Patents Examined by Jorge Pereiro
  • Modular linear fireplace gas burner system
    Patent number: 10712014
    Abstract: A modular linear fireplace gas burner system having a plurality of interconnectable pipe modules and one or more burner members of varying length, each said pipe module having a pipe segment, spuds, orifice mounting blocks and mounting brackets to retain one of more of the burner members, wherein the distance D(o) between adjacent spuds on each pipe segment is equal and for joined pipe segments the distance D(c) between the outermost spud of one pipe segment to the outermost spud of the other pipe segment is equal to D(o).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: EARTHCORE INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Paul Dusky
  • System, method and apparatus for solid fuel ignition
    Patent number: 10711994
    Abstract: An ignition system includes a pulverized fuel pipe receiving a mixture of pulverized fuel and primary air for injection into a combustion chamber for combustion, and an igniter received within the pulverized fuel pipe for igniting the mixture. The igniter is axially movable within the pulverized fuel pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Dragisa Ristic, Hans-Peter Schommer, Frank Kluger
  • Water drying control system for refined cotton
    Patent number: 10712091
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a water drying control system for refined cotton. The system comprises a pressing machine and a heat exchanger, a back end part of the pressing machine is provided with a discharge opening, and the system further comprises a control box, a main flap valve, a main drying pipe, a first drying cup, a second drying cup, a first cyclone separator, a first flap valve, a first draught fan, a third drying cup, a fourth drying cup, a second cyclone separator, a second flap valve, a second draught fan, a first infrared ray moisture transducer, a second infrared ray moisture transducer and a third infrared ray moisture transducer. Hot air can be supplemented to change the drying intensity and control the moisture content of the refined cotton of each stage in a reasonable scope, so as to effectively increase the performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: HUBEI JINHANJIANG REFINED COTTON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hangxu Zhou
  • Clothing treatment apparatus
    Patent number: 10704190
    Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus is disclosed. The clothing treatment apparatus includes a first body detachably mounted on a wall, a second body rotatably or extendably provided at the first body to define a space for accommodating clothes, a rack provided at the first body or the second body, on which clothes are hung, and a hot air supply provided in the first body to supply hot air to clothes hung on the rack. The clothing treatment apparatus, mountable on a wall, enables efficient use of the clothing treatment space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yousook Eun, Hyejin Choi, Jiyeon Min, Jungkyu Son
  • Convertible grill apparatus and process
    Patent number: 10702101
    Abstract: A barbeque grill is removably mounted to a wall for storage or grilling and is convertible to a free standing table and grill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Inventors: Jose F. Carrion, Javier E. Buitrago Ortiz
  • Metallic wick
    Patent number: 10690338
    Abstract: A metallic wick includes at least one mesh member having first and second ends disposed opposite to each other, first and second surfaces respectively extended from the first end to the second end thereof and arranged opposite to each other, a plurality of meshes penetrating the first and second surfaces between the first and second ends thereof; and a transport channel extending from the first end to the second end thereof and drawing fuel by capillary action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Pro-Iroda Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Long Chen
  • Double-sealed high-temperature resistant DC ignitor for use with wood pellet burner assemblies
    Patent number: 10670276
    Abstract: Embodiments of the inventive concept provide a double-sealed high-temperature resistant DC ignitor for use with a wood pellet burner assembly. The DC ignitor includes a non-heating element portion. The non-heating element portion is connected to at least one of a battery or an AC to DC electrical transformer attached to the wood pellet burner assembly. A heating element is connected to the non-heating element portion, and extends by at least one inch into a combustion region of the wood pellet burner assembly. The heating element portion is configured to be heated by power received from the battery or the AC to DC electrical transformer. The DC ignitor provides safe, reliable, and fast combustion of wood pellets that congregate in a combustion region of the wood pellet burner assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Original Pellet Grill Company LLC
    Inventor: Joe Traeger
  • Reactor for chemical-looping combustion
    Patent number: 10670262
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancement of gaseous CLC in a fixed-bed process, marked by an increase in CO2 capture efficiency and oxygen carrier utilization, while reducing disadvantages of a conventional fixed-bed operation. The disclosed systems/methods provide a CLC fixed-bed reactor design in which the direction of the fuel gas is intermittently reversed during a single fuel oxidation step. In this reverse-flow mode, oxygen carrier reduction reactions are displaced over the ends of the reactor, which increases contact between fuel and oxidized solids and alleviates and/or mitigates problems of carbon deposition encountered by most oxygen carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: George M. Bollas, Lu Han, Brian Baillie
  • Pilot light control for an appliance
    Patent number: 10670302
    Abstract: A device for igniting a pilot light for a heating appliance or for re-igniting the pilot. The device may monitor a thermopile at the pilot to determine if the pilot is lit and, if not, attempt to relight it. If the device fails to relight the pilot, it may continue attempting to relight the pilot until the stored energy is nearly depleted. Before the stored energy is depleted, the device may send a message indicating a failure to relight. The last of stored energy may alert a homeowner with an alarm that the appliance control has shut down and the pilot could not be relit. If the amount of energy stored drops below a specified threshold and the device successfully lights the pilot, it may restore the control to normal operation, and replenish the stored energy. The device may do a standing pilot or an intermittent pilot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Ademco Inc.
