Patents Examined by David J Laux
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Patent number: 11835230Abstract: Provided is a cyclonic plasma melting furnace. A melting furnace chamber body includes an inlet through which waste is input and an outlet through which air or gas is discharged. The outlet is provided in a direction opposite to the inlet. At least one plasma torch is provided on the melting furnace chamber body so as to be inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a direction in which the air or the gas is discharged through the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF FUSION ENERGYInventors: Yong Sup Choi, Dae Hyun Choi, In Je Kang, Ji Hun Kim, Sung Hoon Jee, Dong Hun Shin, Seong Bong Kim, Soon Mo Hwang, Chi Kyu Choi
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Patent number: 11835239Abstract: A process and apparatus for heating, cooling or heating and cooling multiple chambers of a food preparation device utilizing heated and/or cooled nebulized water particles and heated and/or cooled compressed air. The steps of heating include heating water contained in reservoir located outside of the cooking chambers, heating compressed air, conveying the heated water and the heated compressed air to at least one nebulizer, nebulizing the heated water into heated water particles and introducing the heated water particles into the cooking chamber via the heated compressed air. The steps of cooling include cooling water contained in an additional reservoir located outside of the cooking chambers, cooling compressed air, conveying the cooled water and the cooled compressed air to at least one nebulizer, nebulizing the cooled water into cooled water particles and introducing the cooled water particles into the cooking chamber via the cooled compressed air.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: AHA, LLCInventor: Robert Hoerter
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Patent number: 11821630Abstract: Disclosed herein is a self-assembly brazier. The self-assembly brazier includes: a pair of floor plates arranged bilaterally symmetrical to face each other; a pair of side wall modules having a plurality of side panels disposed to be rotatable, being combined with each other to face each other symmetrically so that a combustion space is formed, and being arranged on upper surfaces of the floor plates to be erected; and a pair of fuel loading parts seated inside lower portions of the side wall modules so that fuel is loaded on the upper surfaces of the fuel loading parts.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventor: Eun Mi Hwang
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Patent number: 11819104Abstract: Nail gel curing devices emitting ultraviolet light, as well as methods of their making and use are disclosed. The devices are useful for curing, inter alia, acrylic compositions, more particularly, acrylic nail gel compositions, and typically employ ultraviolet and/or visible light emitting diodes (“LED”) to cure such ultraviolet and/or visible light curable nail gel resins.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Nail Alliance, LLCInventors: Kuo-Chang Cheng, Danny Lee Haile
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Patent number: 11815263Abstract: A boiler facility includes first and second fuel transfer apparatuses for transporting fine particulate fuel to a combustor. A first fuel transfer apparatus includes a main body and a diffuser. The main body has a flow space through which fuel is transferred and an inner surface that defines the flow space of the main body and includes a lower inner surface that extends obliquely downward. The diffuser is installed at a downstream end of the main body, the diffuser having a flow space through which fuel is transferred and an inner surface that defines the flow space of the first diffuser and includes a lower inner surface that extends obliquely upward. A second fuel transfer apparatus includes a transfer pipe having a flow channel, a second diffuser installed along the inner circumferential surface of the transfer pipe, and a guide installed in the second diffuser and inclined downward.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: DOOSAN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION CInventor: Gyeong Mo Nam
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Patent number: 11808449Abstract: A fresh-air intake according to aspects of the disclosure includes an outer cover having a pair of side panels disposed in a generally parallel spaced relationship, a top panel coupled to, and disposed generally perpendicular to, each panel of the pair of side panels, a bottom panel disposed generally parallel to the top panel, and a front panel coupled to, and disposed generally perpendicular to, each panel of the pair of side panels and the top panel, the front panel having a window formed therein, a supply line coupled to the bottom panel, a weir extending above the bottom panel and surrounding a junction with the supply line, a baffle disposed inside the outer cover, the baffle being disposed inwardly of the window so as to prevent infiltration of moisture into the supply line, and a weep hole formed in the bottom panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Lennox Industries Inc.Inventors: Eric Perez, Randal Poirier, Eric Chanthalangsy, Steven Schneider
