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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335016 | Combustion chamber, particularly for vehicle heating device An evaporative burner, particularly for a vehicle heating device, includes a combustion chamber housing and, in the combustion chamber housing, an evaporative medium for receiving liquid fuel and for delivering fuel vapor into a combustion chamber. A heating coil ar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7229279 | Combustion chamber subassembly for a heating device, particularly a vehicle heating device A combustion chamber subassembly for a vehicle heating device, includes a housing with a housing wall and a fuel feed through the housing wall, a fuel distribution element covering the housing wall on the side facing toward a combustion chamber and together with the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6971235 | Evaporative burner An evaporative burner that includes an igniter assembly, a swirler, an evaporation chamber, and a reverse throat. The reverse throat has raised ends that protrude into the evaporation chamber. The reverse throat in combination with the evaporation chamber and the sw... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6929467 | Combustion chamber assembly for a heating device A combustion chamber assembly for a heating device includes a combustion chamber housing which forms a combustion chamber, and an ignition member which projects with an ignition section into the combustion chamber. An evaporator medium, surrounding the combustion ch... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6872073 | Burner arrangement for a heating device, and heating device, particularly vehicle heating device A burner arrangement for a heating device, particularly a vehicle heating device, comprising a combustion chamber (18) and a flame tube (22) conducting the combustion products away from the combustion chamber (18), having an inlet region (28 | 03/29/2005 |
| 6811395 | Combustion chamber assembly, particularly for a vehicle heating device A combustion chamber assembly, in particular for a vehicle heating device, has combustion chamber housing in which a combustion chamber is bounded by a combustion chamber outer wall, the combustion chamber having a combustion chamber outlet aperture for the exit to ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6182436 | Porus material torch igniter The igniter for the combustor in a gas turbine engine includes a tubular member extending beyond the igniter tip, wherein the tubular member is a porous ceramic or high temperature nickel alloy. Fuel is fed to the bore of the tubular member by capillary a... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6027334 | Evaporation burner for a heater In an evaporation burner with a combustion chamber (1) for a heater or the like with a peripheral boundary wall (29), a front boundary wall (6) and an air-supply nozzle (8) projecting coaxially into the combustion chamber (1) with radial air outlets (9) t... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5993197 | Combustion chamber of a burner for a vehicle heater or an exhaust gas particle filter A combustion chamber of a burner for a vehicle heater or for thermal regeneration of an exhaust gas particle filter having a frontal boundary wall, a circumferential boundary wall, a connector for fitting a glow plug and a connector for conveying combusti... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5707227 | Burner of a vehicle heater The invention pertains to a burner of a vehicle heater which includes a blower for supplying the combustion air, a combustion chamber having a lining which is porous at least in some areas on part of its inner surface, a means for supplying fuel to the po... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5449288 | Aspirated wick atomizer nozzle An aspirated wick atomizer nozzle device having a nozzle body and a screen wire wick sandwiched between the an outlet surface of the nozzle body and the inside surface of a nozzle cap. A liquid entering the nozzle body through a fuel inlet passes by a wic... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5393223 | Cutting torch machine having an internal ignition device In a cutting torch machine having an internal ignition device on a cutting oxygen channel which is in communication with an ignition gas generating mixing stage, the mixing stage can be connected via a controlling heating oxygen pressure reducer and at le... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5113478 | Liquid fuel vaporizing apparatus This liquid fuel vaporizing apparatus is so designed that liquid fuel is vaporized by a heating plug disposed in a tubular body when the temperature in a combustion chamber is low while it is vaporized by a radiant heat of the combustion chamber received ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5088918 | Vaporization burner for a heater operated with liquid fuel A vaporization burner for a heater operated with liquid fuel, in particular an auxiliary vehicle heater with a support that projects into a combustion chamber and on whose front side facing the combustion chamber an absorbent body is located that is suppl... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4818219 | Vaporization burner A vaporization burner for a heating device operated with liquid fuel, particularly a motor vehicle heating device, has a combustion pipe defining a combustion chamber, and an absorbent body arranged on a carrier, fuel being supplied to the absorbent body ... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4789331 | Liquid fuel burner A burner comprises a fiber wick-filled atomizing chamber formed at an end of a combustion cylinder that constitutes a combustion chamber; a perforated ceramic disc provided in front of the atomizing chamber; and a heating plug that protrudes into the comb... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4669974 | Liquid fuel combustion apparatus An improved liquid fuel combustion apparatus of the type including a cylindrical combustion chamber, an ignition plug, an ignition plug mounting sleeve and a heat exchanger is disclosed. The cylindrical combustion chamber and the heat exchanger constituti... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4623310 | Vaporized liquid fuel combustion apparatus An improved vaporized liquid fuel combustion apparatus of the type including a cylindrical combustion chamber, a blower, and end plate located between the combustion chamber and the blower and a heat exchanger for heating air by utilizing thermal energy g... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4553927 | Ignitor probe assembly and ceramic insulator therefor An ignitor probe assembly (10) for the ignition of fossil fuel burners comprises in combination an ignitor (11) having a tip (70) activated by electrical energy and producing a temperature sufficient to ignite a fossil fuel, pipe means (12) for positionin... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4538985 | Vaporization burner A vaporization burner operated by means of liquid fuel for heaters, especially motor vehicle heaters. The burner has a combustion chamber, into which combustion air can be introduced in a turbulent manner under pressure. The burner also has a vaporization... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4422845 | Liquid hydrocarbon burner with vertically adjustable wick A liquid hydrocarbon burner of the type having a vertically adjustable wick, comprises an inner ring on which the wick is mounted, an intermediate ring outside the inner ring and an outer ring outside the intermediate ring. The rings are relatively rotata... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4395229 | Discharge type ignitor for oil stove An ignitor assembly for oil stoves is disclosed which includes an ignitor plug held in alignment with an exposed portion of a wick for firing the wick through the utilization of discharge originated from the ignitor plug. A light-sensitive element is disp... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4369027 | Liquid fuel combustion apparatus In a liquid fuel combustion apparatus having a horizontal combustion cylinder including a peripheral wall provided with perforations through which air is supplied in the form of jets. A fuel supplying system includes a fuel reservoir provided at the lower... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4368032 | Liquid fuel combustion apparatus A liquid fuel combustion apparatus comprises a combustion cylinder, a fuel reservoir, a housing, a blower and an electrical ignition heater. The reservoir is disposed inside the cylinder to store a liquid fuel supplied from outside of the cylinder. The ho... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4231735 | Radiant heater A radiant heater in which the fuel is supplied at an inlet end of a combustion chamber, formed by an imperforate tubular shell, where combustion takes place, and the products of combustion are forced axially in one direction through the tubular shell, whi... | 11/04/1980 |