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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367329 | Intake device for engine An intake device for an engine includes a fuel supply system for supplying fuel to an intake passage and a plurality of plates. The plurality of plates are positioned on an upstream side and a downstream side along a direction of a flow of intake air and arranged at... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7316245 | Fluid flow control device A flow control device having no moving parts that controls fluid flow along a fluid pathway in such a way that flow rate remains constant irregardless of environmental changes. The device achieves a constant flow rate by taking advantage of the properties of the flu... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7237768 | Liquid fuel and gas atomization and dispersion system A fuel injector is coupled to a fuel source. A vortex generator is coupled with the injector and a gas source and has a passageway there through. A portion of the passageway has a generally tapered configuration. At least one manifold tube has a generally hollow tub... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7131514 | Noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system A noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system is provided. The device includes an exhaust pipe having a passageway for receiving exhaust gas pulses from an engine. The device further includes a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the pass... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121535 | Horizontal reaction chamber comprised of nested, concentric tubes for use in water purification The present invention includes a horizontal foam fractionation protein skimmer for removing organic waste material (dissolved organic compounds) from organic loaded water. The protein skimmer includes a horizontal reaction chamber connected to a foam collection cham... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111829 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device (2) is provided that produces fuel aerosol particles (5) that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines, reducing fuel octane requirements and improving burning char... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111830 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device [2] is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles [5] that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for eng... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104251 | Fluid swirling device having rotatable vanes The device includes a set of rotatable vanes and a set of stationary vanes which are mounted within a cylindrical housing. The set of rotatable vanes are connected to a post located at the axis of the housing and rotate relative to the post in response to the intake... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093826 | Anti-detonation fuel delivery system A fuel processing device is provided that produces properly sized fuel aerosol particles that when mixed with combustion air, reduces or eliminates detonation (knock) in internal combustion engines thus reducing fuel octane requirements for engines of a given compre... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086498 | Noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system A noise attenuation device for a vehicle exhaust system is provided. The device includes an exhaust pipe having a passageway for receiving exhaust gas pulses from an engine. The device further includes a plurality of vanes extending from an inner surface of the pass... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7048772 | Secondary reforming process and burner A process for carrying out secondary reforming reactions for the production of synthesis gas wherein a gas flow comprising oxygen and a gas flow comprising hydrocarbons are fed into a combustion chamber and are reacted upon mixing, thus obtaining a gas flow comprisi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040802 | Static mixer for high-viscosity media employing arcuate segments for mounting in a sleeve The static mixer for a high-viscosity flowing fluid includes mixing elements which are made as monoliths and sleeve elements in the form of tube pieces by means of which the mixing elements are positioned as well as a housing into which the sleeve elements are inser... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028663 | Fluid swirling device The device includes a pair of flat planar vanes securely mounted within a cylindrical housing. The vanes have a medial slit extending from the center to a longitudinal end of the vane. The vanes are interconnected at the slits so that they are in criss-cross positio... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6969052 | Air aspirator-mixer A single port venturi device is provided for aeration of wastewaters containing suspended solids. The device has a non-obstructive design which prevents attachment or accumulation of suspended solids, and promotes even air distribution for efficient aspiration of ai... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966395 | Snowmobile with a turbocharged four-stroke engine A snowmobile is provided that includes a frame, an engine, an endless belt drive system, and an air intake system for the engine. The frame has a forward portion and an aft portion. The engine is mounted to the forward portion and the belt drive system is mounted to... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6932049 | Wing structure of air swirling device for internal combustion engine Disclosed is a wing structure of air swirling device for internal combustion engine, which has a swirling device body mounted in an air cleaner, a plurality of wings mounted slantingly and radially on the swirling device body for accelerating or increasing an airflo... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6923213 | Fluid processing device with annular flow paths The invention is directed to a high pressure fluid processing device for shearing particles in a fluid mixture. The fluid processing device makes use of annular flow paths. For example, a fluid mixture can be separated into two flow paths which are introduced to fir... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918382 | Hydrogen powered scooter A scooter powered by a hydrogen powered internal combustion engine fueled by a throttled stream of air into which a controlled amount of hydrogen is injected. A hydrogen fuel control system is used to control the amount of hydrogen injected into the throttled air st... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6901907 | Air-stirring blade for an internal combustion engine The air-stirring blade is provided that comprises a cylindrical body whose mid portion is provided with blade of such a construction that the inner side of the blade takes the form of stirred grooves with dip angle of about 10° to 80° or typically 30° with respec... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6895924 | Intake device for use with internal combustion engines A device for use in an intake path of an internal combustion engine may include a body portion, e.g., an insert body portion sized to be received within an opening defined in an intake path of an internal combustion engine, and at least one passage surface defining ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6793699 | Continuous tracer generation apparatus The invention provides an apparatus for online and on-site tracer generation for tagging natural gas stored in underground storage fields wherein feedstock is drawn from a feedstock source. The feedstock undergoes initial analysis to determine hydrocarbons levels. T... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6758461 | Fuel-air mixture apparatus In a fuel-air mixture device, downstream of a throttle (4) and a fuel introduction device, a block (51) is provided across the primary air passage (2). The block has a plurality of passageways (54) through it for air flow towards an inlet... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6601562 | Intake device for use with internal combustion engines A device for use in an intake path of an internal combustion engine includes a body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The body portion includes at least one passage surface defining at least one passage about an axis from the upper surf... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6536420 | Gas swirling device for internal combustion engine Swirl is imparted to an air intake charge by a gas swirling device which may be inserted into an air intake hose or secured to a throttle body. The gas swirling device has a cylindrical body which is split along a generally longitudinally extending seam t... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6299657 | Process for carrying out chemical reactions using a microlaminar mixer In the reaction process, at least two educts A, B are divided by a system, assigned to each of them, of slit-like microchannels 1a, 1b into spatially separate fluid lamellae, which then emerge into a common mixing and reaction space 4. The fluid lamellae ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6213453 | Gasification auxiliary device for high pressure oil ejection A gasification auxiliary device for high pressure oil ejection is disclosed, especially, a multiple penetrating gasification auxiliary device. The device can be used to atomize oil molecules. The gasification auxiliary device includes an upper case, a low... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5895211 | Method and device for supplying a gaseous fuel to a premixing burner A gaseous fuel (B) is fed to a a premixing burner which has a main line (10) for the feed of oxygenous gas (G) into at least one mixing zone and/or a combustion zone (VMZ, EMZ, VZ). In the process, at least a first portion of the fuel is fed to the main l... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5156458 | Surge drum internals design for damping of sinusoidal variations in the feed concentration The present invention is directed toward the dampening of concentration variations in fluid streams, especially concentration variations that are substantially sinusoidal, by subjecting such streams to a plurality of backmixing steps whereby such concentr... | 10/20/1992 |
| 4974573 | Intake manifold fuel multi-layer atomizing screen A multi-layered screen with layers closely spaced positioned for use in carburetor equipped internal combustion motors in the manifold openings beneath the carburetor in the path of intake air flow with, under a one-barrel carburetor one multi-layered scr... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4966123 | Apparatus for the mixing of gas or gases with air in a controllable ratio for a combustion-engine The invention refers to the mixing of gas or gases with air, in a controllable ratio, by means of a mixing apparatus wherein the entrance air is forced in a complete developed rotation stream, by which a strong suction pressure is created in the center, s... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4872440 | Air and fuel mixing devices for internal combustion engines An air fuel mixing device for internal combustion engines comprises a ring section having air passages leading to an interior volume, a cap section for supplying fuel, and a mixing body disposed between the cap section and ring section. The mixing body in... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4800848 | Water injection apparatus for internal combustion engines A fluid injection system for injecting atomized fluids into the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine comprising: a fluid reservoir to hold a supply of fluid, means to transport the fluid to a mixer having (i) a mixing junction, (ii) a flow adj... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4793712 | Gas mixer Described is a gas mixer preferentially employed for mixing at least two gas flows. The gas mixer comprises a first filter adapted to have a first gas flow directed therethrough from a first surface to a second surface thereof. A second gas flow is direct... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4729665 | Fluid mixer/charger and method According to one aspect of the invention, a fluid mixer/charger includes an inlet for receiving input flowing fluid, the inlet including a flow directing portion for directing fluid in the first directional flow path, an outlet positioned to receive fluid... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4718393 | Air-fuel homogenizer A device for increasing the homogenity of the air-fuel stream between the carburetor and the intake manifold of an internal combustion engine. A first cylindrical member is connected between the carburetor and intake manifold, said first cylindrical membe... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4702220 | Atomizing valve apparatus for internal combustion engine A tubular body projects through the normal inlet opening in the inlet manifold of a conventional internal combustion engine. The quantity of fuel mixture flowing through the bore in the body is controlled by a throttle valve which is reciprocally movable ... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4684254 | Fluid mixer/charger According to one aspect of the invention, a fluid mixer/charger includes an inlet for receiving input flowing fluid, the inlet including a flow directing portion for directing fluid in the first directional flow path, an outlet positioned to receive fluid... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4672940 | Air-fuel mixture flow control structure and method of making the same A flow control honeycomb structure for use in an intake passage of an engine for producing turbulent flow in an air-fuel mixture flowing through the intake passage, which structure includes a short cylindrical peripheral wall defining therein a circular p... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4565523 | Gas burner A gas burner for a domestic cooking apparatus comprising a gas feed tube, a mixing tube and a burner cover near the outlet of the mixing tube. An outlet member is provided in the form of an apertured flow plate which is connected to the gas feed tube in s... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4515138 | Internal combustion engines The present invention relates to a device for use in conjunction with internal combustion engines, to be located between the carburetor and between the manifold of the engine, comprising a cylindrical member wherein there is provided a plurality of vanes ... | 05/07/1985 |
