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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802985 | Direct fired heater utilizing particulates as a heat transfer medium This invention relates to a means of heating a process fluid to elevated temperature thru use of heat resistant particulates as a heat transfer medium. Down-ward flowing particulates, enter the top of a refractory lined containment vessel, and are heated to elevated... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7422429 | Heat exchange furnace and its manufacturing process A heat exchange furnace includes a combustion furnace module, a passageway module disposed around and connected removably to the combustion furnace module, and a gas-guiding unit including upper and lower guiding modules connected respectively to upper and lower end... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7393206 | Heat exchange furnace with serpentine gas flow path disposed within heat exchange space A heat exchange furnace includes a surrounding wall disposed around a combustion furnace unit so as to define an annular heat exchange space therebetween. Upright buffer plates divide the heat exchange space into a plurality of air chambers communicated with each ot... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7341448 | Gas-fired heating apparatus The gas-fired heating apparatus, especially a water heater, has a combustion chamber (2a); an atmospheric gas burner (5) within the combustion chamber (2a); a combustion gas/air supply system (18) having an intake device ( | 03/11/2008 |
| 7279137 | Burners and combustion apparatus for carbon nanomaterial production The invention provides improved burners, combustion apparatus, and methods for carbon nanomaterial production. The burners of the invention provide sooting flames of fuel and oxidizing gases. The condensable products of combustion produced by the burners of this inv... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7195010 | Space heater Disclosed is a space heater, with an air cleaning function, that monitors combustion at a burner, and prevents the halting of combustion due to the erroneous detection of a combustion abnormality. According to the present invention, a space heater includes: a heatin... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179412 | Method and apparatus for producing polymer fibers and fabrics including multiple polymer components in a closed system A closed fiber spinning system includes a spin beam assembly including a plurality of polymer distribution manifolds to independently deliver different polymer component fluid streams to a spin pack and independently maintain those fluid streams at different tempera... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7105786 | High frequency heating apparatus A high frequency heating apparatus with steam generation function for supplying at least any one of high frequency and steam to a heating chamber 11 for accommodating an object to be heated and heat-treating the object to be heated, the apparatus has a high f... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7066729 | Gas powered heat delivery system A gas powered heat delivery system, comprising a fuel gas supply, a catalytic heater connected to the fuel gas supply; a tank containing fluid, the tank being disposed to receive heat from the catalytic heater; a one way conduit having an inlet for receiving fluid f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6887070 | Fired furnace operation and apparatus A method and apparatus for continuing the operation of a fuel fired furnace when the air supply from the blower to the furnace is interrupted by employing a combination of a ventilator and drop door, the ventilator having a power source independent of the blower. | 05/03/2005 |
| 6721497 | Apparatus and method for heat generation An apparatus for heat generation includes a vessel having a working chamber with a flow of working fluid passing therethrough. A source of pulsed light and a light-reflecting surface wettable by the working fluid are situated within the working chamber. A thermal en... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6666681 | Circulating agricultural building heaters Agricultural forced air heaters marketed for use in farm buildings which house poultry, swine, and livestock are quite susceptible to the accumulation of dust and other particles. These heaters are gas fired units having combustion, air mixing, blower and... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6439140 | Device and method for combustion of fuel A fuel being primarily a liquid fuel is ejected through a fuel ejection pipe having an annular ejection opening; primary air is ejected through primary air-ejecting openings arranged on outer and inner sides of the fuel ejection opening, to form outer and... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6404983 | Apparatus and method for heat generation An apparatus for heat generation includes a vessel having a working chamber with a flow of working fluid passing therethrough. A source of pulsed light and a light-reflecting surface wettable by the working fluid are situated within the working chamber. A... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6296480 | Circulating oil heater A fluid heater has concentrically disposed radiantly heated and convectionally heated sections. The radiantly heated section includes a helically coiled tube defining a cylindrical chamber in which a flame produced by a burner primarily radiantly heats th... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6244860 | Apparatus and process for producing perlite In an apparatus for producing perlite granules, having an expansion tube and one or more burners arranged at one end of the expansion tube, the combustion air is blown into the flame through one or more combustion air nozzles. An additional subsonic nozzl... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6230635 | Device and method for combustion of fuel A fuel selected from powder fuels and liquid fuel is ejected through a fuel ejection pipe having an annular ejection opening; primary air is ejected through primary air-ejecting openings arranged on outer and inner sides of the fuel ejection, to form oute... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6091890 | Method and apparatus for heat generation An apparatus for heat generation includes a vessel having a working chamber formed within an interior thereof. The working chamber contains a working polar fluid. A source of pulsed light and a light-reflecting surface wettable by the working fluid are si... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085551 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing high melting point glasses with volatile components In the manufacturing of high melting point glasses with volatile components, in particular of glasses from the group of boron glasses and borosilicate glasses, a furnace is provided that has a superstructure, fossil fuel burners, and a melting tank. In fr... | 07/11/2000 |
