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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5532448 | System for feeding toxic waste drums into a treatment chamber A drum is introduced into an interlock chamber and the interlock chamber is sealed. A door leading to a transition chamber is opened and the drum is moved into the transition chamber. The transition chamber is contained within a spool valve which includes... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5458071 | Destruction of rocket engines An installation for the destruction of solid fuel rocket engines. The installation comprises a pressure and temperature resistant vessel having a neck portion and a gas chamber portion with heat dissipating means. In operation the rocket engine is gripped... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5445088 | Process for the disposal of municipal refuse and certain hazardous waste This abstract describes a process for the complete oxidation of municipal refuse and certain hazardous materials. The facility to accommodate the process consists of a completely enclosed, rotating, cylindrical kiln wherein solids, liquids, and gaseous co... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5421275 | Method and apparatus for reducing mixed waste The present invention is a method and apparatus for in-can waste reduction. The method is mixing waste with combustible material prior to placing the waste into a waste reduction vessel. The combustible portion is ignited, thereby reducing combustible mat... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5410121 | System for feeding toxic waste drums into a treatment chamber A drum is introduced into an interlock chamber and the interlock chamber is sealed. A door leading to a transition chamber is opened and the drum is moved into the transition chamber. The transition chamber is contained within a spool valve which includes... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5399833 | Method for vitrification of fine particulate matter and products produced thereby The present invention provides a method for the melting and subsequent solidification of fine particulate material by use of a plasma torch. The fine particulate material is introduced into a furnace having a plasma torch to a depth sufficient to cover th... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5387775 | Apparatus for the plasma destruction of hazardous gases A plasma cell for destroying hazardous gases. An electric-discharge cell having an electrically conducting electrode onto which an alternating high-voltage waveform is impressed and a dielectric barrier adjacent thereto, together forming a high-voltage el... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5385105 | Burnable wastes collector with liquid absorber and identifier The system (10) for collecting and disposing of contaminated waste products such as medical sharps and other medical wastes includes a housing (11) and its telescopic cover (9) which are fabricated of biodegradable and combustible material such as natural... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5337683 | Process and plant for the disposal of waste Waste is treated in a furnace (6) which is pressurized by injecting thereinto either air which is strongly enriched with oxygen (even up to 100%), so that the temperature of oxidation of said waste, after a starting step wherein external fuel and said com... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5325795 | Mobile material decontamination apparatus A technique for decontaminating material, including disposing a grid network of perforated pipes on a base, and covering the same with contaminated soil. A barrier layer is laid on the contaminated material and provided with a vent port coupled to a vapor... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5319176 | Plasma arc decomposition of hazardous wastes into vitrified solids and non-hazardous gasses For disposal of waste material including water, volatile components and vitrifiable components, the waste material is heated in a dehydrator to remove the water, heated in a high-temperature dryer to vaporize hydrocarbon liquids, and then fed to the focus... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5295449 | Dry distillation gasification combustion equipment, dry distillation gas generator, and combustion gas burner unit A dry distillation gas generator generates a dry distillation gas for burning in a separate combustion gas burner unit. Air is supplied in a gentle decelerated flow to the bottom of the dry distillation generator in a quantity sufficient to support combus... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5288969 | Electrodeless plasma torch apparatus and methods for the dissociation of hazardous waste A system and method are provided for the non-thermal destruction of hazardous waste material using an electrodeless inductively coupled RF plasma torch. The waste material is combined with a controllable source of free electrons, and the RF plasma torch i... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5256854 | Tunable plasma method and apparatus using radio frequency heating and electron beam irradiation A method and apparatus for the pyrolytic destruction or synthesis of gases via a highly tunable combination of radio frequency heating and electron beam irradiation is disclosed. The method is appropriate for destroying toxic gases emanating from hazardou... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5191846 | Self-contained household garbage incinerator The present invention includes a chamber for containing refuse, a porous membrane at least partially enclosing the chamber, and a housing enclosing the porous membrane and the chamber. Combustion fuel is supplied to the porous membrane so that surface com... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5167193 | Medical wastes disposal system The system (10) for collecting and disposing of medical sharps and other medical wastes includes a housing (11) and its telescopic cover (9) which are fabricated of biodegradable and combustible material such as natural cellulose, non-natural cellulose, a... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5101739 | Tire gassification and combustion system A system for disposing of materials such as vehicular tires and similar substantially organic matter and generating useful heat therefrom includes a first chamber, referred to as a gassification chamber, capable of holding a plurality of tires. The gassif... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5086713 | Refuse-treating unit The described refuse-treating unit (1) comprises a treatment chamber (2) adapted to hold a predetermined amount of refuse (6), a sterilization apparatus acting on the treatment chamber and adapted to administer heat to the refuse amount (6) until said amo... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5072675 | Apparatus and method for the destruction of waste A process for the destruction of waste including the steps of passing an organic waste into a chamber, pumping an inert gas into the chamber until the pressure within the chamber is at least 10,000 p.s.i., heating the chamber to a temperature in excess of... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5062372 | Lined hazardous waste incinerator A hazardous waste incinerator is provided herein. The incinerator includes a sealed, inner incineration chamber which is either made from, or which is lined with a non-porous, impervious corrosion-resistant lining, the inner incineration chamber including... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5040972 | Pyrolyzer-kiln system A pyrolyzer-kiln system for generating combustible fume from waste material and supplementing the fuel used to provide heat energy to a clinker kiln. The system includes a pyrolyzer for generating a combustible pyrolytic fume, a kiln for burning the fume ... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5022848 | Apparatus and method for heating a waste disposal system A process for the disposal of waste comprising the steps of passing a waste into a sealed container, purging the sealed container of oxygen, mixing pressurized oxygen and hydrocarbons so as to produce heat directed to the sealed container, and heating the... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5009172 | Method for and apparatus of thermal treatment of human waste A method for thermal treatment of human waste has the steps of feeding a predetermined small quantity of human waste into an indirectly heated flash chamber, instantaneously evaporating the human waste with a large capacity of heat in the flash chamber, a... | 04/23/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4869182 | Process and device for the bonding of salt-forming agents to solids during the combustion of fossil fuels, waste Virtually complete bonding of salt-forming agents to solids during the combustion of fossil fuels, waste or the like by adding basic solids, in particular CaCO3 or MgCO3, can be achieved by the following process steps: the moisture c... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4829911 | Pollution-free, resource recovery, garbage disposal/fuel burning plant The invention is a method and apparatus for burning combustibles, particularly garbage and coal, in such a manner as to prevent the venting of unwanted pollutants into the atmosphere and for recovering valuable resources. The combustibles are burned in a ... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4759300 | Method and apparatus for the pyrolysis of waste products A method and apparatus for use in processing waste materials of various kinds and for reclaiming useable by-product materials from the pyrolized waste materials. The waste materials to be pyrolized are efficiently dehydrated prior to their introduction in... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4648328 | Apparatus and process for the pyrolysis of tires This invention relates to an apparatus and process for the pyrolysis of used vehicular tires. The apparatus includes a reaction chamber supported internally of an insulated casing and heated by heating means interposed between the chamber and the casing. ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4495873 | Incinerator for burning odor forming materials The incinerator is made up of an inner housing located within an outer housing and which have spaced apart walls forming an interior space therebetween. The inner and outer housings have aligned upper openings with insulated closure members. A central cha... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4289079 | Sawdust furnace A sawdust-burning furnace comprising an inner shell, an outer shell disposed approximately 1 inch from the inner shell, a bottom member and a cover member, an air intake from the base thereof, an exhaust aperture, means to place sawdust therein with a pri... | 09/15/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4230451 | Apparatus for the thermal treatment of organic materials A method of and an apparatus for the thermal treatment of organic materials, especially organic wastes, makes use of a horizontally elongated tank in which the waste is agitated in contact with a thermally conductive wall externally heated by the circulat... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4206186 | Refuse pyrolysis Organic refuse is pyrolyzed to form disposable solids and gas. The gas is washed at a temperature well above 100° C. with wash oil, which is recirculated. Spent wash oil is pyrolyzed with contaminants and further organic refuse. The washed gas is filtere... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4084521 | Method and apparatus for the pyrolysis of waste products Apparatus and method for the pyrolysis of waste material such as old tyres in which cuttings of the waste material are fed to a reactor vessel and heated under sub-atmospheric pressure by an outside heat source, the decomposition products being given off ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4077337 | Method and installation for continuous combustion of combustibles Method and installation (apparatus) for continuous combustion of combustibles effecting combustion in a closed room into which a controlled quantity of substantially pure oxygen is introduced. The gases emitted by the combustible combined with oxygen to p... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4044696 | Sewage disposal plant with evaporation/incineration means A sewage disposal plant for treating raw sewage. The plant has an enclosed tank with a heating element for evaporating or vaporizing the raw sewage, including solids and liquids. The sewage vapor is conveyed to another unit for condensing the vapor to an ... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4000705 | Process for disposing of animal carcasses The carcass of a dead animal is placed within a heating chamber and a burner disposed at one end of the chamber emits a flame which substantially engulfs the chamber. A control for fuel/air mixture of the burner insures a steady reliable heating action wh... | 01/04/1977 |
| 3935824 | Method and means of combustion Disclosed is a method of combusting hydrocarbon containing materials and equipment suitable for practicing the method in which the materials are burned in a closed chamber at a temperature significantly above the autogenous ignition temperature of the hyd... | 02/03/1976 |
