Patents Examined by Gregory A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 12222163
    Abstract: A cooler for cooling bulk material, such as cement clinker, for example, may include an aeration floor through which cooling gas can flow. The aeration floor may be configured to receive bulk material and to transport the bulk material in a conveying direction. The aeration floor comprises a plurality of conveying beams that are mounted so as to be movable in the conveying direction and counter to the conveying direction. A seal is mounted between two adjacent conveying beams, and the seal has at least two sealing elements mounted so as to be movable relative to one another. The sealing elements each have a sealing profile, which interact with one another such that a sealing gap is formed between them. The sealing gap has a double or multiple U-profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: thyssenkrupp Polysius GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
    Inventors: Ludwig Koenning, Justin Bisping, Stefanie Richter, Michael Streffing, Rolf Rieger, Frank Crabus, Jochen Altfeld
  • Patent number: 12209747
    Abstract: Provided is a boiler including a heat generation body, a container including the heat generation body, and a water pipe to be heated by heat generated by the heat generation body under environment where the inside of the container is filled with gas with higher specific heat than that of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: MIURA CO., LTD., Clean Planet Inc.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Otani, Nobuyuki Ishizaki
  • Patent number: 12203704
    Abstract: Provided are dynamic sealing structure and rotary kiln apparatus. Dynamic sealing structure includes kiln tail, discharging cover, sealing mechanism, guiding mechanism and balancing device. Discharging cover includes discharging cover cylinder and discharging cover end face connected to same, discharging cover cylinder is arranged on outer side of circumferential wall of kiln tail in sleeving manner, and discharging cover end face and end face of the kiln tail are arranged at intervals. Sealing mechanism is arranged between discharging cover cylinder and kiln tail and is connected to inner wall of discharging cover cylinder. Guiding mechanism is arranged between inner wall of discharging cover cylinder and outer side of kiln tail, and is located on one side or two sides of sealing mechanism in axial direction of rotary kiln, rotating gap is provided between guiding mechanism and kiln tail, and balancing device is connected to outer side of the discharging cover cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: HENAN LONGCHENG COAL HIGH EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shucheng Zhu, Xibin Wang, Fang Li, Jinfeng Li, Yanwu Lv, Yi Ren
  • Patent number: 12202126
    Abstract: A manipulator configured to navigate a heat exchanger including a plurality of tubes extending through a tubesheet is disclosed herein, the manipulator including a first end effector, a second end effector, and an articulation assembly. The first end effector is configured to accommodate an instrument configured to service the heat exchanger and includes a first actuator configured to extend a first gripper into a tube of the plurality of tubes. The second end effector includes a second actuator configured to extend a second gripper into a tube of the plurality of tubes. The first and second gripper are configured to secure the manipulator to the tubesheet, and, when the second gripper is securing the manipulator to the tubesheet, the articulation assembly is configured to enable the first end effector to move relative to the second end effector in a plane that is parallel to the tubesheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventor: Lyman J. Petrosky
  • Patent number: 12196493
    Abstract: A slab library for separate storage of cold blanks and hot blanks of heavy plates and heating furnace layout, and a furnace loading method are provided. The slab library and heating furnace layout comprises: 1 # slab library and 2 # slab library span, arranged side by side; continuous casting blank delivery roller way connected to the continuous casting process; heating furnace span arranged at the outlet of the 2 # slab library span; slab preparatory library span, which is across the inlets of the 1 # slab library span and the 2 # slab library span; span-crossing traverse trolley roller way and the heating furnace span; span-crossing Horary-spa roller way and the 1 # slab library span; and, feeding roller way and the heating furnace span, and across the hot blank zone and the cold blank zone of the 2 # slab library span and the two ends of the heating furnace span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BAOSTEEL ZHANJIANG IRON & STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guofeng Chen, Bin Liu
  • Patent number: 12194520
    Abstract: A heating system for use in the manufacture of copper coated double-layer steel tubes having a casing in which the roll-wrapped tube is heated to a predefined temperature value. The heating system comprises a sensor configured in an outer portion of the casing such that the sensor is able to determine a temperature value within the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: NET BORU SANAYI VE DIS TICARET KOLLEKTIF SIRKETI BORA SAMAN VE ORTAGI
    Inventor: Bora Saman
  • Patent number: 12196490
    Abstract: A rotary kiln with a stirring function is provided, including a kiln head, a roller and a kiln tail. The roller is obliquely arranged on the kiln head and the kiln tail. The rotary kiln further includes a mounting shaft and stirring mechanisms. Linkage elements are arranged on an inner wall of the roller. The linkage elements are configured to drive the stirring mechanisms to perform a stirring operation. Each of the stirring mechanisms includes a rotating ring sleeve and two limiting slide bases. The rotating ring sleeve is provided with three telescopic frame bodies. A telescopic baffle is arranged in each of the three telescopic frame bodies. A secondary propulsion assembly is arranged in a mounting groove. A sealing cover is arranged at an inner end of the telescopic baffle. The telescopic frame body is communicated with the rotating ring sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: CHANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Gaoyou Huanchuang Resources Regeneration Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pin Zhou, Yu Zhao, Jie Li, Changjin Zhu, Haiming Yang
  • Patent number: 12196492
    Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus including: a cylindrical processing container; a heater configured to heat the processing container; and a cooler configured to cool the processing container, wherein the cooler includes: discharge holes provided at intervals in a longitudinal direction of the processing container, the discharge holes being configured to discharge a cooling medium toward the processing container; a branch configured to divide the cooling medium into a plurality of flowing paths that communicate with the discharge holes; and blowers provided for respective ones of the flowing paths, the blowers being configured to send the cooling medium to the discharge holes that communicate with the respective ones of the flowing paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventors: Kazuteru Obara, Tatsuya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12188687
    Abstract: An expansion tank control device and a water heater and expansion tank including the expansion tank control device. The device may include a water flow sensor arranged in a water inlet waterway of a water heater to detect water flow in the water inlet waterway. The device can further include a controller outputting a driving electric signal after receiving a first electric signal output by the water flow sensor, and a reset electric signal after receiving a second electric signal output by the water flow sensor. The expansion tank can include an electric driving part arranged on a shell of the expansion tank, and a push plate on a driving end of the part, a controlled end of the electric driving part driving the push plate to move toward the expansion tank after receiving the driving electric signal or away from the expansion tank after receiving the reset electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsheng Ding, Jie Zhang
  • Patent number: 12188689
    Abstract: An electrical water heater that receives a load shedding request signal uses a temperature sensor that is positioned so as to measure a water temperature in a lower area of a tank of the water heater. A controller continuously determines a salubrity index of the water heater as a function of the temperature measured by the sensor and a time measurement The controller decides to interrupt an electrical power supply of the water heater through a switch so as to interrupt or not interrupt an operation of the water heater upon receipt of the load shedding request signal and only if the salubrity index meets a preestablished criterion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HYDRO-QUÉBEC
    Inventors: Alain Moreau, André Laperrière, François Laurencelle
  • Patent number: 12183472
    Abstract: Systems enhance stand pipe alignment and security with braces docking to the stand pipes. A link connects pairs of braces so the braces and stand pipes docked thereby cannot move relative to each other when fully secured. Partially securing braces allows adjustment of the braces and distance between the same and thus stand pipe position. Fully securing the braces makes the entire system rigid without need for a tie bar. Braces and links can be installed and secured to the stand pipes and among each other at an axial position from above the stand pipes, so that overhead, simple tooling may be used. A crimp nut or other resilient connector may be used to secure the systems from that single dimension with simple tooling. Any number of braces, joining to any number of other braces, may be used in the system, and several systems may be used at various levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Sean T. Mosier, Mark D. Sumner, Harold C. Lowe, Samuel T. Kratt
  • Patent number: 12176226
    Abstract: A method for temperature control includes: acquiring the present temperature of a reaction window in a process chamber of a semiconductor machine; comparing the present temperature with the preset temperature to acquire a comparison result; and adjusting the exhaust amount of an exhaust passage of the process chamber based on the comparison result to control the temperature of the reaction window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Guoqing Zhang, Su Yang, Duocai Sun, Xingfeng Hong, Yiqun Li
  • Patent number: 12173931
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to water heaters, in particular to a water heater with convenient-to-install decorative plate. The water heater includes top, bottom decorative plate, front plate, rear housing, further includes frame. The frame includes body, upper, lower connecting bar. The rear edge of upper connecting bar is provided with first upper flanging, rear edge of lower connecting bar is provided with first lower flanging, front edge of top decorative plate is provided with second upper flanging, front edge of bottom decorative plate is provided with second lower flanging, the first upper flanging is in lap joint with the second upper flanging, second lower flanging is in lap joint with first lower flanging. Advantages: the left, right rear part of top decorative plate each can connected upper pressing bar with one screw, top and bottom decorative plate needs two screws separately. Water heater with convenient-to-install decorative plate has few screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: JUNSKY APPLIANCES LIMITED
    Inventors: Delong Liang, Zhigang Jiang
  • Patent number: 12145304
