Patents by Inventor Nino Urbano

Nino Urbano 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).

  • Patent number: 5251609
    Abstract: A heating apparatus has a catalytic burner and a thermal receiver which consumes at least one portion of the heat generated by the catalytic burner. The catalytic burner has a member for ejecting a flow of combustible gas, a member for admixing primary air with the flow of combustible gas to obtain a mixture to be burnt, a chamber for distributing the mixture, and a catalytic combustion structure in communication with the distribution chamber. The combustible gas travels into an upstream face of the catalytic combustion structure, and combustion exhaust gases are removed through a downstream face of the catalytic combustion structure. A radiating flameless combustion front is located in the vicinity of the upstream face of the catalytic combustion structure during operation. A thermal receiver extends along virtually the entire surface of the upstream face of the catalytic structure and receives thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1993
    Assignee: Application des Gaz
    Inventors: Jean-Jacques Thibault, Herve Bouvard, Daniel Demilliere-Vergnais, Jean-Claude Pivot, Nino Urbano
  • Patent number: 5178530
    Abstract: A heating device with a catalytic burner for a fuel gas is equipped with a member for regulating the thermal power. The regulating member includes a metal flap for regulating the flow of the mixture to be burned in the catalytic burner. This flap, for example a heat-sensitive bimetallic strip, can move between two positions, namely a first position in which the mixture to be burned is stored in the device or discharged in the manner of a leakage through an orifice in a wall of the heating device, and a second position which allows a maximum flow rate of the mixture to pass through the catalytic burner. The invention applies to all types of heating devices with a catalytic burner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Assignee: Application Des Gaz
    Inventors: Antoine Roldan, Nino Urbano, Philippe Bottazzi
  • Patent number: 4207934
    Abstract: A system of fastening an apparatus on a cartridge of fluid under pressure provided with a dispensing and/or filling valve and an annular bead surrounding the said valve, this fastening system, which comprises:a central core for fastening the said apparatus, comprising fluid dispensing means intended to cooperate with the valve of the said cartridge;a tubular sleeve surrounding the central core, movable axially relative to the latter, and provided with radial claws adapted to clip onto the bead of the cartridge;an annular stop serving as support against the bead of the cartridge;means of axially displacing the tubular sleeve, is characterized in that the annular stop is separate from the tubular sleeve and axially fixed relative to the central core and has an operative face against which the annular bead of the cartridge comes to bear when the said sleeve is displaced axially in the direction of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: Application des Gaz
    Inventors: Gerard Scremin, Nino Urbano