Patents by Inventor Robert L. Babington
Robert L. Babington 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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Patent number: 11796171Abstract: An atomizing burner and corresponding method for turning an atomizing burner from an ON state to an OFF state. The burner has independently controllable flows of atomizing air, combustion air, and fuel flow, the burner in the ON state having flow values of burner parameters including flow of atomizing air, flow of combustion air, and fuel flow. The method includes: changing, in response to an OFF instruction, flow of at least one of the flow of atomizing air, combustion air and/or fuel to a lower non-zero value; first discontinuing, after a first period of time since the changing, flow of fuel and flow of atomizing air; maintaining, for a second period of time since the first period of time, flow of combustion air; second discontinuing, after the maintaining, flow of combustion air; wherein the maintaining prevents buildup of excess heat inside the burner during the transition to the OFF state.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Babington Technology, Inc.Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Publication number: 20210356121Abstract: An atomizing burner and corresponding method for turning an atomizing burner from an ON state to an OFF state. The burner has independently controllable flows of atomizing air, combustion air, and fuel flow, the burner in the ON state having flow values of burner parameters including flow of atomizing air, flow of combustion air, and fuel flow. The method includes: changing, in response to an OFF instruction, flow of at least one of the flow of atomizing air, combustion air and/or fuel to a lower non-zero value; first discontinuing, after a first period of time since the changing, flow of fuel and flow of atomizing air; maintaining, for a second period of time since the first period of time, flow of combustion air; second discontinuing, after the maintaining, flow of combustion air; wherein the maintaining prevents buildup of excess heat inside the burner during the transition to the OFF state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Andrew D. BABINGTON, Juan Carlos LEMUS, Nigel JONES, Robert L. BABINGTON, Robert S. BABINGTON
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Patent number: 11105504Abstract: An atomizing burner and corresponding method for turning an atomizing burner from an ON state to an OFF state. The burner has independently controllable flows of atomizing air, combustion air, and fuel flow, the burner in the ON state having flow values of burner parameters including flow of atomizing air, flow of combustion air, and fuel flow. The method includes: changing, in response to an OFF instruction, flow of at least one of the flow of atomizing air, combustion air and/or fuel to a lower non-zero value; first discontinuing, after a first period of time since the changing, flow of fuel and flow of atomizing air; maintaining, for a second period of time since the first period of time, flow of combustion air; second discontinuing, after the maintaining, flow of combustion air; wherein the maintaining prevents buildup of excess heat inside the burner during the transition to the OFF state.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Babington Technology, Inc.Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Patent number: 10845053Abstract: A burner with a flame detector is provided. An atomizing chamber has an aperture. A flame tube is in front of the atomizing chamber, adapted to direct combusting fuel introduced by the atomizing chamber along an interior of the flame tube. A photodiode circuit is located behind the atomizing chamber. A filter is adapted to filter out signals from the photodiode outside of a predetermined bandwidth. Light from combusting fuel in the flame tube reaches the photodiode through the aperture. The output of the filter indicates the presence or absence of the flame in the flame tube based on at least whether enough light received and converted by the photodiode has a flicker rate within the predetermined bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: BABINGTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Publication number: 20190249867Abstract: An atomizing burner and corresponding method for turning an atomizing burner from an ON state to an OFF state. The burner has independently controllable flows of atomizing air, combustion air, and fuel flow, the burner in the ON state having flow values of burner parameters including flow of atomizing air, flow of combustion air, and fuel flow. The method includes: changing, in response to an OFF instruction, flow of at least one of the flow of atomizing air, combustion air and/or fuel to a lower non-zero value; first discontinuing, after a first period of time since the changing, flow of fuel and flow of atomizing air; maintaining, for a second period of time since the first period of time, flow of combustion air; second discontinuing, after the maintaining, flow of combustion air; wherein the maintaining prevents buildup of excess heat inside the burner during the transition to the OFF state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: August 15, 2019Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Patent number: 10302299Abstract: An atomizing burner and corresponding method for turning an atomizing burner from an ON state to an OFF state. The burner has independently controllable flows of atomizing air, combustion air, and fuel flow, the burner in the ON state having flow values of burner parameters including flow of atomizing air, flow of combustion air, and fuel flow. The method includes: changing, in response to an OFF instruction, flow of at least one of the flow of atomizing air, combustion air and/or fuel to a lower non-zero value; first discontinuing, after a first period of time since the changing, flow of fuel and flow of atomizing air; maintaining, for a second period of time since the first period of time, flow of combustion air; second discontinuing, after the maintaining, flow of combustion air; wherein the maintaining prevents buildup of excess heat inside the burner during the transition to the OFF state.