Combustion inventions 12/06

20060292504 - After-burner chamber with secure ignition: A turbojet having an after-burner chamber presenting a specific injector opening into the burner ring to provide secure ignition. The after-burner chamber has an annular fuel injection duct, an ignition spark plug, and an ignition injector installed facing the spark plug and connected to specific fuel feed means.... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060292505 - System for controlling the delivery of a fuel gas to a burner apparatus: A system for controlling the delivery of a fuel gas to a burner apparatus includes a gas-delivery duct extending between an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a pressure-regulator device including a servo-valve in the duct, having a closure member with diaphragm control, the diaphragm being subjected, on one side,... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20060292506 - Gas burner equipped with a cooling system: A gas burner (10) equipped with a cooling system, featuring whatever configuration and size, includes a flange (12) with a central hole (14), an intermediate body or underhead (16) coupled with the mentioned flange, a distribution plate (18), if any, with slots (28) and a head (20) equipped with a... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20060292507 - Transparent candle and method of making: Provided herewith is a transparent candle made substantially of tetraesters of di (trimethylolpropane).... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20060292508 - Self-extinguishing candle: A self-extinguishing candle is provided which, in a preferred configuration, comprises a candle having a wick with a series of alternating combustion and non-combustion zones. In use, the wick will burn through the combustion zone, and will be extinguished on reaching the non-combustion zone. The non-combustion zone is preferably provided... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20060292509 - Self-extinguishing candle: A self-extinguishing candle is provided which, in a preferred configuration, comprises a candle having a wick with a series of alternating combustion and non-combustion zones. In use, the wick will burn through the combustion zone, and will be extinguished on reaching the non-combustion zone. The non-combustion zone is preferably provided... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20060292510 - Radiant gas burner: A radiant gas burner is provided having a casing adapted for connection with an air-gas mixing and supply system including a flux dissector and a mixer. The burner further includes a metallic mesh emitter inside the casing having lower and upper meshes. The lower mesh and the upper mesh each... Agent: Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20060286492 - Boost devices and methods of using them: A boost device configured to provide additional energy to an atomization source, such as a flame or plasma, is disclosed. In certain examples, a boost device may be used with a flame or plasma to provide additional energy to the flame or plasma to enhance desolvation, atomization, and/or ionization. In... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20060286493 - Method device and system for heating: A method for heating by means of a gaseous medium comprising steam, said steam being produced from water, energy for heating the water being provided by burning a fuel, wherein the steam is mixed with exhaust gas from combustion of said gaseous medium; and wherein said mixture is used for... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20060286494 - Process for burning lumps of material with lean gas: A method for burning lumps of material, in particular limestone, is carried out in a regeneration shaft kiln (3) with at least two kiln shafts (1, 2) interconnected by an overflow line (19) and in which the material to be burned passes through an upper pre-heating zone (8), a central... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20060286495 - Ignition and flame supervision system for open flame gas lights: A gas light ignition and flame supervision system for a gas light that comprises a burner tip and a glow coil adapted to be positioned in a operational distance from the burner tip to ignite a flame when heated and to conduct a current through the flame to the tip.... Agent: Raymond G. Areaux

20060286496 - Utility lighter with safety mechanism: A utility lighter includes a trigger adapted to simultaneously engage a fuel valve and piezo-electric element. A safety mechanism engages the trigger to prevent inadvertent ignition of the lighter or use of the lighter by a small child. The safety mechanism physically restricts movement of the trigger when engaged. The... Agent: Chan Law Group Lc

20060286497 - Pilot tube assembly and method for gas appliance ranges: A pilot tube assembly comprises a gas inlet tube and a pilot tip with a central aperture. During delivery of gas, one or more apertures of the assembly aspirate ambient air to provide a combustible mixture. A central tapered bore of the assembly receives a gas inlet tube. The tapered... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, LLC.

20060286498 - Porous burner having a flame barrier: A porous burner has a mixing space for premixing reducing agent and oxidizing agent, and an adjoining combustion space filled with a porous material. A flame barrier is arranged between the mixing space and the combustion space. The flame barrier is made from a porous material with a material porosity... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20060281033 - Self-cleaning burner system for heaters and burners: A self-cleaning burner system incorporates an automatic clean cycle when the burner is started up. Cycles may be programmed for once-a-day cleaning cycle or for other desired interval. On start-up, the cycle routes a small amount of fuel to the burner for ignition inside the burner to clean the burner... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20060281034 - Lighter: A safety gas lighter with a loosely mounted striking wheel, comprises a lighter body, topped by a lighter head, an gas release valve, a pressing lever for gas release, a spring, a flint, and a wheel assembly with an axle. The diameter of the axle integrated with the first side... Agent: Qin Zhang Law Office Of Qin Zhang

20060281035 - Lighter: A safety gas lighter with a loosely mounted striking wheel, comprises a lighter body, topped by a lighter head, an gas release valve, a pressing lever for gas release, a spring, a flint, and a wheel assembly with an axle. The diameter of the axle integrated with the first side... Agent: Qin Zhang The Law Offices Of Qin Zhang

