Patents by Inventor David E. Thornock

David E. Thornock 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 effecting control over a radially stratified flame core burner
    Patent number: 5960724
    Abstract: A method for effecting control over a radially stratified flame core burner that is particularly suited for employment in a firing system of a fossil fuel-fired furnace for purposes of reducing the NO.sub.X emissions from the fossil fuel-fired furnace. The subject method for effecting control over a radially stratified flame core burner enables the foregoing to be accomplished while yet at the same time minimizing CO emissions and the opacity of the exhaust from the stack of the fossil fuel-fired furnace without extending the envelope of the flame produced by the radially stratified flame core burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Inventors: Majed A. Toqan, Richard W. Borio, Thomas G. Duby, Richard C. LaFlesh, Julie A. Nicholson, David E. Thornock