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: BABINGTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Publication number: 20190145624Abstract: A burner with a flame detector is provided. An atomizing chamber has an aperture. A flame tube is in front of the atomizing chamber, adapted to direct combusting fuel introduced by the atomizing chamber along an interior of the flame tube. A photodiode circuit is located behind the atomizing chamber. A filter is adapted to filter out signals from the photodiode outside of a predetermined bandwidth. Light from combusting fuel in the flame tube reaches the photodiode through the aperture. The output of the filter indicates the presence or absence of the flame in the flame tube based on at least whether enough light received and converted by the photodiode has a flicker rate within the predetermined bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2019Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Patent number: 10197276Abstract: A burner with a flame detector is provided. An atomizing chamber has an aperture. A flame tube is in front of the atomizing chamber, adapted to direct combusting fuel introduced by the atomizing chamber along an interior of the flame tube. A photodiode circuit is located behind the atomizing chamber. A filter is adapted to filter out signals from the photodiode outside of a predetermined bandwidth. Light from combusting fuel in the flame tube reaches the photodiode through the aperture. The output of the filter indicates the presence or absence of the flame in the flame tube based on at least whether enough light received and converted by the photodiode has a flicker rate within the predetermined bandwidth.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: BABINGTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Publication number: 20170198903Abstract: A method for turning an atomizing burner from an ON state to an OFF state is provided. The burner has independently controllable flows of atomizing air, combustion air, and fuel flow, the burner in the ON state having flow values of burner parameters including flow of atomizing air, flow of combustion air, and fuel flow. The method includes: changing, in response to an OFF instruction, flow of at least one of the flow of atomizing air, combustion air and/or fuel to a lower non-zero value; first discontinuing, after a first period of time since the changing, flow of fuel and flow of atomizing air; maintaining, for a second period of time since the first period of time, flow of combustion air; second discontinuing, after the maintaining, flow of combustion air; wherein the maintaining prevents buildup of excess heat inside the burner during the transition to the OFF state.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2017Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventors: Andrew D. BABINGTON, Juan Carlos LEMUS, Nigel JONES, Robert L. BABINGTON, Robert S. BABINGTON
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Publication number: 20170191660Abstract: A burner with a flame detector is provided. An atomizing chamber has an aperture. A flame tube is in front of the atomizing chamber, adapted to direct combusting fuel introduced by the atomizing chamber along an interior of the flame tube. A photodiode circuit is located behind the atomizing chamber. A filter is adapted to filter out signals from the photodiode outside of a predetermined bandwidth. Light from combusting fuel in the flame tube reaches the photodiode through the aperture. The output of the filter indicates the presence or absence of the flame in the flame tube based on at least whether enough light received and converted by the photodiode has a flicker rate within the predetermined bandwidth.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Inventors: Andrew D. Babington, Juan Carlos Lemus, Nigel Jones, Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington
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Patent number: 4507074Abstract: An improved apparatus is disclosed for controlling the flow of liquid fuel through a feed tube onto the convex exterior surface of an atomizer bulb of the Babington type. Liquid fuel is directed through an inlet conduit (44, 46) into a deaeration chamber (50) having a suitable baffle for separating entrained air and dissipating dynamic flow effects. The inlet (64) of the feed tube for the atomizer bulb is positioned at the lower end (54) of the deaeration chamber so that as the chamber fills with liquid fuel, any air in the feed tube is quickly flushed. Between the inlet conduit (44,46) and the inlet (64) to the feed tube, a filter plug (71) dampens flow pulsations in the liquid passing into the inlet (64). The upper end of the deaeration chamber is closed and provided with an inlet (56, 104) to a suction conduit (58). An adjustment (62,72-881; 90-126) is provided to permit variation of the flow through the suction conduit and, hence, variation of the flow over the atomization bulb.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 1983Date of Patent: March 26, 1985Assignee: Owens-Illinois, Inc.Inventors: Robert L. Babington, Robert S. Babington