Patents by Inventor Carroll T. Hughes, Jr.

Carroll T. Hughes, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 3937154
    Abstract: An afterburner apparatus to eliminate combustible products in exhaust gases so as to produce a substantially pollution-free gas for discharge to atmosphere. The afterburner apparatus is especially suitable for use with incinerators wherein the exhaust gases from the main combustion chamber oftentimes contain burnable waste products due to incomplete combustion. However, it may also be used with other types of combustion equipment, such as furnaces, gas heaters, or the like, wherein they, too, discharge exhaust gases having some burnable waste products therein. The afterburner apparatus provides for a more complete comsumption of waste products in that it is capable of obtaining a higher temperature in its combustion zone because heated air is supplied thereto to support combustion, the use of the heated air resulting in a saving in the amount of fuel used to fire the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Consumat Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Carroll T. Hughes, Jr.