Patents by Inventor Douglas A. Clauss

Douglas A. Clauss 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).

  • MELTING FURNACE PURGE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220373261
    Abstract: A furnace has a melting chamber with a periphery defined by a surrounding wall structure. The furnace is provided with a purge system configured to direct inert gas to flow downward in the melting chamber in the configuration of a curtain that adjoins the wall structure and reaches only partially around the periphery of the melting chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas F. Robertson, Douglas A. Clauss
  • RADIANT HEATING PANEL FOR MELTING FURNACE
    Publication number: 20190162473
    Abstract: A radiant heating panel has an inner side surface configured to face into a combustion chamber and an outer side surface configured to face oppositely away from the combustion chamber. The panel has interconnected sections formed of ceramic material. The panel sections are elongated with adjacent longitudinal edge portions, and are joined and sealed together along the adjacent longitudinal edge portions. The outer side surface of the panel has a contour that undulates laterally across the panel sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Clauss, Thomas F. Robertson