Combustion inventions 04/09

20090111063 - Lean premixed, radial inflow, multi-annular staged nozzle, can-annular, dual-fuel combustor: A lean premixed, radial inflow, multi-annular staged nozzle for creating three independent combustion zones within a can-annular, dual-fuel gas turbine combustor is provided. The nozzle includes a pilot zone fueled by a gas pilot nozzle and center cartridge; a flame holder zone fueled by an inner main gas fuel; a... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090111064 - Burner system and method of operating a burner for reduced nox emissions: A burner system and method of operating a burner for reduced NOx emissions. The burner system comprises a flame stabilizer, at least one fuel staging lance, an actuated valve, a temperature sensor and a controller. The amount of fuel to the flame stabilizer relative to the amount of fuel to... Agent: Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Patent Department

20090111065 - Method and apparatus for controlling combustion in a burner: A method and apparatus that applies corrections to the mass flow rate of combustion air into a gas or oil-fired, forced-draft burner, and thus provides for correcting the air-fuel ratio, by directly measuring the combustion air temperature and/or the barometric pressure of the combustion air, and using these measurements to... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20090111066 - Wick-holder assembly: A wick-holder assembly includes a wick-retention member for retaining a wick thereto and a heat-conductive element extending from a base portion. The heat-conductive element may include materials having different thermal expansion coefficients. The materials may be arranged to interact to cause a portion of the heat-conductive element to move in... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20090104573 - Gas burner system: A gas burner system includes a power supply device, one or a number of gas burners, one or a number of gas valve for controlling the fuel gas passage(s) of the gas burner(s), one or a number of control device each having an operating device for inputting a command signal,... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20090104574 - Utility lighter: A utility lighter includes a housing having an elongated tube portion, an actuation button depressibly mounted at a housing portion of the housing, a safety wheel rotated and mounted at the actuation button, and a blocker driven to move by a rotational movement of the safety wheel between an inoperative... Agent: Big J&j Int'l

20090104575 - Microencapsulation of fuel for dosage heat release, remote activated: A method for oil-based fuel dispersion in the form of micron and submicron Droplets with typical size distribution 0.5-20 microns where said Droplets are coated with a polymer-based shell containing metal nanoparticles that enable the droplets to absorb laser irradiation and utilize laser energy to initialize fuel burning.... Agent: Artem Shtatnov

20090104576 - Furnace using plasma ignition system for hydrocarbon combustion: An apparatus and method for the creation, placement and control of an area of electrical ionization within an internal combustion engine combustion chamber or a fuel burner for a furnace is disclosed. A furnace includes a fuel source, a fuel burner, a plasma nozzle and igniter assembly, and the associated... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20090104577 - Candle with an embedded magnet or ferromagnetic material: A candle is disclosed that contains a small magnet (or ferromagnetic material) embedded in the base of the candle. In one embodiment, the base of a cylindrical candle contains a magnet (or ferromagnetic material) molded into the body of the candle such that a face of the magnet (or ferromagnetic... Agent: Devon C. Campbell

20090098492 - Methods and apparatus for starting and operating a thermal abatement system: A flame sensor apparatus for use with a flame heated thermal abatement reactor is provided, including a flame sensor adapted to sense a flame within the thermal abatement reactor; and a shutter adapted to selectively block the transmission of radiation from the flame to the flame sensor.... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20090098493 - Child resistant flint lighter with free wheel: A child resistant flint lighter having a body on which a pair of brackets are formed, a pivotal means being of bar-shaped and installed on the pair of brackets, a free wheel rotatably installed on the pivotal means, a flint wheel covering on the pivotal means, a fixed wheel covering... Agent: Wilson Wu

20090098494 - 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 mechanism having at least one claw is movable to... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090098495 - Device for lighting burners in a household appliance, in particular a cooking or barbecue range: A device including high voltage generating means accommodated in an electrical insulating casing, spark generating means adapted to be arranged near respective burners of a household appliance to be ignited and electrical connection means between the high voltage generating means and the spark generating means; the high voltage generating means... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP (itw)

20090098496 - Heat exchanger with nox-reducing triangle: A heat exchanger having a frame and a combustion tube mounted to the frame wherein the combustion tube is configured to contain a flame produced from a fuel/air mixture introduced therein, and the combustion tube is configured to exhaust combustion products of the fuel/air mixture, the improvement comprising an insert... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20090092935 - Method for effective degassing of wicks: A process for degassing or presoaking wicks used in the manufacturing of candles. Spools of raw wick are placed in a wax bath. The door to the vacuum chamber is then closed and the pressure in the chamber is reduced. The reduction of the pressure forces wax into the wick... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090092936 - Pressure regulator with bleed orifice: A pressure regulator having a housing that defines a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a reference pressure connector. A diaphragm is provided in the housing, where the diaphragm defines, at least in part, a reference pressure chamber. In some illustrative embodiments, the reference pressure connector fluidly references the reference... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090092937 - Electronic gas control system: An electronic gas control apparatus including a variable flow valve, an igniter, a flame sensor, and an electronic controller is provided. The valve has a flow range that equals or exceeds a required flow range for any one of the types of gas suitably combusted by the burner. The electronic... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20090092938 - Candle maker and redresser: A used candle is held against a flat electrically heated wax melting surface for removing the shoulder and the crater from the candle. The melted wax is directed through a drain to a container. The melted wax may be poured into a separate candle mold, or the container may be... Agent: Nicholas A. Camasto Ltd

20090092939 - Torch and canister: A fuel canister is provided comprising a vessel for containing a fuel. A fitment is located in a wall of the vessel and a gripping portion is located in another wall of the vessel. The gripping portion may include a rib formed by raised and recessed areas. The rib may... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090087805 - In-furnace gas injection port: Tertiary nozzle of port for gas injection into furnace includes a contracted flow producing channel provided obliquely toward central axis from the upstream side of gas flow so that the gas flow has a velocity component heading from the outer circumferential side of the port toward the central axis and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C