Patents by Inventor Gary Bugar

Gary Bugar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Burner housing
    Patent number: 11300291
    Abstract: A burner housing, comprising: an internal cartridge housed in an external housing; wherein the internal cartridge defines a plurality of ports selected from the group consisting of: an inlet cooling fluid port, an outlet cooling fluid port; a burner port; particle injection port; a cooling fluid circuit defined by and/or disposed in the internal cartridge and/or the external housing; and wherein the internal cartridge is made of a first material and the external housing is made from a second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Kovacic, Michael Mattich, Gary Bugar
  • Fluid assisted particle injector
    Patent number: 10870899
    Abstract: A fluid assisted particle injector for a metallurgical furnace, comprising: an injector tube having an entrance end, an exit end and a removable tip; a cover tube disposed over the injector tube; a fluid and particle injector port in line with the longitudinal center axis of the injector tube and a secondary fluid port for directing pressurized fluid over the outside of the injector tube and within the cover tube; the injector tube defining a tapered internal bore having a particle entrance end and a particle exit end, wherein the diameter of the particle exit end is smaller than the diameter of the particle entrance end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Berry Metal Company
    Inventors: Thomas Kovacic, Gary Bugar, Kenneth Geibel
  • FLUID ASSISTED PARTICLE INJECTOR
    Publication number: 20180312934
    Abstract: A fluid assisted particle injector for a metallurgical furnace, comprising: an injector tube having an entrance end, an exit end and a removable tip; a cover tube disposed over the injector tube; a fluid and particle injector port in line with the longitudinal center axis of the injector tube and a secondary fluid port for directing pressurized fluid over the outside of the injector tube and within the cover tube; the injector tube defining a tapered internal bore having a particle entrance end and a particle exit end, wherein the diameter of the particle exit end is smaller than the diameter of the particle entrance end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Kovacic, Gary Bugar, Kenneth Geibel
  • BURNER HOUSING
    Publication number: 20180313537
    Abstract: A burner housing, comprising: an internal cartridge housed in an external housing; wherein the internal cartridge defines a plurality of ports selected from the group consisting of: an inlet cooling fluid port, an outlet cooling fluid port; a burner port; particle injection port; a cooling fluid circuit defined by and/or disposed in the internal cartridge and/or the external housing; and wherein the internal cartridge is made of a first material and the external housing is made from a second material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Kovacic, Michael Mattich, Gary Bugar