Combustion inventions 09/07

20070224556 - Diffuser plate for boiler burner feed assembly: A diffuser or orifice plate is positioned across the bore of a feed pipe supplying a mixture of pressurized air and recycled flue gas to the combustion chamber of a gas burner associated with a boiler. The diffuser plate comprises inner and outer, radially spaced apart, annular baffles. The baffles... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20070224557 - Controller for re-igniting: A controller for re-ignition connecting each of a plurality of ignition and flame detecting probes of burners provided on a combustion device, and communicating with each of a plurality of igniting switches on the combustion device, the controller for re-ignition at least has in a control box: an ignition control... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070224558 - Gas flow and combustion control system: A system for controlling the flow and combustion of natural gas and/or liquid propane in a ventless fireplace. The system utilizes an ODS pilot in combination with a burner, an electronic control module, a gas control valve, an igniter, and a flame rectification sensor. When the pilot is lit, an... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070224559 - Combustion chamber: A combustion chamber (1), in particular in a gas turbine, has at least two burners (A-H) that are connected to a fuel supply (3) via controllable fuel valves (2′ and 2). Each burner (A to H) is assigned at least one optical measuring device (4) for detecting chemiluminescent radiation, and... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP

20070224561 - Flame simulating assembly: A flame simulating assembly adapted for storing objects and for affecting a temperature of the objects. The flame simulating assembly includes a flame image subassembly for providing one or more images of flames. The flame image subassembly includes one or more light sources and a screen positioned in a path... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill

20070224560 - Outdoors gas fireplace: A gas-fired fireplace is provided with a structure for supporting an artificial log which encourages users to place artificial logs in positions over the gas burner which provide a wind shadow over the burner and which reduces the prospects that the flame of the burner will be extinguished by wind.... Agent: David J. French C/o Milton, Geller LLP

20070224562 - Burner for combustion chamber and combustion method: A burner 1 for combustion chamber is provided with a cylindrical mixing portion 3 that mixes air for combustion (oxidizing agent) and fuel in the interior thereof and has one end 3a that opens to a combustion portion 2; a spray nozzle (fuel spraying portion) 5 that sprays fuel in... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070224563 - Dynamic combustion chamber: A system for converting potential energy into heat including a tower configured to contain a fluid and to permit the formation of a substantially nitrogen-free combustion chamber defined by the tower and the surface of the fluid in the tower and at a pressure less than ambient, a first tower... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070224564 - Flare apparatus: A flare apparatus for burning combustible gases. A flare tip unit comprises an inner member and an outer member defining an annulus therebetween. The annulus defines an annular gas passage through which combustible gas passes. Air moved by a motive force, preferably steam, passes through the inner member and a... Agent: Mcafee & Taft Tenth Floor, Two Leadership Square

20070224565 - Heat exchanging insert and method for fabricating same: A heated energy system includes an integral ceramic insert heat exchanger having an integral ceramic construction and an outer ceramic wall that is helical in shape. When the heat exchanger is positioned within a surrounding fluid path enclosure, the outer ceramic wall forms, with the enclosure, at least one spiral... Agent: Edward W. Goebel, Jr. Macdonald, Illig, Jones & Britton LLP

20070224566 - Cigarette lighter with limited flint wheel turning radius: A cigarette lighter has a housing, a fluid reservoir, an outlet valve, a flint, at least one flint wheel, a valve actuator and a flint wheel turning radius limiting element. The flint wheel turning radius limiting element is adapted to limit the exposed turning radius of the flint wheel to... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20070218413 - Liquid oil lamps: A liquid fuel lamp is provided with a wick carrying composite safety cap which is mountable to and removable from the liquid fuel container only by simultaneous pressing and turning actions. The safety cap has a spring biassed latch and a wick guard surrounding in a spaced manner around the... Agent: David W. Wong

20070218414 - Gas burner: This invention describes an improved gas burner assembly that can be adapted to attach to a range top or cooktop, or the floor of the range and can draw air from either above the range top level by external vents or from below range top level through an open style... Agent: Brande And Mccleary

20070207418 - Refractory burner tiles having improved emissivity and combustion apparatus employing the same: The performance of a combustion apparatus is improved by providing a burner tile therein which includes a coating of a high-emissivity (high-E) material. Preferably, the high-E material has an emissivity of greater than about 0.80, usually between about 0.85 to about 0.98. In some embodiments, the high-E material has an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070207419 - Oxy-fuel combustion with integrated pollution control: An oxygen fueled integrated pollutant removal and combustion system includes a combustion system and an integrated pollutant removal system. The combustion system includes a furnace having at least one burner that is configured to substantially prevent the introduction of air. An oxygen supply supplies oxygen at a predetermine purity greater... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20070207420 - Flue sensor for gas fired appliance: A fuel fired appliance exhaust gas parameter sensor for continually detecting gas parameter emissions, such as CO, NOx and O2, may be located above the appliance near the appliance exhaust outlet. The sensor may be located near or under a draft hood located near the exhaust outlet. The sensor remains... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070207421 - Method and system for electrical bonding of fuel tank penetrations: A system and method for preventing sparking or arcing within a fuel tank area is provided. The method includes installing an electrical bond between a fuel access door to a fuel tank skin; isolating the fuel access door and the fuel tank skin; and installing a fuel seal between the... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070207422 - A low contamination rate flame detection arrangement: Contamination rate reduction for a flame detection or sensor arrangement using controlled but flexible flame sensor activation. A flame sensor of the subject application is subject to contamination which reduces the lifetime of the sensor. To reduce a contamination rate of the flame sensor, the sensor may be inactivated for... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070207423 - Preemptive tripping of a fossil fuel fired burner using the quality function: A method, computer program product and a system for preemptively tripping a fossil fuel fired burner of a steam generator before the burner is tripped when amplitude of any of two or more signals that represent a property of temporal combustion of the flame such as intensity or flicker frequency... Agent: Michael M Rickin, Esq. Abb Inc.

20070207424 - Two way tool for lighting and extinguishing candles: A dual use or two-way tool for lighting and extinguishing candles includes an arcuate tubular member having a candle snuffing portion terminating with a cone-shaped candle snuffing member for extinguishing the candle flame and an opposite candle lighting portion terminating with an integrally formed secondary jaw that cooperates with a... Agent: The Inventors Network, Inc.

20070207425 - Hybrid burner lance: A lance for a hybrid burner of a combustor of a gas turbine, includes an inner passage for a liquid fuel, an outer passage coaxially enclosing the inner passage for a gaseous fuel, a plurality of star like arranged outer nozzles branching off radially from the outer passage, a plurality... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070207426 - Industrial burner: An apparatus and process is provided for combining fuel and combustion air to produce a mixture. The mixture is burned in a combustion chamber to produce a flame.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070207427 - Candle holder band: The claimed invention relates to a means for grasping and carrying a hot candle holder, such as a jar candle container, containing an illuminated candle and which comprises a band made of a thermal insulating rubber that is adapted to fit snugly around the candle holder and provide enhanced gripping... Agent: Ronnie Robinson

20070207428 - Candle drip guard: The present invention provides a drip guard for use with a candle made of flexible material such as aluminum foil which is cut into a fan shape. The drip guard may be formed into a cone or other shape by bending or folding the fan radially. The opening has slits... Agent: Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070207430 - Gas radiation burner and controlling method thereof: A gas radiation burner includes a gas supply unit for spraying a mixed gas of a gas and air; a burner body having a burner pot accommodating the mixed gas supplied by the gas supply unit and a burner housing provided on the burner pot to configure a combustion chamber;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070207429 - Table burner assembly & method: An ornamental flame assembly which provides or produces an ornamental flame within a furnishing object such as a patio table or dining room table. The table has a noncombustible media recess which holds for example a layer of noncombustible stone aggregate material, sand, water, glass or other desired ornamental material.... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20070207431 - Burner for a gas turbine: A premix burner, for example for a gas turbine, having a conical swirl generator (1) and a cylindrical mixing section (2) which follows it in the direction of flow, includes a high-pressure atomizer nozzle (10) with one or more fuel feed passages. The high-pressure atomizer nozzle (10) includes at least... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP