Patents by Inventor Jonathon Barnes

Jonathon Barnes 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).

  • Publication number: 20170198902
    Abstract: A burner apparatus for a fired-heater system and a method of burner operation wherein the burner fuel is ejected outside of the burner wall from a surrounding fuel discharge ring, or from a lateral elongate ejection bar in the case of a flat flame burner, to a combustion zone projecting from the forward end of burner wall. The burner apparatus and method reduce NOx production by a combination of enhanced internal flue gas recirculation and staged fuel operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Darton J. Zink, Rex K. Isaacs, Jonathon Barnes, Parker Imel, Seth Marty, Cody Little, John McDonald
  • Patent number: 9593848
    Abstract: A burner apparatus for a furnace system and a method of burner operation wherein a non-symmetrical positioning of one combustion fuel discharge tip or a grouping of fuel discharge tips within the burner wall produces side-by-side lean and fuel rich combustion stage zones and also produces internal flue gas recirculation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: ZEECO, INC.
    Inventors: Darton J. Zink, Rex K. Isaacs, Parker Imel, Seth Marty, Jonathon Barnes, Cody Little, John McDonald, Tim Kirk, Tim Minihan
  • Publication number: 20150354811
    Abstract: A burner apparatus for a furnace system and a method of burner operation wherein a non-symmetrical positioning of one combustion fuel discharge tip or a grouping of fuel discharge tips within the burner wall produces side-by-side lean and fuel rich combustion stage zones and also produces internal flue gas recirculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Darton J. Zink, Rex K. Isaacs, Parker Imel, Seth Marty, Jonathon Barnes, Cody Little, John McDonald, Tim Kirk, Tim Minihan