Patents Issued in June 16, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160169488
    Abstract: A complex device that integrates a beam shaping aperture in a printed circuit board of the complex device (e.g., scanner or barcode reader or optical module) is provided. The complex device has a light-emitting diode pattern projection system. The pattern projection system includes one or more light-emitting diodes and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board has one or more apertures and one or more receptacles. The one or more receptacles are positioned behind the aperture and receive the one or more light-emitting diodes. The printed circuit board with receptacle offer self-alignment for the light emitting diodes. The beam shaping aperture in front of the light-emitting diodes allows light to pass through the aperture that is part of the printed circuit board layer of the complex device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: FEDERICO CANINI, ANNA GUAGLIUMI, DAVIDE BOTTAZZI
  • Publication number: 20160169489
    Abstract: An indicating device includes an enclosure and an indicating lamp. The enclosure includes a base. The base defines a receiving space and an opening communicating with the receiving space. When the indicating lamp is received in the receiving space, the base partially shields the indicating lamp allowing light from the indicating lamp to be transmitted only through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: JIE LI, SHEN-FA TSAI
  • Publication number: 20160169490
    Abstract: A lighting device suitably adaptable to those that can adjust an irradiation angle stably. A lighting device includes a lighting device housing, a support housing supported by the lighting device housing so as to be freely rotatable about a first rotation axis, and a lighting unit supported by the support housing so as to be freely rotatable about a second rotation axis. The support housing is suspended from the lighting device housing, and is provided with a ring member protruding radially outward at its outer periphery. The lighting device housing is provided with a circular receiving part for supporting the ring member on the support housing side when the suspension is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Almo Technos Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasutaka KIJIMA, Tomihiko SAKAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160169491
    Abstract: An interchangeable adapter for changing a light bulb that includes a holder that has a mounting end and an interface end opposite the mounting end, and a first engagement member disposed inside of the holder. At least one head piece that is separate from the holder is releasably coupled thereto at the interface end of the holder. The head piece has a base plate with opposite first and second sides, and the first side defines a platform. A plurality of teeth extend from the platform of the first side of the base plate. The plurality of teeth are spaced and arranged on the platform to engage the light bulb. A second engagement member extends from the second side of the base plate for engaging the first engagement member of the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph Gurwicz, Michael Rosen
  • Publication number: 20160169492
    Abstract: A dual-output power adapter for a lighted artificial tree having a plurality of tree portions with light strings having lighting elements. The dual-output power adapter includes a power cord including a first power conductor and a second power conductor, the power cord configured to transmit an input electrical power; a housing configured to receive the first power conductor and a second power conductor; power-converting circuitry in electrical connection with the first power conductor and the second power conductor, the power-converting circuitry configured to convert the input electrical power to a first output electrical power; a first pair of conductors for transmitting the first output electrical power; and a second pair of conductors for transmitting a second output electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Johnny Chen
  • Publication number: 20160169493
    Abstract: A conformal power adapter for insertion into a lighted artificial tree and for converting power received from an external power source to a power usable by the lighted artificial tree. The power adapter includes an elongated housing including a first end, and a second end; a printed circuit board assembly including power-converting circuitry for converting an input electrical power to an output electrical power for use by a lighted artificial tree having a hollow trunk section, the printed circuit board assembly located substantially within the elongated housing; a power cord secured to the first end of the housing and in electrical connection with the power converting electronics, the power cord adapted to transmit power from an external power source to the power-converting circuitry. The elongated housing enclosing the printed circuit board assembly is sized to fit substantially within the hollow trunk portion of the lighted artificial tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Johnny CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160169494
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a tree-top ornament apparatus configured to present a removeably attachable ornament above a top of a tree and supporting the presented ornament by clamping an ornament-connected deformable conduit to a secure portion of a tree trunk below the top of the tree. In an illustrative embodiment, the conduit may be deformable and yet semi-rigid so as not to deform under the weight of the presented ornament. In some embodiments, a sleeve may be configured to provide an electrical signal to a light emitting device for illuminating the ornament. The sleeve may include a light emitting device within a top hollow of the sleeve. In some embodiments, the light emitting device may be configured to illuminate a clear or semi-clear ornament received in the top hollow of the sleeve. The tree-top ornament apparatus may advantageously secure a tree-top ornament to the tree trunk at a location where the trunk is strong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Loomis, Alexander B. Loomis, Ryan Seyffert
