Patents by Inventor Norimasa Maekawa

Norimasa Maekawa 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: 9518306
    Abstract: There is provided a top-firing hot blast stove including a burner and a burner duct capable of stabilizing an ignition point at a desired position inside the burner duct and suppressing occurrence of blinking phenomenon so as to achieve high combustion efficiency. A top-firing hot blast stove 10 includes a checker chamber 4 and a combustion chamber 3 which includes a burner system and placed above the checker chamber 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Norimasa Maekawa, Koya Inoue, Hiroshi Shimazu, Shunji Koya, Naoki Kunishige, Nobuhiro Ohshita
  • Patent number: 9017068
    Abstract: There is provided a top-firing hot blast stove capable of enhancing combustion efficiency in burner system, supplying high-temperature combustion gas to an entire checker chamber, and suppressing damage on a refractory material on an inner wall of a burner duct. A top-firing hot blast stove 10 has a burner system including: a burner 1 for passing fuel gas or combustion air to each of three or more pipe lines in a multiple pipe line structure; and a burner duct 2. A core pipe line 1b and a central pipe line 1c include a swirling flow generating means provided for generating a swirling flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air, while an outermost pipe line 1d carries a linear flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air, so that combustion gas HG including a linear component HG? and a swirling component HG? is generated in the burner duct 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd., NS Plant Designing Corporation
    Inventors: Norimasa Maekawa, Koya Inoue, Hiroshi Shimazu, Shunji Koya, Naoki Kunishige, Nobuhiro Ohshita
  • Publication number: 20140011152
    Abstract: There is provided a top-firing hot blast stove capable of enhancing combustion efficiency in burner system, supplying high-temperature combustion gas to an entire checker chamber, and suppressing damage on a refractory material on an inner wall of a burner duct. A top-firing hot blast stove 10 has a burner system including: a burner 1 for passing fuel gas or combustion air to each of three or more pipe lines in a multiple pipe line structure; and a burner duct 2. A core pipe line 1b and a central pipe line 1c include a swirling flow generating means provided for generating a swirling flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air, while an outermost pipe line 1d carries a linear flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air, so that combustion gas HG including a linear component HG? and a swirling component HG? is generated in the burner duct 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norimasa Maekawa, Koya Inoue, Hiroshi Shimazu, Shunji Koya, Naoki Kunishige, Nobuhiro Ohshita
  • Publication number: 20140004475
    Abstract: There is provided a top-firing hot blast stove including a burner and a burner duct capable of stabilizing an ignition point at a desired position inside the burner duct and suppressing occurrence of blinking phenomenon so as to achieve high combustion efficiency. A top-firing hot blast stove 10 includes a checker chamber 4 and a combustion chamber 3 which includes a burner system and placed above the checker chamber 4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: NS PLANT DESIGNING CORPORATION, NIPPON STEEL & SUMIKIN ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norimasa Maekawa, Koya Inoue, Hiroshi Shimazu, Shunji Koya, Naoki Kunishige, Nobuhiro Ohshita