title: List of steam technology patents
text: # List of steam technology patents
  
  List of steam technology patents. This is a list of patents relating to steam engines, steam locomotives, boilers, steam accumulators, condensers, etc.
  
  ## Belgian patents
  
  * BE 904602 (A1), 1986, Boiler fed water heater - has flue gas closed-circuit heat exchanger contg. pure water with self-regulating operation
  
  ## British patents
  
  * GB 189718087 (A), 1897, Improvements in means for providing for the free circulation of air in steam cylinders when the pistons are running and the steam cut off
  * GB 189921940 (A), 1899, Improvements in feed water purifiers and heaters for steam generators
  * GB 189922137 (A), 1899, Improvement in rotary steam engines
  * GB 189923234 (A), 1899, Improvements in steam generators
  * GB 190006487 (A), 1901, An improvement in starting valves for compound steam engines
  * GB 190022906 (A), 1901, Improvements in valves for use in compound locomotives and other compound engines
  * GB 190504645 (A), 1905, Improvements relating to the working of compound engines and in regulator valves therefor
  * GB 190516372 (A), 1906, Improvements in valve gear for locomotives or similar coupled steam engines
  * GB 190604729 (A), 1907, Improvements in locomotive superheaters
  * GB 190605839 (A), 1907, Combined spark arrester and ash ejector for locomotive engines
  * GB 191321689 (A), 1914, Improvements in and relating to power systems
  * GB 125433 (A), 1919, Improvements in or relating to fireless steam locomotives and engines
  * GB 235249 (A), 1925, Improvements in closed cycle steam power installations
  * GB 446060 (A), 1936, Improvements in or relating to steam power plants comprising feedwater heaters and hot-water accumulators
  * GB 446061 (A), 1936, Improvements in or relating to steam plants including hot-water accumulators
  * GB 522279 (A), 1940, Improvements in or relating to plant for operating fireless locomotives
  * GB 541689 (A), 1941, Improvements in or relating to steam generators
  * GB 626087 (A), 1949, Improvements in or relating to the conversion of fired locomotives into fireless locomotives
  * GB 629296 (A), 1949, Improvements in or relating to apparatus for electrically heating high-pressure steam generators or high-pressure steam accumulators
  * GB 634497 (A), 1950, Improvements in or relating to fireless locomotives having high pressure steam accumulators
  * GB 636122 (A), 1950, Improvements in or relating to charging cranes for fireless locomotives
  * GB 637797 (A), 1950, Improvements in or relating to throttle valves for high-pressure steam accumulator fireless locomotives
  * GB 639989 (A), 1950, Improvements in or relating to the arrangement of controls in the cabs of fireless locomotives
  * GB 640235 (A), 1950, Improvements in or relating to high pressure steam accumulator locomotives
  * GB 738935 (A), 1955, Fireless steam-driven vehicle
  * GB 888793 (A), 1962, Solid fuel grates for locomotive fire boxes
  * GB 929486 (A), 1963, Means for supplying solid fuel to locomotive fire boxes
  
  ## Canadian patents
  
  * CA 2039935 (A1), 1992, Electrical steam locomotive
  
  ## French patents
  
  * FR 2609152 (A1), 1988, Removable furnace body, burning poor-grade (lean) fuel, for an industrial generator
  
  ## German patents
  
  * DE 4005467 (A1), 1990, Blast pipe for steam locomotive - has control systems for varying pipe opening
  * DE 4311775 (A1), 1994, Feedwater-preheater construction for preheating temperatures above 100 deg C for steam generators, in particular locomotive-type boilers
  * DE 19746384 (A1), 1999, Steam locomotive with steam storage boiler coupled to running gear, and used for shunting and industrial purposes
  
  ## Japanese patents
  
  * JP 8144702 (A), 1996, Rotary steam engine
  
  ## Russian patents
  
  * RU 2421619 (C1), 2011, Method of operating steam locomotive tandem compound steam engine
  
  ## US patents
  
  * US 4425763 (A), 1984, Coal-fired steam locomotive
  * US 4633818 (A), 1987, Mobile coal-fired fluidized bed power unit
  * US 2011180024 (A1), 2011, Steam boiler with radiants
  