Combustion inventions 04/08

20080096145 - Zone master 2002 the ultimate forced air zone system: Zone Master 2002 was designed as a two-part process that enables the installer to regulate the amount of heat required to efficiently heat any established area or “zone” in a building or residence. With the ability to shut off part of the burners, you can adjust from 20,000 to 120,000... Agent: Steve Jordan

20080096146 - Low nox staged fuel injection burner for creating plug flow: A burner for producing a plug-like flow and low NOx emissions. The burner has a central air jet and plural staged fuel jets surrounding the central jet. The ratio of the sum of the momentums of vector components of the staged jets along respective axes parallel to the central longitudinal... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20080096147 - Apparatus and methods for operating a cooking appliance: A gas supply system for a cooking appliance includes a burner valve operatively coupled to each surface burner, and a lockout valve configured to control gas flow to a manifold. The burner valve is movable between an open position and a closed position to control gas flow from the manifold... Agent: John S. Beulick (13307)

20080090188 - Catalytic burner: A catalytic burner is provided. The method of using the catalytic burner utilizes flameless combustion. The absence of a flame results in a more even temperature distribution throughout the length of the burner. The invention lowers the autoignition temperature by placing a catalytic surface within the burner and offers relatively... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080090189 - Insect-catcher: An insect-catcher has a frame, a cover and a gathering base. The frame has an open top and a bottom. The top has at least one key mounted on the edge of the open top and protruding from the open top. The cover detachably covers the open top of the... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080090190 - Safety control switch for an ignition device: A safety control switch comprises a slide base movably mounted on the housing of a gas-fired ignition device, a push button positioned in a through hole of the slide base, a brake block fixed to the push button for inserting into a space between the slide base and the housing,... Agent: Allan Chan

20080090191 - Burner ignition controller and improved coil bobbin: A system is presented for an improved igniter and an igniter bobbin for a high voltage burner igniter that reduces parts count and simplifies assembly of the igniter used in fuel based burners for boilers, forced air furnaces and water heaters. In one aspect of the invention, the igniter bobbin... Agent: Thomas G. Eschweiler Eschweiler & Associates, LLC

20080090192 - Gas burner: A gas burner comprising a burner pot (2) supporting a burner body (6) comprising a series of peripherally distributed flame orifices (8), a gas injector (13) and a gas supply tube (11) provided with a collar (12), which are joined to the burner pot; the burner pot is provided with... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20080085483 - Lockout algorithm for a furnace including a pollutant sensor: A furnace system responsive to a thermostat includes a pollutant sensor for sensing a pollutant concentration in the furnace system. The pollutant sensor is configured to open when the pollutant concentration reaches a pollutant threshold and close when the pollutant concentration falls below the pollutant threshold. When the thermostat is... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20080085484 - Lighter extension device: The present invention relates to a lighter extension device (1) preferably for ignition of fireworks, comprising a lighter (15), an elongated handle (5) with a first and second end part (5A, 5B), a lighter holder (2), and activations means (8), where the lighter holder (2) is arranged at the first... Agent: James C. Wray

20080085485 - Method of combustion with the aid of burners in industrial furnaces,and a burner to this end: Method of combustion with a gas burner having a burner head at one end of an inner gas pipe surrounded by an outer protective pipe, wherein gases from the burner head flow inside the inner pipe and inside the outer pipe and thereafter flow into an exhaust channel. The inner... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080081301 - Low nox combustion: A furnace has a process chamber and a burner that is operative to fire a flame into the process chamber with the influence of a flame stabilizer. A bypass apparatus is configured to inject an unignited stream of premix into the process chamber without the influence of a flame stabilizer.... Agent: Stephen D. Scanlon, Esq. Jones Day

20080081302 - Regulating a combustion process: Material (G) is converted by a combustion process in a plant (1) while air (L) is supplied. The state of the system in the plant (1) is described by state variables (x, y) and is regulated at least by one control loop (3, 5, 7, 9). Groups of states (Z)... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080081303 - Lighter device: A lighter device includes a main body, at least a rotating body, a shining portion, and an igniting portion. The main body being a hollow cylindrical structure has a containing space. The rotating body being slipping on the periphery of the main body is capable of rotating with respect to... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080081304 - Partial pre-mix flare burner and method: A flare burner that is particularly suitable for use in connection with ground flares and other types of flares in which it is important to control the height of the flame envelope created by the burner is provided. The flare burner includes a pre-mix zone including a pre-mix chamber into... Agent: Clifford C. Dougherty, Iii Mcafee & Taft

20080081305 - Candle having visually distinct regions: Candle for providing an aesthetically pleasing ambiance. The candle may include two or more visually distinct regions. The candle may be scented. The present invention also relates to a container for holding the candle. The container may include indicia. A method for making the candle of the present invention is... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080081306 - Barbecue stove with two burners: A lateral burner includes a case attached to a wall of a barbecue stove and connected to a pipe of the barbecue stove. A conduit is attached to the case for sending gas therein from the pipe and made with apertures through which the gas is sent. A heat-transferring plate... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080081307 - Fuel gas container: A fuel gas container includes a body defining an open end and from which a cavity extends with respect to the body longitudinally. The fuel gas container also includes filling adapted to be filled into the cavity. The filling can absorb and mix with liquefied fuel gas and turn the... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080081308 - Tube in tube burner for a barbecue: A tube burner has a venturi tube concentrically mounted within a burner tube. The burner tube has openings along each side that decrease progressively in size from the upstream end to the downstream end of the burner tube. The tube burner generates substantially even heat at the openings in the... Agent: Daryl W Schnurr Miller Thomson LLP