Patents by Inventor B. Clark Smith

B. Clark Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fuel vaporizing combustor tube
    Patent number: 4188782
    Abstract: In a fuel vaporizing type of combustor for gas turbines, using fuel vaporizing tubes and associated mechanism, the vaporizing tubes having a construction and configuration adapted to maintain uniform temperatures therein, the structure as well maintaining uniform temperatures in the head plate of the unit and in an associated splash plate, if used, the structure further tending to eliminate carbon build-up within the tube per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: B. Clark Smith, Gene A. Anders
  • Fuel vaporizing combustor tube
    Patent number: RE30925
    Abstract: In a fuel vaporizing type of combustor for gas turbines, using fuel vaporizing tubes and associated mechanism, the vaporizing tubes having a construction and configuration adapted to maintain uniform temperatures therein, the structure as well maintaining uniform temperatures in the head plate of the unit and in an associated splash plate, if used, the structure further tending to eliminate carbon build-up within the tube per se.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1982
    Assignee: Caterpillar Tractor Co.
    Inventors: B. Clark Smith, Gene A. Anders