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Patent number: 11805932Abstract: A disposable grill including a base tray as an outer grill cover made in a flammable material, a fuel shaped in a combustible biomass material, and an insert structure made in a heat insulating material for holding the fuel and being partly or fully covered by the base tray, wherein at least one wall thickness of at least one location in the insert structure being defined by one or more characteristics of the fuel and the base tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: NOVO FUTURA IVSInventor: Carsten Nygaard Brøgger
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Patent number: 11802692Abstract: An improved method and system for treating flue gases from a natural gas furnace are provided. The method and system include an acidic gas trap (AGT) adsorber which enables the continuous adsorption and storage of SOx, NOx redox, and formic acid/CO/HC/CH4 oxidation, with a negligible pressure drop. The AGT adsorber includes a catalyst coating having a nanotube structure (e.g., a uniform nanostructure forest coating) or a uniform porous nanostructure of various low-cost oxides through scalable low temperature solution processes, including oxides of Ti, Cu, Ba, Mn, Zr, Zn, Sr, Ca, Li, K, Na, Al, or Ce.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLCInventors: Zhiming Gao, Ayyoub M. Momen, Josh A. Pihl, Timothy J. LaClair, Bo Shen, Xiaobing Liu, Kyle R. Gluesenkamp, James E. Parks, II, Puxian Gao, Alex E. Pawlowski, Kashif Nawaz
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Patent number: 11802691Abstract: A method includes producing an arrangement of grate bars for supporting fuel that is burned in an incinerator or other furnace device. The method includes positioning a pair of grate bars in adjacent side by side relation and with the respective upper sides that are configured to support the fuel, in generally aligned relation. The method further includes after positioning the grate bars, manipulating a fastener through respective recesses that extend in the grate bars, so that the grate bars are held in operative connection and in pressed together relation by the fastener. The method further includes subsequent to the fastener manipulation step, covering the recesses with at least one cover, such that the fastener is rendered inaccessible through the upper sides of the grate bars.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: MARTIN GmbH fur Umwelt- und EnergietechnikInventors: Helmut Pupp, Ulrich Martin, Axel Hanenkamp
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Patent number: 11802360Abstract: A fluid flow system for a laundry appliance includes a blower that delivers process air along an airflow path having a heat exchanger. A drain channel receives condensate from the heat exchanger and fluid spray from a spray nozzle for directing lint particles to the drain channel and on to a sump for collecting fluid, including the condensate. A pump seat and a fluid outlet are integrally formed in a sump cover. A pump directs the fluid from the sump to the fluid outlet. A fluid level sensor detects at least minimum and maximum capacities of the fluid in the sump. When the fluid is below the minimum capacity, the pump defines an idle state. When the fluid reaches the minimum capacity, the pump defines an active state. When the fluid exceeds the maximum capacity, the pump directs the fluid to the fluid outlet.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2023Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Gianluca Bocchino, Roy E. Masters, Arun Rajendran
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Patent number: 11795407Abstract: A gasifier for organic solid waste by injection into molten iron and slag bath includes a gasification furnace, a liquid level adjusting furnace and a slag discharge and heat exchange shaft furnace. The liquid level adjusting furnace, in communication with the bottom of the gasification furnace, contains 1200-1700° C. molten iron-based alloy liquid, which is covered with molten liquid slag layer. When gas pressure above or liquid volume in the liquid level adjusting furnace increases, liquid level of the molten liquid in the gasification furnace rises simultaneously. A particle material injection lance is immersed, through which organic particles to be gasified are blown into molten bath, and oxygen gas or oxygen-enriched air as gasifying agent is blown into the melt at the same time. Organic substance is gasified into CO-rich and H2-rich syngas, and most of inorganic substance enters molten slag and is discharged termly.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Inventor: Qiang Niu
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Patent number: 11796188Abstract: A cooking device includes a frame forming a cooking chamber; a door opening and closing the cooking chamber; a burner cover disposed in the cooking chamber; and a burner located in the burner cover, the burner generating a flame, wherein the burner cover is provided with a first hole providing a path through which air flows, and the frame is provided with a second hole communicating with the first hole, the second hole providing a path through which the air flows.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kookhaeng Lee, Jeahyuk Wie, Seungyoun Kim
