Combustion inventions 03/07

20070072137 - Fouling and corrosion detector for burner tips in fired equipment: A system for predicting fouling and corrosion of a combustion system in an industrial process includes a pipe, a restrictive element, and a fouling and corrosion detector. The pipe contains a fuel. The restrictive element is coupled to the pipe and the fuel passes through the restrictive element. The fouling... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070072138 - Atmosphere-control-system design programs and methods: Provided are methods for an atmosphere-control-system design using computer software. The methods include receiving a plurality of inputs from a user and retrieving data from a database. Performance parameters are calculated, system components are selected, and a report is generated for the user. Also provided is a computer program product,... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070072139 - Candle coupler and apparatus: A candle apparatus having an edible base connected to a candle by means of a coupling device. The invented device is a structure which is constructed from (1) an edible, typically confectionery, base, (2) a coupler to attach the base to a candle, and (3) a candle held to the... Agent: John Nielsen Randick O''dea & Tooliatos, LLP

20070072140 - Self-extinguishing candle system: A self-extinguishing candle system includes a candle with a top surface. An exposed wick is situated on the top surface of the candle. A base is provided upon which the candle is mounted. A canister containing a non-flammable fluid under pressure is situated within the base. The spray nozzle on... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20070072141 - Low polluting emission gas burner: Gas burner (1) comprising a main metal body (6), an inner lance (11) for combustible gas, at least two outer lances (10) for combustible gas, a single duct (8) for conveying pre-heated air, a regulation system for the combustible gas, a refractory unit (30), characterized in that said gas burner... Agent: James V Costigan Hedman & Costigan

20070065765 - Energy converting device: The invention relates to a device for converting energy comprising a gas generator (6) for generating a hydrogen-oxygen mixture or Brown gas with a reaction chamber (19) in which electrodes (29) are disposed. The reaction chamber (19) is of a rotationally symmetrical shape with respect to an axis (18) and... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070065766 - Management process for an open anode furnace: A device and method for measuring the operating condition of an open anode furnace, includes at least one sensor for measuring the temperature and/or determining the fuel quantity or the burner capacity of the burners allocated to the anode furnace, or for determining the opacity of the air, and for... Agent: Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20070065767 - Liquid fuel cell: A liquid fuel cell that includes a canister having a fuel reservoir and a burner assembly mounted upon the canister. The burner assembly contains a wick holding aperture that opens into the fuel reservoir and a wick that is made up of continuous fiber strands mounted in the tube. The... Agent: Wall Marjama & Bilinski

20070059653 - Flare stack: A flare stack for burning a vapor having a combustion chamber having a plurality of air intakes for allowing air into the chamber, the air intakes allowing air into the chamber but reducing or blocking the flame from the view of an observer.... Agent: Diederiks & Whitelaw, PLC

20070059654 - Gas cooker burner of improved type: The present invention refers to a model of gas cooker burner of improved type, which features a cap with a lower border situated near the notched crown of the border immediately above the section from which the mixture comes out and goes through the notches of the crown, which is... Agent: Armstrong Westerman & Hattori

20070059655 - Premix burner with a swirl generator delimiting a conical swirl space and having sensor monitoring: A premix burner is disclosed, with a swirl generator which delimits a conical swirl space and provides at least two conical part shells which are arranged, offset to one another, along a burner axis, mutually enclose in each case air inlet slits running longitudinally with respect to the burner axis... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070059656 - Rotary hanging-type candle base holder: A rotary hanging-type candle base holder mainly is composed of candle base and candle base holder, in which the candle base, comprising a chassis of proper weight, whose top side is designed with a bending hanging pole extending upwards. In addition a magnet unit with power magnetism absorption force is... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070059657 - Gas burner: A gas burner includes a looped head seat formed by punching a metal plate, and defining therein a surrounding duct therein which is fluidly communicated with a gas conduit for supplying fuel gas to the surrounding duct, and a looped burner cap engaged with the head seat to define a... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070054226 - Catalytic reactor and method for the combustion of fuel-air mixtures by means of a catalytic reactor: In a catalytic reactor for the burning of at least part of fuel-air mixtures flowing through the catalytic reactor, the catalytic reactor has a plurality of passages. The catalytic reactor is charged with lean fuel-air mixtures and rich fuel-air mixture. The catalytic reactor includes at least two sections (I,II,II). A... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20070054227 - Alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus: The present invention relates to an alternate combustion type regenerative radiant tube burner apparatus which comprises a circular plate positioned between a burner unit and a main combustion chamber, so that preheated secondary combustion air is fed through an opening of the circular plate to the main combustion chamber. The... Agent: Jacobson Holman Pllc

20070054228 - Adjustable burner: A burner suppliable with a mixture of air and fuel comprises a body of the burner provided with a diffuser in the surface of which openings are made for the exit of said mixture delivered into the body of the burner, a distributing device inserted inside said body of the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20070048679 - Fuel dilution for reducing nox production: A combustion device and combustion method for mixing a fuel and a fluid to form a diluted fuel mixture and passing the diluted fuel mixture through a nozzle. The nozzle comprises a nozzle body having an inlet face, an outlet face, and an inlet flow axis passing through the inlet... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070048680 - Plastic cake protector with holes (wells) for birthday candles: Allows people to blow out candles without spraying their DNA, cold germs or any disease that is airborne, on the top of the cake and then dispensing them on slices of cake amongst guests at the birthday party or other celebration.... Agent: Patricia Cartledge

20070048681 - Lock mechanism for increasing the safety of a lighter: A child resistant lighter includes a housing having a trigger slidably mounted thereon. A latch, internal to the housing, prevents movement of the trigger and thus prevents ignition of the lighter. A lever is pivotally mounted on the trigger. In one position, the lever is flush with the trigger, and... Agent: Mcguinness & Manaras LLP

20070048682 - Method of forming a burner assembly: A method of forming a burner assembly includes capturing at least one feature of a burner with an imaging system, determining a location of a fireball based on the feature, moving the burner to an aligned position relative to a header or reflector based on the location of the fireball,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070048683 - Highly controllable gas grill burner system: A grill for cooking includes a first set of burners and a second set of burners wherein at least one burner of the first set of burners is interdigitally arranged with burners of the second set of burners. The grill further includes a first valve that controls a flow of... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20070048684 - Candle and method of making same: A candle including regions made up of fuels which produce differing flame heights and/or flame levels when burned, and a method of making such a candle, are disclosed.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070048685 - Fuel burner: A fuel burner comprises a body including at least one burner port. Embodiments of the fuel burner can include a fluid coolant system, a mixing device adapted to mix a fuel and oxidizer and/or an apparatus adapted to prevent flashback through the at least one burner port.... Agent: Geam - QuartzIPLegal