Patents by Inventor Demetris T. Venizelos

Demetris T. Venizelos 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: 6796790
    Abstract: A burner assembly for a radiant burner includes a burner tube structure in the form of an elongated burner conduit having spaced inlet and outlet ends. The conduit is adapted and arranged for directing a fuel lean gaseous mixture comprising a portion of the total fluid fuel to be combusted and oxygen therealong from the inlet end to the outlet end. The assembly also includes a main burner nozzle at the outlet end of the conduit, which nozzle has a central axis, a wall extending around a centrally located chamber therein, and a downstream end spaced from the outlet end of the conduit. The main burner nozzle is arranged and adapted for receiving the mixture from the conduit in the chamber and redirecting the same through a plurality of apertures in the wall and into a combustion zone in a direction transverse to the axis and at a velocity which is greater than the flame speed of the gaseous mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: John Zink Company LLC
    Inventors: Demetris T. Venizelos, Wesley Ryan Bussman, Ralph Robert Hayes, Jesse S. Chambers, Roger L. Poe
  • Publication number: 20040146826
    Abstract: A burner arrangement includes a venturi cluster including a plurality of venturis arranged for parallel flow. The multi venturi arrangement utilizing pressurized fuel as the inducing fluid to induce a flow of air enables the provision of an ultra fuel lean premix of fuel and air. A central burner tube which extends outwardly beyond the delivery end of a primary burner tip and mounts a relatively small capacity nozzle at a substantial distance from the delivery end of the burner tip enabling the ultra fuel lean mixture to expand and slow down such that its linear speed does not exceed the flame speed of the mixture prior to by the flame of the spaced nozzle. A deflector may be positioned adjacent the nozzle to assist in stabilizing the flame after the expansion and slowing process has been completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: John Zink Company, LLC
    Inventors: Roger L. Poe, Wesley Ryan Bussman, I-Ping Chung, Ralph Robert Hayes, Jaiwant D. Jayakaran, Andrew Jones, Jason D. McAdams, Demetris T. Venizelos, Richard T. Waibel
  • Patent number: 6729874
    Abstract: A burner arrangement includes a venturi cluster including a plurality of venturis arranged for parallel flow. The multi venturi arrangement utilizing pressurized fuel as the inducing fluid to induce a flow of air enables the provision of an ultra fuel lean premix of fuel and air. A central burner tube which extends outwardly beyond the delivery end of a primary burner tip and mounts a relatively small capacity nozzle at a substantial distance from the delivery end of the burner tip enabling the ultra fuel lean mixture to expand and slow down such that its linear speed does not exceed the flame speed of the mixture prior to by the flame of the spaced nozzle. A deflector may be positioned adjacent the nozzle to assist in stabilizing the flame after the expansion and slowing process has been completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: John Zink Company, LLC
    Inventors: Roger L. Poe, Wesley Ryan Bussman, I-Ping Chung, Ralph Robert Hayes, Jaiwant D. Jayakaran, Andrew Jones, Jason D. McAdams, Demetris T. Venizelos, Richard T. Waibel
  • Publication number: 20020076668
    Abstract: A burner assembly for a radiant burner includes a burner tube structure in the form of an elongated burner conduit having spaced inlet and outlet ends. The conduit is adapted and arranged for directing a fuel lean gaseous mixture comprising a portion of the total fluid fuel to be combusted and oxygen therealong from the inlet end to the outlet end. The assembly also includes a main burner nozzle at the outlet end of the conduit, which nozzle has a central axis, a wall extending around a centrally located chamber therein, and a downstream end spaced from the outlet end of the conduit. The main burner nozzle is arranged and adapted for receiving the mixture from the conduit in the chamber and redirecting the same through a plurality of apertures in the wall and into a combustion zone in a direction transverse to the axis and at a velocity which is greater than the flame speed of the gaseous mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Demetris T. Venizelos, Wesley Ryan Bussman, Ralph Robert Hayes, Jesse S. Chambers, Roger L. Poe