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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7284570 | Electrically powered valve for controlling, monitoring and evaluating fluid flow Controlled flow of liquid is conducted between aligned inlet and outlet pipe sections through a valve housing within which a solid valve element is sealed and supported for electrically powered displacement between a fully open position establishing unrestricted flo... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7255285 | Blocked flue detection methods and systems The present invention is directed at systems and methods for detecting flue blockages in an HVAC system without the addition of numerous additional sensor elements, wiring, and connections that can unduly increase the cost and possibly reduce the reliability of the ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255100 | Electronic gas cooktop control with simmer system and method thereof An electronically activated gas cooktop control system, responsive to a touch-sensitive user interface, and capable of providing a predetermined range of cooking and simmer levels of BTU output, has two complementary heating modes of operation A first heating mode o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7241135 | Feedback control for modulating gas burner A modulating gas burner control system using closed loop feedback from a flame rod which provides a signal that varies with gas pressure and which provides combustion air fan control to accurately control the heat from the system without use of expensive control val... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7198484 | System to automatically extinguish a candle A system and method provide a container holding a candle, a covering portion that can cover an opening of the container holding the candle, a device that automatically extinguishes the candle utilizing the covering portion and an attachment portion shaped to fit aro... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7123020 | System and method of fault detection in a warm air furnace A fault detection system and method for a warm air furnace is provided. A sensing circuit connected to an AC power source measures a level of current consumption during several points in the warm air furnace operating sequence. The measured level of current consumpt... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7090486 | Control device for a burner and adjusting method The invention relates to a control system (15) for a burner and a setting-up procedure. The control system (15) controls the air ratio for combustion using the ionisation electrode (16). For calibration, a change is carried out in a first parame... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7051683 | Gas heating device control A method, and a system using the method, of controlling a heating device. The method includes combusting a mixture of fuel and air in a sealed combustion chamber thereby forming a reaction zone in which the fuel reacts with the air, and also forming outside of the r... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7044729 | Gas burner control for a bake oven The system (1) for controlling the combustion (7) of a cooking oven burner (2), comprises in combination a thermostat valve (3) with a rotary hand knob (4) and a non-electric temperature sensor (6) for modulating the burner ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7025810 | Method and apparatus for shutting down a fuel-fired burner of an emission abatement assembly A method of operating a fuel-fired burner of an emission abatement assembly includes supplying a reduced amount of fuel to the fuel-fired burner in response to detection of a burner shutdown request. Such a reduced fuel supply continues for a predetermined time peri... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7003964 | Heat pump system A heat pump system (10) including a heat generator (15), a heat engine (26) supplied with heat engine working fluid (18) by the heat generator (15) having a heat engine cylinder chamber (34), a heat engine piston (32)... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6964248 | Fuel-fired heating appliance with temperature-based fuel shutoff system A gas-fired water heater is provided with a combustion shutoff system which precludes further combustion within the water heater's combustion chamber in response to a combustion temperature therein reaching a predetermined level correlated to and indicative of a pre... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6957628 | Fuel-fired heating appliance with temperature-based fuel shutoff system A gas-fired water heater is provided with a combustion shutoff system which precludes further combustion within the water heater's combustion chamber in response to a combustion temperature therein reaching a predetermined level correlated to and indicative of a pre... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6957013 | Fluid heater A fluid heater having a first heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein, and having a first surface, a second heat exchanger block with a fluid heating tube encased therein and having a second surface adjacent to the first surface. A cavity is f... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953335 | Method and apparatus for reducing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions in a flueless heating appliance An apparatus for reducing nitrogen dioxide emissions in a flueless heating appliance or heater includes a heat-exchanger for exchanging heat contained in fumes produced by the combustion of a fuel in the heating appliance. A heating appliance or heater without a fum... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6929465 | Timer circuit for valve activation in oil burner system The present invention is directed to an oil burner system having an electric cord set coupled between a controller and a valve associated with a pump. The electric cord set is operable to activate a solenoid valve associated with the pump for delivery of fuel oil to... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6893253 | Fuel-fired heating appliance with temperature-based fuel shutoff system A gas-fired water heater is provided with a combustion shutoff system which precludes further combustion within the water heater's combustion chamber in response to a combustion temperature therein reaching a predetermined level correlated to and indicative of a pre... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6887069 | Real-time combustion controls and diagnostics sensors (CCADS) The present invention is directed to an apparatus for the monitoring of the combustion process within a combustion system. The apparatus comprises; a combustion system, a means for supplying fuel and an oxidizer, a device for igniting the fuel and oxidizer in order ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6851948 | System and method for draft safeguard A gas furnace responsive to a thermostat includes a thermal switch wired in series between the furnace power supply and the thermostat. A microprocessor connected to the thermal switch detects when the switch opens and closes, carrying out prearranged programs in re... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6540505 | Burner for liquid fuel A burner for liquid fuel has an electric heating device for start up heating a fuel vaporization chamber to a selected temperature, a flame retention baffle being fitted on the vaporization chamber with a temperature sensor sensing temperature of the vapo... