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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7789999 | Thermal decomposition treatment system of flammable waste and method for treating the waste using the system Described is a thermal decomposition treatment system and method of using the thermal decomposition treatment system wherein flammable waste is inputted into a trash burner which is shielded from air or gas and the waste is thermally decomposed and carbonized. The t... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7341102 | Flue gas injection for heavy oil recovery A variety of methods for thermal recovery of natural gas and bitumen from a formation containing the latter. In general, the methods incorporate a series of existing, but previously uncombined technologies. A modified flue gas from the steam generators conventionall... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7279017 | Method for converting heavy oil residuum to a useful fuel A method for enabling the use of heavy oil residuum by conversion to a useful product. The method, in one embodiment, involves the use of a heavy oil residuum which is substantially non flowable. The viscosity of the residuum is reduced by heat or a combination of h... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7037409 | Method of hot-repairing the heating flues of a coke-oven battery and device for carrying out said method A method and a device for the hot-repairing of the heating flues of a coke-oven battery according to which the completed sections of a heating flue still under construction are heated by means of a heated gas. The heated gas comprises the air usually provided for co... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6623602 | Method for reclaiming volatile products and non-volatile residue An improved method is disclosed for reclaiming volatile products and non-volatile residue through the pyrolysis of a polymeric material comprising placing the polymeric material in a reactor and establishing an oxygen deficient atmosphere in a reactor. Th... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6596128 | Coke oven flue gas sharing The invention provides a method and apparatus for decreasing gas flow rates in a sole flue gas system for a coke oven during at least an initial coking operation after charging a coking oven with coal. The method includes providing a duct system between a... | 07/22/2003 |
| 5964985 | Method and apparatus for converting coal to liquid hydrocarbons A method of forming liquid hydrocarbons from solid coal. The coal is pulverized to provide a particulate coal feed, which is then extruded to provide a hollow tube of compressed coal supported inside of a support tube. A clay feed is extruded to provide a... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5882484 | Continuous process for charging and discharging a carbonization furnace moving in a circle and apparatus for embodying said process The object of the invention is a continuous method for charging and discharging carbonization furnaces (15) moving in a circle, in which method the charging and the discharging are effected in a closed process mainly simultaneously at the opposite ends of... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5843303 | Direct fired convection heating in residuum oil solvent extraction process A residuum oil solvent extraction process is improved by using direct fired convection heaters for heating the asphaltene, the solvent-deasphalted oil phase, the deasphalted oil and the stripping steam, instead of hot oil heat exchangers. The convection h... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5789636 | Process for recovering synthetic raw materials and fuel components from used or waste plastics The invention concerns a process for recovering synthetic raw materials and fluid fuel components from used or waste plastics in accordance with patent application P 43 11 034,7. At least a partial flow of the depolymer produced according to this process ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5725738 | Method and apparatus for producing wood charcoal by pyrolysis of wood-like products or vegetable biomasses in general A method and apparatus for producing wood charcoal by pyrolysis of wood products or vegetable biomasses in general, the method including the steps of: loading the wood products, or vegetable biomasses in general, onto transport trolleys; introducing the t... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5597451 | Apparatus for thermally decomposing plastics and process for converting plastics into oil by thermal decomposition A thermal decomposition apparatus for plastics wherein plastics are melted and thermally decomposed, and the resulting decomposition gas is cooled for condensation and recovered in the form of a thermal decomposition oil. The apparatus comprises a thermal... | 01/28/1997 |
| 4632731 | Carbonization and dewatering process An energy efficient process for beneficiating and dewatering high water content carbonaceous materials utilizing a pneumatic stream to entrain, transport, dewater and to carbonize organic carbonaceous material in a fluidized bed. The process utilizes phys... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4422902 | Method of operating a coke oven A coke-oven door for use in combination with a coke-oven chamber having an upright doorjamb has a door panel whose periphery is complementary to the doorjamb and which is provided with a seal extending around that periphery between the same and the doorja... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4419215 | Method of pre-heating particles of a hydrocarbon-bearing substrate and an apparatus therefor Hydrocarbon-bearing substrate particles are pre-heated by heating the same with a solid heat-bearing medium by indirect counter-current flow using a series of heat transfer loops each containing a circulating heat transfer medium chosen such that the whol... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4280879 | Apparatus and process for recovery of hydrocarbons from inorganic host materials A dry thermal processor for recovering hydrocarbons from oil sand solids comprises concentric, radially spaced, horizontal inner and outer tubular members connected for rotation together. The inner member provides a substantially open preheat zone and vap... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4246071 | Process for the recovery of coke oven waste heat This invention is directed to a process for making coke and recovering the heat therefrom for preheating the firing gas to the coke oven. The process involves the use of the coke oven firing gas to extract the sensible heat from the hot coke from the coki... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4210491 | Method and apparatus for retorting a substance containing organic matter An improved method and apparatus for converting a substance containing organic matter into hydrocarbon vapors and solids residue by feeding the substance into the upstream portion of a substantially cylindrical retort having a substantially horizontal lon... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4208251 | Process and apparatus for producing nonaqueous coke slurry and pipeline transport thereof A process comprising heating coal in a substantially air-free environment to liberate volatile materials and produce coke, condensing at least some of the volatile materials so liberated to liquefied products and dispersing the coke therein to form a coke... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4176010 | Method of producing petroleum coke calcinate Green petroleum coke is indirectly dried, then calcined in a cylindric rotary kiln and indirectly cooled utilizing a one-way gas flow in the system. Most of the dust in the vapor from the drying step is directly burned in a steam boiler whose off-gases ar... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4097360 | Quenching pyrolysis reactor effluent streams A continuous process recovers values from a solid carbonaceous material by directly contacting a stream containing volatilized hydrocarbons resulting from the pyrolysis of the solid carbonaceous material with incoming feed carbonaceous material to quench ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4094767 | Fluidized bed retorting of tar sands Raw tar sand is treated in a fluidized bed reactor means wherein the raw tar sands are fed into an area below the top of the bed. The bitumen is converted in the process in a reducing atmosphere including steam to produce hot coked sand and hot off-gases.... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4065361 | Apparatus and system for processing oil shale Apparatus for treating oil shale by microwave energy for recovering heated volatile fractions thereof. The microwave oven includes a sloping feeder made of glass, pyrex, or ceramic material, which feeder is reciprocated back and forth along a declining pl... | 12/27/1977 |
| 4058205 | Apparatus for treating oil shale A process and apparatus for decomposing kerogen and recovering oil, high BTU gas and energy for the process wherein a crushed oil shale is fed to a rotary preheater (300° to 350° F.) hence into a rotary retort (850°-1050° F.) where the kerogen is deco... | 11/15/1977 |
| 3945890 | Converter system Organic and pseudo-organic materials, such as waste materials, for example, are processed in a converter system and decomposed into various usable and reusable forms. Inorganic metals and salts are treated likewise in the same converter system and process... | 03/23/1976 |
