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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5498153 | Gas flare A gas flare is described which includes a vent stack for combustion air having a first end and a second end. A gaseous fuel cyclone chamber surrounds the vent stack. The cyclone chamber has an interior wall conterminous with the vent stack and an exterior... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5318437 | Automatic system to feed burners with diesel or light fuel-oil From a fuel storage tank (13), a filter (1) is installed to prevent any obstruction, followed by a vacuum gauge (2) and a motor-driven pump (3) to deliver the fuel to the burner (12): immediately prior to said burner, there is a pressure relief valve (11)... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5127822 | Combustion apparatus with atomizer and method of controlling same Provided is an atomizer-equipped combustion apparatus including an atomizing device for atomizing a fuel, a spray chamber for mixing the fuel atomized by the atomizing device with air to form a mixture, and for moving the mixture downwardly toward an open... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5057004 | Spray burn floating combustible material burner A spray burn floating combustible material burner apparatus is disclosed herein used to remove a floating layer of combustible material, such as oil, from a body of water. The apparatus includes a support frame attached to a buoyancy system, an air nozzle... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4903684 | Air control system for a burner An air control assembly for a fuel burner having a combustion chamber and a nozzle includes a control device which controls the amount of air that flows into the burner and an assembly dependent on fuel pressure which actuates the control device. A fuel i... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4850853 | Air control system for a burner An air control assembly for a fuel burner having a combustion chamber and a nozzle includes a control device which controls the amount of air that flows into the burner and an assembly dependent on fuel pressure which actuates the control device. A fuel i... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4788963 | Fuel supply system for heater A fuel supply system for a fuel spray combustor nozzle of a portable heater including a pump connected to the fuel spray combustor nozzle on the high pressure side thereof and alternatively connectable on the low pressure side to an on-board fuel chamber ... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4573904 | Liquid delivery apparatus and method for liquid fuel burners and liquid atomizers An improved apparatus and method for delivering liquid are disclosed for use in fuel burners or atomizers of the type which comprise a hollow atomizer bulb having a convex exterior surface which tapers toward a small aperture through which high pressure g... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4547149 | System for preventing liquids from being driven to the flair stack tip A safety system for eliminating the risk of liquids, rather than gases, being carried to a torch nose-piece or to a vent hole, during burning or dispersion of the gases associated with the production or treatment of hydrocarbons, particularly on off-shore... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4516928 | Flow control module and method for liquid fuel burners and liquid atomizers An improved apparatus is disclosed for controlling the flow of liquid fuel through a feed tube onto the convex exterior surface of an atomizer bulb of the Babbington type. Liquid fuel is directed into a deaeration chamber (50) having a suitable baffle for... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4507074 | Flow control module and method for liquid fuel burners and liquid atomizers An improved apparatus is disclosed for controlling the flow of liquid fuel through a feed tube onto the convex exterior surface of an atomizer bulb of the Babington type. Liquid fuel is directed through an inlet conduit (44, 46) into a deaeration chamber ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4507076 | Atomization apparatus and method for liquid fuel burners and liquid atomizers An improved apparatus and method for burning liquid fuel or atomizing liquid are disclosed for use in fuel burners or atomizers of the type which comprise a hollow atomizer bulb (20) having a smooth, preferably convex exterior surface (22) which tapers to... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4201544 | High pressure heater A portable space heater features a tubular heat shield of generally uniform cross sectional configuration about and in longitudinally offset, concentric, closely spaced relation to a tubular shell defining its combustion chamber to project beyond a nose c... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4155700 | Liquid fuel burners An improved fuel burner particularly adapted for domestic use and capable of burning fuels such as fuel oil and the like with extremely high efficiency and low pollutant output is comprised of a pair of identical spray heads, each including a spherical pl... | 05/22/1979 |
| 3991689 | Waste grease-burning system Apparatus for incinerating grease-laden aqueous mixtures includes a burner assembly or having a swirl chamber whereinto the liquid is tangentially fed and swirled. From a nozzle connected to the chamber, a minor fraction of the feed mixture is emitted as ... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3975139 | System for fuel burning The present invention refers to an improved system for fuel burning, whose combination of the means which make it up permit a combustion lacking a high percentage of contaminants, a circumstance which is attained as the consequence of a preheating and ove... | 08/17/1976 |
