Abstract: A flame-stoking attachment for a grill cooker for stoking the flames and charcoal of the grill cooker to quicken cooking of food. The flame-stoking attachment for a grill cooker includes a housing having a wall, an open top end, and an open bottom end; and also includes a support collar being mounted about the wall of the housing; and further includes a fan assembly being disposed in the housing; and also includes a jointed hose member having a first end which is attached to the open top end of the housing and having a second end; and further includes a nozzle being attached to the second end of the jointed hose member and being adapted to direct fan-driven air upon flames in the grill cooker; and also includes a clip assembly for attaching the housing to a wall of the grill cooker.

Abstract: A safety device for ignition gun mainly has a knob, a push button, a spring, and a reed piece, disposed in the housing of an ignition gun, in which both the knob and the push button are slidable relatively to the housing while the reed piece is fixedly positioned in the housing; and the spring is arranged between a base, which is jointed to the push button, and the housing structure such that a projecting portion of the base confronts against a bottom edge of the knob to keep the knob immovable under normal conditions. When the push button is pushed to have the projecting portion checked by a barb of the reed piece, the projecting portion is meanwhile released from the bondage of the knob such that the knob would become depressible, and during a depression travel of the knob, the reed piece is depressed and the barb would depart from the projecting portion to restore the push button to its original position.

Abstract: A stove for solid fuel, with sensor controlled, motor driven adjustment means for respective different types of intake air and with a control unit which is programmable for selective control of the adjustment means in order to optimise the combustion under various operational conditions, in particular during a lighting up phase, an operative phase of high or low effect, a refiring phase, and a burn-out phase.

Abstract: The cool-door oven comprises a chamber which has an opening that can be closed by a hinged door. The chamber is mounted on a chassis with the chamber being insulated with respect to the chassis and the oven door being hinged to the chassis. Application to ovens intended for cooking food for domestic or communal use.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to an illumination device. More particularly, the present invention relates to providing an illumination device included in a portable gas torch apparatus. A control element in a first position, selects a light switch apparatus for turning on or off a light to illuminate the object being heated or soldered. In a second position, the control element selects a gas flow control apparatus for turning on or off the portable gas torch gas flow. In a third position, the control element selects an ignition apparatus for igniting the gas in a burner region of the gas torch.

Abstract: A floating candle holder is provided that includes: an anchor portion formed of a material having a density greater than that of water; a candle having a wick, the candle positioned above the anchor portion; and a shield portion having an opening defined in the top thereof for changing the candle, the shield portion positioned above the anchor portion, about the candle, and extending above the top of the wick of the candle by an amount that is at least 0.7 times as high as the largest horizontal internal dimension of the opening defined in the top of the shield portion. The anchor portion and shield portion are adapted to float the candle on water. The water line of the floating candle holder is within the bottom two-thirds of the overall height of the floating candle holder, and the center of gravity is below the water line, whereby the location of the center of gravity below the water line helps stabilize the floating candle holder against being capsized by winds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for combustion of fuels of arbitrary state of aggregation, which are burnt with air, possibly with the addition of water, and a reactor therefore, which is intended to optimize the combustion method. A solid, liquid and/or gaseous fuel, possibly water and/or an oxidizing agent are introduced into a reaction chamber (2) in its axial direction under high pressure, the amount of injected pressurized air corresponding to the amount of air necessary for the complete combustion, and the introduced mixture is led to a deflection surface (7) in the interior of the reaction chamber (2), whereby it is atomized, sublimates and/or evaporates and burns explosively, before it can reach the wall or the bottom of the reaction chamber (2).

Abstract: A fluid heater system with tiltable heater assembly for facilitating the performance of maintenance on the heater assembly. The fluid heater system with tiltable heater assembly includes a support frame and a heater assembly mounted on the support frame. The heater assembly comprises a combustion chamber and a burner apparatus for burning fuel in the combustion chamber. The heater assembly is pivotally mounted on the support frame for permitting pivoting of the heater assembly in a substantially vertical plane with respect to the support frame such that the heater assembly is pivotable between an operational position and a maintenance position. The operational position is characterized by a central axis of the combustion chamber being oriented in a substantially vertical direction and the maintenance position is characterized by the central axis being rotated from the substantially vertical direction toward a generally horizontal direction.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for operating a pilot burner apparatus and a main burner apparatus of a gas-fired appliance. The pilot burner apparatus draws combustion air from a first environment. The main combustion apparatus draws air from a second environment. In a shutdown condition, such as when a flammable vapor source is accidentally exposed to the second environment, the pilot burner apparatus draws air containing an undesired flammable vapor which eliminates the pilot flame, triggering a gas valve to close and shut down the fuel gas supply to the main burner apparatus and the pilot burner apparatus.

Abstract: A portable gas burner in which the base is comprised of a hollow disk-like shell and a plurality of sector plates detachably fastened to one another and to the periphery of the disk-like shell by screws; the reflector is comprised of a reflector disk and a plurality of sector plates detachably fastened to one another and to the periphery of the reflector disk by screw rods and wing nuts, which screw rods being respectively formed integral with the sector plates of the reflector.

