Patents by Inventor Gerald A. Roffe

Gerald A. Roffe 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).

  • Apparatus for the premixed gas phase combustion of liquid fuels
    Patent number: 4262482
    Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in the art of liquid fuel combustion and, more particularly, concerns a method and apparatus for the controlled gassification of liquid fuels, the thorough premixing of the then gassified fuel with air and the subsequent gas-phase combustion of the mixture to produce a flame substantially free of soot, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide and unburned fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Inventors: Gerald A. Roffe, Horacio A. Trucco
  • Apparatus for gassification, premixing and combustion of liquid fuels
    Patent number: 4089638
    Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in the art of liquid fuel combustion and, more particularly, concerns a method and apparatus for the controlled gassification of liquid fuels, the thorough premixing of the then gassified fuel with air and the subsequent gas-phase combustion of the mixture to produce a flame substantially free of soot, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide and unburned fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1978
    Inventors: Horacio A. Trucco, Gerald A. Roffe