| 5997292 | High-temperature gas generator According to the present invention, gas which contains no impurities and has a high temperature of approximately 700 to 1400° C. can be supplied for a long period with a short preparation time, and fluctuation in the temperature during supply can be redu... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5649824 | Portable heating device A portable heating unit having a housing with a carrying handle, the housing including a motor portion, a blower and an air intake. The housing also includes a mounting nose for receiving a hot air delivery barrel which has a double safety wall constructi... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5028248 | Method of melting materials and apparatus therefor A method of melting materials at power densities in excess of 25 KW/ft2 of area within the metal shell of a melting vessel which method consists essentially of continuously feeding the material to be melted to a plasma arc furnace which is equi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5009592 | Hot air generating device with a catalytic burner The present invention relates to a hot air-generating device, combining a catalytic gas burner and a fan. According to the invention, on the one hand, the catalytic burner is of the induced-air type, for which means for mixing primary air in with the pres... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4871308 | Method and apparatus for heating a fluid stream An improved method and apparatus for heating fluids wherein separate gas streams of natural gas and air are compressed to a preselected pressure, passed to an injection and mixing zone for thorough mixing including expansion of one gas and compression of ... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4731017 | Radiation heating apparatus A radiation heating apparatus comprising a heating zone, a zone to be heated, a gas non-permeable boundary member defining the boundary between the two zones, and a porous radiator member provided in the heating zone, wherein a high-temperature gas is for... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4726767 | Hot airstream generating device A hot blow generating device utilizing a liquefied gas as a heat source comprises fuel gas jetting means, air/fuel gas mixture forming means by the ejector effect of the jetting fuel gas, catalytic combustion means formed with a plurality of linear axial ... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4676744 | Regenerative heating apparatus The regenerative heating apparatus (FIG. 1) comprises a pair of regenerators 51a and 51b arranged so that in use while one is being heated by waste gas, the other is preheating air for the combustion of fuel. A reversing valve 58 is connected to each lowe... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4651814 | Waste heat recovery apparatus A waste heat recovery apparatus is disclosed which recovers the waste heat of high temperature exhaust gas discharged from a furnace. The apparatus includes a radiation body made of ceramic material, which is formed with a heat radiation surface arranged ... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4652725 | Method and apparatus for heating a first gas flow with a second gas flow The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for heating up a first gas-flow with a second gas-flow. The first gas-flow is caused to flow along a wall in a cylindrical chamber as a rotating gas-flow and the second gas-flow is caused to flow centrall... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4555232 | Hair drying apparatus A portable hair drying apparatus has a tubular body (60) with an air inlet at one end also containing an electric motor driving impeller (73) and powered by rechargeable cells (74). The air flows over a gas burner assembly (61) fed with gas from a liquid ... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4522588 | Heat regenerator A heat regenerator for use in heating an enclosure such as a furnace. The heat regenerator 51 is detachable at one end from a burner B and at its other end from a reversing valve 58. The regenerator 51 comprises two axially engaging portions 56 and 57, the fro... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4492568 | Process and apparatus for preheating the combustion mediums used for firing blast furnace stoves Combustion air and fuel gas used for firing blast furnace stoves is preheated by utilizing the heat of waste gases resulting from such firing. The combustion air and fuel gas are passed through respective heat exchangers in heat exchange relationship with... | 01/08/1985 |
| 4484889 | Installations for processing a product in a gas medium The installation comprises a blowing chamber (1) in which takes place the heat treatment of the product (2) and a recovery chamber (5) surrounding this blowing chamber (1). One at least of the two horizontal walls of the recovery chamber (5) is formed so ... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4444554 | Heating method and apparatus Method and apparatus for heating materials such as metal rods whereby hot combustion gases are blown against the material and allowed to pass through a gas-permeable partition located inside the heating apparatus so that the partition is heated to radiate... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4422872 | Method of heating, melting, and coal coversion and apparatus for the same A method of and an apparatus for heating, melting and production of gaseous fuel include supplying air, coal, steam into a melt. The melt contains elements readily oxidized by air. These elements produce oxides readily reduced by carbon. The overall resul... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4392609 | Portable preheating system for internal combustion engines A portable liquid heater for preheating internal combustion engines with the heater consisting of a liquid reservoir, a heating chamber, and a circulating pump. The liquid of the reservoir may be preheated before introduction into the combustion engine sy... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4363623 | Casings for heat exchangers and burner/recuperator assemblies incorporating such casings The invention provides a protective casing for a cube-shaped modular ceramic heat exchanger core, in which the core can easily be installed without danger of leakage between the fluid paths of the core, either while the device is new as its temperature ch... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4309978 | Forced air heater A forced air heater for heating a venting air stream including an outer casing, a fan for forcing the venting air stream through the casing, a combustion drum providing a combustion chamber for a burner supported within the casing, a flue gas header space... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4288218 | Heating apparatus An infrared heater includes a combustion chamber having a radiator with a surface arranged to direct radiant heat in a forward heating direction. A fan has an outlet opening which is located to direct a flow of air above the radiating surface, thereby def... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4279592 | Heat exchanger for pre-heating intake air for rotary dryer A pre-heating chamber of transversely arcuate shape adapted to be mounted above a longitudinal portion of a rotary dryer chamber adjacent the combustion chamber of a drying apparatus for drying aggregate, such as used in the manufacture of asphalt paving ... | 07/21/1981 |
