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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7757619 | Fuel-burning furnace with a chute that ejects material from the combustion chamber by force of the loading of fuel A furnace includes a chute extending from the back of a combustion chamber to allow for the material in the combustion chamber to be pushed into the chute and ejected from the chute by the force of new fuel being pushed into the furnace. No time is lost in cleaning ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7426892 | Water-cooled grate The present invention relates to a water-cooled grate, which can be cooled while avoiding high and low temperature corrosions. The water-cooled grate comprises: at least one cooling pipe for guiding flow of cooling water; a grate body for placing waste matters to be... | 09/23/2008 |
| 6938563 | Grate furnace A grate furnace with a grate includes grate steps made of grate elements lying next to one another. Every second grate step in the longitudinal direction of the grate can be driven for carrying out stoking movements and the grate steps in each case lying therebetwee... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6928935 | Incinerator pre-fill chamber An incinerator pre-fill chamber for installation on an incinerator for burning combustible material which allows the operator to continuously re-fill the container of the incinerator with new combustible material while the contents within the container is burning. T... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6647901 | Automatic coal stoker An automatic coal stoker is disclosed having at the base of its hopper an enclosed reciprocating pusher assembly rectangular box shaped which delivers compressingly a defined but variable quantity of coal into a restricted passageway. Successive quantitie... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6412429 | Extended life traveling grate side plate An extended life traveling grate side plate having a heat transfer opening formed in a front portion of the side plate. The side plates are attached to the lateral side surfaces of each chain in a traveling grate conveyor. The front portion of each side p... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6378447 | Furnace with liquid-cooled grate elements and cooling circuit The furnace with liquid-cooled grate elements has an inflow and a return to these grate elements, the inflow and the return being connected to a condensation device open to the atmosphere. The inflow has arranged in it a U-shaped cooling-liquid seal, one ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6298795 | Mounting device for the movable part of a cooling or heating grate A mounting device for supporting the movable part of a cooling or heating grate, while permitting the movable part to oscillate in the feed direction. The mounting device comprises a plurality of leaf springs connected by transmission members. The upper a... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6273009 | Method for automatized combustion and combustion apparatus A method for automatized combustion of solid fuel in a combustion apparatus which comprises a burner with a device, which is rotatable about the center axis of the burner for stirring the fuel in the burner which is connected to a boiler and has a feeding... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6213031 | Method of cooling a grate for a furnace and grate for a furnace To cool a grate having alternately fixed and movable rows (1, 1') of grate bars (2), cooling liquid is sprayed into cavities (7), open at the bottom, of the grate bars (2) from spray tubes (10) situated in the underblast region (8) and in the process vapo... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6196143 | Clip having sloped sides The present invention is an apparatus for use as a grate clip on a traveling stoker grate assembly in a furnace or incinerator. The grate clip apparatus includes a sloping profile along a significant portion of its underside so as to prevent the build-up ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6196144 | Device for carrying out high-temperature recycling of heterogenously occurring waste and process for charging thereof The invention relates to a device, and a process for its charging, for carrying out high-temperature recycling for heterogeneously occurring waste in compact packages. The compact packages are introduced into a heated channel for evaporation of liquids an... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5913274 | Incineration grate with internal cooling A grate for a firing plant, having at least one grate track with a plurality of fixed and moving rows of grate-lining units, which rows alternate in the longitudinal direction, are bounded on both sides by side walls and are provided with cooling passages... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5823123 | Transporting a particulate material to a discharge opening In a combustion system for particulate fuel including a combustion chamber with an opening at the base of the combustion chamber and a vertical discharge duct pushing the particulate fuel through the opening there is provided a hopper spaced from the comb... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5806441 | Automatic carbon black discharging device in waste tire decomposing apparatus An automatic carbon black discharging device for a waste tire decomposing apparatus including a collecting hopper connected to a carbon black discharging portion of the waste tire decomposing apparatus. The automatic carbon black discharging device also i... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5295474 | Combustion grate with rods for pellet fueled stove Stoves fueled by biomass pellets are provided with a grate assembly that supports the pellets for combustion and directs combustion gas into the fire. The grate assembly includes a passive grate of unequally spaced rods. The design of the rods serves to p... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5148798 | Stove for burning solid fuel A stove for burning solid fuel, such as coke or coal, comprises a feed hopper for storing a stock of fuel and a supporting member for supporting fuel present in a fireplace. The feed hopper is in communication near its lower side with the space incorporat... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5027719 | Rotary grate for a solid fuel furnace The present invention discloses a rotary grate for a solid fuel fired furnace which allows ash, cinders and clinkers to be removed from the burning fuel mass, without reducing or stopping the combustion process. A plurality of parallel water cooled rolls ... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4787322 | Pellet feed system A stoker assembly for a solid particulate burning stove that includes a fuel directing flange for directing the fuel to an upper combustion plate and ventilation tubes to prevent the ignition and combustion of fuel stored in remote bins. The fuel directin... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4718360 | Metering Feeder A metering feeder for delivering solid fuels, such as municipal or industrial refuse, for combustion includes a pair of generally vertically arranged hoppers. An upper hopper containing relatively compacted or intertangled fuel discharges metered amounts ... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4702177 | Waste product feeder A waste product feeder in which when waste products are charged through a hopper into a trough are transported by a screw and then discharged, they are successively scraped by a scraper in a predetermined quantity or volume.... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4662290 | Automatic coal stoker An automatic coal stoker is disclosed having at the base of its hopper an enclosed reciprocating pusher assembly rectangular box shaped which delivers compressingly a defined but variable quantity of coal into a restricted passageway. Successive quantitie... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4637327 | Stoking plant for fuel in whole bales A stoking plant for fuel in whole bales, where the bales are conveyed on a transport tract (8) from a store and stoked in the whole condition into one of a number of combustion furnaces (2) with boilers (1), comprises a slide-gate (10) through which a bal... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4616573 | Metering feeder A metering feeder for delivering solid fuels, such as municipal or industrial refuse, for combustion includes a pair of generally vertically arranged hoppers. An upper hopper containing relatively compacted or intertangled fuel discharges metered amounts ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4545309 | Furnace for burning flammable particles There is disclosed a furnace for burning wooden wastes and, more specifically, sawdust and/or barks. The furnace is provided with an oil burner required for starting the fire. The draught from the oil burner fan is directed within a perforated box, locate... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4520740 | Combustion and heating equipment Combustion and heating equipment includes a body with an underfeed stoker located in the lower part thereof. A jacket surrounds the body to define a heating space, different parts of which are interconnected by triangular ducts disposed in the gas pass. A... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4449462 | Coal burning apparatus A coal burning apparatus actuated by a stoker of the underfeed type includes a burner body formed of a plurality of vertically stacked rings with spaces between the rings extending horizontally to form a tuyere. A tuyere is easily made by stacking rings o... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4434724 | Overbed distributor for feeding dual solid fuels to a stoker furnace A furnace (10) in which coal and cellulose fuel can both be burned on the same traveling grate (24). First means (36) are provided for introducing coal onto the grate at one end (38), such that it traverses the full grate run before it falls as ash from t... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4385566 | Burner apparatus Apparatus constructed to burn solid fuel within a firebox. The apparatus includes a burner having a receptacle and a jacket forming an air chamber about the receptacle. An air-supply conduit and a fuel conduit disposed concentrically therein are adapted t... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4325310 | Boilers In an automatic boiler having an internal hopper, a regulator plate 12 controls the flow under gravity of fuel to the firebed. For small particled fuel in particular the plate is provided with a torque 23 which causes a central thinning of the firebed. Th... | 04/20/1982 |
| 4323017 | Burner apparatus Apparatus constructed to burn solid fuel within a firebox. The apparatus includes a burner having a receptacle and a jacket forming an air chamber about the receptacle. A fuel-feed conduit and an air-supply tube mounted adjacent the conduit for exchanging... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4253407 | Burner for combusting particulate fuels A burner for combusting particulate fuels comprises a combustion chamber fitted with a plurality of grates stacked in stairstep fashion, each having a downwardly sloping surface over which the fuel flows continuously as it burns. The grates may be horizon... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4201186 | Solid-fuel burner A stove or furnace in which the products of combustion are recirculated inside the combustion chamber by means of a V-shaped partition or baffle, the apex of which extends downward directly above the primary fire zone, so that the combustion products risi... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4131072 | Apparatus for individual controlled distribution of powdered solid fuel to plural burning units Apparatus is disclosed for individually and independently controlling the distribution of powdered solid fuel to each of a plurality of individual burners. A plurality of fuel outlet ports respectively and individually corresponding to individual ones of ... | 12/26/1978 |