  • Publication number: 20160169495
    Abstract: An illuminated modular decorative article includes a base control panel and a side panel. The base control panel includes a base, a first electrical/mechanical connection interface, and a power source. The side panel includes a base, a second electrical/mechanical connection interface, and illumination sources. The first electrical/mechanical connection interface connects to the second electrical/mechanical connection interface to electrically connect the base control panel to the side panel and to mechanically connect the base control panel substantially orthogonally to the side panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Augustine J. DiCiacce
  • Publication number: 20160169496
    Abstract: A light emitting diode module is removably coupled to a heat sink with screws and includes slots configured to receive at least a portion of the screw therethrough, the width of the slot being greater than the thread-width of the screw but less than the width of the screw head. Some slots also include a keyhole having a diameter greater than the width of the screw head. For embodiments without keyholes, the module is coupled to a heat sink by loosening the screws, sliding them into the slots, and tightening the screws to hold the LED module in place. For embodiments with one or more keyholes, the keyhole is vertically aligned with the screw, the module is moved down over the screw, and the screw is moved into the narrower portion of the slot. Then, the screws are tightened to hold the module in place against the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Grzegorz Wronski
  • Publication number: 20160169497
    Abstract: A headlight, especially a motor vehicle headlight, comprises a bushing (1) with a translucent cover (2) forming an inner chamber (3) including a light source (4), an optical system (5) for guiding the light beam from the light source, a cooling body having the light source mounted thereon and fitted with cooling elements (61) to extract heat from the heat source, and a cooling channel (7) for passage of the cooling media for heat extraction from the cooling elements. The cooling channel is closed with respect to the chamber to prevent the cooling media from passing through the chamber outside the cooling channel The body forms the wall of a part of the cooling channel, and the cooling elements face the inner space of the cooling channel. The part of the cooling channel whose wall comprises the cooling body is arranged in a controlled movable way in the inner chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jan Kratochvil, Stanislav Klimicek, Ondrej Hasa, Jan Grof, Milos Macicek
  • Publication number: 20160169498
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lighting device (1) comprising a housing (80), an air inlet (22) and an air outlet (24); a support structure (30) in said housing extending in between said air inlet and said air outlet, said support structure including a section (32) carrying at least one solid state lighting element (10); a conduit (20) from said air inlet to said air outlet such that the conduit extends over the support structure; and a fan (40) mounted in said conduit, wherein the fan is located closer to the air inlet than to the air outlet. A luminaire including such a lighting device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Chengyong Lei, Yan Xiong, Bao Wang
  • Publication number: 20160169499
    Abstract: Various embodiments may relate to an illuminating device including a light engine, a housing and a driver contained in the housing, wherein the illuminating device further includes a heat dissipation device disposed in the housing which includes a substrate for supporting the light engine and an insert ring in thermal-conductive contact with the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Rencheng Li, Tingbiao Lan, Ran Lin, Zhian Li
  • Publication number: 20160169500
    Abstract: Thermal management approaches and methods for structures requiring certain optical and thermal properties, for example, components of LED-based lighting units. Such a structure is in thermal communication with a source of visible light and thermal energy, and visible light emitted by the source passes through the structure. The structure includes a portion formed of a composite material containing a polymeric matrix material and a fiber material that contributes an optical scattering effect to the visible light passing through the composite material. The fiber material is made up of individual fibers that each comprise a core material and an opaque diffusive white coating on an external surface thereof. The fiber material and its coating contribute to the thermal conductivity and an optical scattering effect of the composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Dengke CAI, Gary Robert ALLEN
  • Publication number: 20160169501
    Abstract: A selectively perceptible wind turbine system provides illumination in a low intensity and wavelength invisible to the human eye, but visible to certain bats. This illumination deters bats and other flying animals from going near the turbine without becoming a nuisance. At least one ultraviolet (UV) illumination source produces at least one UV beam with a wavelength of approximately 200 nm to approximately 400 nm. This UV beam extends between the UV illumination source and at least one turbine blade surface of a turbine blade. Contact between the UV beam and the turbine blade surface forms an illumination interface with a power density of less than 100 ?W/cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Michael Cryan, David Charles Dalton, Paulo Marcos Gorresen
