Combustion inventions 01/09

20090029299 - Method for the selective safety-related monitoring of entrained-flow gasification reactors: While ensuring technical safety and a short start-up time the invention permits the operation of autothermic partial oxidation of fuels processed into pulverized fuel such as lignite and bituminous coals, petroleum cokes, solid grindable carbon-containing residues, as well as solid-liquid suspensions or slurries, with a gasification agent containing oxygen at... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090029300 - Method, system and apparatus for firing control: Disclosed herein is a method of controlling the air to fuel ratio in a burner containing a venturi assembly. The venturi includes an air inlet, a primary fuel inlet with a converging section, a throat portion downstream from the converging section, a diverging section downstream from the throat portion, an... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090029301 - Safety flint lighter: A safety flint lighter is provided that an adult is allowed to easily make an ignition with a single action without allowing a child to easily lean how to ignite a flame. A safety flint lighter has an ignition device using a flint and a sparking file wheel and structured... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090029302 - System of close coupled rapid mix burner cells: A burner system that utilizes a plurality of single stage rapid mix burner cells which are organized into one or more self-stabilizing matrices. The assemblage combines the advantageous operating characteristics of nozzle mix and premixed type burners and achieves extremely low NOx, CO, and hydrocarbon emissions.... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20090029303 - Flare stack adapted to heat incoming fuel: A flare stack that preferably comprises a burner assembly, an exhaust stack, an housing, and a fuel line. The burner assembly burns a fuel to generate thermal energy and combustion byproducts. The exhaust stack is cooperatively associated with the burner assembly to direct the thermal energy and combustion byproducts away... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.c.

20090029304 - Adjustable height candle holder jar: An adjustable height holder jar for consumable items includes a stack of accurately fitted rings forming the side atop a closed bottom section. The jar is intended to be factory filled with scented candle wax with a typical wick in the center or with a collection of consumable items, such... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20090029305 - Candlestick: A candlestick includes a tubular cartridge of biodegradable material having an upper end which forms a socket for a candle and a lower end, and a sleeve of flexible biodegradable material encircling the cartridge and extending appreciably above the upper end thereof. The sleeve is collapsible lengthwise towards the upper... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20090029306 - Ceramic burner plate: The present invention relates to a ceramic burner plate for infrared radiators which includes a lithium silicate as a main constituent. The burner plates according to the invention can have a content of lithium oxide within the range of 0.63% by weight to 7.6% by weight and they exhibit a... Agent: Jones & Smith, LLP

20090023104 - Lighter for heating up a smokeless cigarette: A lighter for heating-up a smokeless cigarette comprises a housing having a fuel reservoir connected with a burner nozzle via a valve. An igniting device is disposed near the burner nozzle. The valve is openable by an actuator provided on the housing, whereby a flame is ignited by the igniting... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20090023105 - System for controlling gas supply to a gas burner of a patio heater: A patio heater gas control system (10), the system (10) comprising: a timing module (50) to set a predetermined amount of time for gas to be supplied to a gas burner of the patio heater (20); an electromechanical valve (60) to control the flow of gas from a gas tank... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090017402 - Passive mixing device for staged combustion of gaseous boiler fuels: A steam generating boiler having a matrix means for reducing combustion volume. Matrix means is placed in the combustion furnace of a steam generating boiler, preferably downstream of fuel and oxidant stream. Matrix means produces a shorter combustion envelope than that of a conventional boiler, allowing for reduced volume steam... Agent: The Babcock & Wilcox Company

20090017403 - Method for setting the air ratio on a firing device and a firing device: The temperature generated by a firing apparatus, particularly a gas burner, depends on the mixing ratio between the quantity of air and the quantity of gas fed to the firing apparatus, characterized by the excess air coefficient λ, at a predefined burner load (air mass flow rate) in such a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090017404 - Stovetop/range warning and control fire safety system: In a stove (100) with a burner area (102), a burner (104) within the burner area (102), and either a gas supply line (144a) or an electrical line (144b), the system monitors conditions in or around the burner area (102), the burner (104) within the burner area (102), or the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20090017405 - Method for producing a hot gas by oxidation comprising a delay prior to scavenging: The invention relates to an optimized method for producing a hot gas by oxidation of an active material having an oxidized form and a reduced form using a rotary reactor or a simulated-rotation reactor. According to the invention, the production cycle comprises a flow interruption between an oxidation stage and... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090017406 - Combustion control system of detection and analysis of gas or fuel oil flames using optical devices: A system of detection and analysis of gas or fuel oil flames using optical devices, consisting of a sensor that targets the flame's reaction zone through an optical access, a processing and control module, and an actuator, responsible for controlling the damper. The system optimizes combustion equipment operation by controlling... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt LLC

20090017407 - Adjustable burner: A burner suppliable with a mixture of air and fuel comprises a body of the burner provided with a diffuser in the surface of which openings are made for the exit of said mixture delivered into the body of the burner, and a distributing device inserted inside said body of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090011378 - Apparatus and method for burning a fuel: A novel device is described for combusting a liquid or powdered fuel having an atomizer nozzle (2), which has a valve configuration (41) for the control of the supply of the fuel, a compressed air connection (4), a mixing chamber (38) for mixing the fuel with compressed air, and a... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090011379 - Combustion initiator: The combustion initiator of this invention preferably includes at least two separate combustible chemical constituents including a fuel cell and an ignition pellet. An igniter has a third combustible material thereon which can be manually caused to move and bring the combustible material into contact with the ignition pellet. The... Agent: Bradley P. Heisler Heisler & Associates

20090004611 - Low velocity staged combustion for furnace atmosphere control: An improved staged combustion method useful with oxy-fuel combustion and in a furnace which contains a charge, wherein substoichiometric combustion and low velocity injection of fuel and primary and secondary oxidant are carried out in an orientation which forms a reducing atmosphere proximate the charge surface.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20090004612 - Gas-fired heating appliance having a flammable vapor sensor control device: A gas-fired heating appliance includes a burner, a gas valve module for supplying a fuel gas to the burner, a power module for applying a voltage to the gas valve module, and a flammable vapor sensor module for detecting a flammable vapor. The flammable vapor sensor module interrupts the voltage... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090004613 - Child resistant utility lighter: A child resistant utility lighter having a handle, a barrel mounted in the handle and extending outward, a fuel tank within the handle and for containing liquefied gaseous fuel, a gas valve mounted on the fuel tank, a trigger being able to startup the piezoelectric unit to generate sparks for... Agent: Jackey Hong

20090004614 - Candle with lid for dispensing an air treatment chemical: Candles are provided for dispensing air treatment chemicals in response to heat. There is a lid bearing the air treatment chemical. The candle includes a housing with a combustible fuel. An upper lid includes a cover plate bearing the air treatment chemical and an opening centrally disposed in the plate... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.