Combustion inventions 05/08

20080124665 - Torch having a continuous-flame mode: A hand-held torch includes a housing. A fuel flow path is defined within the housing. A plunger is movable within the housing to control fuel flow through the fuel flow path. An engagement portion is coupled to the plunger. A latching element is movable to engage the engagement portion when... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080124666 - Porous burner as well as a method for operating a porous burner: The invention relates to a porous burner with a housing, which has an inlet for a fuel-air mixture and an outlet for the exhaust gas mixture generated in the burner, where in flow-direction of the fuel-air mixture the housing contains an ignition space with an ignition device and adjacent to... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080124667 - Gas pressure control for warm air furnaces: Systems, methods, and controllers for controlling gas-fired appliances such as warm air furnaces are disclosed. An illustrative furnace system can include a burner unit in communication with a combustion air flow conduit and heat exchanger, a variable speed inducer fan or blower adapted to provide a flow of combustion air... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080124668 - Systems and methods for controlling gas pressure to gas-fired appliances: Systems and methods for controlling gas to gas-fired appliances are disclosed. An illustrative system can include a modulating gas valve adapted to supply gas to a burner unit, an inducer fan adapted to produce a combustion air flow at the burner unit, a pressure reducing element in fluid communication with... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080124669 - Heat reactor: A new and improved heat reactor system which when installed onto a pollution source provides elimination and/or complete combustion of harmful emissions generated there from. The system is of simple construction and may be formed from one integrally formed elongated high heat resistant tube that is internally partitioned into a... Agent: Ronald E. Loving

20080118877 - System and control method of oil burner's suitable burning ratio using air pressure sensor: Disclosed are a system and a method for precisely controlling an air fuel ratio of an oil burner, which is extensively used in a household boiler, an industrial boiler, or a heater, using an air pressure sensor. The system includes a power supplying part, a fan for supplying air required... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080118878 - Combustible fuel igniting apparatus: Fuel ignitor apparatus especially adapted for use in a commercial baking oven having a plurality of fuel burner tubes susceptible of movement in response to changes in ambient temperature. The ignitor apparatus associated with each burner tube is coupled to the latter for movements therewith. Each ignitor is mounted on... Agent: Mcculloch Plc

20080118879 - Abnormality detection device for catalyst combustor: A controller determines whether a rate of temperature rise on an upstream side of a catalyst portion is at a determination criterion value or higher, and, when the rate of temperature rise on the upstream side of the catalyst portion is at the determination criterion value or higher, the controller... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080113306 - Burner control sensor configuration: In domestic installations of any type of furnace or equivalent, proof of lean combustion is necessary to satisfy requirements of certification agencies. Exhibiting proof of lean combustion during the operation of an integrated fuel reformer and fuel cell system can be problematic because the point of combustion and its nature... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080113307 - Air fuel ratio sensor of incinerator: Disclosed is a combustion apparatus using an air fuel ratio sensor, which detects the operation of the air fuel sensor based on pressure of gas and air introduced into a combustion chamber and adjusts the amount of gas and air introduced into the combustion chamber using a controller based on... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080113308 - Sectional candle apparatus: The invention comprises a sectional candle apparatus. The candle is made in a plurality of sectional candle wax portions. A plurality of thin non combustable wafers separate each of the candle portions or sections from one another with openings centrally of each wafers or spacers so that one continues wick... Agent: Robert E. Kleve

20080113309 - Burner structure: To provide a burner structure that is capable of efficiently cooling a nozzle main body with a small amount of air, and takes an efficient countermeasure against a falling clinker or radiation heat. The burner structure includes: a pulverized coal-air mixture path provided in a burner central portion and supplying... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080108002 - Safety control device for gas appliance: A gas appliance includes a pilot burner, one or more main burners, a solenoid valve coupled to the pilot burner and the main burners for controlling the pilot burner and the main burners, and a control circuit coupled to the solenoid valve for controlling the solenoid valve to operate the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080108001 - Safety device for gas appliance: A gas appliance includes a pilot burner, one or more main burners, a solenoid valve coupled to the pilot burner and the main burners for controlling the pilot burner and the main burners, and a control circuit coupled to the solenoid valve for controlling the solenoid valve to operate the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080108003 - Candle extinguisher and a method for producing a candle extinguisher: A candle extinguisher formed of a thin-plate non-combustible material includes a body with a ring-shaped part defining an inner space and having an inner diameter at least slightly exceeding the outer diameter of a candle on which the candle extinguisher is to be positioned. The body has a plurality of... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080108004 - Lighter with built-in clip: A protrusion-free cigarette lighter with built-in clip for attachment of a chain or cord, to aid in avoiding loss, theft or misplacement of the lighter. The present invention lighter uniquely may stand on its own even though it has a chain clip, due to the fact that the clip is... Agent: Kenneth P. Glynn

20080102411 - Apparatus and methods for conditioning combustion air: Devices and methods for adjusting the physical properties of air used in the combustion of carbon based fuels are described. Parameters such as air temperature, pressure and moisture content are adjusted before the air is delivered to a combustion chamber of devices such as furnaces, boiler and the like. The... Agent: Sommer Barnard Attorneys,p.c.