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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7188476 | Gas turbine combustor and operating method thereof A gas turbine combustor has a combustion chamber into which fuel and air are supplied, wherein the fuel and the air are supplied into said combustion chamber as a plurality of coaxial jets. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7172412 | Pyrolysis heater A pyrolysis heater particularly for the cracking of hydrocarbons in the production of olefins has a burner arrangement in the firebox which includes staged combustion low NOx hearth burners firing upwardly in the firebox adjacent to the walls. Wall stabil... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7108730 | Method for providing controlled heat to a process This invention relates to a method for providing controlled heat to a process utilizing a flameless distributed combustion. The method of the invention comprises providing an oxidation chamber, with an inlet for oxidant, an outlet for combustion products, and a flow... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6638057 | Partial oxidation of hydrogen sulphide An air-oxygen hydrogen sulphide burner (108) fires into a furnace (102). The burner comprises a main passage for combustion-supporting gas containing air (112), a multiplicity of spaced apart outer elongate fluid-conducting open ended tubes extending in p... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6499990 | Low NOx burner apparatus and method A burner and method for reducing NOx emissions from process heaters, boilers, and other heating systems having flue gases present therein. The inventive burner and method preferably involve the single stage combustion of fuel gas which is eject... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6497570 | Gas control assembly A gas control assembly for a forced air furnace which includes a support frame having a top surface and two contiguous side walls which define an enclosure. A planar one piece burner assembly which has a plurality of burners and having two opposite side e... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6450800 | Regenerative thermal oxidizer incorporating a venturi style burner A burner that utilizes venturi action for induction of combustion air. The action of the venturi draws in surrounding air present around the nozzle to supply the necessary combustion air, provide forward moment to the burning gases to distribute their hea... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6155820 | Burner for operating a heat generator In a burner for operating a heat generator, which burner essentially comprises a swirl generator (100), a transition piece (200) arranged downstream of the swirl generator, and a mixing tube (20), transition piece (200) and mixing tube (20) form the mixin... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6062848 | Vibration-resistant low NOx burner A low NOx burner includes a refractory lined plate with a refractory side facing a combustion chamber. A multiplicity of combustion air passages extend through the plate toward the combustion chamber. A multiplicity of spaced-apart primary fuel... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5997283 | Electrolysis systems A cell arrangement for the electrolysis of water to liberate hydrogen and oxygen gases is described. A cell unit (125) has a stacked arrangement of segmentation disks (114), a first type of (anode) cell plates (90), a second type of (cathode) cell plates ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5961312 | Combustion burner and combustion method thereof in furnace A combustion burner comprises: an air supply passage for supplying an air to a heating furnace; a primary fuel nozzle for supplying a primary fuel to the air supply passage; secondary fuel nozzles arranged around the air supply port of the air supply pass... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5683238 | Method for operating a furnace A method for operating a furnace comprising generating NOx at a first NOx generation rate by combustion at a distance from the flue of the furnace and generating NOx at a second NOx generation rate, which is less than the first NOx generation rate, by com... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5593298 | Pollutant reducing modification of a tangentially fired furnace For reducing pollutant generation in a tangentially fired furnace, a method and apparatus for modification of a main air-fuel compartment. An extender dish for mounting on the discharge face of the compartment has a wide projection to extend across the di... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5588824 | Injection nozzle In an injection nozzle for introducing fuels into compressed gaseous media, for use in premixing burners for example, the injection nozzle (1) consists primarily of a fuel conduit (2) and a passage branching off from the fuel conduit. The fuel conduit (2)... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5505146 | Burner pattern to minimize sidewall corrosion potential A burner system for a furnace includes horizontal rows of cell burners some of which contain a secondary air port vertically spaced from a coal nozzle. The cell burners are in the front and rear walls of the furnace. Near the side walls of the furnace, wh... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5441000 | Secondary air distribution system for a furnace A secondary air distribution for a furnace in which an housing is provided for receiving air and a set of dividers are located in the housing for dividing the air passing through the housing into a plurality of streams. A set of dampers are disposed in th... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5380193 | Apparatus for attaching manifold assembly to gas control assembly of furnace In a gas-fired furnace of the type having a manifold assembly, comprising a gas valve, a manifold, orifices extending from the manifold and located on a common line, and a gas control assembly having a burner box compartment, the improvement comprises an ... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5205226 | Low NOx burner system A low NOx burner system for a furnace having spaced apart front and rear walls, comprises a double row of cell burners on each of the front and rear walls. Each cell burner is either of the inverted type with a secondary air nozzle spaced verti... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5139414 | Burner having primary and secondary combustion chambers A burner has first and second nozzles communicated with a combustion chamber and defined in a wall structure surrounding the combustion chamber. The first and second nozzles are opposed to each other and positioned adjacent an exit opening of a fuel suppl... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5102329 | High intensity burner A burner suitable for use in conjunction with an air heater. The burner has a burner plate including a plurality of slots. The burner plate slots are aligned with and spaced from fuel supply tubes. The tubes have spaced apart orifices that discharge fuel ... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5059115 | Fuel fired burner A fuel fire burner has a plenum chamber to which fuel and air are supplied. One of the walls of the plenum chamber is generally flat and has a plurality of substantially rectangular slots extending therethrough, the slots serving as combustion ports for t... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4945841 | Apparatus or method for carrying out combustion in a furnace A furnace and burner construction and method of burning fuel therein. The furnace housing has an end wall and side walls extending generally perpendicularly from the end wall and defining a furnace interior. One or more air supply ports open axially there... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4923393 | Fuel fired burner A fuel-fired burner of the gas-fired fully premixed type comprises a plenum chamber 2 formed by walls 5, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, the wall 11 having an inlet port 4 to enable the plenum chamber 2 to receive a mixture of gas and air from a mixing chamber 3 and ... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4909728 | Combustion apparatus A burner includes a number of flame ports each having a fuel supply passage and provided on a pair of opposite walls of a combustion chamber such that each of the walls and the fuel supply passages define a cooling passage. In the burner, a wide stable fl... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4669398 | Pulverized fuel firing apparatus A pulverized fuel firing apparatus comprises a first pulverized fuel injection compartment so constructed that the combined amount of primary air and secondary air to be consumed is less than the theoretical amount of air required for the combustion of th... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4553925 | Flow distribution header system A dual flow distribution header system in which the flow is divided into two paths before the distribution header but after a metering device. The flow is controlled by separate butterfly valves in each path, whereby the control function is magnified and ... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4497628 | Design of transverse-burner recuperative furnaces A transverse-burner recuperative furnace for glass making, which comprises burner blocks of which the inner aperture, of generally elongate rectangular shape, exhibits a first portion of constant cross-section extending from the rear face of the burner bl... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4474120 | Method for at least the two-stage ignition of a fuel dust power burner and a burner system for carrying out this method In a method for the ignition of a fuel dust power burner, in which the ignition energy is provided by a fuel dust pilot burner, for example for the ignition of a coal dust burner with a coal dust igniting flame, the ignition performance of the igniting fl... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4424025 | Gas forge The present invention consists of a forge for heating horseshoes or the like to enable a blacksmith to shape and form metal objects. The forge or oven includes a gas burner which is positioned to maximize the heating capabilities of the oven while utilizi... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4273527 | Multiple fuel burning system for furnaces or the like A multiple fuel burning system that may be employed in conjunction with a furnace includes a first annular tubular conduit connected to a source of pressurized fluid and a second annular conduit concentric with the first annular tubular conduit and couple... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4229158 | Linear capillary orifice injector A linear capillary orifice injector for producing a chemical reaction in a combustion chamber is disclosed. The orifices are judiciously arranged to form a discrete pattern for achieving a high degree of shear mixing while attaining a uniform temperature ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4009989 | Combination gas and oil burners A combination gas and oil burner is disclosed for heating a radiant wall in a reforming furnace for petroleum refinery processes or the like to provide heat for radiation by the wall and in which oil, gas, or both fuels, may be employed, the burners being... | 03/01/1977 |
| 3976420 | Method and apparatus for burning fuels Method and burner apparatus for burning fuels wherein an air-fuel premixture of a low fuel concentration formed by premixing a fuel with combustion air in an amount larger than the theoretical air amount necessary for combustion of said fuel is fed and bu... | 08/24/1976 |
