Patents by Inventor Philip C. Carbone
Philip C. Carbone 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).
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Publication number: 20120088022Abstract: An apparatus is provided for accurately dispensing a powder such as powdered infant formula into a container, and pasteurizing and reconstituting the powdered formula while completely mixing the formula in the container. The apparatus includes a hopper assembly for storing powder, a dosing assembly for measuring and dispensing powder from a receptacle into the container, a dilution assembly and a mixing assembly for obtaining accurately and completely mixed formula from the dispensed powder. The hopper is shaped to promote powder bridging, and the resulting powder bridge is used in combination with the dosing assembly to provide a predetermined amount of powder using a single mechanical valve that is isolated from the powder. The mixing assembly mixes the contents of the container while holding the bottle at a fixed angle relative to the vertical. A method of providing pasteurized infant formula from an infant formula powder is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: Linckia Express LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Kyle Mckenney, Charles Marble, Karen Benedek, Nathan Ayer, Scott Hardy, Warren Ellis, Nicholas Lazaris
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Patent number: 8114358Abstract: An apparatus and method for sanitizing, decontaminating, deodorizing, conditioning, drying, treating, cleaning, modifying and/or otherwise improving an atmosphere within a container. The container can be a bag or other housing for equipment, food and/or suitable material. Ozone is generated within an atmosphere that is exposed to the materials. The generated ozone is mixed with the atmosphere. At least a portion of the generated ozone is then removed from the mixed atmosphere. The apparatus and method of this invention can be used to treat contaminated sports equipment and the like, as well as to treat food storage atmospheres, such as those exposed to fresh fruits and vegetables.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Primaira, LLCInventors: Karen Benedek, Philip C. Carbone
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Patent number: 7857616Abstract: A burner apparatus utilizes a reticulated member to promote mixing of a fuel and oxidizer mixture. A plurality of exit ports, disposed on a wall or surface encapsulating the reticulated member, defines exit streams of the mixture that produces flames upon combustion. The burner apparatus have high heating rates and turndown ratios of at least about 18:1.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2005Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: TIAX LLCInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Matthew E. Brekken, Peter F. Pescatore, Charles E. Marble, Matthew Rhodes
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Publication number: 20100158749Abstract: An assembly and method for treating or otherwise improving an atmosphere contained within an enclosed space. The enclosed space can be a container such as a bag or other housing for equipment, food and/or suitable material. Ozone is generated within an atmosphere that is exposed to the material. The generated ozone is mixed with the atmosphere. At least a portion of the generated ozone is then removed from the mixed atmosphere. The assembly and method can be used to treat contaminated sports equipment and the like, as well as to treat food storage atmospheres, such as those exposed to fresh fruits and vegetables.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Karen Benedek, Philip C. Carbone, Derek Affonce
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Publication number: 20100054989Abstract: An apparatus and method for sanitizing, decontaminating, deodorizing, conditioning, drying, treating, cleaning, modifying and/or otherwise improving an atmosphere within a container. The container can be a bag or other housing for equipment, food and/or suitable material. Ozone is generated within an atmosphere that is exposed to the materials. The generated ozone is mixed with the atmosphere. At least a portion of the generated ozone is then removed from the mixed atmosphere. The apparatus and method of this invention can be used to treat contaminated sports equipment and the like,_as well as to treat food storage atmospheres, such as those exposed to fresh fruits and vegetables.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: PRIMAIRA, LLCInventors: Karen Benedek, Philip C. Carbone
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Patent number: 7468495Abstract: An airflow control system for an oven having an oven cavity and a fan having a first operating mode for generating a first flow of air and a second operating mode for generating a second flow of air is provided. A baffle is included adjacent the fan to direct the first flow of air to a first region of the cavity in the first operating mode and to direct the second flow of air to a second region of the cavity in the second operating mode. A method of controlling airflow in an oven having an oven cavity is also detailed. The method can include different modes of operation, with different clockwise and counterclockwise rotational times for the fan, with different heating elements energized, or a combination of both, depending upon the food to be cooked in the oven.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2005Date of Patent: December 23, 2008Assignee: Viking Range CorporationInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Matthew E. Brekken, Peter F. Pescatore, David M. Martin, Anindya Boral
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Patent number: 7020985Abstract: A clothes dryer has a heat source, preferably a heat pump, a rotating drum, and means to generate flow of air from the heat source to an inlet in the drum. At least two outlets are separated from each other in the drum to enable higher air flow rates without increase in pressure drop, resulting in reduced drying time.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2004Date of Patent: April 4, 2006Assignee: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: Steven Michael Casey, David Michael Martin, John Thomas Dieckmann, Peter Francis Pescatore, Philip C. Carbone, Warren James Ellis, Jr., Frederick E. Chernetski
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Patent number: 6629837Abstract: A gas-fired burner wherein a back plate having at least one inlet tube is connected with respect to a flameholder plate having a plurality of ports. The flameholder plate and the back plate form a plenum. A plurality of mixing baffles are formed within the plenum and between the back plate and the flameholder plate. A radiation plate is also connected with respect to the flameholder plate, the radiation plate and flameholder plate forming a combustion chamber with at least one gas flow boundary serving as a heat radiating surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2001Date of Patent: October 7, 2003Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Karen R. Benedek, Stephan E. Schmidt, Richard A. Shandross, William J. Goetzler, Peter P. Payne
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Publication number: 20020045145Abstract: A gas-fired burner wherein a back plate having at least one inlet tube is connected with respect to a flameholder plate having a plurality of ports. The flameholder plate and the back plate form a plenum. A plurality of mixing baffles are formed within the plenum and between the back plate and the flameholder plate. A radiation plate is also connected with respect to the flameholder plate, the radiation plate and flameholder plate forming a combustion chamber with at least one gas flow boundary serving as a heat radiating surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2001Publication date: April 18, 2002Inventors: Philip C. Carbone, Karen R. Benedek, Stephen E. Schmidt, Richard A. Shandross, William J. Goetzler, Peter P. Payne
