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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 |
| 7188467 | Methods and apparatus for assembling a gas turbine engine A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing a core engine, and providing a flade system including a flade stream augmentor positioned within a flade duct. The method also includes channeling airflow through the core engine to produce engine thrus... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7140174 | Methods and apparatus for assembling a gas turbine engine A method for assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing a core engine, an inner fan assembly, and a fladed fan assembly, coupling a plurality of airflow ducts to the engine including an inner fan duct for channeling airflow through the inner fan assembly, a ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7007455 | Methods and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines A method for operating a pulse detonation system. The method includes providing a pulse detonation chamber including a plurality of detonation tubes extending therein, and detonating a mixture of fuel and air within each detonation tube such that at least a first tu... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6983586 | Two-stage pulse detonation system A two-stage pulse detonation system includes a pre-combustor and a geometric resonator connected via a converging-diverging nozzle to the pre-combustor to create a high temperature and high pressure conditions in the resonator in order to create optimal conditions f... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6976351 | Methods and apparatus for monitoring gas turbine combustion dynamics A method for monitoring and diagnosing the combustion dynamics of a gas turbine engine system includes mounting at least one sensor on an external surface of at least one combustor can, receiving a signal from the sensor mounted to the combustor can, validating an a... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6964171 | Method and apparatus using jets to initiate detonations This invention pertains to apparatus and method for initiating detonation in a chamber of tubular or other shapes, which can be a combustor for a propulsion engine, such as a pulse detonation engine. This invention is characterized by detonation initiation at high p... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6553752 | High pressure gas cycle and power plant Provided is a combustion chamber for producing a pressurized gas containing: a wall structure defining an interior chamber; a first reflecting surface for reflecting a pressure wave within said interior chamber; a second reflecting surface for reflecting said ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6481197 | High pressure gas cycle and power plant Provided is a combustion chamber for producing a pressurized gas containing: a wall structure defining an interior chamber; a first reflecting surface for reflecting a pressure wave within said interior chamber; a second reflecting surface for reflecting said ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6464490 | Circular pulsating combustors A pulsating combustor has a plurality of annular plate elements (12), which are stacked in spaced vertical alignment so as to define a central space (14). There is a plurality of slot-like passages (18), one such passage between each adjacent pair of elem... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6336806 | Method for combustion of a liquid fuel in a combustion system, and a combustion system for carrying out the method In a method for burning a liquid fuel in a combustion system (10) which comprises a combustion chamber (11) and at least one injection nozzle (13) through which liquid fuel is injected into the combustion chamber (11) in the form of a fuel spray (16) and ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6301872 | High pressure gas cycle and power plant Provided is a combustion chamber for producing a pressurized gas having a wall structure defining an interior chamber, an explosion chamber disposed within the interior chamber, an annular chamber connected to the explosion chamber, a first reflecting sur... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6167693 | High pressure gas cycle and powder plant Provided is a combustion chamber for producing a pressurized gas containing: a wall structure defining an interior chamber; an explosion chamber disposed within the interior chamber and arranged such that compressed air can contact an exterior surface of ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 5983624 | Power plant having a U-shaped combustion chamber with first and second reflecting surfaces Provided is a combustion chamber for producing a pressurized gas containing: a wall structure defining an interior chamber; a first reflecting surface for reflecting a pressure wave within the interior chamber; a second reflecting surface for reflecting t... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5800153 | Repetitive detonation generator An apparatus and a method for generating repetitive planar detonation waves at varying and controllable frequencies are provided. The apparatus utilizes the over-pressure associated with each detonation wave to interrupt the ambient pressure, post-injecti... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5327716 | System and method for tailoring rotor tip bleed air A rotor tip bleed air tailoring system in which a rotor blade is located upstream from an outer stator vane and an inner stator vane. The inner stator vane and outer stator vane are separated by a splitter which extends to the tip region of the rotor blad... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5287696 | Pulse-jet atomizer mechanism for sprinkling chemicals An atomizer mechanism includes a pulse-jet engine for atomizing chemicals, an air-fuel mixture supply unit, and an engine starter. The air-fuel mixture supply unit includes a precombustion chamber that communicates with the combustion chamber, a collectin... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5249952 | Exhaust fume energy source and waste combustion apparatus A three-chambered combustion burner is provided with a seed fuel under pressure to burn simultaneously injected waste products such as incompletely combusted exhaust fumes or air entrained combustible solid waste. An explosive mixture is provided in a fir... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5020987 | Pulse combustion device In a pulse combination device including a housing forming therein a combustion chamber, a cylindrical support member joined to the housing to form a mixing chamber in open communication with the combustion chamber, a perforated end wall member coupled wit... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4968244 | Pulse combustor A pulse combustor having a casing defining a combustion chamber and an exhaust region encircling the combustion chamber. A carburetor is coupled to the casing with an injector for injecting a fuel mixture into the combustion chamber in response to a press... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4962641 | Pulse jet engine Combustion supporting air in the resonator tube of a pulse jet engine is cyclically compressed by combustion and discharged through a decelerating passage of a diffuser in a tail section of the engine to internally pressurize an afterbody preceding atmosp... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4917596 | Pulsating combustion system and method of starting the system A pulsating combustion system comprising a pair of pulsating combustors of the same structure connected in parallel between an air-intake chamber and an exhaust chamber and having an air-intake pipe and an aerodynamic valve fitted within the air-intake pi... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4884963 | Pulse combustor A pulse combustor having a combined mixing and ignition chamber in communication with a fuel inlet tube and an air inlet tube. The fuel inlet tube and air inlet tube inject fuel and air, respectively, forming a fuel/air mixture in the mixing and ignition ... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4863370 | Combustion chamber for a pulse combustion apparatus A combustion chamber for a pulse combustion apparatus has a generally circular cross section as viewed from a direction which is perpendicular, in a horizontal plane, to a direction of flow of an air/fuel mixture into the chamber. The chamber includes an ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4856981 | Mixing rate controlled pulse combustion burner A pulse combustion burner is disclosed having a combustion chamber and a passageway for delivering a combustible gaseous mixture of air and fuel gas to the chamber. A self-feeding flapper valve and air and fuel gas flow restrictor members are positioned i... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4840558 | Pulsating combustion system A pair of pulsating combustors are parallelly connected to each other between an air intake chamber and an exhaust chamber. Aerodynamic valves having a forward flow coefficient higher than their reverse flow coefficient are respectively arranged in air in... | 06/20/1989 |
| 4715807 | Pulse combustion device In a pulse combustion device including a housing forming therein a combustion chamber, a cylindrical support member joined to the housing to form a mixing chamber in open communication with the combustion chamber, an annular perforated flange member coupl... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4708635 | Pulse combustion apparatus and method The pulsed combustion gases of a primary burner having a low fuel input rate are combined with those of a main burner having a high fuel input rate to provide an integrated combustion process having a single pulse frequency and improved stability. The com... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4708159 | Pulse combustion energy system A pulse combustion energy system including a pulse combustor coupled to a processing tube for flowing material to be processed therethrough, the processing tube being coupled to a pair of cyclone collectors for receiving the material flowing therefrom. An... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4671056 | Pulse-sonic jet nozzle An improved valveless pulse jet combustor having an air inlet pipe connected to a combustion chamber having ignition means and fuel supply means is disclosed. The combustion chamber is further connected to an exhaust pipe. The combustion chamber is connec... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4650413 | Method and apparatus for activating fluids The invention relates to method and apparatus for the combustion of fluidal fuels. The fuel is dispersed in combustion air and, in order to improve the combustion rate and efficiency, is exposed to a high particle velocity of a sound produced by a low fre... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4556383 | Resonant burner and starting mechanism therefor In the disclosed resonant burner a common battery energizes the ignition and an air jump. The latter drives fuel, delivered to a reservoir from a fuel tank, to a carburetor nozzle. The reservoir is a narrow tube, whose fluid can easily be driven by little... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4484885 | Pulse combustion burner A burner for a pulse combustion apparatus according to this invention comprises a plurality of small diameter air passages distributed in cross-sectional directions of a combustion air feed duct. These small diameter air passages are defined by small diam... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4409787 | Acoustically tuned combustor A stationary gas turbine combustor having a fuel nozzle and a combustion chamber receiving the fuel nozzle also contains a pressure wave interference element fixed within the interior of the combustor and disposed in the path of the variable pressure wave... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4314444 | Heating apparatus In a two-stage apparatus for burning a fuel and a combustion-sustaining gas such as air, the first stage (12) comprises pulse combustors (16) supplied with an excess of fuel. The excess fuel is burned in a second combustion stage (14) with gas that is asp... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4260361 | Resonant or pulsating combustion heating apparatus A resonant or pulsating combustion heating apparatus of the present invention provides a high thermal efficiency heater with low concentrations of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas. The pulsation heater is constructed to provide an af... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4241720 | Pulse combustion apparatus A pulse combustion heater is described and includes a combustion chamber and at least one exhaust pipe forming a resonant system with the chamber. In one aspect, the heater has a three part housing, upper and lower parts of which are concrete castings and... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4175380 | Low noise gas turbine At least two gas combustion tubes disposed in an end-to-end relationship provide an elongate combustion chamber closed at both ends. A fuel mixture admitted alternatively into each closed end is ignited for generating positive pressure pulses traveling fr... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4033120 | Thrust augmenting fluid rectifier for a pulsed combustor A thrust augmenting fluid rectifier for a pulsed combustor comprising ducting having a converging inlet section, a flow redirecting section and a diffuser section, the inlet of the ducting being spaced upstream from the combustor inlet to define a thrust ... | 07/05/1977 |
| 3954380 | Method and apparatus for intermittent combustion A pulse-action detonation combustion chamber enables the speed-, temperature- and pressure-modulated flow of the combustion products at a peak temperature of up to 4000°C, pressure up to 30 atm and speed up to 1000 m/s with a repetition frequency of impu... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3938327 | Gas generator A gas generator comprises a combustion chamber, a gas storage chamber, a venturi tube joining the chambers, mechanism for supplying fuel to the combustion chamber via the venturi tube, a fuel igniter for igniting at least a portion of the fuel in the comb... | 02/17/1976 |
