Patents by Inventor Shinichirou Chiba

Shinichirou Chiba 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).

  • Swirling-type melting furnace and method for gasifying wastes by the swirling-type melting furnace
    Patent number: 6283048
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a swirling-type melting furnace for gasifying combustible wastes and/or coal, and a method of gasifying wastes by the swirling-type melting furnace. In the swirling-type melting furnace (5), gaseous materials supplied to a combustion chamber (6) form a swirling flow which includes an outer swirling flow primarily containing particulate combustibles and an inner swirling flow primarily containing gaseous combustibles. Oxygen is supplied through an inner wall of the combustion chamber (6) to the outer swirling flow primarily containing the particulate combustibles for thereby accelerating gasification of the particulate combustibles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignees: Ebara Corporation, Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shosaku Fujinami, Shuichi Nagato, Takahiro Oshita, Shinichirou Chiba, Osamu Kameda, Toshio Fukuda, Yoshio Kosaka
  • Swirling-type melting furnace and method for gasifying wastes by the swirling-type melting furnace
    Patent number: 6161490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a swirling-type melting furnace for gasifying combustible wastes and/or coal, and a method of gasifying wastes by the swirling-type melting furnace. In the swirling-type melting furnace (5), gaseous materials supplied to a combustion chamber (6) form a swirling flow which includes an outer swirling flow primarily containing particulate combustibles and an inner swirling flow primarily containing gaseous combustibles. Oxygen is supplied through an inner wall of the combustion chamber (6) to the outer swirling flow primarily containing the particulate combustibles for thereby accelerating gasification of the particulate combustibles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignees: Ebara Corporation, Ube Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shosaku Fujinami, Shuichi Nagato, Takahiro Oshita, Shinichirou Chiba, Osamu Kameda, Toshio Fukuda, Yoshio Kosaka