Combustion inventions 06/09

20090162801 - Device and method for a gas burner: A gas range having a cook top and a gas burner assembly connected to a source of gas having a variable flow rate. The burner assembly is positioned in the cook top. The gas burner assembly has a burner body with a gas input, the gas input is in a... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090162802 - Attenuating cumbustion noise of premixed flames: Disclosure is made of methods, systems, and apparatus for changing characteristics of noise of premixed flames supported on burners by heating burner passageways by an amount that attenuates combustion noises arising from premixed flames. Alternatively, attenuation occurs by controlling a temperature differential between a first point relative to a premixed... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090162803 - Two chambered illuminating lighter: A lighter comprises an inner lighter housing and an outer housing that slideably fits over the inner lighter housing to form a two chamber structure. An illumination assembly attaches to the lighter. The illumination assembly comprises a light emitting diode (LED) on an inside portion of the illumination assembly, positioned... Agent: Chan Law Group Lc

20090162804 - Electronic control of a wick containing flaming entity: The present invention is an apparatus that allows a torch, lantern, or candle user to ignite an actual flame electronically with the turn of a switch. Furthermore, this invention provides the means for the user to remove the flame without the need to blow it out or manually snuff the... Agent: Michael Berns Maloney, Parkinson And Berns

20090148797 - Method for carrying out combined burning in a recovering furnace: The invention relates to a burning method carried out in furnace provided with energy recovering means and burners, wherein a part of burners are embodied in the form of aero-combustible burners and the other part thereof are embodied in the form of oxy-combustible burners which are placed under the air... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property

20090148798 - Method for starting a combustion device under unknown basic conditions: A method for starting a combustion device, in particular after a first ignition failure, in particular for starting a gas burner under unknown basic conditions, wherein a characteristic diagram of a start air ratio depending on the burner temperature known from empirical analysis is stored for the combustion device in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090148799 - Method for burner and burner device: Burner device (2) for an industrial furnace (1) comprising a channel (3) for fuel, a channel (4) for a first oxidant, an outlet (9) for flue gases, a control device (10) and a heat buffer (7), where the first oxidant and the flue gases alternatingly are led through the heat... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090148800 - Furnace panel leak detection system: A furnace panel leak monitoring and control system for fluid-cooled panels in high temperature industrial furnaces such as, for example, smelting furnaces, blast furnaces and electric arc furnaces. The system performs at least two and up four functions simultaneously. At minimum, the system includes one or more temperature sensors received... Agent: John F. Letchford

20090142716 - Combustion apparatus: A combustion apparatus comprising: a device for mixing a fuel with an oxidant; a combustion chamber in which combustion of the fuel/oxidant mix takes place; a pre-chamber located between the device and the combustion chamber; and means for supplying a gas to the pre-chamber so as to form a film... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090142717 - Metering combustion control: Metering combustion control in a fired equipment is disclosed in which both the fuel flow rate and the combustion air flow rate are metered in a desired ratio corresponding to a master firing rate demand, and the master firing rate demand combustion air flow directed to the combustion air regulating... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20090142718 - Artificial acetylene gas candle: An improved artificial candle having an exterior appearance of a traditional wax candle, but which provides illumination by means of producing and burning acetylene gas.... Agent: Thomas, Raring, & Teague, P.C.

20090142719 - Venturi housing assembly and method: A venturi housing assembly having a horizontal wall that is cast as part of the venturi housing assembly. A plurality of gas/air release openings are cast into the horizontal wall that gradually provide a balanced mix of gas and air to one or more burner heads and release the gas... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.