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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7165425 | Multi-tube burner and glass preform manufacturing method using the same A multi-tube burner is provided which includes a cylindrical outermost nozzle and at least one cylindrical inner nozzle provided coaxially with the outermost nozzle to form annular jet openings for gases used to manufacture a glass preform. The angle between a cente... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7147718 | Device and method for the deposition of, in particular, crystalline layers on, in particular, crystalline substrates The invention relates to a device and method for the deposition of in particular, crystalline layers on one or several, in particular, equally crystalline substrates in a process chamber, by means of reaction gases which are fed to the process chamber where they rea... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143610 | Method and system for feeding and burning a pulverized fuel in a glass melting furnace, and burner for use in the same A method and system feed and burn pulverized fuel, such as petroleum coke, in a glass melting furnace having burners associated with sealed regenerative chambers which act as heat exchangers. The system supplies the pulverized fuel for melting glass raw materials. T... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7143608 | Burner for synthesizing glass particles and method for producing porous glass body A concentric multi-tubular burner for synthesizing glass particles having a center port group constituted by a combination of jet ports of raw material gas, combustible gas and oxygen gas, wherein an outer wall of the oxygen gas jet port in the center port group pro... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7104476 | Multi-sectored flat board type showerhead used in CVD apparatus Disclosed is a showerhead of a CVD apparatus comprising a plate having an empty inside and provided with a plurality of injection holes at one surface thereof; and gas supplying pipes installed at the plate so as to supply gas, wherein introduced gas thereto is inje... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7028622 | Apparatus for burning pulverized solid fuels with oxygen A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a fuel supply tube arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, sol... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6951455 | Gas burner A method and a system for implementing a burner for burning ignitable gas mixed with air for providing heat. Pressurized ignitable gas and forced air are conducted from inside a distribution chamber through minor and major channels running through a burner head of t... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6905328 | Low NOx radiant wall burner A low NOx burner nozzle assembly for a radiant wall burner includes an elongated hollow burner tube and a discharge nozzle. The burner tube defines a conduit for supplying a mixture of fuel and air to a radiant combustion area of a combustion zone that su... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6751987 | Burners for producing boules of fused silica glass Burners (14) are used to make glass bodies (19) from OMCTS. The burners have six concentric regions. Putting certain gases through the regions results in thicker bodies than can be achieved with existing techniques and with improved efficiency. ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6735981 | High heat capacity burners for producing fused silica boules Burners and methods for producing fused silica members. The burner includes seven gas-emitting regions, including four regions for emitting a mixture of oxygen and combustible gas. ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6729874 | Venturi cluster, and burners and methods employing such cluster A burner arrangement includes a venturi cluster including a plurality of venturis arranged for parallel flow. The multi venturi arrangement utilizing pressurized fuel as the inducing fluid to induce a flow of air enables the provision of an ultra fuel lean premix of... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6725690 | Burner for synthesizing glass particles and method for producing porous glass body A concentric multi-tubular burner for synthesizing glass particles having a center port group constituted by a combination of jet ports of raw material gas, combustible gas and oxygen gas, wherein an outer wall of the oxygen gas jet port in the center port group pro... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6607376 | Low NOx radiant wall burner A low NOx burner nozzle assembly for a radiant wall burner includes an elongated hollow burner tube and a discharge nozzle. The burner tube defines a conduit for supplying a mixture of fuel and air to a radiant combustion area of a combustion z... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6419480 | Method and apparatus for providing low level Nox and CO combustion A low NOx and CO emission heating apparatus provides for substantially separate fuel and combustion air feeds into a combustion chamber provided at one end with an exhaust gas opening and, at an opposite end with an elongated porous air distrib... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6367288 | Method and apparatus for preventing burner-hole build-up in fused silica processes In furnaces for producing high purity fused silica glass boules, glass particles have a tendency to build-up adjacent the burner hole rim. It was discovered that unburned furnace gases containing silica particles where re-circulated in the furnace close t... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6183241 | Uniform-burning matrix burner Computer simulation was used in the development of an inward-burning, radial matrix gas burner and heat pipe heat exchanger. The burner and exchanger can be used to heat a Stirling engine on cloudy days when a solar dish, the normal source of heat, cannot... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6056538 | Apparatus for suppressing flame/pressure pulsations in a furnace, particularly a gas turbine combustion chamber An apparatus is provided for suppressing flame/pressure pulsations in a furnace, in which a flame is surrounded by a gas shroud stream having a higher flow speed, whereby a ring vortex formation is stopped. In order for this gas shroud stream to be able t... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6056542 | Burner for reducing nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide A burner is disclosed, comprising: a burner body and a burner lid coupled to the burner body so as to form a plurality of gas ports in a substantially circular and substantially planar arrangement, said gas ports being interposed between the burner body a... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5954492 | Burner for reducing nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide The gas burner of the present invention includes a mated burner body and a burner lid. A plurality of gas ports in a substantially circular and planar arrangement are interposed between the mated body and lid and are directed radially from the body and li... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5826569 | Low NOx water heater with finned burner A low NOx water heater burner including a burner body having opposed surfaces; and a multiplicity of spaced apart energy absorbing fins connected to at least one of the surfaces and positioned to absorb energy from burner flames generated by co... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5807094 | Air premixed natural gas burner An air premixed natural gas burner having reduced thermal and prompt NOx emissions employs a central, cylindrical core chamber and an outer annular chamber separated by a hollow barrel having a plurality of gas spuds at a front end of the burne... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803724 | Method for flame stabilization in a process for preparing synthesis gas A method is presented for stabilizing the flame on the tips of burner internals in a process for preparing synthesis gas by partial oxidation of a gaseous hydrocarbon-containing fuel. The method comprises supplying a gaseous hydrocarbon-containing fuel, a... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5645412 | Burner for low Nox multistage combustion of fuel with preheated combustion air A burner provided for low NOx combustion of fuel with preheated combustion air in a combustion chamber of an industrial furnace and or a steam boiler has a plurality of fuel jets and at least a single air jet arranged to discharge the fuel and the preheat... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5603906 | Low NOx burner A low NOx burner combustion system which may be adjusted for optimum burn rates, temperature and oxygen levels. The burner incorporates a plurality of gas nozzles which individually inspirate a portion of the combustion air and a spin vane diff... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5542840 | Burner for combusting gas and/or liquid fuel with low NOx production A burner for combusting gas and/or liquid fuel and air in an enclosure includes a burner block of non-combustible material, such as ceramic material, having a central opening therethrough communicating with a combustion zone. The burner block has a plural... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5441403 | Method of low-NOx combustion and burner device for effecting same A method of low-NOx combustion and a burner device for effecting the same, in which a primary fuel is injected in a direction from tile periphery of stream of a combustion air towards that same combustion air, effecting a first combustion, so as to create... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5433600 | Burner for the combustion of coke oven gas A burner having a primary flame zone and a secondary flame zone. The throat of the quarl in the center of the primary flame zone is provided with a gas nozzle supported by a swirl element. The orifices of the nozzle are radially and obliquely distributed ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5310337 | Vibration-resistant low NOx burner A low NOx burner includes a burner plate having a plurality of slots from which fuel gas jets and combustion air are discharged. A plurality of fuel tubes are aligned with the slots for discharging the fuel gas therethrough. The fuel tubes are ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5271729 | Inspirated staged combustion burner A low NOx gaseous fuel burner that creates a wall hugging flame, even in a cup. It is comprised of two staged premix units, one unit, in a cup, running very lean and the second unit, extended into the furnace, running very rich, the combination being stoi... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5180302 | Radiant gas burner and method An improved radiant gas burner which includes a refractory burner tile hag an elongated passageway extending therethrough and a fuel-air mixture burner tube disposed within the passageway. The burner tube is of a one-piece elongated construction, include... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5131838 | Staged superposition burner A staged, superposition gaseous fuel burner provides substantial reduction of nitrogen oxide content in the combustion gases by providing a transverse turning plate in the burner tip and by staging the delivery rich combustion gases, by introducing premix... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5044931 | Low NOx burner A gaseous fuel burner provides substantial reduction of nitrogen oxide content in the combustion gases by creating a screen of premix combustion products, by introducing secondary gaseous fuel for admixture with the screen, and by exposing secondary air t... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4997362 | Ceramic burner A ceramic burner is provided, particularly for use in a hot-blast oven, with a generally cylindrical wall defining a central burner duct and a housing extending around and spaced from the generally cylindrical wall to define an outer annular duct disposed... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4978293 | Nozzle mix, open power burner A nozzle mix, open power burner includes an air housing for receiving pressurized air from a blower. A flame retention plate including a plurality of openings therein is adapted for placement at the outlet of the air housing, so that air supplied to the h... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4887961 | Radiant wall burner apparatus A radiant wall burner which is designed to be mounted on a wall of a radiant-type furnace such as an ethylene decomposing surface has a fuel supply tube defining a fuel supply passage for a fuel which may be a gaseous fuel and provided with a fuel outlet ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4874310 | Low NOX burner A controlled primary air inspirating gas burner is provided with a fuel inspirating jet and an induced primary air passageway, with a means forming a separate control primary air passageway, together with means for controlling the introduction of control ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4859173 | Low BTU gas staged air burner for forced-draft service In its simplest sense, the burner of the present invention includes a swirl chamber for creating a swirling flow path for primary combustion air. The burner also includes means communicating with the swirl chamber for introducing low heating value gas to ... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4650416 | NF3 combustor for cylindrical laser A combustor using D2 /NF3 /He is used in a laser gain generator in a cylindrical gas laser. The combustor includes a plurality of primary rings having fuel, oxidizer and diluent orifices therein. Fuel and oxidizer orifices form a tri... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4618323 | Method and burner tip for suppressing emissions of nitrogen oxides A method and burner tip for suppressing the production of oxides of nitrogen when burning a fuel in a combustion chamber containing a flame zone are described. The burner tip comprises at least one port for introducing fuel into the combustion zone and at... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4492562 | Premix-type burner distributer tip A burner distributor tip for projecting a fuel-oxygen mixture from a premix-type gaseous fuel burning system to a refractory furnace surface is disclosed.... | 01/08/1985 |