Combustion inventions 12/07

20070298356 - Method and burner for burning with oxygen: A method and a burner for combustion in a heating furnace of a fuel with an oxidant in the form of oxygen gas, wherein fuel and oxidant are supplied to a burner head. Fuel and oxidant, respectively, are injected via the burner head through at least two pairs of nozzles,... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070298357 - Oxygen to expand burner combustion capability: A burner at which fuel cannot be combusted with air as the only source of oxygen for combustion in a stable flame at the burner when the feed rate of the fuel is too low, when the fuel is fed at too high an air-to-fuel mass ratio, when the fuel... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20070298358 - Candle holder and flame extinguisher device: A device to regulate the burning of a candle is provided using a passive extinguisher that requires no mechanical parts or human intervention. The device is formed as tongs that form, when closed, a hollow cylindrical extension that can securely hold a burning candle. When the burning candle burns into... Agent: Zito Tlp

20070298359 - Method and device for igniting and monitoring a burner: A method of igniting and monitoring a high speed burner with which a fuel/oxygen-mixture exits at high velocity from a burner head, wherein the length of the flame is governed by the exit velocity of the mixture. The invention is characterized by placing an electrically conductive pipe in and concentrical... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070298360 - Self-contained candle system: A container includes a lid, wax beads and many wicks. The wax beads and wicks are stored in the container. A candle is formed in the lid with a wick and a portion of the wax beads.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070298361 - Burner with diffuser resistant to high operating temperatures: A burner suppliable with a mixture of air and fuel, comprising a diffuser on which holes are made for the passage and subsequent combustion of said mixture, said diffuser being divided into a plurality of diffuser elements adjacent to one another, said diffuser elements are fixable to a support and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070292810 - Fireplace control system: A heating appliance control system that includes a pilot flame assembly, a main burner assembly, a gas valve, and a controller. The pilot flame assembly includes a pilot flame burner and at least one pilot flame sensor. The main burner assembly includes a main burner. The gas valve is coupled... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Patent Docketing

20070292811 - Coanda gas burner apparatus and methods: A gas burner apparatus for discharging a mixture of fuel gas, air and flue gas into a furnace space of a furnace wherein the mixture is burned and flue gas having a low content of nitrous oxides and carbon monoxide is formed is provided. The burner tile includes at least... Agent: Clifford C. Dougherty, Iii Mcafee & Taft

20070292812 - Candle assembly with light emitting system: A candle assembly includes a support base with a melting plate upon which a meltable solid fuel rests and a wick holder to hold a wick and engage the meltable solid fuel. The candle assembly further includes a control unit having at least one electrical component to control a light... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20070292813 - Heat exchange method for melting plate candle: The present invention relates to melting plate candles which employ heat conductive elements to distribute heat from a burning flame at a wick to a support plate for a solid fuel and to the body of said solid fuel, so as to more rapidly liquefy the solid fuel, such as... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20070287109 - Lancing of oxygen: A method for providing uniform heat distribution within a furnace as well as decreasing the amount of NOx in the combustion products, when operating an industrial furnace having at least one conventional burner using air as the oxidant. At least one lance is connected with the furnace, and an oxidant... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070287107 - Staged combustion method using a preheated oxidant: The invention relates to a method for the combustion of a fuel and an oxidant, in which at least one jet of fuel and at least two jets of oxidant are injected. According to the invention, at least one first oxidant is injected at a distance I1, at most 20... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070287108 - Apparatus and method for a burner: An apparatus and method for a burner is disclosed. In an embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention, the burner includes a combustion gas tube with a first gas inlet line coupled to the combustion gas tube and an oxygen-containing gas tube with a second gas inlet line coupled... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070287110 - Method and apparatus for reduced emissions fuel combustion: A system for combusting carbon-containing fuel includes a reactor 10 for simultaneously supporting oxidation of the fuel and conversion of CO2 within the reactor. A metal oxide or metal is input to the reactor to convert the CO2 to a mineralized CO2 product. A cold trap 44 is provided for... Agent: Loren G. Helmreich Browning Bushman P.C.

20070287111 - Variable input radiant heater: A variable demand radiant heating system applies variable burner control technology to singular or multi-burner radiant heating systems. A radiant heater consists of a burner connected to an elongated heat exchanger tube. The combustion air is supplied to the burner via blower or draft inducer. Fuel is supplied to the... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20070287114 - Lighter having safety device: A lighter includes a gas tank, a piezoelectric ignition device having a piezoelectric contact disposed in a housing, a hammer slidably received in the housing, an actuating member slidably received in the housing and depressible by a user to move and to selectively actuate the hammer to strike onto the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070287113 - Safety device for electronic ignition of lighter: A safety device is mounted on a top side of a casing of a lighter, and includes an ignition button and a safety switch arranged on the ignition button. The ignition button is movably received in an open chamber defined in the top side of the casing to be depressible... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070287112 - Safety lock of fire lighter: A fire lighter includes a casing accommodating an ignition mechanism and defining an open chamber in which an ignition button is movably received. The ignition button is depressible by a user to actuate the ignition mechanism. A safety lock includes a movable button positioned on the ignition button. The movable... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070287116 - Melting plate candles: The present invention relates to melting plate candles which employ heat conductive elements to distribute heat from a burning flame at a wick to a support plate for a solid fuel and to the body of said solid fuel, so as to more rapidly liquefy the solid fuel, such as... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20070287115 - Wick holder magnetic retention means: The present invention relates to melting plate candles which employ heat conductive elements to distribute heat from a burning flame at a wick to a support plate for a solid fuel and to the body of said solid fuel, so as to more rapidly liquefy the solid fuel, such as... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20070287117 - Flexible windproof candleholder: One flexible windproof candleholder, which is composed of upper-open cylinder candleholder with gap at its side to change candle, a slide cover that covers onto periphery of candleholder and canister cover with light holes that covers onto interior of candleholder; wherein protruding stopper ball is respectively set at external and... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070281251 - Alternate atomizing medium for burning efficiency of emulsion fuels, heavy oils and bitumens: A method for augmenting the heat enthalpy of an emulsified alternate fuel. An atomizing medium containing produced solution gas is used to atomize the emulsified fuel and add to the heat content of the emulsified fuel enhancing combustion. Alternate embodiments include the use of other gaseous hydrocarbon material as the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070281253 - Combustion stabilization systems: Systems for stabilizing combustion while minimizing NOx generation by using high-flame-speed additives to stabilize the flame front in combustors operating at relatively low temperatures and/or under oxygen constraints. The system is adapted for use in coal-fired boilers, oil-fired boilers, and gas turbine engines. The methods stabilize the flame front to... Agent: Stoneman Law Offices, Ltd