    Inventors: Frederick Hazzard, David Heil, Ravindra Khosla
  • Staged chemical looping process with integrated oxygen generation
    Patent number: 10663163
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for enhanced fuel combustion to maximize the capture of by-product carbon dioxide. According to various embodiments of the invention, a method for combusting fuel in a two-stage process is provided, which includes in-situ oxygen generation. In-situ oxygen generation allows for the operation of a second oxidation stage to further combust fuel, thus maximizing fuel conversion efficiency. The integrated oxygen generation also provides an increased secondary reactor temperature, thereby improving the overall thermal efficiency of the process. The means of in-situ oxygen is not restricted to one particular embodiment, and can occur using an oxygen generation reactor, an ion transport membrane, or both. A system configured to the second stage combustion method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Tidjani Niass, Mourad V. Younes
  • Thermal insulating apparatus and uses thereof
    Patent number: 10663178
    Abstract: A thermal insulating apparatus for insulating a building envelope is provided. The thermal insulating apparatus may comprise at least one panel comprising one or more layers of insulating material, and at least one attachment site for joining the thermal insulating apparatus to at least one position of said building envelope. The thermal insulating apparatus may be operable between an open position allowing access to a wall opening, and a closed position in which at least one panel of the thermal insulating apparatus substantially covers and thermally insulates said wall opening. The thermal insulating apparatus may further comprise at least one solar thermal energy collector unit for collecting heat from solar thermal energy from sunlight, and the collected heat may be used for heating a structure such as a home or garage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Innovative North
    Inventor: Wally Van Dyke
  • Arc lighter
    Patent number: 10663165
    Abstract: According to some aspects a safety lock may be provided for locking a lighter switch, rendering it necessary to push a safety push button forward to separate the locking projection of the locking lever from the engaging groove of the lighter switch, and then press the lighter switch to touch the circuit board switch to operate the lighter (e.g., ignite the lighter's flame). Normally, the arc emission end is disposed in the protective cover which may protect the arc emission end and avoid dangerous situations. When the safety push button is pushed forward, the arc emission end may be pushed out from the protective cover, ready to ignite. Aspects of this disclosure may provide advantages such as simple overall structure, high levels of safety, and safe and reliable use of lighters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Ningbo Yangling Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lingzhi Bao
  • Light source unit and cooking appliance including the same
    Patent number: 10641496
    Abstract: A light source module and a cooking appliance including the same may include a light source emitting light toward a glass top plate, a light source guide to accommodate the light source, including a light transmitting path formed in the light source guide, and limit a light irradiation region so as to guide light emitted from the light source to a light display region of the glass to plate through the light transmitting path, and an attachment bracket provided between the light source guide and the glass top plate, the attachment bracket having an optical emission path to allow light to pass from the light transmitting path and the light display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sangkyun Lee
  • Distributed vertical flame burner
    Patent number: 10627113
    Abstract: A fuel-burning cooking burner includes a base defining an outer periphery and an inner open area. The burner further includes a cap coupled with the base around the outer periphery thereof and extending over the open area to define a distribution cavity on an interior side of the cap. The cap further defines a convex outer surface extending opposite the distribution cavity and a plurality of outlets extending through the cap from the distribution cavity to the exterior surface. The outlets are distributed over the entire exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Luis Javier Aguilar, Jonathan Tovar Balderas, Francisco Javier Soria Contreras, Victor Ruelas Fajardo, Victor Gerardo Caloca Galindo, Ana Katia Silva Jiménez
  • Cooled ceramic electrode supports
    Patent number: 10619845
