Patents Represented by Attorney Steve Dellett
  • Patent number: 5307743
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for deslagging a cyclone furnace in which a series of flexible hollow tubes are inserted into the combustion chamber and the explosive charges in each hollow tube are detonated sequentially. Each of the hollow tubes is biased outwardly against the accumulated slag and ash in the combustion chamber. The hollow tubes may be formed in arcs or rings in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber, and spacer rings may be positioned between each ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1994
    Assignee: Halliburton Company
    Inventor: Linza J. Jones
  • Patent number: 5196648
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for deslagging a cyclone furnace in which a series of flexible hollow tubes are inserted into the combustion chamber and the explosive charges in each hollow tube are detonated sequentially. Each of the hollow tubes is biased outwardly against the accumulated slag and ash in the combustion chamber. The hollow tubes may be formed in arcs or rings in planes perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the combustion chamber, and spacer rings may be positioned between each ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: Jet Research Center, Inc.
    Inventor: Linza J. Jones