20070281252 - Reactive metal and catalyst amalgam and method for improving the combustibility of fuel oils: A combination of metal catalysts are independently introduced to a fuel oil to enhance and improve the combustibility of the fuel oil and to adjust in real time the ratio of the metal catalyst mixture to the quality and/or quantity of the fuel oil. This combination of ionic metal catalysts... Agent: Randal D. Homburg

20070281256 - Gas burner: A gas burner capable of producing an image via a pattern of flames and illuminated glass beads is provided. The burner may comprise a top plate having a plurality of gas apertures for releasing a combustible gas. The gas apertures may be formed in a gas aperture frame. The gas... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070281257 - Heating device having a secondary safety circuit for a fuel line and method of operating the same: A secondary safety circuit for a gas-fired device and method of operating the circuit. The secondary safety circuit includes a low-voltage direct current power source, a valve, and at least one sensor. The valve can be positioned in a pilot burner gas line. The secondary safety circuit ensures the valve... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070281258 - System and method for generating flame effects: A system and method for generating flame effects. The system includes an array of burner heads, each having an igniter configured to generate an ignition spark. The system also includes a reservoir of a high flash point liquid and a pump configured to draw the high flash point liquid from... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070281259 - System and method for directional control of flame effects: A system and method for directional control of generating flame effects. The system includes a flame effect generator having a nozzle and an igniter configured to ignite a flammable substance ejected from the nozzle to generate a flame effect. The system also includes an adjustable mounting system supporting at least... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070281260 - Flame detection device and method of detecting flame: A device and method for detecting flame using real-time continuous imaging and pattern recognition of infrared (IR) images of a flame region. Infrared emissions radiated from the region pass through a wide field-of-view lens and are detected by a Charged-Coupled Device (CCD) array sensitive to the near IR range. The... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070281254 - Staged combustion method using a low-oxygen gas: The invention relates to a method for the combustion of a fuel using an oxygenated gas, in which a jet of fuel and at least two jets of oxygen-rich oxygenated gas are injected. According to the invention, the first jet of oxygen-rich oxygenated gas, known as the primary jet, is... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20070281255 - Process and device for feeding oxidizing agent into a combustion system: A process and device for feeding oxygen-containing gas into the firebox of a combustion system is disclosed. A sub-quantity of the flue gas stream exiting from the combustion system (recycle gas) is subjected to pressure elevation and subsequently recycled to the firebox. An oxygen-containing gas which is present at a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070281261 - Children resistant gas lighter: The children resistant gas lighter of the invention has an ignition sleeve having a slit defined therein and a safe cap having a press surface, an opposite slide surface, a direction bar formed on the slide surface which is insterted in the slit and is able to make the safe... Agent: Jackey Hong

20070281262 - Safety mechanism for a torch: A device for creating an electrical potential, such as a piezoelectric igniter, is connected to a conductor that conducts current to a burn tube to create a spark that ignites the fuel in the burn tube. The safety mechanism disables the operative connection between the trigger and the igniter such... Agent: Dennis J. Williamson Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

20070281263 - Safety mechanism for a torch: A device for creating an electrical potential, such as a piezoelectric igniter, is connected to a conductor that conducts current to a burn tube to create a spark that ignites the fuel in the burn tube. In one embodiment a gap is formed in the conductor. An insulator is located... Agent: Dennis J. Williamson Moore & Van Allen, PLLC

20070281264 - Non-centric oxy-fuel burner for glass melting systems: A burner and method of combustion for a furnace or a forehearth includes a gas delivery member and a fuel delivery member having a portion thereof disposed at an interior of the gas delivery member and offset or angled from a longitudinal axis of the gas delivery member to provide... Agent: The Boc Group, Inc.

20070281265 - Large diameter mid-zone air separation cone for expanding irz: A large diameter mid-zone air separation cone is provided for decreasing NOx during burner operation by expanding the internal recirculation zone (IRZ) at the burner exit. The mid-zone air separation cone has a short cylindrical leading edge that fits in the outer air zone of a burner. The mid-zone air... Agent: The Babcock & Wilcox Company

20070281266 - Flare stack: A Coanda flare is described that provides improved operation of a flare stack. A Coanda flare comprises a gas flue having a flare end, a Coanda body disposed adjacent the flare end to form an annular gap between the Coanda body and the flare end of the gas flue, such... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070281267 - Burner head for a gas stove: This invention provides a burner head for a gas stove that can provide even-burning fire flames and is more safety. The burner head for a gas stove comprises a base and an annular cover, which is characterized in that small holes through inner and outer surroundings of the annular cover... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch