Patents Examined by Gregory A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 11859908
    Abstract: Systems, devices and methods for effluent or flux removal from a gas are disclosed. In one aspect the system includes at least one tube having a body including an interior passageway enabling fluidic flow therethrough; and a plurality of openings disposed along a length of the body in fluidic communication with the interior passageway, thereby enabling withdrawal of the gas laden with the effluent exterior to the at least one tube through the plurality of openings into the interior passageway of the at least one tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BTU INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Paul J. Richter
  • Patent number: 11859911
    Abstract: A coaxial heat transfer tube (100), comprising a first inner heat transfer tube (110) having straight parts (111, 113, 115, 117) and curved parts (112, 114, 116), a first outer heat transfer tube (120) having straight parts (121, 123, 125, 127) and curved parts (122, 124, 126). The first outer heat transfer tube (120) radially surrounds the first inner heat transfer tube (110) at least within the first primary straight part (121) and the first primary curved part (122). Thermally insulating material (530) has been provided in between a curved part (122) of the first outer heat transfer tube (120) and a curved part (112) of the first inner heat transfer tube (110). Neither straight part (121) nor a curved part (122) of the first outer heat transfer tube (120) comprises a longitudinal seam. A method for making a coaxial heat transfer tube (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Juha Ojanperä, Harri Yli-Rantala
  • Patent number: 11862490
    Abstract: The present application discloses a diffusion furnace, including: a furnace tube structure including a furnace tube body and a furnace bottom, a bottom of the furnace tube body being connected to the furnace bottom to form a reaction chamber; and a carrying structure including a pedestal and a plurality of cassettes disposed on the pedestal, the pedestal being disposed on the furnace bottom. By disposing the plurality of the cassettes, a height of the furnace tube body can be decreased and a width of the furnace tube body can be increased, thus enlarging a space of equipment repair and maintenance, which is favorable for the repair and maintenance of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Pengfei Gao
  • Patent number: 11852341
    Abstract: A hot water supply device includes: a combustion part including a first burner part for which a flame sensor is disposed and a second burner part having a different number of burners from the first burner part such that one or both of the burner parts perform combustion, the flame sensor being configured to detect combustion state information of a flame generated by burners; a combustion control part configured to monitor a combustion mode of the combustion part set in accordance with a hot water supply request and change a second combustion mode in which the first burner part does not perform combustion, to a first combustion mode in which at least the first burner part performs combustion, when the second combustion mode is continuing; and a combustion adjustment control part configured to execute a combustion adjustment process of the combustion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PURPOSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Miyahara, Hidenori Kiuchi
  • Patent number: 11852377
    Abstract: A water heater includes an outer casing defining a longitudinal axis, an axial direction being defined as extending along the longitudinal axis. The water heater further includes a combustor for production of hot flue gases, a primary heat exchanger including a tube positioned within the outer casing, and a secondary heat exchanger including a plurality of plates coupled together by brazing to form a brazed plate heat exchanger. The secondary heat exchanger includes a first set of passages defined between the plates, and a second set of passages defined between the plates and alternating with the first set of passages in the axial direction. The primary and secondary heat exchangers are in fluid communication such that the flue gases flow through the second set of passages before being exhausted, and water to be heated flows through the first set of passages to a delivery point for use upon demand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: A.O. Smith Corporation
    Inventors: Jianmin Yin, Stephen Memory, Chad Edington, Neil Rolph, Brian Iske, Dustin Wiggins, Meng Yang, Tingyu Li
  • Patent number: 11851357
    Abstract: A sheet of glass can be formed in a batch process by introducing molten glass onto a layer of molten tin within a tank. The tank may be outfitted with infrared emitters to control the amount of heat delivered to the tank while the sheet of glass is formed. A lower surface of the tank can have a three-dimensional shape, and the molten tin may be removed from the tank while the sheet of glass is ductile so that the sheet of glass is molded by the three-dimensional shape, thereby producing a shaped sheet of glass. The delivery of infrared energy to the tank may be facilitated by one or more ceramic glass surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Inventor: James William Masten, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11841198
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes an explosive subsystem including: a plurality of detonation cords extending along a direction different from a vertical direction; and a locating assembly locating the plurality of detonation cords relative to each other. The locating assembly spaces each of the detonation cords apart from a system to be cleaned. The cleaning system includes a pressurized air blower assembly adjacent a portion of the system to be cleaned, the pressurized air blower assembly being configured to direct pressurized air towards the portion of the system to be cleaned after the detonation cords have been exploded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Inventors: Bradley A McGinnis, Rodrick E. Hall, Jeff Bause
  • Patent number: 11841190
    Abstract: A biomass combustion system for ceramic roller kiln, including a roller kiln including a preheating section, a combustion section and a cooling section; a biomass gasifier with a feed port, a first gas inlet, a second gas inlet and an gas outlet; a fuel manifold; and a pentane gasification device connected to the fuel manifold. The biomass or biomass waste is fed through the feed port. The gas outlet is connected to the fuel manifold through a heat exchanger. The premixer is configured to mix part of the hot air discharged from the cooling section with a mixture of biomass gas and gaseous pentane transported by the fuel manifold to obtain an air-fuel mixture, and distribute the mixture to the combustion section through burners. A biomass combustion process is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY TESTING
    Inventors: Kuo Huang, Yuanming Zhang, Xiaozhou Liu, Qilun Lu, Chao Feng, Guoyu Chen, Liling Chen, Wei Xiao, Huixuan Liang
  • Patent number: 11835295
    Abstract: A metal furnace header gate system haying a recirculation port in the furnace, a hot gas generator, a gas blower, and a furnace door. The door has an embedded gas manifold and outlet ports that each connect the manifold to a directional nozzle. The blower draws exhaust from the recirculation port into the hot gas generator, which generates additional exhaust and mixes the exhaust gases together. The blower forces this exhaust mixture into the manifold, through the nozzles, and into the furnace. A computer controls the blower and the hot gas generator to regulate the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: GPRE IP, LLC
    Inventors: John M. Peterman, Mark A. Roberts
  • Patent number: 11828475
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for controlling a heating water heater, a heating water heater, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: controlling the heating outlet to be closed and the heat supply outlet to be opened after receiving a bath water signal; obtaining a water temperature of a bath outlet; obtaining a duration that the water temperature at the bath outlet is within a preset water temperature range; controlling an opening degree of the heat supply outlet to decrease and an opening degree of the heating outlet to increase when the duration is greater than or equal to a first preset duration, and a heat load of the heating water heater is less than a rated load; and controlling the heat load of the heating water heater to increase, and maintaining the water temperature at the bath outlet within the preset water temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: Zhihao Ma, Guorong Liang, Shuangyue Ni, Yongming Zhang, Daoyuan Kang, Chaohui Huang
  • Patent number: 11828493
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water heating system including a water heater having a tank, and a first temperature sensor disposed toward a top end of the tank to measure a first temperature and a second temperature sensor disposed toward a bottom end of the tank to measure a second temperature. The water heating system can further include a controller communicably coupled to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor, where the controller determines an amount of heated water in the tank based on one or more algorithms and measurements made by the first and second temperature sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Piyush Porwal, Ashwin Rao, Nathan Rivard
  • Patent number: 11821657
    Abstract: A waste-heat recovery system includes a waste-heat-recovery heat a tank, a circulation circuit, a circulation pump, and a control device that is configured to obtain the temperature of the heat medium flowing through a heat medium outlet piping of the circulation circuit and the temperature of the water stored in the tank. The control device stops the circulation pump or reduces the rotational frequency thereof in a case where the temperature of the heat medium flowing through the heat medium outlet piping is lower, or lower by a predetermined temperature or more, than the temperature of the water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kentaro Yamamoto, Masahiko Takano
  • Patent number: 11821689
    Abstract: A heating tank has a bottom assembly with at least one bottom radiant emitter and a bottom ceramic glass material on an inner surface of the tank, the bottom radiant emitter being configured to deliver infrared energy to the bottom ceramic glass material. The tank has four side assemblies, each of the side assemblies including at least one side radiant emitter and a side ceramic glass material on an inner surface of the tank, the side radiant emitters being configured to deliver infrared energy to the respective side ceramic glass materials. The heating tank can rapidly and efficiently heat materials such as metal and glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: James W. Masten, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11815265
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a grate bar front section and a matching grate bar rear section and to a grate bar including the grate bar front section and/or the grate bar rear section configured such that, by releasably connecting the grate bar front section to the grate bar rear section, manufacture and maintenance costs are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventors: Nicolaas van Diepen, Thomas Weiss, Moritz Hagendorf, Christoph Tyblewski
  • Patent number: 11815312
    Abstract: A rapid thermal processing method and a rapid thermal processing device are provided. The rapid thermal processing method includes the following operations. A wafer is provided. A first heating operation is performed on the wafer to heat the wafer to a first temperature. The wafer is controlled to start rotating. The first temperature is maintained for a first predetermined time. A second heating operation is performed on the wafer to heat the wafer from the first temperature to a second temperature, and the second temperature is maintained for a second predetermined time. A third heating operation is performed on the wafer to heat the wafer from the second temperature to a third temperature, and the third temperature is maintained for a third predetermined time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGXIN MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Taoyan Yan
  • Patent number: 11815290
    Abstract: A heat source system is to be connected to another heat source system. The heat source system includes a heat source device and a control part. The heat source device includes a water regulation valve configured to regulate a flow rate of supply water flowing in the device and is configured to heat the supply water. The control part is connected to the heat source device, and is configured to acquire flow rate information of the supply water supplied to the other heat source system and the heat source device, to close the water regulation valve when a flow rate of the supply water is 0 or more and less than a first set value, and to open the water regulation valve when the flow rate of the supply water is equal to or greater than the first set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: PURPOSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Tatsumi, Yuto Kubota
  • Patent number: 11808520
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement of a furnace and of bulk material of glass particles, said furnace (10) comprising a pressing punch (36), a pressure, distance and/or speed sensor and a control device for controlling a pressing process based on the output signal of the sensor. The sensor detects at least a pressure, position and/or motion parameter of the pressing punch (36). The pressing punch (36) acts on the bulk material of glass particles (32)—possibly via an interposed ram (28)—, said glass particles being guided and crystallizable in a press channel (30). The trigger criterion for the process control is a change of at least a motion parameter of the pressing punch (36) upon softening of the bulk material of glass particles (32) which change is detected by the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ivoclar Vivadent AG
    Inventors: Rudolf Jussel, Harald Bürke
  • Patent number: 11802662
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system, method, and apparatus comprising a large scale direct steam generator operating on an oxidant of air or enriched air configured to generate steam and combustion exhaust constituents. An exhaust constituent separation system and an energy recovery system to reclaim energy and improve the efficiency of the thermodynamic cycle. An optional CO2 separation system and Non Condensable Gas injection system may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: XDI Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: James Charles Juranitch, Raymond Clifford Skinner, Thomas Raymond Juranitch, Alan Craig Reynolds
  • Patent number: 11802687
    Abstract: A method for improving the efficiency of a fired heater without an air preheat system is described. The method involves the use of an additional outboard convection section which is separate from the regular convection section of the fired heater. The outboard convection section uses the boiler feed water or an alternate cold sink to reduce the temperature of the flue gas, thereby improving the efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: UOP LLC
    Inventors: Nitin P. Chitgopekar, William Yanez, Ka L. Lok
  • Patent number: 11804388
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus, comprising a substrate support (32) provided with a support surface (34) for supporting a substrate or a substrate carrier (24) thereon and a support heater (50) constructed and arranged to heat the support surface (34). The apparatus comprises a heat shield constructed and arranged to cover and shield the substrate support (32) when no substrate or substrate carrier (24) is on the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ASM IP Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Theodorus Oosterlaken