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Patent number: 11795617Abstract: A method for producing an object, wherein the method comprises drying the object or a primary product thereof, the object or a primary product thereof being at least partially dried in at least one drying device, wherein at least one of the at least one drying units contains at least one infrared radiator which is at least partially heated by means of biogas, a combustion gas selected from the group consisting of oxygen, air or other oxygen-containing gases is added to the biogas before said biogas is supplied to the at least one infrared radiator in order to heat said at least one infrared radiator, and the oxygen content in the waste gas resulting from the at least one infrared radiator being heated by means of the biogas is measured by means of a measuring device and the amount of combustion gas added to the biogas.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Meri Environmental Solutions GmbH, Voith Patent GmbHInventors: Lucas Menke, George Troubounis, Henning Laubrock, Philipp Kückmann
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Patent number: 11796178Abstract: An oven appliance includes a cabinet. A chamber is defined within the cabinet for receipt of food items for cooking. The oven appliance also includes a gas burner positioned proximate to a bottom portion of the chamber with a combustion products guide structure positioned and oriented to guide combustion products from the gas burner to an outlet proximate a back wall of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Hans Juergen Paller, Rebekah Leigh Tyler
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Patent number: 11786075Abstract: A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non powered) combustion chamber that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Hyper Fryer, LLCInventors: David H. McFadden, David A. Bolton
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Patent number: 11779155Abstract: A high efficiency heating apparatus for heating fluids and cooking mediums, such as oil or shortening within a fryer, includes a natural draft (non powered) combustion chamber that is affixed to an exterior surface of a fry tank.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Hyper Fryer, LLCInventors: David H. McFadden, David A. Bolton
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Patent number: 11781749Abstract: A furnace using biomass pellets as fuel, comprising a housing arranged on a base, wherein the housing is internally provided with a burning chamber, the bottom of which is provided with a burning grate, and the burning chamber is connected with a primary oxygen supply device; the primary oxygen supply device comprises an oxygen supply cylinder that communicates with the outside, and the bottom end of the oxygen supply cylinder is connected with an oxygen supply pipe II configured to blow air over the burning grate, and a plurality of air outlet holes I is defined in the oxygen supply cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: Qingdao Genjoy Home Fashion Co., Ltd., QSTOVES INC.Inventor: Xiaohui Wu
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Patent number: 11761637Abstract: A method and apparatus for a manual gas valve. The manual gas valve may include at least one internal spring and a valve plug. The internal spring may be independent from an external spring and a valve stem. The internal spring may be positioned in a constant installed height. The internal spring includes a constant spring force applied to the valve plug. The one or more manual gas valves may be used in a variety of applications.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Richard W. Cowan
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Patent number: 11761628Abstract: An apparatus for breaking apart a substance is provided. The apparatus includes a body configured to be selectively secured via a fastener between two surfaces of a container and to break apart the substance upon impact. At least a portion of the body is operative to drop towards a bottom surface of the container upon removal of the fastener so as to facilitate removal of the substance from the container.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: United Conveyor CorporationInventor: Dennis Bowin
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Patent number: 11759050Abstract: Embodiments of an outdoor cooking station having heating elements extending to define a griddle portion and a range portion of the cooking station. The griddle portion may include a griddle covered with a hood pivotably mounted to the griddle. The range portion may include a grate with heating elements sized to heat, for example, fluids in a receptacle on the cooking station. Further, the grate of the range portion may be sized and configured to removably secure a cage for safely holding and maintaining the receptacle over the grate.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: North Atlantic Imports, LLCInventors: Roger Dahle, Jeffrey D. Clark