Combustion inventions 11/07

20070275334 - Gas regulating fitting: The aim of the invention is to create a gas regulating fitting which, once a gas stove has been successfully started up, can switch the pilot burner into the off position when the main burner is in the off position, in order to maintain the power consumption of the gas... Agent: Jeffrey A Sadowski Howard & Howard Attorney

20070275335 - Furnace for heating particles: A bottom-up cocurrent combustion furnace for the production of synthetic microspheres by thermal expansion of glass particles is provided having improved characteristics with regard to anti-fouling, process efficiency, and yield. The disclosed furnace uses preheated combustion air to preheat the feed material and to convey the feed material in a... Agent: Gardere / James Hardie Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP

20070275336 - Candle holder: A candle holder comprising a bottom plate and a lateral wall extending upwards from the periphery of the bottom plate to receive a solid fuel, and a candlewick having at its bottom a supporting plate. The top surface of the bottom plate is provided with a protruding positioning portion being... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070275337 - Premix burner and method for burning a low-calorie combustion gas: The invention relates to a pre-mix burner for burning a low-calorie combustion gas, said burner comprising an air duct which extends along an axis of the burner and can be used to supply combustion air. A swirling device is arranged in the air duct and is used to apply a... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070269755 - Systems, apparatus and method for flameless combustion absent catalyst or high temperature oxidants: A system, apparatus and method whereby flameless combustion is precipitated and maintained in a combustion chamber having a surface that is either convex concave, straight or any combination thereof without the need for catalysts or high temperature oxidants. The apparatus allows the combustion chamber to operate in a conventional combustion... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070269756 - Self extinguishing safety candle wicks and methods of manufacture of the wicks: The present invention relates to a novel self extinguishing safety candle wick that can be inserted into an axial vertical bore of a preformed solid fuel candle body or can be placed in a candle mold for casting of a solid fuel candle. The self extinguishing safety candle wick comprises... Agent: Charles R. Clark

20070269757 - Combustion chamber of a turbomachine: A combustion chamber (10) of a turbomachine, comprising at least one bowl (95) with a substantially frustoconical wall that is formed with an annular row of air injection orifices, and a fuel injector (36) arranged upstream of the bowl, the annular row of air injection orifices comprising smaller-diameter orifices (140)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070269758 - Radiant burner: A highly efficient radiant burner assembly (100) for use in a patio heater or the like in areas where people prefer or require low NOX emissions. The efficiencies are created through the use of a spherical burner element (116) that is either formed of a high temperature steel wire mesh... Agent: Paul K. Godwin Paul K. Godwin, P.C.

20070264602 - Vapor fuel combustion system: A burner, for burning a liquid fuel/compressed air fuel mixture, comprising a discharge nozzle having a mixing chamber for mixing a liquid fuel with compressed air and discharging the fuel mixture via a discharge orifice. The burner is coupled to a liquid fuel storage source for storing and supplying the... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070264603 - Candle scent delivery pellet: A scented pellet comprising a suitable bulk material such as wax and a scented material for introducing scent to the melt pool of a candle. The pellet is so constructed that it melts and mixes into the melt pool of the candle for the purpose of releasing the scented material... Agent: Ira S Dorman Law Office

20070259296 - Premix burner with mixing section: A premix burner has a mixing section (3) for a heat generator, sectional conical shells (5) which complement one another to form a swirl body, enclose a conically widening swirl space (6), and mutually define tangential air-inlet slots (7), along which feeds (8) for gaseous fuel are provided in a... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP

20070259297 - Actuator with led penlight for piezoelectric lighter: Disclosed is an actuator for a piezoelectric cigarette or utility lighter with a LED penlight incorporated as an independent light source. The actuator is located at the top of a standard piezoelectric lighter behind the lighter's burner. The actuator activates the lighter when it is depressed and makes contact with... Agent: Ms. Lily Liu

20070254250 - Air purification system employing particle burning: An air purification system includes a reverse flow heat exchanger, a combustion chamber and a means for heating particles configured to cause particles in air to combust in the chamber. The reverse flow heat exchanger transfers excess heat from the purified air to the incoming air to lower the amount... Agent: Carr & Ferrell LLP

20070254251 - Ultra-low nox burner assembly: Burner assembly comprising (a) an elongated body having a periphery, a discharge end adjacent a combustion zone, and an axis, wherein the axis extends into the combustion zone; (b) one or more oxidant nozzles disposed at the discharge end of the elongated body and adapted to discharge a gaseous oxidant... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20070254252 - Hydrogen burner with a shut-off valve near the gas jets: A gas burner includes a distribution chamber formed between walls within the burner, with the walls extending parallel to one another. A shut-off valve, adjacent to an inlet hole through which a gas, preferably hydrogen, used as a fuel, enters the distribution chamber, closes when the pressure of the gas... Agent: Ronald V. Davidge

20070254253 - Double-flame lighter: The present invention relates to a lighter filled with gas fuel, particularly to a double-flame lighter. It comprises two flame assemblies, i.e., a first flame assembly and a second flame assembly, disposed on a housing, igniters, a gas tank provided with a gas outlet valve, and an ignition button. There... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070254254 - Conical cyclonic oxidizing burner: A method and device for improved efficiency in thermal oxidation is presented which uses a cyclonic flame to combust a stream of hydrocarbons drawn to the flame source by a pressure differential. The improved burner and method are particularly suited for combusting volatile organic compounds that are a derivative result... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP