Patents by Inventor Brian Wills

Brian Wills 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).

  • Burner with regenerative bed
    Patent number: 5049064
    Abstract: A regenerative burner includes a chamber containing heat storage bodies which extract heat from hot products of combustion flowing through the burner during one part of a cycle of operation and yield up that heat to incoming air during a further part of the cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Inventor: Brian Wills
  • Method of operating a pair of burners and apparatus for use in the method
    Patent number: 4898530
    Abstract: A pair of regenerative burners is provided with feed means (25) for feeding a reducing agent into the products of combustion so that this agent can reduce oxides of nitrogen in the heat store to which heat is imparted by the products of combustion. Refractory elements (17,21) comprised by the heat stores may additionally or alternatively have catalytically active surfaces to promote reaction of the lower oxides of nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Stordy Combustion Engineering Limited
    Inventors: Brian Wills, Gary Johns
  • Burner with regenerative bed
    Patent number: 4838782
    Abstract: A regenerative burner includes a chamber containing heat storage bodies which extract heat from hot products of combustion flowing through the burner during one part of a cycle of operation and yield up that heat to incoming air during a further part of the cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Inventor: Brian Wills