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6537059 | Regulating device for a burner A regulating device for a burner regulates the air-gas ratio by way of an ionization electrode. In the event of dynamic changes in output preliminary control is implemented in accordance with the invention with two or more stored characteristics.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527541 | Regulating device for an air ratio-regulated burner During start-up a regulating device monitors the quality of the air ratio control in respect of time in accordance with the invention in that it observes the difference of a signal and comparison signal.... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6478573 | Electronic detecting of flame loss by sensing power output from thermopile An apparatus for and method of rapidly detecting a flame out condition. A thermopile receives heat energy from the flame and generates electrical power to enable operation of a microprocessor. This microprocessor periodically measures the output voltage o... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6429020 | Flashback detection sensor for lean premix fuel nozzles A sensor for detecting the flame occurring during a flashback condition in the fuel nozzle of a lean premix combustion system is presented. The sensor comprises an electrically isolated flashback detection electrode and a guard electrode, both of which ge... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6354830 | Control circuit for gas burners A first object of the invention is to provide a control circuit (1) for gas burners with a fail-safe system. The circuit (1) includes a microcontroller (2) that acts on at least one valve (4), flame detector circuits (50) and tap opening detector switches... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6322352 | Gas burner system A stove burner safety system has an electromagnetic valve and a manual gas cock controlling the gas flow to the burner and a spark plug adjacent the burner which receives a spark pulse from the electric circuitry which also controls an electromagnetic val... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6299433 | Burner control A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a burner apparatus are provided via the flame intensity of combustion reaction mixtures of oxidant and fuel gas.... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6133554 | Method and apparatus for substantially maintaining an average heating temperature over a period of time A method for substantially maintaining an average heating temperature over a period of time without the aid of a temperature sensor. The method provides an apparatus which has an ignition device that is adapted to ignite a fuel. The apparatus may be a coo... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6126435 | Electronic ignition system for a gas stove In an electronic ignition system for igniting a plurality of gas burners by means of a plurality of electrodes, each one being mounted adjacent with each burner for producing sparks for the ignition of each burner. A spark generating circuit connected wit... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6099295 | Power phase regulator circuit improvement motor start switch self-adjusting preheat and ignition trial improvement and series-type voltage regulator improvement to hot surface ignition controller for fuel oil burner A fuel oil burner utilizing a hot surface ignition with an ignitor that is fully sintered and has essentially no porosity, a voltage phase regulator circuit for applying rectified half-wave AC line voltage, full-wave rectified AC, or either half-wave or f... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6059562 | Gas appliance with automatic gas shut-off device responsive to flame outage A gas appliance is provided for producing an open flame. The gas appliance includes an elongated gas tube, a gas inlet, a nozzle, a flame sensor, a gas shut-off valve, and a protective member. The gas tube has a proximal end and a distal end. The gas inle... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6039040 | Combined temperature limiter and ignition monitoring device for use in a cooking unit Apparatus for limiting the temperature of a cooking location of a type having an electrically conductive burner housing forming a heating chamber, includes a temperature sensor including an outer tube and an inner rod received within the tube, a switch ba... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6033211 | Emitter apparatus An apparatus for drying a moving substrate containing a multiplicity of infrared emitters and a detection emitter and a device for supplying a mixture of air and gas to these emitters. The detection emitter contains an emitter body with a diffuser for dis... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5993194 | Automatically optimized combustion control Systems and methods are disclosed that optimize the combustion process in various reactors, furnaces, and internal combustion engines. Video cameras are used to evaluate the combustion flame grade. Depending on the desired form, standard or special video ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5984663 | Gas fueled heating appliance A gas heater is provided with a combustion status sensor that provides heater performance data to a controller that controls the heater according to the sensor data and stored calibration parameters optimized for the particular heater.... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5971745 | Flame ionization control apparatus and method An apparatus and process for controlling the operation of a gas burner, by monitoring and controlling the stoichiometry of the air and fuel gas during the burning process.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5969617 | Flame ionization detector A flame ionization detector having a pair of spaced electrodes to which a DC voltage is applied and a flame produced between the electrodes by burning a gas whose composition is to be determined, thereby ions are produced which form an ion current between... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5957679 | Gas fireplace burner control system A direct spark ignition control system is provided for controlling for a gas fireplace burner. A solenoid is operatively controlled for supplying gas to the gas fireplace burner. A high voltage spark ignition circuit is operatively controlled for generati... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5941236 | Roofing kettle control apparatus Roofing kettle apparatus for heating asphalt includes a wheeled chassis mounting a vat and a heating system for heating the vat. The heating system includes a solenoid operated valve for controlling the flow of fuel gas from a fuel gas source to each of a... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5924857 | System for automatically seeking the minimum power deliverable by gas-fired atmospheric burners An atmospheric burner is associated with a flame presence sensor and an electrical-discharge ignition device. It is fed via a flow rate control device. Both the ignition device and the flow rate control device are controlled by a microcontroller. A user i... | 07/20/1999 |
