Abstract: A pressure gauge subassembly, a pump subassembly, a lower skirt and cap, and an ignition bowl having an up-pipe are coupled to a fuel tank. A safety cover has a Z-shaped upward projection coupled to the lower skirt. A heat resistant glass chimney is coupled to the lower and upper skirts. A lower skirt is coupled to the glass chimney. A lantern top cap with a mixing chamber is coupled to the upper skirt. A plurality of connecting rods firmly hold and contain the glass chimney between the upper skirt and the lower skirt. A vaporizer has two warming coils and a nipple. A quantity of steel wool is wrapped around a vaporizer shaft. A J-shaped mixing tube having a wire mesh and a baffle plate is coupled to the lantern top cap. A mantel is coupled to the mixing tube. The fuel is a quantity of liquid methanol.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for increasing the reactivity of a fuel/air mixture prior to homogenous combustion of the mixture. More specifically, this invention is a pilot for a gas turbine combustor which utilizes the heat of combustion within the pilot to increase the reactivity of a portion of the fuel/air mixture utilized by the pilot.

Abstract: A temperature compensated fuel control valve or regulator has a temperature sensor which senses the temperature of fuel entering the regulator. The temperature sensor controls the area of an orifice through which the fuel must pass in order to enter the burner. When the fuel is at low temperature, its viscosity will be higher and more of the orifice area will be exposed to the fuel. When the fuel is at high temperature, it will flow more easily and less of the orifice will be exposed to the fuel thereby allowing less fuel to pass to the burner.

Abstract: A complimentary trench gate metal-oxide semiconductor transistor is disclosed along with a resulting product. The process for forming the transistor comprises forming a trench within the semiconductor substrate, wherein the semiconductor substrate is doped to a first relative type. A layer doped to a second relative type is applied about the surface of the trench. An insulating layer is then formed within the trench upon said first layer. A region of gate material is formed within the trench upon said insulating layer. Source and drain regions are formed by doping first and second regions adjacent the trench to the opposite relative polarity of the substrate. Segments of the first and second regions are then doped to the same relative polarity as the substrate, the segments being isolated from the substrate by remaining portions of the first and second doped regions.

Abstract: A non-drip candle is formed of three layers including a thick low melt point core and a thin outer confining high melt wax layer affixed to the core by a special intermediate layer. The intermediate layer formulation includes a paraffin candle wax in combination with a similar quantity of double pressed stearic acid and a high purity tallow acid in the range of 0.5 to 60% and preferably 5 to 10% by weight. A microcrystalline wax of about 5% increases the melt point and produces a smooth finish to the candle, and a resin of about 1% imparts hardness to the layer to permit processing. The candle burns with a shallow rim confining the wax pool about the wick and the multiple layer construction functions to practically instantaneously heal any breach in the rim as the result of deflection of the flame or physical engagement with the rim to establish a true dripless candle.