Did You Know...
...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216645 | Wood burning stove having pivoting baffle and method A wood burning stove is provided. The combustion chamber in which the fire occurs has a baffle plate that is moveable to direct air flow through one of two different pathways from the combustion chamber to the chimney. When in a first position, the baffle plate forc... | 05/15/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6085738 | Multi-fuel burner and heat exchanger A burner has a burner tube and a nozzle holder mounted in one end of the burner tube. An igniter is positioned within the nozzle holder and acts to ignite any of the multi-liquid fuels which may be used with the burner. A nozzle emits atomized liquid fuel... | 07/11/2000 |
| 4850332 | Masonry fireplace, particularly a baking oven The invention relates to a masonry fireplace, particularly a baking oven, comprising: a furnace (4) in which the fuel is burnt and the bottom of which is formed by a baking grate (5), the furnace (4) being provided with an oven door (1) positioned in the ... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4831941 | Wrap-around heat and smoke extractor This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the extraction of heat and smoke from a fuel burn in a firebox. The design is for the firebox exhaust area to be wrapped with its own hot exhaust gases, for smoke extraction, and then, for heat extracti... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4714073 | Heating apparatus operating with gaseous fuel and designed to be connected to a smoke pipe A discharge pipe is directly associated with one of the main heat exchange walls of a monoblock heating body, and a backflow damping device comprises two siphons placed symmetrically on either side of the pipe, each having a passage above the level of the... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4499889 | Method and apparatus for improved construction of fuel burning heating assemblies An improved heating apparatus, for example for use as a wood or coal burning parlor stove and providing a significant heat output, has a construction for reducing thermally induced mechanical stress and for enabling the interior baffle assembly components... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4461272 | Kachelofen A stove for heating a room has three coaxially nested tubular columns formed of superposed rings of ceramic material, these columns defining an innermost channel rising above a combustion chamber to carry off evolving flue gases, an intermediate channel i... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4387699 | Space heating stove An efficient space heating stove having a combustion chamber substantially completely enclosed with insulating firebrick whereby the operating temperatures within the combustion chamber can be maintained above the ignition temperature of the fuel being co... | 06/14/1983 |
| 4320738 | Heating stove This stove invention relates to wood and coal burning stoves employed for heating. More effective draft control and heat transfer is achieved by a stove (11) employing straight and serpentine flues (46, 48), a control rod (43) to coordinate movement of a ... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4279238 | Wood burning heating apparatus A woodburning heating apparatus capable of horizontal and updraft combustion has removable elements positioned within a relatively small enclosed volume to provide efficient and reliable operation in either combustion mode. The removable elements include ... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4201186 | Solid-fuel burner A stove or furnace in which the products of combustion are recirculated inside the combustion chamber by means of a V-shaped partition or baffle, the apex of which extends downward directly above the primary fire zone, so that the combustion products risi... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4192285 | Air tight fuel burning stove A fuel burning stove for holding and burning fuel to heat the surrounding atmosphere in a room where the stove is employed. The stove includes a fire box which supports the fuel and where the combustion is sustained. An air inlet is provided to the fire b... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4180052 | Furnace fireplace apparatus having separate combustion and heating air systems and settling chambers for particulate matter Fireplace furnace apparatus includes separate air systems for combustion and for heating and the combustion gases flow from a primary combustion chamber into a secondary combustion chamber and into additional settling chambers for particulate matter and t... | 12/25/1979 |
