Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Kenny

Thomas C. Kenny 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).

  • Furnace fuel
    Patent number: 4435185
    Abstract: A significant improvement in the combustion properties of liquid hydrocarbon furnace fuel, perceived as a marked reduction in the rate and quantity of tarry, cokelike deposits formed on combustion of the fuel in conventional burner equipment, is obtained by adding to said fuel from about 1.0.times.10.sup.-6 to about 1.0.times.10.sup.-3 parts by weight of at least one isomer of dinitrotoluene. Optionally, combustion deposit formation can be further inhibited by the addition of at least one metal acetylacetonate to furnace fuel containing dinitrotoluene in the aforesaid amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: Horizon Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Kenny, John P. Plunkett
  • Fuel for compression ignition engines
    Patent number: 4370147
    Abstract: Fuel consumption in compression ignition engines is significantly reduced by the addition to fuel for operating said engines of from about 1.0.times.10.sup.-6 to about 1.0.times.10.sup.-3 parts by weight of at least one isomer of dinitrotoluene. Optionally, the fuel may further contain an amount of at least one metal acetylacetonate to effect an appreciable reduction in the level of combustion particulates which are produced upon ignition of the fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Horizon Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Kenny, John P. Plunkett