    Abstract: A combustion system includes a burner assembly, an electrode positioned within a combustion volume and configured to apply electrical energy to a flame supported by the burner assembly, and a dielectric electrode support extending through a furnace wall into the combustion volume and configured to support the electrode and further configured to be cooled by a coolant fluid circulated therethrough. The electrode support has coolant ports in fluid communication with a coolant channel extending within electrode support. During operation of the combustion system, a fluid coolant flows through the electrode support, holding a temperature of the electrode to within a selected range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: CLEARSIGN COMBUSTION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jesse Dumas
  • Dishwasher with air system
    Patent number: 10595706
    Abstract: A dishwasher may include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, an airflow conduit, and a blower assembly fluidly coupled to the airflow conduit. The blower assembly may include a first impeller effecting a flow of ambient air to the treating chamber and a second impeller effecting a flow of mixed air from the treating chamber exhausting the mixed air from the treating chamber. Additionally, at least one of the first and second impellers may effect a flow of ambient air that bypasses the tub and combines with the mixed air before being exhausted from the dishwasher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Alvaro Vallejo Noriega
  • Solar thermal absorber element
    Patent number: 10598408
    Abstract: A solar thermal absorber element (100) includes a cover glass (110) and a highly selective vacuum coated roll-bond absorber (120) including heat transport tubes (126). The element further including a thermoplastic sealing (130) configured to attach the cover glass and the roll-bond absorber to each other so that there is a distance (h) between the cover glass and the roll-bond absorber, and a sealed space (134), which is formed by the cover glass, the roll-bond absorber, and the thermoplastic sealing and which is filled up with a low thermal conductive gas (136).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAVO-SOLAR OY
    Inventor: Kaj A. Pischow
  • Fuel supply system for a gas burner assembly
    Patent number: 10598386
    Abstract: A fuel supply system for a gas burner assembly includes an eductor for providing a mixed flow of fuel into a fuel chamber of the gas burner assembly. The eductor includes a suction chamber defining a suction inlet, a motive nozzle positioned within the suction chamber, and an eductor outlet positioned proximate an inlet to the fuel chamber. A fuel supply provides a first flow of fuel through a first fuel supply conduit to the suction inlet and a second flow of fuel through a second fuel supply conduit to the motive nozzle. A fuel pump is operably coupled to the second fuel supply conduit for increasing a pressure of the second flow of fuel such that the second flow generates a negative pressure within the suction chamber to increase the first flow of fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Hans Juergen Paller
  • Refrigerated case with an induced airflow system
    Patent number: 10588429
    Abstract: Systems and methods relate to a temperature-controlled case. The temperature-controlled case includes a housing that defines a temperature-controlled space and an opening for providing user access to the temperature-controlled space. The case also includes a cooling element in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled space. The case further includes a modular plenum coupled to the housing and positioned behind the cooling element relative to the opening, wherein the modular plenum includes: at least one fan removably coupled to the modular plenum, wherein the at least one fan induces an air flow through the cooling element, and at least one electrical connector coupled to the modular plenum and positioned proximate each of the at least one fan for providing electrical power to each of the at least one fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hill Phoenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Roy Bates, Trifon Mirtchev
  • Concentrating solar power with glasshouses
    Patent number: 10584900
    Abstract: A protective transparent enclosure (such as a glasshouse or a greenhouse) encloses a concentrated solar power system. The concentrated solar power system includes one or more solar concentrators and one or more solar receivers. Thermal power is provided to an industrial process, electrical power is provided to an electrical distribution grid, or both. In some embodiments, the solar concentrators are parabolic trough concentrators with one or more lateral extensions. In some embodiments, the lateral extension is a unilateral extension of the primary parabolic trough shape. In some embodiments, the lateral extensions are movably connected to the primary portion. In some embodiments, the lateral extensions have a focal line separate from the focal line of the base portion. In some embodiments, the greenhouse is a Dutch Venlo style greenhouse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: GlassPoint Solar, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Emery von Behrens