Patents by Inventor Lawrence Melville

Lawrence Melville 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).

  • FLAME DETECTOR LENS MAINTENANCE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230111717
    Abstract: A maintenance system for a flame detector in an enclosure for an industrial machine, such as turbomachine, is disclosed. The maintenance system may include a conduit having an inlet at an exterior of the enclosure and an outlet at an interior of the enclosure. The outlet is adjacent the flame detector. The maintenance system also includes a source of air and a valve fluidly coupling the inlet of the conduit and the source of air. The valve is configured to deliver a compressed air from the source of air through the outlet of the conduit onto a surface of the flame detector, thereby removing contaminants from the surface and/or cooling the surface. A controller can be provided to automatically operate the cleaning and cooling system when a fault signal is observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Rajan PRAKASH, Anil Kumar DASOJI, Lawrence Melville DANNER
  • System and methods for heat recovery steam generators hot purging
    Patent number: 7861532
    Abstract: A method for operating an energy system includes calculating an auto-ignition temperature of a fuel in use with the energy system, storing the auto-ignition temperature in a system memory, unloading a gas turbine associated with the energy system to a pre-determined range of operations, controlling a temperature of the exhaust flow discharged from the gas turbine, opening an exhaust bypass damper to a pre-determined position to enable a pre-determined volume of air to enter an exhaust flow path defined within the energy system, and releasing the energy system for normal operation after a pre-determined amount of time has elapsed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Law, Robert Lester Brooks, Earl Jay Hamil, Lawrence Melville Danner, Amie Leavengood Ervin
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORS HOT PURGING
    Publication number: 20090000267
    Abstract: A method for operating an energy system includes calculating an auto-ignition temperature of a fuel in use with the energy system, storing the auto-ignition temperature in a system memory, unloading a gas turbine associated with the energy system to a pre-determined range of operations, controlling a temperature of the exhaust flow discharged from the gas turbine, opening an exhaust bypass damper to a pre-determined position to enable a pre-determined volume of air to enter an exhaust flow path defined within the energy system, and releasing the energy system for normal operation after a pre-determined amount of time has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph Robert Law, Robert Lester Brooks, Earl Jay Hamil, Lawrence Melville Danner, Amie Leavengood Ervin
  • Trigger portion of a handheld carbonation device
    Patent number: D668504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Ing Azzi Limited
    Inventors: Gary Lane, Alan Green, James Powell-Tuck, Lawrence Melville, Greg Gormley, Mike Gormley, Steve Aldridge
  • Handheld carbonation device
    Patent number: D673422
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Ingazzi Limited
    Inventors: Gary Lane, Alan Green, James Powell-Tuck, Lawrence Melville, Greg Gormley, Mike Gormley, Steve Aldridge
  • Bottle insert for a handheld carbonation device
    Patent number: D673423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Ingazzi Limited
    Inventors: Gary Lane, Alan Green, James Powell-Tuck, Lawrence Melville, Greg Gormley, Mike Gormley, Steve Aldridge