  • Publication number: 20160169502
    Abstract: A device for housing electronics and optics at the leading edge of a fire suppression operation. The device can be attached to a fire hose, water discharge outlet on a fire engine/ladder truck. The device can enhance fire ground visibility by means of a lighting source, enhance fire ground communication by means of a video monitoring source, enhance operation using infrared thermal imaging and enhance fire fighter safety by means of an atmospheric/biological metering/monitoring/warning source. All of these enhancements are preferably contained in one, unit with the ability to be deployed anywhere on the fire scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: ALL CLEAR FIRE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: James Mabry, Danny Kleitsch
  • Publication number: 20160169503
    Abstract: A LED lamp for a ceiling fan includes a plate body, a light module and a translucent lampshade. A plate body has a central protruding part and a surrounding part surrounding the central protruding part. The central protruding part protrudes from the surrounding part. The light module includes a carrier board fixed to the central protruding part and a plurality of LED components as well as a plurality of electronic components which are electrically disposed on the carrier board. The translucent lampshade corresponds to and covers the central protruding part and is fixed to the plate body. The light module is between the translucent lampshade and the plate body. When assembling the LED lamp, the translucent lampshade corresponds to and covers the central protruding part and is fixed to the plate body. Thereby, it is easy and convenient regarding the assembly processes and this reduces the cost of assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Shih-Yun CHEN, Chi-Han JAO, Chia-Sheng CHENG
  • Publication number: 20160169504
    Abstract: A feed-water discharge side of a condenser is connected to a feed-water entry side of an flue gas cooler through a bypass line provided with a steam production preventive pump and with an inlet cutoff valve. A feed-water discharge side of the flue gas cooler is connected to the feed-water entry side of the condenser through a steam production preventive water circulation line provided with an outlet cutoff valve. When a boiler feed-water pump is stopped in boiler fuel cutoff, the inlet and outlet cutoff valves are opened and the steam production preventive pump is activated to cause water to flow through the bypass line into the flue gas cooler, is returned through the steam production preventive water circulation line to the condenser and is circulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Terutoshi UCHIDA
  • Publication number: 20160169505
    Abstract: A burner arrangement (1), for a mobile heater operated with liquid fuel, is provided; having a combustion chamber (2) for converting fuel with combustion air in a flaming combustion, which combustion chamber (2) extends along a longitudinal axis (Z) in a main flow direction (H); a pre-mixing chamber (3), which is arranged fluidicly upstream of the combustion chamber (2), for generating a fuel-combustion air-mixture, which pre-mixing chamber (3) comprises a side wall (4); a fuel evaporation surface (O) arranged in the pre-mixing chamber; a fuel supply (10) for supplying liquid fuel; and a first combustion air supply (6) having a swirl body (7) for supplying a combustion air flow into the pre-mixing chamber (3) with a swirl such that the combustion air is guided along the fuel evaporation surface (O) with a tangential flow component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Volodymyr Ilchenko, Vitali Dell, Martin Zoske, Klaus MÖSL
  • Publication number: 20160169506
    Abstract: A catalyst cooler for cooling regenerated catalyst in a regenerator associated with a fluid catalytic cracking unit. The catalyst cooler includes a first passage for transporting hot regenerated catalyst away from the regenerator and a second passage for returning cooled regenerated catalyst to the regenerator. The catalyst cooler also includes at least one heat exchanger. The second passage may be disposed within the first passage, or the first and second passage may each occupy a portion of a horizontal cross section of the catalyst cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Paolo Palmas, Daniel N. Myers
  • Publication number: 20160169507
    Abstract: A solid fuel nozzle tip for issuing a flow of mixed solid fuel and air to a boiler includes a tip body having an inlet and an outlet defining a longitudinal axis therebetween. The tip body includes a slot on an inlet side of the tip body extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis. The slot includes an opening facing the inlet side of the tip body and a recess formed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis to at least partially retain a pivot pin. A solid fuel nozzle assembly for issuing a flow of mixed solid fuel and air to a boiler includes a solid fuel nozzle tip with a tip body, as described above, and a locking plate operatively connected to the tip body to assist in retaining a pivot pin within the slot of the tip body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Coyle, Dale Utterback, Mike Boris
  • Publication number: 20160169508
    Abstract: An inward firing multi burner system is provided that can modulate its output and have two or more independent gas/air supplies firing via multiple burners in the same burner cylinder or burner head compartment. Independent control of one or more of gas/air supplies to the multiple burners yields a comparatively large modulation range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: BURNERTECH COMBUSTION ENGINEERS, LTD.
    Inventor: David Thomas BELL
  • Publication number: 20160169509
    Abstract: A gas processor includes a burner chamber including a first end and a second end, a gas/fuel burner having an inlet receiving air and an inlet for receiving a first combustible gas including a nozzle providing a flame extending out from the nozzle. A syn-gas chamber including injection holes and a syn-gas feed line and a syn-gas nozzle plate is coupled between the second end of the burner chamber and the gas/fuel burner including over the nozzle, wherein syn-gas is directed by the injection holes into a path of the flame for combustion of the syn-gas. An air pipe having a plurality of air discharge ports extending from the first end to within the burner chamber having an air blower coupled thereto is configured to pump air into the burner chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: DAVID W. FOWLER
  • Publication number: 20160169510
    Abstract: Flue gas is a by-product of many energy and industrial plants and is typically emitted through a chimney stack. If the flue gas temperature in the chimney stack drops below the flue gas dew point, condensation of water vapor and acid gases ensues. These gases are very corrosive for chimney stacks designed to operate in a dry condition. The Flue Gas Reheat System of the present invention continuously and proactively manages flue gas chimney stack temperatures above the dew point in order to optimize emission control and effectuate energy efficiency improvements in industrial plants. Waste heat is harvested from the exterior surfaces of existing steam and pollution control equipment through conduction, convection and radiation. This heat is transferred to a working fluid. The working fluid is then directly mixed with the flue gas prior to the flue gas entering the chimney stack to raise the temperature of (or re-heat) the flue gas above its dew point to maintain a dry chimney stack condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Jared D. Pozarnsky
  • Publication number: 20160169511
    Abstract: A burner assembly combines oxygen and fuel to produce a flame. The burner assembly includes an oxygen supply tube adapted to receive a stream of oxygen and a solid fuel conduit arranged to extend through the oxygen tube to convey a stream of fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel into a flame chamber. Oxygen flowing through the oxygen supply tube passes generally tangentially through a first set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and off-tangentially from a second set of oxygen-injection holes formed in the solid fuel conduit and then mixes with fluidized, pulverized, solid fuel passing through the solid fuel conduit to create an oxygen-fuel mixture in a downstream portion of the solid fuel conduit. This mixture is discharged into a flame chamber and ignited in the flame chamber to produce a flame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Curtis TAYLOR, Brad PATTERSON, Jayson PERDUE
  • Publication number: 20160169512
    Abstract: A wall assembly that may be for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a liner having a hot face that defines a combustion chamber, an opposite cold face, and a plurality of effusion holes. A shell of the assembly is spaced outward from the cold face and includes a plurality of impingement holes each having a centerline orientated substantially normal to the cold face. A plurality of cooling member arrays of the liner each include a first plurality of members that may be pins projecting outward from the cold face to conduct heat out of the liner. Each array is spaced between adjacent effusion holes and is symmetrically orientated about the respective centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: John S. Tu, Steven W. Burd
  • Publication number: 20160169513
    Abstract: The present invention relates to dampers for gas turbines and, for example, to a compensation assembly for a damper of a gas turbine for reducing the pulsations occurring in the combustion chamber. The damper can include a resonator cavity with a neck tube in flow communication with the interior of the combustion chamber, wherein the compensation assembly includes a spherical joint associated to the neck tube and configured to allow relative rotation between the combustion chamber and the resonator cavity, and having a bulb portion disposed around the neck tube and a spherical socket configured to internally host the bulb portion, wherein the spherical socket can have a top collar portion and a bottom collar portion connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Karolina Krystyna SOBOL, Christoph WELTI, Urs BENZ
  • Publication number: 20160169514
    Abstract: An inner casing for a diffuser-combustor assembly of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The inner casing may include an outer-ring, an inner-ring circumscribed by the outer-ring, and a strut having a body extending between the inner-ring and the outer-ring. In addition, the inner casing may include a reinforcing-pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Dave J. Hyland, Timothy Dale
  • Publication number: 20160169515
    Abstract: A combustor panel an increased cooling holes provided at at least one of a pair of circumferential edges, a leading edge, a trailing edge or a hole circumference. The increase may be defined as a reduction in spacing or an increase in density. In another feature, holes at the circumferential edges may extend outwardly to an outlet in alignment with rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James P. Bangerter, Robert Sze, James B. Hoke, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Publication number: 20160169516
    Abstract: A bulkhead assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a bulkhead support shell with a multiple of swirler openings. Each of the multiple of swirler openings is surrounded by a first multiple of cooling impingement passages that define an angle ? with respect to a hot side of the bulkhead support shell and a second multiple of cooling impingement passages that define an angle ? with respect to the hot side of the bulkhead support shell. The angle ? is different than the angle ?.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin J. Low, Nurhak Erbas-Sen
