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Article: Oklahoma Inventor Develops Flame Arrestor with Reflection Suppressor
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- June 27, 2008
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 27 -- Dwight E. Brooker of Skiatook, Okla., has developed a flame arrestor.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination of a flame arrestor with a reflection suppressor is provided which not only arrests an advancing flame front, but also suppresses or mitigates a reflection wave that is generated by a pressure wave that passes through the combination and continues on to a pipe restriction what generates a reflection wave that proceeds back to the combination. At the combination, the reflection suppressor suppresses and/or mitigates the reflection wave, thereby avoiding a heightened pressure in the combination that could cause a re-ignition and ...