Patents by Inventor Douglas Michael Rode

Douglas Michael Rode 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).

  • Furnace design for pulverized coal and stoker firing
    Patent number: 4019465
    Abstract: A boiler furnace that is adapted to burn slag producing pulverized coal in suspended form at the upper end of the furnace in which solid fuel is being burned on a subjacent grate. The boiler furnace has an upright combustion chamber with baffles intermediate the upper portion of the furnace and the grate to effectively arrest slag that falls from the upper portion of the furnace before it reaches the subjacent grate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: The Air Preheater Company, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Regan, Douglas Michael Rode