Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7832343 | Pyrolyzer with dual processing shafts A pyrolyzer has a heated inner housing that includes first and second conveyors. Preferred conveyors have independent or at least potentially independent flows of material to be pyrolyzed. All suitable conveyors are contemplated, including especially screw conveyors... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7621225 | Method and apparatus for treatment of waste An apparatus for treating waste material that comprises four major cooperating subsystems, namely a pyrolytic converter (24), a two-stage thermal oxidizer (26), a steam generator (28) and a steam turbine (30) driven by steam generated by ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7191714 | Shaft seal for a pyrolytic waste treatment system The inventive subject matter is directed toward a pyrolytic waste treatment system comprising a pyrolysis chamber having a chamber wall with a hole through which a shaft passes. An insulating mechanism is used at the hole to inhibit heat from escaping through the op... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7044069 | Multi retort pyrolytic waste treatment system The inventive subject matter is directed toward a pyrolytic waste treatment system having multiple pyrolysis chambers. It is contemplated that the system is adapted to heat at least one pyrolysis chamber independently of at least one other pyrolysis chamber. ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7000551 | Chamber support for pyrolytic waste treatment system The inventive subject matter is directed toward a pyrolytic waste treatment system having a pyrolysis chamber supported in a manner that causes minimal movement or flexing of the chamber as the temperature of the chamber changes. Preferred solutions utilize support ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6988453 | Outlets for a pyrolytic waste treatment system The inventive subject matter is directed toward a pyrolytic waste treatment system comprising an outlet adapted to channel a composition out of a pyrolysis chamber. A mechanism is used for cleaning the outlet during operation of the pyrolytic system. ... | 01/24/2006 |
