Patents by Inventor Reginald Dennis Northcote

Reginald Dennis Northcote 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).

  • Industrial boilers
    Patent number: 4080932
    Abstract: An industrial boiler installation, comprising an outer continuous shell within which is contained the water space of the boiler, a furnace and a plurality of smoke tubes for passage therethrough of the products of combustion of the furnace and the boiler having at least two fuel supply means, at least one of which extends through the shell and the water space, one of the fuel supply means supplying HCV fuel to the furnace and the other supplying LCV fuel to the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Assignee: Parkinson Cowan GWB Limited
    Inventor: Reginald Dennis Northcote
  • Apparatus for feeding solid fuel to a furnace grate
    Patent number: 4080931
    Abstract: An apparatus for feeding solid fuel to a furnace grate comprising a conduit adapted, in use, to extend downwards through the roof of the furnace, means for feeding solid fuel to the conduit above the lower end thereof said means including at least one fuel propulsion element and drive means to cause the element to move to propel the fuel in a desired direction and means to cause a rapid deceleration in the movement of the element whereby any fuel adhering to the element is flung therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1978
    Assignee: Parkinson Cowan GWB Limited
    Inventors: Reginald Dennis Northcote, Frank William Osborne