Lifts Fuel From Tank To Heated Section By Capillary Action Patents (Class 431/241)
  • Patent number: 10969108
    Abstract: A combustion device includes a body defining a firebox, a viewing window in front of the firebox, an upper plate adjacent to a top side of the firebox, a first air passage extending from an end adjacent to a rear end of the body to a second end adjacent to a front end of the body, and a second air passage adjacent to a back side of the firebox. The second air passage has a communication opening at an end communicated with the firebox. The communication opening is at a height higher than a height of a bottom side of the firebox and lower than a height of the top side of the firebox. A burner is disposed within and adjacent to the bottom side of the firebox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Pro-Iroda Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Long Chen
  • Patent number: 10655861
    Abstract: A safe combustion device includes a stove body including a fuel reservoir, a fuel tray disposed vertically above and separately from the fuel reservoir and defining an air flow passage, and a wick with an upper end connected to the fuel tray and disposed in the air flow passage and a lower end disposed in a reservoir space defined by the fuel reservoir respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Pro-Iroda Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Wei-Long Chen
  • Patent number: 8899974
    Abstract: A propellant management device comprising a plurality of insert vanes with respective outwardly extending curved flanges is disposed in a propellant tank with the curved flanges having mating contact along contacting lines on the interior of the tank as the insert vanes serves to wick fuel within the tank with reduced particulate generation within the tank for improved reliability and use of the propellant tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation
    Inventor: Kenneth H. Lau
  • Publication number: 20140346242
    Abstract: An evaporator burner for a mobile heating device is provided having a combustion chamber, an evaporator accommodation, and an evaporator element for evaporation of liquid fuel. The evaporator element is accommodated in the evaporator accommodation at the side facing the combustion chamber. At the side of the evaporator accommodation facing away from the combustion chamber, the evaporator burner comprises at least one combustion air guide element which is arranged such that a combustion air flow path extending at least along a portion of a base wall of the evaporator accommodation is formed between the combustion air guide element and the base wall of the evaporator accommodation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Darko Jozinovic, Bengt Meier, Andreas Winter, Vitali Dell
  • Patent number: 8142186
    Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for preparation of a fuel for combustion including a burner, a combustion chamber associated with the burner and in which combustion of a fuel is to take place in use of the arrangement as well as means for supplying liquid fuel to the arrangement through an internal passage in the burner for said combustion, solid portions of the burner body being heated by said combustion in use of the arrangement, wherein said internal passage is located inside said solid portions of the burner body for receiving heat energy evaporating said fuel from these body portions, and that it comprises means for conveying vaporized fuel to the combustion chamber to take part in the combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulf Nilsson, Peter Senior
  • Patent number: 6585509
    Abstract: A vaporization module is provided that includes a capillary member to convert non-pressurized liquid to pressurized vapor. The pressure is sustained by capillary pressure of the liquid in the capillary member. The capillary member has low thermal conductivity and small-sized pores that permits liquid to travel by capillary action toward the vaporization zone. Often, the pores of the capillary member are substantially uniform in size. The capillary member may comprise ceramic material. The module also includes an orifice plate that has one or more orifices to permit release of pressurized vapor, e.g. as a pressurized vapor jet. The orifice plate is associated with a sealing member to form an at least partial enclosure of the module so that vapor may accumulate and pressure may be increased within the module. In addition, other aspects of the present invention relating to the vaporization and pressurization of liquid are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Allports LLC International
    Inventors: Thomas M. Young, Niels O. Young, by Lucy J. Young
  • Publication number: 20020086253
    Abstract: A vaporization module is provided that includes a capillary member to convert non-pressurized liquid to pressurized vapor. The pressure is sustained by capillary pressure of the liquid in the capillary member. The capillary member has low thermal conductivity and small-sized pores that permits liquid to travel by capillary action toward the vaporization zone. Often, the pores of the capillary member are substantially uniform in size. The capillary member may comprise ceramic material. The module also includes an orifice plate that has one or more orifices to permit release of pressurized vapor, e.g. as a pressurized vapor jet. The orifice plate is associated with a sealing member to form an at least partial enclosure of the module so that vapor may accumulate and pressure may be increased within the module. In addition, other aspects of the present invention relating to the vaporization and pressurization of liquid are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 4, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas M. Young, Niels O. Young, Lucy J. Young
  • Patent number: 6347936
