Combustion inventions 04/07

20070092846 - Method and device for producing a flame, particulary for coloured flame lamps: Method for producing a flame, particularly for coloured flame lamps using a small liquid flow at the upper end of a rising tube (4) of small transverse cross-section, the method consisting in allowing combustible gas in the form of a sequence of bubbles to pass into a bubble chamber (3)... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070092847 - Solid fuel burner, solid fuel burner combustion method, combustion apparatus and combustion apparatus operation method: A solid fuel burner and its combustion method suited for encouraging fuel ignition and avoiding slugging caused by combustion ash, wherein a gas of low oxygen concentration (exhaust combustion gas) is used as a carrier gas of such a low grade solid fuel as brown coal. An additional air nozzle... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070087296 - Gas supply device and apparatus for processing a substrate: A gas supply device may include a first gas supply member that may be disposed in a chamber and around a substrate loaded in the chamber. The first gas supply member may include nozzles for providing a gas onto the substrate. A second gas supply member that may provide the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070087297 - Liquid fuel backpacking stove: A stove (20) having a burner bottom (34) with an integrated trough (46) for catching fuel. The trough (46) may be formed, for example, by a section that is captured between a raised center (44) of the burner bottom (34) and a raised outer annular rim (42) of the burner... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. (seattle Office)

20070087298 - Aqua lighting system: An aqua lighting system including a container capable of holding a fluid and a chimney in the container. The chimney extends from an inner surface of the container and includes a space capable of holding a light source, at least two openings to allow airflow in the chimney, and a... Agent: Butzer & Chen Law, LLC

20070082304 - Method of and system for controlling the ratio of a variable lead parameter and an adjustable lag parameter for a lag-lead process: In a method of and system for controlling the air/gas ratio in a lag-lead combustion plant the lead and lag parameters are monitored to provide lead and lag signals representative of the values of the parameters. These are compared to provide an error signal representative of the deviation of the... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070082305 - Fuel system and method of reducing emission: A fuel system includes a fuel deoxygenator for removing oxygen from a liquid fuel. A vaporizer is in fluid communication with the fuel deoxygenator. The vaporizer vaporizes at least a portion of the liquid fuel to produce vaporized fuel. At least a portion of the vaporized fuel pre-mixes with oxidizer... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070082306 - Method of maintaining a fuel wobbe index in an igcc installation: A method of reducing a modified Wobbe index of a fuel stream fed to diffusion combustors of a gas turbine that is used in connection with an IGCC installation in which a nitrogen stream is fed into the head ends of the combustor of NOx control and the modified Wobbe... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070082307 - Dental furnace for producing compacted ceramics: The aim of the invention is to provide a reliable and efficient operation of a dental furnace (1) for producing compacted ceramics, comprising a hood-shaped firing chamber (3), into which a muffle (5) can be inserted and which is closed during operation by a bottom plate (4), and a pneumatic... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070082308 - Secure torch: A torch includes a can. A valve is movably installed on the can between a closed position and an open position. A controlling device is movably installed on the can between a releasing position for leaving the valve in the closed position and a lifting position for lifting the valve... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070082310 - Catalytic microcombustors for compact power or heat generation: The present invention comprises a device which utilizes catalytic microcombustion for the production of heat or power and which exhibits a low pressure drop and has a high catalytic surface area. The catalytic microcombustor includes catalyst inserts in the reaction chamber separated by a sub millimeter distance. Thermal spreaders ensure... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070082309 - Inshot burner flame retainer: A flame retainer for an inshot burner has a plurality of secondary openings that take full advantage of the space available to limit their size in one dimension to prevent flashbacks but are sufficient in size to allow for the flow of sufficient primary air so as to prevent yellow... Agent: Marjama & Bilinski LLP

20070077528 - Flare stack: A self erecting flare stack device includes a support chassis, a lower stack section, an upper stack section, a first pivotal connection between the support chassis and the lower stack section and a second pivotal connection between the lower stack section and the upper stack section, the first and second... Agent: Bennett Jones C/o Ms Roseann Caldwell

20070077529 - Torch: There is disclosed a torch including a reservoir, a head, a base and a refilling device. The head is attached to an end of the reservoir. An igniter is installed on a side of the head. A nozzle is installed on an opposite side of the head. An eccentric aperture... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070077530 - Emitter apparatus: A gas fired infrared radiation emitter that contains a frame, a screen assembly attached to the frame, and a device for locking the screen assembly to the frame. The screen assembly contains a support rod structure and at least four attachment rings attached to a screen. Each of the attachment... Agent: Howard J. Greenwald P.C.

20070077531 - Device for introducing substances into reaction space: The invention relates to a device for mixing and/or introducing gases and/or liquids into a hot reaction space, said device comprising a metal tube and not being equipped with water cooling means. The metal tube is surrounded by a heat insulation made of refractory material to enable the device to... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.