20060281036 - Tunneled multi-swirler for liquid fuel atomization: An air swirler capable of liquid fuel atomization for a fuel fired burner in a furnace or boiler having a hollow guide pipe supporting several swirl blades at an end adjacent to the furnace. Openings connected by tunnels to the inside of the guide pipe are provided in the trailing... Agent: The Babcock & Wilcox Company

20060281037 - Portable electronic equipment with integrated lighter: A lighter has been integrated into portable electronic equipments such as cellular phones, PDAs, or portable game players. The lighter can be completely stowed within the portable electronic equipment so that no parts protrude out of the portable electronic equipment's housing. Thereby not only the size can be reduced but... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20060281039 - Lighter: A lighter includes a pivot nozzle including a nozzle housing pivotally mounted at a lighter casing, a gas nozzle substantially supported in the nozzle housing in a stationary manner, and a retention skeleton having a predetermine flexibility is extended from a gas valve to the gas nozzle for guiding the... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20060281038 - Piezoelectric lighter with pivot nozzle head: A piezoelectric lighter includes a lighter body, a nozzle head including a nozzle seat and a gas emitting nozzle supported on the nozzle seat in a stationary manner for controlling gas ejecting at the gas emitting nozzle, and a nozzle joint movably coupling the nozzle head with the lighter body,... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20060275716 - Method for utilizing product leaks in compressor seal systems for recovery and recycling as fuel: The invention relates to a method for utilizing a combustible gas product collected in the seal device of a compressor of the said combustible gas product, comprising the steps of: a) feeding the seal device of the said compressor with an inert gas flow, b) recovery at the outlet of... Agent: Linda K. Russell

20060275717 - Apparatus and method for extracting condensate: An environmental control system (ECS) for an aircraft may be employed to regulate temperature of air entering a cabin of the aircraft. During conditioning of the air, condensate may form in the air. A multiple-stage condensate extraction unit may be incorporated into the ECS to remove the condensate. The extraction... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060275718 - Methods and systems for determining and controlling the percent stoichiometric oxidant in an incinerator: Methods and systems for measuring and controlling the percent stoichiometric oxidant in the pyrolyzing section of incinerators are provided. The methods and systems rely on measurements of the oxygen concentration and temperature of the gases within the pyrolysis section and mathematical relationships between these values and the percent stoichiometric oxidant.... Agent: Mcafee & Taft Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

20060275719 - Warm air furnace baselining and diagnostic enhancements using rewritable non-volatile memory: A warm-air furnace is adapted to provide diagnostic enhancements and more robust installation. In an embodiment, sensing equipment aboard the furnace is used to determine a first performance metric during installation of the furnace. That performance metric is then compared with a baseline metric that may have been obtained at... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060275720 - Low power control system and associated methods for a water heater with flammable vapor sensor: A transistor used as a normally open switch is connected in the millivolt electrical circuit of a fuel-fired natural draft water heater in series with a thermopile device impinged upon by a standing pilot flame, and the solenoid coil portion of the pilot fuel valve. A variable resistance type flammable... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20060275721 - Apparatus for producing a fire special effect: The present invention provides a device for producing a fire special facilitates a more compact device. In one embodiment, the device comprises a steam curtain generator for directing received steam to an outlet slot that directs the steam into the ambient atmosphere such that the steam is flowing in a... Agent: Christopher J. Kulish, Esq

20060275722 - Numeral lighter: A numeral lighter includes an inner lighter housing having a liquefied gas storage and a top supporting frame and a numeral outer casing having a receiving cavity and a top opening communicating with the receiving cavity, wherein the inner lighter housing is detachably received in the receiving cavity of the... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20060275723 - Apparatus for producing spherical powder, burner for treaitng powder, method for producing spherical powder, spherical oxide powder, and oxide powder: There is provided an apparatus for producing a spherical powder, comprising a cylindrical chamber having an axis extending in the vertical direction and a burner 30 provided in the upper part of the chamber to generate a combustion flame in the chamber, characterized in that the aggregate-crushing gas G is... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20060275724 - Dynamic burner reconfiguration and combustion system for process heaters and boilers: A furnace combustion system includes a plurality of burners adapted to generate a plurality of flames and an oxidant port disposed between and surrounded by at least two of the burners. Each burner is spaced apart from another burner and adapted to combust a stream of a first fuel or... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20060275725 - Gas burner having means for reversibly fixing the cover: Gas burner (1) for a cooking hob (14) comprising: a burner cup (2) constrained to the cooking hob, onto which at least one burner body (3) is mounted, and at least one superior cover (5), which can be removably coupled to said burner body, as well as at least one... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060275726 - Cigarette lighter having a chamber for storing one or more cigarettes: A cigarette lighter is disclosed including a reservoir, a burner, an ignition system, and a chamber adapted to store one or more cigarettes. The reservoir is used to store a quantity of a combustible fluid. The burner receives a controlled flow of the combustible fluid from the reservoir, and the... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich