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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5148758 | Floating recycling and transfer station A system for processing sold municipal waste and nonhazardous commercial waste comprises a multi-level floating marine vessel tied up alongside a dock. The vessel has a processing deck for processing incoming solid waste materials into multiple lines of m... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5111756 | Apparatus for cleaning contaminated soil A portable machine for sanitizing soil, particularly that contaminated with petroleum products, including a closed main chamber including vertically spaced augers (26,28,30) which agitate the soil while moving it into position to fall in parallel sheets a... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5078868 | Apparatus for the recovery and destruction of toxins from contaminated soils A method and apparatus for cleansing contaminated soil (11), the apparatus includes an extraction vessel (12) into which contaminated soil (11) is delivered together with a solvent. A slurry is produced which is delivered to a settler (18) which produces ... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5063862 | Solid waste reclamation and processing method Solid waste is loaded onto a reclamation barge or ship in which it is processed into recyclable materials and nonrecyclable waste. Recyclable materials are stored separately in symmetrical holds on either side of a central incoming hold. Nonrecyclable was... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5020452 | Thermal remediation apparatus and method A thermal remediation apparatus for the combustion of hydrocarbon contaminants within particulate fill including a generally cylindrical combustion chamber having an exhaust port, an inlet, an outlet, and a mill having two shafts and four burners. The app... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4945839 | Dual chamber volatilization system A system for removing volatilizable organic contaminants from solid materials has a primary volatilizer and a secondary volatilizer positioned in series. A charging system continuously loads solid materials which have been blended to contain a predetermin... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4913065 | In situ thermal waste disposal system An in situ system for thermally cleansing hazardous and toxic waste disposal sites is disclosed. The system includes a perimeter wall extending into the site which is sealed to a roof structure surrounding the site to encapsulate the site. A plurality of ... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4870948 | Partially collapsible enclosure for trash burning receptacle A peripheral wall assembly is provided defining a horizontal passageway therethrough and including a horizontally swingable wall section for opening and closing the passageway. An inverted generally U-shaped support is centrally disposed within the bounda... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4849184 | Apparatus for treatment of radioactive liquid The pH of low level radioactive waste liquid is adjusted to be substantially neutral and the liquid is passed to apparatus comprising an atomizer (11) having a turbine (15), air being heated by an electric heater (16) to the atomizer (11) to provide low l... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4730564 | Multi-stage kiln A multi-stage rotary kiln for burning waste, suitably skid mounted for ease of transport. The kiln includes a pair of concentric tubes affixed one inside the other and rotatable; a first large diameter tube and a second tube of smaller diameter, provided ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4730597 | Biomass stove A biomass stove has an outer chamber formed by a continuous side wall which is connected to a bottom wall. An air inlet is formed in the bottom wall for allowing introduction of air into the interior of the outer chamber. A fuel basket, also formed as a c... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4688494 | Incinerator towable by a vehicle for burning refuse A self-contained incinerator on wheels is designed to be towed by a vehicle such as a small truck from location to location in order to handle the garbage disposal needs of each location. The refuse can be burned in place or while the incinerator is in tr... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4667609 | Apparatus and method for treatment of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons A sealed, negative pressurized, high temperature furnace, through which hydrocarbon contaminated soil is conveyed, is operated in the near-infrared heating region at radiation wavelengths between about 0.75 and about 3.0 um. The furnace, rotary sealed at ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4625661 | Hazardous waste incinerator The present portable incinerator is adapted for the disposal of small amounts of hazardous waste material with a minimum of exhaust combustion gas and includes a boiling chamber for receiving and heating the hazardous waste material to form waste gas ther... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4253406 | Flueless combustion chamber A flueless primary combustion chamber forms a part of a pollution control incineration system having an elongated duct having one or more inlets positioned at or near grade level. An upright standpipe removably covers an inlet opening to provide a pollute... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4240363 | Incinerator bag An incinerator bag that is primarily utilized for the storing of and subsequent destruction of classified documents. The bag is made of a three-ply construction which includes an inner and outer ply or layer of inflammable material such as paper and a mid... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4162654 | Pollution controlled incineration system A pollution control incineration system comprises an elongated duct having one or more inlets positioned at or near grade level. An upright standpipe removably covers an inlet opening to provide a polluted gas inlet to the duct from a location elevated ab... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4161916 | Incineration apparatus with adjustable air curtain An apparatus for directing a curtain of air along a predetermined path into a pit in which material is burning from an elongated plenum positioned adjacent one margin of the pit. The air exits the plenum through an elongated nozzle assembly communicating ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 3938450 | Mobile furnace vehicle Apparatus for collecting and disposing of refuse having a wheeled chassis carrying a hopper, shredder and fan for directing air and refuse to a cylindrical member preferably obliquely disposed with respect to the chassis. A hollow tube is disposed within ... | 02/17/1976 |
