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Liquid fuel burner head

Assignee: OFR Officine Fratelli Riello SpA
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Filing: 1973-10-01
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Granted: 1974-12-03
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Expires: 1993-10-01
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Abstract

Abstract An improved fuel burner head comprising a fuel atomizing nozzle and a structure coaxial to said nozzle that forms two coaxially located chambers for feeding the comburent air from a known air blower to a zone wherein said air is mixed with the fuel for forming and maintaining a flame. Said comburent air is suitably subdivided between said chambers in order to have a first inner flow in an amount smaller than that stoichiometrically required for the combustion, and respectively a second outer flow in an amount at least complemental to the stoichiometric amount and in the form of a cone-shaped laminar flow converging toward a point located on the nozzle axis and behind said nozzle.

Inventors

  • 👤 R Medeot
  • 👤 F Cianfrone

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 10:41
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23D; F23D11/00; F23D11/36; F23D11/40

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 271 words
An improved liquid fuel burner head comprising coaxial components, a nozzle for delivering a jet of atomized fuel in a direction coincident with the axis of said components and means to deliver flows of comburent air all around said fuel jet, wherein coaxial chambers are formed within said components, to which pressure air is fed in an amount smaller than the stoichiometrically required amount, for the formation of primary air or initial combustion flow, and respectively in an amount at least complemental to attain said stoichiometric amount, for the formation of a secondary air flow adapted to complete the combustion, said chambers comprising systems of axial and respectively annular openings and passages coaxial with said component axis, said annular system delivering said secondary air flow comprising means for quidedly delivering pressure air in the form of a converging, essentially laminar flow that encompasses an inner space wherein an initial combustion with comburent air deficiency occurs, and surrounds an outer space wherein said combustion is completed and the burning mixture is diluted by circulating flows, as induced by the speed of said essentially laminar flow said outlet system from the inner chamber of said coaxial chambers comprising a central orifice in front of said nozzle, as well as essentially radially directed slits that are slanting in respect of a plane perpendicular to nozzle axis, in order to induce at least a part of the air flowing from said system to form a vortex that ensures the mixture of said air and atomized fuel to expand within a space as defined by said convergent laminar flow delivered from the outer chamber outlet systems.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 271 words
An improved liquid fuel burner head comprising coaxial components, a nozzle for delivering a jet of atomized fuel in a direction coincident with the axis of said components and means to deliver flows of comburent air all around said fuel jet, wherein coaxial chambers are formed within said components, to which pressure air is fed in an amount smaller than the stoichiometrically required amount, for the formation of primary air or initial combustion flow, and respectively in an amount at least complemental to attain said stoichiometric amount, for the formation of a secondary air flow adapted to complete the combustion, said chambers comprising systems of axial and respectively annular openings and passages coaxial with said component axis, said annular system delivering said secondary air flow comprising means for quidedly delivering pressure air in the form of a converging, essentially laminar flow that encompasses an inner space wherein an initial combustion with comburent air deficiency occurs, and surrounds an outer space wherein said combustion is completed and the burning mixture is diluted by circulating flows, as induced by the speed of said essentially laminar flow said outlet system from the inner chamber of said coaxial chambers comprising a central orifice in front of said nozzle, as well as essentially radially directed slits that are slanting in respect of a plane perpendicular to nozzle axis, in order to induce at least a part of the air flowing from said system to form a vortex that ensures the mixture of said air and atomized fuel to expand within a space as defined by said convergent laminar flow delivered from the outer chamber outlet systems.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 77 words
An improved head according to claim 1, wherein the outer chamber of said coaxial chambers comprises an air delivering system including a passage defined between a truncated-cone shaped surface having an imaginary vertex coincident with said axis, and an outer component having an edge surrounding said truncated-cone shaped surface and acting to force the air delivered between said surface and component, to assume an essentially laminar form, licking said cone-shaped surface and then continuing toward said vertex.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 29 words
An improved head according to claim 2, wherein said truncated-cone shaped surface has an outer minor basis ending with a sharp corner for displacement of said laminar air flow.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 33 words
An improved head according to claim 3, wherein said outer chamber outlet system comprises guide means to form a cone-shaped laminar flow, having a vertex angle in the range of 65* - 75*.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 67 words
An improved head according to claim 2, wherein an inner essentially tubular body comprises an outer portion forming said truncated-cone shaped surface and surrounding said nozzle, near the plane perpendicular to said axis and extending across said nozzle, and wherein an outer tubular body comprises an end portion surrounding said truncated-cone shaped surface and converging toward the inside, said portion comprising in turn said end sharp edge.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 44 words
An improved head according to claim 5, wherein said inner and outer bodies are supported in such a manner as to allow their relative axial position to be changed for the adjustment of the radial spacing between said truncated-cone shaped surface and said edge.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 60 words
An improved head according to claim 5, wherein an inner space of said outer body freely communicates with a delivery side of an comburent air blower, as well as with an inner space of said inner body, through passages having a free cross section adapted to subdivide said comburent air between said outlet systems of said inner and outer chambers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 24 words
An improved head according to claim 7 and comprising means for adjusting said free cross-section of said passages between said outer and inner chambers.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1977-12-02 1978-06-03 1978-12-03 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1981-12-02 1982-06-03 1982-12-03 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1985-12-02 1986-06-03 1986-12-03 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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