  • Publication number: 20160169517
    Abstract: An improved system, apparatus and method may comprise an inner liner and an outer liner extending circumferentially around an engine centerline axis thereby forming a combustion chamber therebetween. The system, apparatus, and method may include a front end extending between the inner and outer liners and having a plurality of fuel nozzle ports configured to each receive a fuel nozzle. First and second outer plunged inlet holes may be formed in the outer liner and extending in a first radial direction toward the engine centerline axis and into at least a portion of the combustion chamber. First and second inner plunged inlet holes may be formed in the inner liner and extending in a second radial direction away from the engine centerline axis and into at least a portion of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Charles B. Graves, Mindi D. Moore, Afework Woubshet, Randall E. Yount
  • Publication number: 20160169518
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus comprising: a reaction chamber positioned between a first turbine stage of a power generation system and a turbine stage of the power generation system, wherein the turbine stage comprises a turbine nozzle and a turbine blade row; a plurality of injectors positioned on a wall of the reaction chamber; and a conduit in fluid communication with the plurality of injectors, wherein the conduit delivers at least one of fuel from a fuel supply line to the reaction chamber through the plurality of injectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Gregory Thomas Foster, Kaitlin Marie Graham, Krishnakumar Venkataraman, Stanley Kevin Widener
  • Publication number: 20160169519
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: an injector in fluid communication with an aft section of a reheat combustor in a power generation system, the aft section being positioned downstream of a combustion reaction zone in the reheat combustor, and positioned upstream of a turbine stage of the power generation system, wherein the turbine stage includes a turbine nozzle and a turbine blade row; and a conduit in fluid communication with the injector, wherein the conduit delivers at least one of a fuel from a fuel supply line and a carrier gas to the injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Gregory Thomas Foster, Kaitlin Marie Graham, Krishnakumar Venkataraman, Stanley Kevin Widener
  • Publication number: 20160169520
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: a first injector located on a surface of a turbine nozzle of a turbine stage positioned downstream of a reheat combustor, wherein the turbine stage includes the turbine nozzle and a turbine blade row; a second injector located on a wall of the reheat combustor; and at least one conduit in fluid communication with each of the first injector and the second injector, wherein the at least one conduit delivers at least one of a fuel from a fuel supply line and a carrier gas to an aft section of the reheat combustor through at least one of the first injector and the second injector, and wherein the aft section is positioned downstream of a combustion reaction zone in the reheat combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Lewis Berkley Davis, Jr., Gregory Thomas Foster, Kaitlin Marie Graham, Krishnakumar Venkataraman, Stanley Kevin Widener
  • Publication number: 20160169521
    Abstract: A swirler is provided for a gas turbine engine. The swirler includes a swirler body with a threaded section and a multiple of circumferentially arranged tabs operable to flex radially outward. The multiple of circumferentially arranged tabs are radially displaced from the threaded section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Drake, Seth A. MAx, Meggan Harris
  • Publication number: 20160169522
    Abstract: A fuel injector guide is provided for a turbine engine combustor. The fuel injector guide includes a tubular base, an annular flange, a plurality of ribs and a flow turbulator. The base extends along an axis between first and second ends. The flange extends radially out from the base at the second end. The ribs are disposed around the base and extend axially out from the flange towards the first end. The flow turbulator is disposed between an adjacent pair of the ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Frank J. Cunha, Stanislav Kostka
  • Publication number: 20160169523
    Abstract: A fuel injection device, for a gas turbine, which enhances uniform distribution in concentration of fuel gas and water vapor in a combustion chamber with a simple structure and at low cost to effectively reduce NOx, is provided. The fuel injection device mixes fuel gas and water vapor and injects fuel gas and water vapor into a combustion chamber. The fuel injection device includes a nozzle housing having a mixing chamber, and the nozzle housing includes a first introduction passage to introduce fuel gas from an outer circumference of the nozzle housing in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber; and a second introduction passage to introduce water vapor from the outer circumference of the nozzle housing in a circumferential direction of the mixing chamber. Fuel gas and water vapor are swirled about an axis C of the mixing chamber and mixed in the mixing chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kunio OKADA, Atsushi HORIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160169524
