Zigzag Patents (Class 122/355)
  • Patent number: 10024606
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating cooling apparatuses are provided, which include providing a thermal transfer structure configured to couple to and cool one or more electronic components. The thermal transfer structure includes a thermal spreader, and at least one coolant-carrying tube coupled to the thermal spreader. The coolant-carrying tube(s) includes multiple tube lengths disposed substantially in a common plane, and an out-of-plane tube bend. The out-of-plane tube bend is couples in fluid communication first and second tube lengths of the multiple tube lengths, and extends out-of-plane from the multiple tube lengths disposed in the common plane. The first and second tube lengths may be spaced apart, with a third tube length disposed between them, and the coolant-carrying tube(s) further includes an in-plane tube bend which couples in fluid communication the third tube length and a fourth tube length of the multiple tube lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amilcar R. Arvelo, Mark A. Brandon, Levi A. Campbell, Michael J. Ellsworth, Jr., Randall G. Kemink, Eric J. McKeever
  • Patent number: 9004019
    Abstract: A water heater includes a water pipe form by bending a pipe. The entire water pipe leans related to a vertical plane to expose all the section to a burner thereunder. All the sections of the water pipe lean downwards related to a horizontal plane. It will make the water in the water in the water pipe flows backwards when no water is supplied to the water heater. Therefore, there will never be water remaining in the water pipe to get rid of the jam problem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Grand Mate Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Chin Huang, Chin-Ying Huang, Hsin-Ming Huang, Hsing-Hsiung Huang, Kuan-Chou Lin, Yen-Jen Yeh
  • Publication number: 20140299074
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a boiler having horizontally arranged flat rectangular water tubes comprising: a water chamber; an inner water chamber to be connected with horizontal water tubes, said horizontally arranged water tubes forming multi-step water tube groups; induction plates provided in the inner water chamber blocking the water path of the horizontal water tubes alternatingly in such a manner as to bend the water path in a zigzag manner; an exhaust gas discharge conduit in straight lattice lines formed by narrow gaps between the horizontal water tubes; and an exhaust gas discharge chamber formed in an upper water chamber. The flat horizontally arranged rectangular water tubes are narrow in their width, making it possible to arrange them densely in the limited space of the combustion chamber, and with their increased heat receiving areas, the water tubes can heat the water in the boiler fast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: GUN WOO NOR
  • Patent number: 6852294
    Abstract: Tubes within a radiant heating section of a coking furnace are arranged differently than in a single vertical column and connected together in a simple, planar serpentine pattern. The tubes are arranged in a plurality of offset or staggered vertical columns. This arrangement permits the upper tubes to be close to the radiant heat source and allows the tube bends connecting adjacent tubes to be of greater radius, so that the pressure at which the feedstock is passed through the tube bundle can be lower allowing more vaporization of the cracked process fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: ConocoPhillips Company
    Inventor: Brian Jay Doerksen
  • Patent number: 5078857
    Abstract: A process and apparatus are disclosed for heating a coking feedstock to a temperature sufficient to effect coking of the coking feedstock in a coking drum, said process and said apparatus being characterized by the fact that the heating is conducted in a double fired heater in which the coking feedstock is heated by flames located on opposite sides of the tubing through which the feedstock flows. The process and apparatus allow for increased coke production and extended operating periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Inventor: M. Shannon Melton
  • Patent number: 4635588
    Abstract: A heater comprising two separate tube nests of which one (29) heats the circulating water by condensation and supercooling and the other (39) heats a partial flow of this water by the desuperheating of steam. Steam is admitted through pipe (16). The foregoing partial flow of water comes from the desuperheating zone of a heater located downstream and is admitted through a manifold (41). Pipes (39) are wound round a central drum (43).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Hamon-Sobelco S.A.
    Inventor: Jules F. R. Ledoux
  • Patent number: 4180019
    Abstract: A process heater which is fired by an ash containing fuel, generally coal, has a housing which includes a front radiant section and a rear convection section. The radiant section is provided with vertically extending process tubes against the walls thereof, arranged in a single row, and horizontal process tubes arranged in a single row across the roof. The horizontal and vertical tubes contain longitudinal fins over the length thereof, with adjacent fins being in contact with each other to provide a fin tube wall which prevents a build-up of ash behind the tubes. The bottom of the radiant section is downwardly and inwardly sloped and terminates in an ash collecting hopper. The process tubes extend along the downwardly and inwardly sloped portion to provide cooling which prevents ash melting whereby ash enters the hopper in solid form for removal. The vertical and horizontal process tubes are interconnected to provide for at least two passes of process fluid through the radiant section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1979
    Assignee: The Lummus Company
    Inventors: Thomas F. O'Sullivan, William H. Pollock
  • Patent number: 4177766
    Abstract: A modular, heat recovery system is provided for use with furnaces, boilers, and the like where otherwise waste exhaust heat is utilized to heat water for home or apartment use. This system includes a plurality of modular pipe loop sections interconnected with one another and mounted in proximity to the stack of the furnace. Each section includes several courses of longitudinally extending U-shaped loops supported on a common perpendicular pipe section at one end and which forms part of a supply line for other sections. Each section is provided with unions and valves by means of which an entire section maybe disconnected for repairs from the other sections without interruption of the operation of the other sections. A drip pan is provided at the lower end of the system to prevent water leaks from dripping onto the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Inventor: Edward S. Richter