Abstract: In a combustion process, especially one used for melting glass, the delivery of fuel is ensured by an apparatus having at least one burner (5) which is equipped with at least one injector (1) that includes a liquid fuel delivery tube (2) which has at least one internal wall (25) and an injected fluid delivery tube (3) arranged concentrically with respect to the liquid fuel delivery tube. Immediately before injecting the liquid fuel from its delivery tube, one puts it in the shape of a hollow jet basically assuming the shape of the internal wall. This has application for the reduction of NOx in a glass-making oven.

Abstract: An ignition device for stove comprises a battery container projected from a housing of the stove and having a battery therein, a releasable ignition switch projected from an outer end of the battery container and being capable of detaching therefrom for removing the battery from the battery container for replacement when the battery is used up, a high voltage generator within the stove being electrically coupled to the battery container through a first conductive line, and at least one second conductive line extended from the high voltage generator and having an arc tip proximal to a stove head of the stove. An electrical connection is established between the high voltage generator and the battery when the ignition switch is pressed for generating an arc in the art tip by the high voltage generator for igniting gas flowed from the stove head.

Abstract: A burner having improved flame quality even at high turn-down ratios. The burner includes a flow director which is preferably a bent sheet or plate positioned in the burner to alter the flow geometry of the air component into a series of channels where the air mixes with the fuel. Preferably the flow director is perforated, the perforations providing a second avenue for the flow of air into the mixing channel.

Abstract: A portable fire ring assembly includes at least three substantially identically configured curved ring sections. Each ring section has a body defined by an upper edge, a lower edge and opposing ends. Each end includes a pair of engaging structures extending therefrom. Each engaging structure includes a male member and a female member, whereby male members of one ring section are removably engagable with female members of another of the ring sections such that the ring sections may be joined to define a ring sized to surround a campfire.

Abstract: A control for a solar-heating and ventillation-cooling air type solar system has temperature sensors, dual air distribution valves, valve actuators and a fan-integrated into a single module that is removably mounted together with a modular solar system enclosure. The control senses the interior space temperature and the exterior enviornment temperature, and determines and effects a solar system operating mode to provide a comfort function in all seasons. The control provides recirculation heating, direct heating, ventillation cooling and cool conservation, or variable combinations thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lighter including a housing having a handle at one end and a nozzle at another end and including a fuel supply connected for selective fluid communication with the nozzle. A release member is cooperatively connected to the housing to initiate the flow of fuel from the fuel supply to the nozzle. An ignitor, such as a piezoelectric mechanism, is provided for generating a spark proximate the nozzle. A trigger spaced from the release member is operatively connected to the housing for actuating the ignitor for the generation of a spark igniting the fuel present at the nozzle.

Abstract: A torch comprising a frame structure with a fuel container disposed therein, a flame guard cap extending upwardly from the frame with an aperture formed therein, a wick disposed in the aperture, and a rotatable snuffer cap attached to the frame and adapted to cover the wick.

Abstract: A barbecue grill having a cooking surface and a retractable light mounted to an upper portion of the lower grill housing and moveable between a first operable position and a second stored position. In the operable position the light is oriented to illuminate the cooking surface of the grill. In the stored position, the top surface of the light is substantially aligned with the cooking surface and the top surface of an auxiliary shelf attached to the grill. The light may also be supplied separately for retrofit on any existing grill.

Abstract: A gas fired burner is provided for use in applications such as chemical process furnaces for process heaters in refineries and chemical plants, and the like. The burner is provided with a plurality of fuel gas inlets for enabling manipulation of the flame shape and combustion characteristics of the burner, based upon variation in the distribution of fuel gas between the various fuel gas inlets.A combination pilot and flame holder for a burner, such as may be used in process heaters and furnaces for refineries, chemical plants and the like, is also provided. The pilot is mounted atop a supply pipe for premixed fuel and air, which is positioned in the bore of a burner quarl. The pilot includes a radially outwardly extending flange which is upstream of a surface combustion flame holder for establishing a radially directed surface combustion flame.The present invention also provides a low-emissions burner and pilot system for use in such process heaters and furnaces.

Abstract: A low cost prefabricated fireplace is provided with an open-ended fireplace box which requires no outer sheet metal shroud or housing as employed in the prior art sheet metal fireplaces. The novel fireplace box has at least five walls which consist substantially of insulating reinforced ceramic fiber (RCF) material and a binder. A modular burner system is removably mounted on the bottom wall of the fireplace box and a floor panel is mounted on the modular burner system forming an air chamber below the floor panel in the fireplace box. A decorative surround trim is attached to the open end of the fireplace box which serves to support fixed or operable glass doors. A log set which may include a log burner is mounted above the floor panel which supports a decorative log set. Apertures are made in the sides or top of the fireplace box to accommodate an air supply and/or an exhaust stack.