Patents by Inventor Jesse E. Cates

Jesse E. Cates 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).

  • Fluidic burner with heat stability
    Patent number: 11313554
    Abstract: A burner comprises a central passageway and outlets for fuel and for stabilizing oxidant arranged peripherally around the central passageway, and comprises outlets within the burner through which biasing gas, such as gas comprising oxygen, can be injected to enable control of the direction of the flame that is generated by combustion of the fuel and the oxidant at the face of the burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse E Cates, Bryan R Bielec, Larry E Cates, Bradley D Damstedt, Megha Jampani
  • Reduced fouling in staged combustion
    Patent number: 10859260
    Abstract: In staged combustion, wherein fuel is fed into a furnace, and less than all of the gaseous oxidant needed to completely combust the fuel is fed with the fuel and combusted, providing uncombusted fuel, and the remaining portion of gaseous oxidant needed to combust the fuel is fed into the furnace through a second port, fuel is fed and combusted at the second port to heat the second port and lessen the tendency of deposits to form at the second port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Osemwengie Uyi Iyoha, Jesse E Cates
  • FLUIDIC BURNER WITH HEAT STABILITY
    Publication number: 20200080720
    Abstract: A burner comprises a central passageway and outlets for fuel and for stabilizing oxidant arranged peripherally around the central passageway, and comprises outlets within the burner through which biasing gas, such as gas comprising oxygen, can be injected to enable control of the direction of the flame that is generated by combustion of the fuel and the oxidant at the face of the burner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jesse E Cates, Bryan R Bielec, Larry E Cates, Bradley D Damstedt, Megha Jampani
  • REDUCED FOULING IN STAGED COMBUSTION
    Publication number: 20190113222
    Abstract: In staged combustion, wherein fuel is fed into a furnace, and less than all of the gaseous oxidant needed to completely combust the fuel is fed with the fuel and combusted, providing uncombusted fuel, and the remaining portion of gaseous oxidant needed to combust the fuel is fed into the furnace through a second port, fuel is fed and combusted at the second port to heat the second port and lessen the tendency of deposits to form at the second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Osemwengie Uyi Iyoha, Jesse E Cates
  • Method and system of removing accretion buildup in a furnace
    Patent number: 8703042
    Abstract: A method and system for method for removing solid accretions from a copper anode or holding furnace using coherent jet lance assembly directed towards the solid accretions in the bottom portion of the copper anode furnace to melt the solid accretions over an extended period of time without damage to the furnace refractory proximate a point of stream impingement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian C. Deneys, Stephen A. Manley, William J. Mahoney, Kevin W. Albrecht, Jesse E. Cates, Arsenio C. Enriquez, Jr., Kyle Brent Wright
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REMOVING ACCRETION BUILDUP IN A FURNACE
    Publication number: 20120175827
    Abstract: A method and system for method for removing solid accretions from a copper anode or holding furnace using coherent jet lance assembly directed towards the solid accretions in the bottom portion of the copper anode furnace to melt the solid accretions over an extended period of time without damage to the furnace refractory proximate a point of stream impingement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Inventors: Adrian C. Deneys, Stephen A. Manley, William J. Mahoney, Kevin W. Albrecht, Jesse E. Cates, Arsenio C. Enriquez, JR., Kyle Brent Wright