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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dennis M DeFreitas, Oxford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Simmonds Precision Engine Systems, Akron, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C / ; F23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60 3906 ; 60 39821 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for igniting fuel in a combustor having at least one fuel nozzle that emits an atomized fuel spray into a primary zone of the combustion chamber comprising a laser energy source for producing infrared laser energy and optic fiber means for transmitting the laser energy from the laser source into the primary zone of the combustor to ignite the fuel spray. In one embodiment the laser igniter is disposed in a main fuel nozzle of the combustor.