower part of the burner to allow ad... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4479921 | Solid fuel heating appliance and combustor apparatus therefor A solid fuel heating appliance in the form of a wood burning stove employs a combustor for oxidizing oxidizable species in the exhaust. A flame break is provided between the combustor and the combustion chamber of the stove to avoid impingement of flames ... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4466421 | Afterburner for a wood stove An afterburner for a wood stove for use as a retrofit assembly comprises a rectangular housing having openings in the upper and lower surfaces provided with cylindrical collars for cooperation with the flue duct and with the opening in the top of the wood... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4457693 | Combustion process A combustion catalyst containing both manganese and antimony in a temperature range of above about 1260° F. has been found to result in unexpectedly high CO2 /CO ratios in the regenerator off-gas when CO is combusted.... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4439136 | Thermal shock resistant spherical plate structures Thermal shock resistant catalytic monolithic structures are described comprising curved-surface plates with flow-through passages. Such structures are especially useful as combustor catalysts and their use in catalytic combustors permits much more rapid s... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4402662 | Thermal shock resistant split-cylinder structures Thermal shock resistant catalytic monolithic structures are described comprising split-cylinders with flow-through passages. Such structures are especially useful as combustor catalysts and their use in catalytic combustors permits much more rapid start-u... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4384843 | Combustion method and apparatus with catalytic tubes A thermal shock resistant catalytic combustor has a plurality of catalytic tubes of a high temperature catalytically active ceramic mounted such that the ceramic is free to expand or contract. Ends of the tubes can be maintained at any desired temperature... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4345555 | Self-heating ignition plug A self-heating type ignition plug according to the present invention includes a base portion having a fixing portion formed on an outer wall thereof and a terminal insulately provided therein and connected to an electrical source; an ignition means, integ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4235588 | Cigarette lighter utilizing catalyst When a cap of a cigarette lighter is opened, fuel is mixed in a gasified state with externally drawn air, and the resultant mixture of air and gasified fuel is supplied to a catalyst within the lighter body for causing natural combustion of the mixture by... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4234257 | Flame photometric detector adapted for use in hydrocarbon streams Gas analysis, intended primarily for the quantitative and qualitative analysis of sulfur, is performed utilizing flame photometry by burning a sample of the gas to be analyzed in a hydrogen rich flame in which combustion is supported by an excess of oxyge... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4207055 | Cigarette lighter with synergistic igniting means A cigarette lighter employing a combustible gas uses electric means for heating the combustible gas toward its flash point. The electric means is aided by catalytic or thermo-electric means to reduce the power supplied by a self-contained battery. In one ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4144018 | Cigarette lighter using hypergolic fuel component A hypergolic substance which is spontaneously ignited upon being exposed to the atmosphere ignites the fuel issuing from the nozzle of a cigarette lighter. The hypergolic substance is either mixed with the fuel in a fuel tank or is separately contained wi... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4112675 | Apparatus and method for starting a large gas turbine having a catalytic combustor Apparatus and method for starting a gas turbine engine is shown wherein the combustion chamber has a fixed geometry providing a high throughput velocity to prevent flashback during normal operation of the engine. Thus, there is provided a flame holding zo... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4095938 | Arctic vehicle battery heater In an arctic military vehicle, one or more heating units is/are positioned against the outer surface of the battery to heat the battery electrolyte and thereby improve battery output capability during the critical engine start-up period. Each heating unit... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4080150 | Catalytic gas igniter system A method and apparatus for the ignition of a hydrocarbon gas stream utilizing a hydrogen pre-ignition arrangement. A small volume of hydrogen gas is mixed with air and directed past a platinum containing catalyst, e.g., activated with aluminum and in mesh... | 03/21/1978 |
| 3955556 | Catalytic fluid heater A catalytic fluid heater formed of a number of nested fluid heating chambers spaced from one another to provide therebetween a heating zone having a chimney effect such that a mixture of fuel gas and air is caused to flow through the heating zone from the... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3943705 | Wide range catalytic combustor A catalytic combustor arrangement for use with a gas turbine power plant, has independently regulatable fuel injection elements disposed upstream of a discrete array of passageways disposed between the fuel injection elements and a catalytic reaction memb... | 03/16/1976 |