    Abstract: A vaporization/pressurization module employs a porous member having a low thermal conductivity and a substantially uniform, small pore size. Liquid feed is introduced to the porous member and is heated, vaporized, and pressurized within and/or on a surface of the porous member to produce a vapor jet having a pressure higher than that of the liquid feed. A substantially vapor impermeable barrier facilitates accumulation and pressurization of the vapor, which is released from the module as a pressurized vapor jet from one or more restricted passages. The vaporization/pressurization module is especially useful for liquid fuel combustion applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: Allports LLC International
    Inventors: Thomas M. Young, Niels O. Young
  • Patent number: 6162046
    Abstract: A vaporization/pressurization module employs a porous member having a low thermal conductivity and a substantially uniform, small pore size. Liquid feed is introduced to the porous member and is heated, vaporized, and pressurized within and/or on a surface of the porous member to produce a vapor jet having a pressure higher than that of the liquid feed. A substantially vapor impermeable barrier facilitates accumulation and pressurization of the vapor, which is released from the module as a pressurized vapor jet from one or more restricted passages. The vaporization/pressurization module is especially useful for liquid fuel combustion applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: Allports LLC International
    Inventors: Thomas M. Young, Niels O. Young, deceased, by Lucy J. Young, legal representative
  • Patent number: 5870525
    Abstract: The invention is an improved boiler for generating vapor at low pressure from liquid in reservoirs that are not pressurized. Liquid from a reservoir is fed through a supply wick by capillary action to a boiler wick in which the liquid is heated and boiled to a vapor. The heat for vaporization is transmitted by a porous hot seat which sits atop and is in contact with the boiler wick. The boiler wick and hot seat are contained within an insulating cylindrical shroud, which forms a tight seal with the edges of the boiler wick. If the liquid to be vaporized is a fuel for a burner, then combustion heat can be used to supply the heat to the boiler. A resistive heat source can also be used to heat the hot seat and boiler wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Allports LLC International
    Inventor: Niels Owen Young
  • Patent number: 5692095
    Abstract: A boiler for generating vapor at low pressure from liquid in reservoirs that are not pressurized is provided. Liquid from a reservoir is fed through a supply wick by capillary action to a boiler wick in which the liquid is heated and boiled to a vapor. The heat for vaporization is transmitted by a porous hot seat which sits atop and is in contact with the boiler wick. The boiler wick and hot seat are contained within an insulating cylindrical shroud, which forms a tight seal with the edges of the boiler wick. If the liquid to be vaporized is a fuel for a burner, then combustion heat can be used to supply the heat to the boiler. A resistive heat source can also be used to heat the hot seat and boiler wick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1997
    Assignee: Allports, Inc.
    Inventor: Niels Owen Young
  • Patent number: 5588823
    Abstract: A novel structure of an alcohol lamp comprises generally a container for containing alcohol therein, a heating pipe and a U-shaped tubular wick adapting capillary attraction to siphon the alcohol up from the container. The heating pipe provide heating source to warm the wick in order to acclerate the vaporization process of the alcohol in the upper portion of the wick and pressurize the vaporized alcohol so as to intensity the flame of the lamp. An adjustment device is provided to control the intensity of the fire. This invention ensures a reliable and economical use of an alcohol lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Inventor: Jung-Wuan Wu
  • Patent number: 4465458
    Abstract: A liquid fuel combustion apparatus for evaporating and vaporizing kerosene, gas oil or like liquid fuel by heating, admixing air with the vaporized fuel in a specified ratio and burning the resulting gaseous mixture in a combustion unit. The vaporizer for the liquid fuel comprises a liquid fuel drawing-up member (15) made of a heat-resistant porous body (8) or heat-resistant inorganic fiber fabric (9) for drawing up the liquid fuel, and a heat generating member (6) including coating layers (22, 23) of heat-resistant metal, heat-resistant alloy or heat-resistant metallic oxide for giving heat to the drawing-up member. To prevent formation of tar-like substances, a catalyst is preferably deposited on the surface of the drawing-up member and/or on the surface of the heat generating member. Further preferably, the outer periphery of the heat generating member (6) is in contact with the drawing-up member (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Nishino, Kazunori Sonetaka, Yasuhiro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 4365952
    Abstract: A liquid fuel burner for burning liquid fuel in the form of a gaseous mixture with air. The liquid fuel burner has a porous member provided at least with a fuel receiving section for receiving the liquid fuel supplied to the burner and a fuel evaporation section from which the liquid fuel is evaporated. An air supplying device is provided for forcibly supplying air to the fuel evaporation section. The rate of air supply is varied by means of a damper or like means. Heating means are provided for maintaining the fuel evaporation section at a substantially constant temperature. The rate of burning is varied while maintaining the air-fuel ratio of the mixture substantially constant, because the rate of evaporation of the fuel is almost in proportion to the rate of supply of air to the fuel evaporation section. The heating means facilitates the evaporation of the fuel and permits a rapid rise and stabilization of burning after ignition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1982
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Ohmukai, Toshiro Ogino, Kinichi Adachi, Hisanori Nishiguchi