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide injection systems for fuel and air. According to one embodiment, an injection system can include a mixing zone embedded within a surface of a turbine nozzle and positioned between a first outlet and a second outlet, the turbine nozzle separating a combustor of a power generation system from a turbine stage of the power generation system, wherein the first outlet is oriented substantially in opposition to the second outlet; a first injection conduit for delivering a carrier gas to the mixing zone through the first outlet; and a second injection conduit for delivering a fuel to the mixing zone through a second outlet; wherein the carrier gas and the fuel intermix within the mixing zone upon leaving the first injection conduit and the second injection conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Stanley Kevin Widener, Lewis Berkley Davis, JR., Gregory Thomas Foster, Kaitlin Marie Graham, Krishnakumar Venkataraman
  • Publication number: 20160169525
    Abstract: A gas fired heating appliance comprising a chassis, a firebox having an interior cavity having a gas burner and an opening communicating the interior of the firebox with an environment external to the appliance, a door for enclosing the opening, and at least one track member. The track member has a retracted position and an elongated extended position, and also has a first end secured to the chassis or the firebox and a second end engaging the door. When in its retracted position the track member positions the door to enclose and seal the opening. When in its extended position the track member retains the door in a position outwardly off-set from the firebox adjacent the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Todd Bush
  • Publication number: 20160169526
    Abstract: A method for off-site manufacture of prefabricated monolithic fireplaces etc comprising a plurality of concrete blocks ; the method comprising the steps of constructing a first layer of blocks, providing a steel frame and securing the same to the blocks and to a second layer of blocks constructed atop the first layer, and constructing additional layers of blocks sequentially atop the second layer each block being adhesively secured to each of its adjacent blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Raymond Paulding
  • Publication number: 20160169527
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a range for cooking includes a combustion chamber having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls that extend upward to an upper rim. The range further includes at least one gas burner positioned at the bottom of the combustion chamber, and a platen positioned on the upper rim. The platen has an interior opening above one of the at least one gas burner with a first flange. The range further includes at least one removable outer plate positioned on the first flange of the platen, and an enclosure disposed to surround the gas burner and that is operative to cause preferential heating of the removable inner plate by radiation from a flame at the one of the at least one gas burner and radiation from the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Hestan Commercial Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Deng, Michael D. Mason
  • Publication number: 20160169528
    Abstract: A network control electric fireplace includes a housing, an image screen in the housing, an imitation charcoal, an illuminating device, a flame processing device, a light reflection device, an image light source, a heater, and a control device. The light reflection device includes a light reflection assembly and a motor. The control device is used to receive the network control command sent from the electronic apparatus. The heater, the illuminating device, the motor, and the image light source are connected with the control device, such that each function of the electric fireplace can be achieved by the network control. In winter, the user can turn on the heater through network control to warm up the indoor in advance, such that he/she can feel warm air indoors. It is not required to operate the operation panel on the electric fireplace. It is convenient to operate and use the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Weilin Lu
  • Publication number: 20160169529
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an oven includes an oven chamber operable to be heated and having a front opening. The oven further includes a frame coupled to and at least partially surrounding the oven chamber. The oven further includes a door operable to seal the front opening of the oven chamber, and a pair of hinges pivotally coupling the door to the frame. Each hinge is positioned on opposing sides of the oven chamber. The oven further includes a pair counterweights that are each coupled to the rear portion of a respective hinge, and a pair of dampers. Each damper is coupled to the frame and operable to resist movement of the door in a single direction opposite that of the other damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Hestan Commercial Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Deng, Chris Moy
  • Publication number: 20160169530
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a range for cooking includes a combustion chamber having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls that extend upward to an upper rim, a gas burner positioned at the bottom, and a platen positioned on the upper rim. The platen has an opening above the gas burner with a first flange. The range further includes a removable outer plate positioned on the first flange. The removable outer plate has an opening above the gas burner with a second flange. The range further includes a removable inner plate positioned on the second flange. The removable inner plate is circular and is made of cast iron. The removable outer plate is configured to increase the thermal resistance between the removable inner plate and the platen by having at least one of a different composition, thickness, and limited contact area than or with the platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Hestan Commercial Corporation
    Inventors: Stanley Kin Sui Cheng, Eric Deng, Michael D. Mason
  • Publication number: 20160169531
