Patents Examined by Williamson
  • Patent number: 10006633
    Abstract: A system for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace in a SCNR process includes at least one injection distribution module (IDM) for supplying water to a plurality of injection lances, metering valves for supplying a NOx reducing agent to the plurality of injection lances, wherein the reagent injection rate of each injection lance is controlled by one metering valve such that a reagent concentration in each injection lance is adjustable and variable from one another. A method for controlling a reagent flow to a furnace includes providing at least one IDM, and for each IDM, providing a plurality of injection lances in communication with the IDM, supplying water to the plurality of injection lances through the IDM and supplying a NOx reducing agent through metering valves, wherein each metering valve controls the reagent injection rate to one injection lance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: PEERLESS MFG. CO
    Inventors: James M. Valentine, Edmund S. Schindler, Jeffrey Michael Broderick, R. Gifford Broderick, John N. Dale
  • Patent number: 10004367
    Abstract: A body drying system for use in a shower including a power unit configured to supply heated air, an airflow transitional part configured to be supported by part of a shower closure, and a hand-held air delivery nozzle. The hand-held air delivery nozzle is fluidly coupled to the power unit by way of the airflow transitional part. The hand-held air delivery nozzle is configured to expel the heated air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffry Brown, Max W. Garwood
  • Patent number: 10001277
    Abstract: A method for efficiently conveying impurities in a pressurized fluidized incinerator system is provided. Cleaning gas is supplied to an upper valve, and thereafter, the upper valve is driven so as to communicate an upper discharge device and a tank. The upper discharge device is driven so as to convey the impurities from the dust collector to the tank, and thereafter, the upper discharge device is stopped and the upper valve is driven so as not to communicate the upper discharge device and the tank. Thereafter, the supply of the cleaning gas to the upper valve is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignees: TSUKISHIMA KIKAI CO., LTD., SANKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamitsu Kanno, Kazuyoshi Terakoshi, Takafumi Yamamoto, Kunihiko Koga, Tomokazu Suyama, Isamu Orito
  • Patent number: 9995531
    Abstract: “MULTIPLE INTERMITTENCE BEEHIVE GRAIN DRYER”, refers to a dryer of seeds and other agricultural products that can be a constructive format honeycomb type dryer designed to provide a unprecedented process of multiple intermittence during fast, gentle, non-aggressive drying process of grains and seeds through complete and safe removal of accumulated moisture, being divided into the following stages: drying-resting-drying-resting-drying, and so on until drying is complete. Exposure time to drying air is monitored and allows recirculation of humid air, it also allows batch or continuous drying with a thermally insulated plenum that removes dirty humid air located in the bottom section, without releasing it directly into the environment, with advantages of low production cost, dry grain of much higher quality, better energy efficiency, environmentally friendly and capable of virtually eliminating any accidental risks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Inventor: Francisco Maria Ayala Barreto
  • Patent number: 9970707
    Abstract: A wind permeation-type dryer capable of scraping material has a cavity and includes a heating assembly. The experiment cavity and a dropping cavity; the experiment cavity is located above the dropping cavity. The heating assembly communicates with the experiment cavity or the dropping cavity. The cavity is provided with a sieve tray assembly therein for placing materials. The assembly is provided with a rotating scraping assembly provided thereabove for scraping and flattening the materials on the sieve tray assembly. The rotating scraping assembly includes a rotating drive piece, a scraping sheet, and a rotating rod, wherein one end of the rotating rod is connected to the rotating drive piece and the other end of the rotating rod is connected to the scraping sheet adjacent to the sieve tray assembly. The rotating drive piece drives the rotating rod to rotate so as to drive the scraping sheet to rotate together therewith, such that the materials contacting the scraping sheet is scraped and flattened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: HUNAN SUNDY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiande Zhu, Zhonhtao Zhang, Qing Zhu
  • Patent number: 9964301
    Abstract: A fluidized bed boiler with a support construction for a particle separator. The fluidized bed boiler includes a bottom-supported furnace in which at least one particle separator with a support construction is in gas flow connection with an upper portion of the furnace and includes a furnace side portion, an outer portion opposite to the furnace side portion, and a conical lower portion. At least two bottom-supported downcomer pipes are in fluid connection with a steam drum and adjacent to the outer portion of the particle separator. The support construction includes a frame-like supporting member surrounding at least a portion of the conical lower portion, and an outboard portion of the supporting member is attached to the at least two downcomer pipes to support the at last one particle separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo SHI FW Energia Oy
    Inventors: Pentti Lankinen, Veli-Matti Hiltunen
  • Patent number: 9936787
    Abstract: A lightweight, portable hair dryer device including a rechargeable battery component and configured insulated structures to accord suitable protections for the user from excessive heating to the skin is provided. Such a hair dryer is configured to provide either a hand-held application or a flexible add-on conduit with a bonnet component. Additionally, the hair dryer device exhibits a small profile to reduce the overall size thereof for ease in handling and stowage during use and may also be outfitted with a proper attachment clip to allow for placement on a user's clothing. Coupled with an insulation portion to prevent heat transfer of deleterious levels to the user's skin during hands-free utilization thereof, the all-in-one hair dryer allows for user maneuverability and hands-free or hand-held use on demand with free movement unfettered by an electrical cord. Multiple devices for salon usage, or single personal use devices are thus available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Inventor: Djuna S. Jones
  • Patent number: 9927172
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a vacuum drying apparatus and a vacuum drying method. The vacuum drying apparatus includes a chamber in which a substrate table is arranged, the chamber being provided with a wind deflector therein, wherein the wind deflector comprises a top opening, a bottom opening and a body part connecting the top opening with the bottom opening. During the vacuum drying, the bottom opening is in tight contact with a surface of the substrate table, and there is a gap between the top opening and the top of the chamber and a material on the substrate table is covered by the wind deflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 9909805
    Abstract: A razor drying device for drying razors includes a housing having a top, a base, a back, a front, a left side and a right side defining an interior space within the housing. A wall and a divider are coupled to and positioned within the interior space of the housing, defining respectively a compartment and a chamber. A motor, power module and a processor are coupled to and positioned in the compartment. The motor has a shaft with a terminus extending through the wall. A fan is coupled to the terminus. The power module and the processor are operationally to each other and to the motor. The chamber has a screen for a bottom. The device has a tray, removable from the housing through a complimentary opening in the front. A plurality of inlets is positioned in the back of the housing and in the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Inventor: Bob Morgan
  • Patent number: 9841190
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a treatment system for medical and toxic waste. The system comprises two parts, a heterogeneous gasification system, in which syngas is produced from non-homogeneous waste, and a pyrolysis system, in which medical and hazardous waste are pyrolyzed using the syngas produced from the heterogeneous gasification system. The heterogeneous gasification system comprises a gasifier reactor having a reactor zone connected with an ash distillation zone, a re-fueling structure, an open-top water tank that wraps around the entire bottom section of the gasification system, and a gasification-agent supply module having a supply-end connected to the bottom of the gasifier reactor and a demand-end connected to the pyrolysis system. The pyrolysis system comprises a rotatable pyrolysis reactor having a horizontal and hollow cylindrical shape, a pyrolyzed-ash precipitator, which is connected to the pyrolysis reactor zone, and a condenser connected to the pyrolyzed-ash precipitator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ORION ENTERPRISE INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventor: Nguyen Gia Long
  • Patent number: 9822972
    Abstract: A cremation system has an exhaust gas/warm water heat exchanger which exchanges the heat of exhaust gas from a re-combustion furnace with the heat of a medium, and a buffer tank and flow rate regulating valves for suppressing temperature changes of the medium. A medium turbine is driven by an evaporator which generates working medium steam by heating and evaporating a low-boiling working medium with the heat of the medium, and power is generated by a power generator. A buffer tank is further provided to suppress temperature changes of the medium flowing from the evaporator into the exhaust gas/warm water heat exchanger. A power control device supplies the generated power to devices constituting the cremation system, while covering any shortfall in power required by the devices with power from an external power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: TOKYO HAKUZEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Machiko Asaoka
  • Patent number: 9743737