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Patent number: 6071115Abstract: A process and apparatus for combusting fuel which results in reduction of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxides emissions. Fuel and primary air are preferably premixed and introduced into a combustion chamber. Secondary air is introduced through a plurality of secondary air ports, each preferably shaped as a slot, which are positioned about a venturi nozzle or flame holder disk mounted with respect to a combustion chamber wall. The secondary air flowing through the secondary air ports forms relatively high velocity and momentum secondary air jets that promote rapid mixing of the fuel and primary air mixture into the secondary air flow, such that a combustion flame is established at a partial periphery of the secondary air jets.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 1997Date of Patent: June 6, 2000Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Karen R. Benedek, Stephan E. Schmidt, Charles E. Benson
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Patent number: 6004129Abstract: A burner apparatus for gas-fired appliances, such as gas furnaces. The burner apparatus includes an improved flame holder structure for controlling the shape and contour of the flame, and burner housing and plenum configurations for enhancing the characteristics of the flame.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 1999Date of Patent: December 21, 1999Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Karen R. Benedek, Michael J. Farina, Stephan E. Schmidt
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Patent number: 5975883Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing emissions in combustion products. Fuel and primary oxidant are introduced into a burner tube and discharged as a fuel/oxidant mixture, preferably fuel-rich, into a primary combustion chamber. The combustion flame entrains, through a peripheral gap between the burner tube and a wall of a first housing, a first portion of secondary oxidant in the primary combustion chamber. The combustion flame is then directed, preferably through a swaged orifice, into a secondary combustion chamber. Within the secondary combustion chamber, the combustion flame entrains a second portion of secondary oxidant and then combustion products are discharged through an exhaust tube.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Philip C. Carbone, Judith E. Reich, Karen R. Benedek
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Patent number: 5681159Abstract: A process and apparatus for combustion of fuel which results in reduction of nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxides emissions. Fuel and primary air are preferably premixed and introduced into a combustion chamber. Secondary air is introduced through a plurality of secondary air ports which are positioned about a venturi nozzle or flame holder disk mounted with respect to a combustion chamber wall. The secondary air flowing through the secondary air ports forms relatively high velocity and momentum secondary air jets that promote rapid mixing of the fuel and primary air mixture into the secondary air flow, such that a combustion flame is established at a periphery of the secondary air jets.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1996Date of Patent: October 28, 1997Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Karen R. Benedek, Charles E. Benson, Philip C. Carbone
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Patent number: 5645413Abstract: A method and apparatus for low NO.sub.x combustion in natural draft combustion chambers comprising staged-air combustion apparatus and process in which a fuel-rich, fuel/air mixture is introduced through a burner into a combustion chamber, forming a fuel-rich primary combustion zone flame. The fuel-rich primary combustion zone flame is attached to a flame guide disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the primary combustion zone flame and extending from behind the burner. The flame guide also provides for removal of heat from the primary combustion zone flame. Secondary combustion air is introduced into the combustion chamber downstream of the burner to complete combustion of the fuel-rich primary combustion zone flame products. Internal recirculation of combustion gases within the combustion chamber into the fuel-rich primary combustion zone flame stabilize the fuel-rich primary combustion zone flame and contribute to emissions reduction.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 1995Date of Patent: July 8, 1997Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: Karen R. Benedek, Philip C. Carbone, Bo-Xiong He, Peter J. Loftus, Charles E. Benson
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Patent number: 5584284Abstract: A self-cleaning gas-fueled oven for cooking with a flameholder and door which permit self-cleaning at temperatures exceeding 900.degree. F. The flameholder has a grille divided into two opposed, substantially flat portions, each of which contains an array of ports of two distinct sizes. The smaller-sized ports are tapered, increasing in cross-sectional area in the direction of gas flow through the grille. The oven door has a lip extending substantially perpendicularly from the door's sidewalls so as to overlap the periphery of the door's inner panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: John M. Corliss, II, Philip C. Carbone
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Patent number: 5553601Abstract: A barbecue adapted for portability and being gas-fired. A parallel smoker plate assembly intermediate a gas burner and a cooking plane enhances heat transfer to provide even cooking heat across the entire cooking area. Each of two parallel plates in the smoker plate assembly have offset aperture patterns that facilitate the transfer of heat while preventing the accumulation of liquids from any food in the combustion chamber. A burner assembly with an open-ended tube receives fuel from a pressurized gas bottle having a regulator and discharge tube that readily connects to a detaches from one end of the barbecue. When detached, the gas bottle, regulator and discharge tube stow readily within the barbecue. Integral, pivotal leg structures lying within the combustion chamber shift between stowed positions where they are positioned interiorly of the exterior surface of a barbecue and supporting positions where they stably support the barbecue on a surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1994Date of Patent: September 10, 1996Assignee: Parker, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas S. Parker, Philip C. Carbone
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Patent number: 5471972Abstract: A self-cleaning gas-fueled oven for cooking with a flameholder and door which permit self-cleaning at temperatures exceeding 900.degree. F. The flameholder has a grille divided into two opposed, substantially flat portions, each of which contains an array of ports of two distinct sizes. The smaller-sized ports are tapered, increasing in cross-sectional area in the direction of gas flow through the grille. The oven door has a lip extending substantially perpendicularly from the door's sidewalls so as to overlap the periphery of the door's inner panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 1993Date of Patent: December 5, 1995Assignee: Gas Research InstituteInventors: John M. Corliss, II, Philip C. Carbone