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing a glass ceramic element with a patterned coating is provided. The method includes: providing a glass ceramic element with a coating which is at least partially light-blocking and preferably opaque in the visible spectral range; irradiating the glass ceramic element with a pulsed laser beam on the face provided with the coating so that the coating is removed by ablation; during irradiating the laser beam is directed over the surface of the glass ceramic element so that a portion of the coating is removed which has a greater lateral extent than the diameter of the laser beam; and once the coating has been removed, irradiating the glass ceramic with the laser in the region where the coating has been removed, thereby optically modifying the glass ceramic in the irradiated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Fabian WAGNER, Holger WALDSCHMIDT
  • Publication number: 20160169532
    Abstract: An inside-mount countertop-range support for a flush-mount countertop range includes a counter bracket configured to be engaged to an inner edge of an opening defined within a countertop with a top surface. A base flange extends from the counter bracket and into the opening. The inside-mount countertop-range support includes a range having a housing and top member above the housing that extends over the opening and includes a bottom surface, wherein the housing is configured to be disposed within the opening. A range bracket is configured to be coupled to the housing and includes a top flange that is configured to be supported by the base flange, wherein when the top flange rests upon the base flange, the bottom surface of the top member engages and is flush with the top surface of the countertop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: CARLOS EDUARDO IURK, GUILHERME MOREIRA DE ALCANTARA FILHO, LEDIMARA MASCARELLO
  • Publication number: 20160169533
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a range for cooking includes at least one combustion chamber having a bottom surrounded by sidewalls that extend upward to an upper rim. The range further includes first and second gas burners positioned at the bottom of the at least one combustion chamber, and a first platen positioned on a first portion of the upper rim. The first platen has an interior opening above the first gas burner with a first flange. The range further includes a first removable plate positioned on the first flange. The first removable plate has an interior opening above the first gas burner with a second flange. The range further includes a removable inner plate positioned on the second flange. The range further includes a second platen positioned over a remaining portion of the upper rim. The second gas burner is a linear flame source positioned under the second platen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Hestan Commercial Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Deng, Michael D. Mason
  • Publication number: 20160169534
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rack includes a pair of spaced apart inverted U shaped brackets. Each bracket has a top portion coupled in-between a rear leg and a front leg and forming a gap in-between the rear leg and the front leg. The top portion, the rear leg, and front leg of each bracket are disposed in a first plane. The rack further includes one or more horizontal coupling members coupled in-between the pair of brackets. The horizontal coupling members and the front leg of each bracket are disposed in a second plane that is orthogonal to the first plane. The rack also includes one or more first horizontal supporting members coupled to and extending outward from a first bracket of the pair of brackets. The first horizontal supporting members are disposed in a third plane that is orthogonal to the first and second planes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: Hestan Commercial Corporation
    Inventors: Ray Nilssen, Chris Moy, Eric Deng, Richard Zirges
  • Publication number: 20160169535
    Abstract: A cooking device includes a main body with a cooking space, and a hood provided at the lower side of the main body, the hood is configured to suction air and includes a hood casing, a movable part that is configured to be withdrawn from the hood casing and a suction part with a front suction port, where the front suction port is exposed to an outside of the hood casing based on the movable part being withdrawn from the hood casing, and the front suction portion is not exposed to the outside of the hood casing based on the movable part being inserted in the hood casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Sangcheol LEE, Wontae KIM
  • Publication number: 20160169536
    Abstract: An electrical radiation heater arrangement for a vacuum enclosure includes at least two sets of linear heating sources, arranged in a corresponding number of concentric heating zones. The heating sources are arranged directly on the vacuum side of the vacuum enclosure and electrically connected to current rails arranged on the vacuum side with each of the current rails being connected to one electrical feedthrough from vacuum to ambient. Preferably, the heating sources are arranged in a polygon approaching a circle, essentially radially or a combination of both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Juergen Weichart, Rolf Bazlen
  • Publication number: 20160169537
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electric fireplace having a humidifying device. The electric fireplace includes a casing. A flame imitation device, a heating device, an air purifying device, the humidifying device, and a touch control panel are provided in the casing. The electric fireplace is combined with the flame imitation device, the air purifying device, and the heating device to provide multiple functions. The user can watch the realistic flame and inhale fresh but not dry warm wind. The humidifying device includes a water container, a cotton rod, a fixing knob, an atomization plate, a hollow pipe, and a fog output box. The humidifying device delivers the water to the atomization plate through the cotton rod to generate atomized particles. The present invention has a simple structure and can be produced easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Weilin LU