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A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4974530 | Apparatus and methods for incineration of toxic organic compounds It has been found that trace concentrations of organic materials, including toxic organic compounds, oxidize slowly. Safe and reliable incineration of toxic organic compounds at low concentration is provided by injecting a clean fuel such as H2... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4951579 | Low NOX combustion process A process for low NOX combustion which involves combusting an oxygen-containing combustible gas stream having fuel material in excess of the oxygen in the combustible gas stream, whereby the combustible gas stream is combusted in a reducing atmosphere to ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4941415 | Municipal waste thermal oxidation system An air-starved, batch burn, modular, municipal waste incinerator. It is designed to oxidize unsorted loads of heterogeneous materials in quantities ranging from 5 to 500 tons per 12 to 15 hours. The unique aspect of this system design is that through rese... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4913069 | Batch pyrolysis system Method and apparatus is disclosed for thermally decomposing waste material from several batch furnaces plumbed into one afterburner. The afterburner is modified to mix and combust in a controlled manner an otherwise explosive mixture of fumes from several... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4903616 | Device for supply of secondary air, and boiler with the device The high efficiency solid fuel combustion apparatus comprises a thermally insulated wall structure defining an upwardly open primary combustion chamber, a solid fuel support disposed within the primary combustion chamber, and a secondary combustion air su... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4886444 | Process for treating gaseous effluents coming from the manufacture of electronic components and incineration apparatus for carrying out said process A process and apparatus for treating waste products coming from the manufacture of electronic components. The effluent gases are aspirated by an inert vehicle gas, then intimately mixed with a preheated oxidizing gas, then remain in contact therewith at a... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4800824 | Pyrolytic incineration system An incineration system utilizes a circular cross-section pyrolysis chamber in which waste materials are gasified. A flat cast iron hearth serves as the floor of the pyrolysis chamber and has a number of small holes which are raised above the general heart... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4766822 | Method and apparatus for treating waste containing organic contaminants A system including a method and apparatus for treating waste containing organic contaminants which includes a direct fired, countercurrent, rotary kiln providing a soaking zone having an oxidizing atmosphere through which the materials being treated are p... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4672900 | System for injecting overfire air into a tangentially-fired furnace A tangentially-fired furnace is disclosed in enough detail to illustrate the location of injection ports for excess air above the fireball of the combustion chamber to eliminate the swirl of the flue gases as the flue gases flow into the convection sectio... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4661056 | Turbulent incineration of combustible materials supplied in low pressure laminar flow An apparatus and method for incinerating combustible gases. The apparatus has first and second perpendicularly joined pipes and an igniter in the second pipe. Combustible gases laminarly flow into the second pipe and oxygen turbulently flows into the firs... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4628898 | Secondary combustion system for wood burning stove A secondary combustion system for a wood burning stove employs an insulated passageway which is configured to substantially increase the turbulence of an exhaust stream passing therethrough. The insulated passageway comprises a generally transversely exte... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4562778 | High temperature reaction apparatus A high temperature reactor includes a reaction chamber which is symmetrical about a longitudinal axis. Surrounding the reaction chamber are annular spaces to which a gaseous reactant is supplied. A plurality of conduits conduct the gaseous reactant from t... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4553526 | Secondary combustion system for woodburning stove A secondary combustion system for a woodburning stove employs a concave shaped screen for dispersing exhaust gases. A mixing chamber is formed in an insulated conduit between the concave screen and a second planar screen. The planar screen is perforated t... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4542703 | Counter current incineration unit An incineration unit is provided with an open ended rotary incineration chamber having a main portion and a neck portion supported between two opposite stationary end chambers. Feed means are mounted adjacent first stationary end chamber and a burner for ... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4516510 | Incinerator with two reburn stages and, optionally, heat recovery A method of incinerating in a main combustion chamber leading directly to two consecutive reburn stages. The main combustion chamber accepts bulk refuse onto a hearth floor. In the first reburn tunnel, a burner maintains the temperature of the gases above... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4515089 | Incinerator having kinetic venturi isothermic grid burner system An incinerator system includes a main burner chamber and an afterburner or recirculating burner chamber which forms a kinetic venturi action to insure intermixing of burning gases for substantially complete combustion. The gaseous effluents from the main ... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4509435 | Waste material incineration system and method A waste material incineration system (10) and method of combusting waste material is provided wherein system (10) includes a longitudinally directed furnace (14) having a first combustion zone (42) and a second combustion zone (44). Waste material or othe... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4483258 | Incinerator steam generation system A new and improved incinerator steam generation system subjecting to combustion debris such as municipal waste, utilizing the heat derived therefrom to produce steam for steam boiler, electrical generating facilities, heating facility for industrial or co... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4481889 | Method and apparatus for afterburning flue gases A method of afterburning flue gases comprises passing impure gases from, for example, an incineration plant such as a destructor, process furnace, crematory furnace or heating boiler, through a burner in an afterburner where through enforced mixture with ... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4473013 | Incinerator steam generation system A new and improved incinerator steam generation system subjecting to combustion debris such as municipal waste, utilizing the heat derived therefrom to produce steam for steam boiler, electrical generating facilities, heating facility for industrial or co... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4466359 | Disc stabilized flame afterburner Industrial pollution is directed into an afterburner conduit. An air cooled conical bluff body positioned in the conduit near the entrance acts as a flow condensing element. A recirculation zone consists of a toroidal vortex adjacent the downstream edge o... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4452152 | Incinerator steam generation system A new and improved incinerator steam generation system subjecting to combustion debris such as municipal waste, utilizing the heat derived therefrom to produce steam for steam boiler, electrical generating facilities, heating facility for industrial or co... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4440098 | Waste material incineration system and method A waste material incineration system (10) and method of combusting waste material is provided wherein system (10) includes a longitudinally directed furnace (14) having a first combustion zone (42) and a second combustion zone (44). Waste material or othe... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4424755 | Incineration system having cyclonic oxidation chamber An incineration system includes a rotary drum incinerator unit having a primary oxidation chamber and a secondary oxidation chamber for receiving gases of combustion from said primary chamber. The secondary chamber has a plurality of coaxially arranged wa... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4402738 | Method and apparatus for incinerating self-burning wastes Disclosed are methods and apparatus for incinerating self-burning wastes by igniting the waste materials in a first chamber and limiting the supply of air in the first chamber to control the rate and temperature of combustion. The partially oxidized gasse... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4394838 | Burning cell for solid waste fuel materials A burning cell for solid waste fuel materials comprises a lower cylindrical chamber where a pile of said waste fuel is burned with the aid of a plurality of horizontal arrays of tuyeres that feed the air against said pile, and an upper cylindrical chamber... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4378745 | Method and furnace for incineration of solid and liquid waste An incinerator includes primary and secondary combustion zones, the two zones being connected via an intermediate section having an interior in the form of a restricted annular space. The inner surface of the annular space is perforated, and secondary com... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4345529 | Pollution reduction smokeless auto incinerator A smoke control device for use in motor vehicle incineration. Smoke from burning vehicles in an incineration area is directed into a collecting chamber by controlled air flows and flaps. Updrafts evacuate the chamber and force the smoke into a combustion ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4317417 | Incinerator apparatus and method of utilizing the cleaned waste gases thereof A method and incinerator apparatus for cleaning and utilizing the waste gases thereof to perform work after the residue and particles that pollute and contaminate the same are removed therefrom. After the waste gases are subjected to and scrubbed at high ... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4300460 | Method for generating heat from waste fuel A combustion method in which heat is generated from particulate laden combustible gas containing mineral matter created from gasifying waste wood, coke or other combustible material in which the waste is fed into a pile, under-fire combustion air dries an... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4188892 | Method and apparatus for removal of fly ash from a waste incinerator with liquid slag discharge After the fly ash is removed from the flue gases by a separator, it is introduced into a combustion chamber which may be either the primary combustion chamber of the furnace or a separate chamber in a secondary combustion chamber. There, it is burned unti... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4186668 | System for the pyrolytic combustion of ligneous and other wastes A system for the combustion of moist ligneous and other wastes, such as sawdust and compacted household rubbish in order to generate heat. The system includes a crusher-extractor to divide the waste matter entrained in an air stream to produce a fuel mixt... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4177740 | Apparatus for generating heat from waste fuel A combustion apparatus having primary and secondary combustion chambers burns waste wood with an optional third chamber. The third chamber is used to blend the combustion products down to the desired process temperature. High pressure swirl air is admitte... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4128065 | General purpose incinerator/combustor An incinerator/combustor, comprising an elongated combustion chamber surrounded by an afterburner which is in turn surrounded by a housing, the afterburner and housing being coaxial with, and cooperating to provide redundant heating for, the combustion ch... | 12/05/1978 |
| 4063521 | Incinerator having gas flow controlling separator An improved, essentially pollution-free incinerator for waste materials is provided which includes vertically stacked, separately fired primary and secondary combustion chambers and central, cooperating, apertured partition and baffle structure serving to... | 12/20/1977 |