    Abstract: A universal hair scent diffuser having a hollow upper body hingedly affixed to a lower body, the upper body having an open end that houses an interior lining therein made of heat resistant elastomeric material, wherein the lining is graduated at the open end to facilitate a press fit connection to a barrel end of a conventional hand hair dryer. The lower body houses a wire mesh that receives a scented disc thereon. The upper body has a wire mesh located at a lower open end. The scented sheet is placed between both wire meshes when the upper body and lower body are in a latch position. The diffuser is then fitted on the barrel end. The user may then turn on the hair dryer to the desired fan and heat levels and the sheet is vaporized providing a pleasant and refreshing aromatic scent onto the user's hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Inventor: La Sonya D. Malbrough
  • Patent number: 6630136
    Abstract: A cosmetic or dermatological composition for treating keratinous material, particularly human hair, including a cosmetically or dermatologically acceptable medium containing at least one silcone-grafted polymer with a polysiloxane backbone grafted by non-silicone organic monomers and at least one amphiphilic polymer comprising at least one fatty chain and at least one hydrophilic unit. Such compositions are particularly suitable for use as rinsable or non-rinsable products for washing and conditioning hair, hair setting of hair styling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Claude Dubief, Christine Dupuis
  • Patent number: 6630151
    Abstract: A process of preparing a composition of enhanced viscosity comprises adding to a liquid oil, a high molecular weight solid monocarboxylic acid having a number average molecular weight of less than 3,000. The resulting composition is considerably more viscous than the compositions of the prior art and has particular applicability in the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Christopher J. Tarletsky, Richard J. Nadolsky, Shawn L. Myers
  • Patent number: 6605288
    Abstract: A deodorant composition comprising 0.03 to 5% by weight of a water-soluble metal salt, 0.01 to 5% by weight of a nonionic surface active agent, 0.1 to 10% by weight of silicone oil, and the balance of water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Masayuki Okawa, Kazuya Otsuji, Hiroshi Sonohara, Masako Isemura
  • Patent number: 6579529
    Abstract: Pickering emulsions, which are finely disperse systems of the water-in-oil or oil-in-water type, comprising (1) an oil phase which contains a wax and/or an oil thickener, (2) a water phase, (3) at least one type of microfine particles which a) have an average particle size of less than 200 nm, which b) display both hydrophilic and lipophilic properties, i.e. which have amphiphilic character, and are dispersible both in water and in oil and which c) have optionally been coated on the surface, (4) at least one type of non-amphiphilic metal oxide pigments and (5) at most 0.5% by weight of one or more emulsifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Heinrich Gers-Barlag, Anja Müller
  • Patent number: 6551611
    Abstract: Varying the daily dose of either or both of the estrogen and the progestogen administered for hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is readily and inexpensively accomplished, without the necessity of the physician prescribing a new product each time the daily dose of the estrogen or progestogen is changed, by administering preferably transdermally the estrogen and the progestogen contained in separate extrudable pharmaceutical compositions from a dispenser which contains means, preferably adjustable only by the attending physician or dispensing pharmacist, for varying the volume of either or both of the respective compositions which is dispensed as a single dose from the dispenser in response to a defined digital dispensing manipulation of the dispenser thereby facilitating optimal compliance to a combination of HRT with individually adjusted dosages of the estrogen and progestogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Schering Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörg Elliesen, Jutta Riedl
  • Patent number: 6540988
    Abstract: A method of reducing or preventing body malodour by topically applying to human skin perfume components capable of inhibiting the producation of odoriferous steroids by microorganisms on the skin. The perfume components are capable of inhibiting bacterial 4-ene reductase and/or 5&agr;-reductase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Quest International B.V.
    Inventors: John M. Behan, Tony Minhas
  • Patent number: 6537570
    Abstract: A method of preparation of a treated Spirulina compound includes the steps of rehydrating desiccated Spirulina, stressing the culture and freeze drying to a powder. The resultant compound has activity as an anti-viral compound and an anti-bacterial compound. It is capable of effecting repair of skin defects in mammals and acting as a preventative agent to skin defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventors: Kelvin Winston Duncan, Angus Ian Macrae
  • Patent number: 6524593
    Abstract: Compositions comprising N-acetyl-aldosamines, N-acetylamino acids, and related N-acetyl compounds are useful to alleviate or improve various cosmetic conditions and dermatological disorders, including changes or damage to skin, nail and hair associated with intrinsic aging and/or extrinsic aging, as well as changes or damage caused by extrinsic factors. N-acetyl-aldosamines, N-acetylamino acids, and related N-acetyl composition may further comprise a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or other topical agent to enhance or create synergetic effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Inventors: Ruey J. Yu, Eugene Van Scott