Patents by Inventor Bernard Zamuner

Bernard Zamuner 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).

  • Method for heating a charge
    Patent number: 9115016
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for heating a charge using a flame generated by a lance and/or a burner, characterized in that, in a first phase, the flame is directed towards the charge and in that, in a second phase, the flame is directed more or less parallel to the charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nicolas Docquier, Bernard Labegorre, Bernard Zamuner
  • Burner the Direction and/or Size of the Flame of Which Can Be Varied, and Method of Implementing It
    Publication number: 20100068666
    Abstract: Burner comprising at least one passage for injecting at least a primary jet, such as a jet of oxidant and/or fuel and/or of a premix of oxidant and fuel, and means of injecting at least one secondary jet of fluid opening into said passage, the interaction between the primary jet and the at least one secondary jet making it possible to vary the direction and/or the size of the flame. Use of said burner for heating a charge with the variable-direction and/or variable-size flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Ex ploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Bernard Zamuner, Nicolas Docquier, Bernard Labegorre, Thomas Lederlin, Thierry Poinsot, Vincent Faivre
  • Method and Apparatus for Injecting a Jet of Fluid with a Variable Direction and/or Opening
    Publication number: 20100032020
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for injecting at least one jet of fluid, in which the direction and/or opening of at least one of the jets may be variable, comprising means of injecting at least one main fluid jet, means for injecting at least one secondary fluid jet, and means for causing at least one main fluid jet to interact with at least one secondary fluid jet and producing a fluid jet resulting from this interaction whose direction and/or opening are variable; as well as the associated method; and the uses of these.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Bernard Labegorre, Nicolas Docquier, Bernard Zamuner, Thomas Lederlin, Thierry Poinsot, Vincent Faivre
  • Method for processing aluminium in a rotary or a reverberating furnace
    Patent number: 7655067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing aluminum in a furnace consisting in introducing an aluminum-containing material and possibly one or several types of salt into the furnace, melting said material by heating with the aid of at least one burner supplied with a combustive material and fuel in such a way that a molten aluminum possibly covered with a slag containing, in particular alumina and at least one salt is produced and in measuring a carbon monoxide and/or hydrogen concentration in the furnace atmosphere or in a smoke at the exit of the furnace. Oxygen content in the combustive material supplying at least one burner is greater than 10% by volume, preferably greater than 21% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: L'Air Liquide-Societe Anonyme a Directoire et Conseil de Surveillande pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nicolas Lucas, Bernard Zamuner
  • Method for Heating a Charge
    Publication number: 20090311639
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for heating a charge using a flame generated by a lance and/or a burner, characterized in that, in a first phase, the flame is directed towards the charge and in that, in a second phase, the flame is directed more or less parallel to the charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L'Ex ploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Nicolas Docquier, Bernard Labegorre, Bernard Zamuner
  • Method for processing aluminium in a rotary or a reverberating furnace
    Publication number: 20070171954
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing aluminum in a furnace consisting in introducing an aluminum-containing material and possibly one or several types of salt into the furnace, melting said material by heating with the aid of at least one burner supplied with a combustive material and fuel in such a way that a molten aluminum possibly covered with a slag containing, in particular alumina and at least one salt is produced and in measuring a carbon monoxide and/or hydrogen concentration in the furnace atmosphere or in a smoke at the exit of the furnace. Oxygen content in the combustive material supplying at least one burner is greater than 10% by volume, preferably greater than 21% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventors: Nicolas Lucas, Bernard Zamuner