F23J 3/00
Removing solid residues from passages or chambers beyond the fire
Official title: Removing solid residues from passages or chambers beyond the fire, e.g. from flues by soot blowers
F23J3/00 (Removing solid residues from passages or chambers beyond the fire) appears on 388 US grants and 233 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F23J- Granted patents
- 388
- Published applications
- 233
- Assignees
- 215
- Inventors
- 762
- Latest grant
- 28 Oct 2025
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| 2022 | 5 | 13 |
| 2023 | 10 | 4 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Waste material incineration system and method118US 4,440,098 AEnergy Recovery Group, Inc. · 1984
- Economizer with soot blower59US 4,407,237 AApplied Engineering Co. · 1983
- Cyclone furnace for hazardous waste incineration and ash vitrification49US 5,052,312 AThe Babcock & Wilcox Company · 1991
- Method and apparatus for sootblowing recovery boiler49US 6,758,168 B2Metso Automation Oy · 2004
- Ash catcher assembly for barbecue grill47US 6,155,248 AWeber-Stephen Products LLC · 2000