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing plastic containers with a heating device configured to heat plastic preforms and with a forming device which forms the heated plastic preforms into plastic containers, wherein this forming device being arranged downstream of the heating device in the transport direction of the plastic preforms, and wherein the heating device and/or the forming device having at least one regulating device which makes it possible to regulate the heating process and/or the forming process as a function of at least one property of the plastic preforms. According to the invention, the at least one control device for controlling takes into account in advance at least one variable value which influences the heating process and/or the forming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Jochen Forsthoevel, Philipp Olenberg, Ulrich Lappe
  • Patent number: 12140376
    Abstract: A method for ventilating an oven configured to cure a binder bonding mineral fibers placed on a conveyor, the oven including, in series on the path of the conveyor, an inlet, a plurality of heating chambers and an outlet, the method including a procedure in which a predictive model for estimating an amount of pollutants is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER
    Inventor: Kattalin Caldichoury
  • Patent number: 12130052
    Abstract: A heat exchanger unit according to the present disclosure includes a combustion chamber in which a flame caused by a combustion reaction is located, a heat exchanger for a condensing boiler, the heat exchanger being located under the combustion chamber and including heat exchange pipes that receive heat generated by the combustion reaction and heat heating-water flowing through the heat exchange pipes and a main case having the heat exchange pipes accommodated in an interior space thereof, and a combustion chamber heat insulation pipe that is disposed adjacent to the combustion chamber and that receives the heating-water and allows the heating-water to flow therethrough to thermally insulate the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KYUNGDONG NAVIEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Sung Cheul Cho
  • Patent number: 12130053
    Abstract: A vent attachment facilitates attaching a coaxial air intake and exhaust vent of a tankless water heater to a Category I vent, such as B-vent. The vent attachment comprises a first end with a coaxial connector comprising a central exhaust pathway and a circumferential air intake pathway. The vent attachment also comprises a second end with a tubular exhaust vent connector in fluid communication with the central exhaust pathway. The vent attachment further comprises a frame that encloses the central exhaust pathway and comprises a mesh configured to provide fluid communication through the frame with the air intake pathway. Additionally, operation of the tankless water heater is modified to ensure that the exhaust generated is suitable for venting through a Category I vent. The tankless water heater maintains a high fuel consumption rate such that the temperature of hot water produced increases throughout each of a plurality of burner stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Rinnai America Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Oliver, Michael Scott Knoblett, Floris van Dijk BsC., Jason William Siler
  • Patent number: 12130010
    Abstract: Proposed is a connection tube support of a waste heat recovery boiler supporting a connection tube unit having a plurality of connection tubes that is disposed inside a waste heat recovery boiler and perform heat exchange between a fluid flowing inside and exhaust gas flowing outside, wherein the connection tube support includes a header storing fluid flowing through the connection tube unit and supporting one end of the connection tube unit by being connected to one end of the connection tube unit, and a tube sheet supporting a circumferential surface of each of the plurality of connection tubes, wherein the tube sheet has the plurality of connection tubes having been passed therethrough and is provided with a plurality of support holes respectively supporting circumferential surfaces of the plurality of connection tubes having been passed therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DOOSANENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Uk Kim, Jae Cheol Kim, Min Su Kim, Jung Ah Son, Young Wook Lee, Jong Ho Hong, Kyu Man Kim
  • Patent number: 12130084
    Abstract: A vertical batch furnace assembly, comprising a core tube, an outer casing, a cooling chamber bounded and enclosed by the outer casing and the core tube, and at least one cooling gas supply emanating in the cooling chamber. The core tube has an elongated circumferential wall extending in a longitudinal direction, and is configured to accommodate wafers for processing in the vertical batch furnace. The outer casing extends around the core tube and comprises a heating element for applying a thermal treatment to wafers accommodated in the core tube. The at least one cooling gas supply comprises at least one cooling gas supply opening which is arranged such that the cooling gas enters the cooling chamber with a flow direction which is substantially tangent to the circumferential wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventors: Melvin Verbaas, Christianus G. M. de Ridder
  • Patent number: 12123625
    Abstract: A water heater includes a primary heat exchanger, a secondary heat exchanger disposed above the primary heat exchanger, a flow path member, and a flow restriction member. The secondary heat exchanger includes a case and heat transfer pipes arranged in the case. The case includes a wall having a gas inlet through which combustion exhaust gas discharged from the primary heat exchanger is introduced into the case. The flow path member connects the primary heat exchanger and the secondary heat exchanger and is disposed adjacent to the gas inlet and is configured to introduce the combustion exhaust gas discharged from the primary heat exchanger into the secondary heat exchanger through the gas inlet. The flow restriction member is disposed on the wall of the case to suppress upward flowing of the combustion exhaust gas that is introduced into the case through the gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Paloma Rheem Holdings
    Inventor: Yusuke Kakizaki