Patents by Inventor Robert M. Schirmer

Robert M. Schirmer 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).

  • Gas turbine combustor with controlled fuel mixing
    Patent number: 3955361
    Abstract: New combustors, and methods of operating same, which produce lower emissions, particularly lower emissions of nitrogen oxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1976
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Robert M. Schirmer, Ellsworth H. Fromm
  • Gas turbine combustors and method of operation
    Patent number: 3939653
    Abstract: New combustors, and methods of operating same, which produce lower emissions, particularly lower emissions of nitrogen oxides. Methods and means are provided for supplying separate streams of air to primary and secondary combustion zones of a combustor, for removing heat from said primary combustion zone, and reintroducing said heat into the combustor at a region spaced apart and downstream from said primary and secondary combustion zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventor: Robert M. Schirmer
  • Gas turbine combustor with controlled fuel mixing
    Patent number: 3938323
    Abstract: New combustors, and methods of operating same, which produce lower emissions, particularly lower emissions of nitrogen oxides. Method and means are provided for reducing the flame temperature in a primary combustion zone of said combustors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1976
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Harold T. Quigg, Robert M. Schirmer