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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5389114 | Method of treating and using waste products A method of treating and using waste products and to products produced thereby is described. The method comprises agitating the sewage sludge mixture and waste products with a co-agent to bind the mixture in a mixing chamber (1) having paddles (2). The mi... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5342418 | Method of making pelletized fuel A pelletized fuel is disclosed, made with cellulosic fiber and thermoplastic resin. Preferred embodiments of the pelletized fuel are adapted to be fed in admixture with coal, into conventional coal fired furnaces using conventional coal handling equipment... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5112365 | Fuel block An improved fuel block of compressed combustible particles and a binder has a controlled burn rate preferably for use adjacent citrus fruit trees to prevent frost damage. The fuel block preferably has a cylindrical body and is formed with a longitudinally... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5071446 | Nuggets for heating and a method of making the same The invention discloses fuel nuggets with high heat value which is virtually dust-free, and a method of making the same. The nuggets are preferably made of scrap particleboard made of wood particles bonded together by a urea/formaldehyde adhesive. The scr... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4952216 | Combustible log A combusible member includes a first material having a density less than one (1) and constituting a plastic material in cross-linked or linear form and having properties of being converted to a non-toxic gaseous form when subjected to heat. Preferably, th... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4941889 | Barbecue flavoring blocks Barbecue flavoring blocks and a process for making barbecue flavoring block made from pieces of wood suitable to flavor food bound together with gelatin, preferably containing a flavoring ingredient. The flavoring blocks are pasturized.... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4934272 | Smoke generating cartridge for ovens and barbecues and means for holding same A smoke generating cartridge for use in barbecues or other food cooking or smoking enclosures is disclosed. The cartridge comprises a tightly packed cylinder of wood particles wrapped in paper such that a self-sustaining smoldering combustion is provided ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4935035 | Process of producing dried wood chips Wood from broad-leaved and/or coniferous woody plants, particularly bushwood or waste wood or wood obtained in wood-growing plantations, is processed in that wood in a green state is chopped to form wood chips and is mixed with accompanying or additional ... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4874396 | Briquets for smoke seasoning food products The disclosed briquets comprise solid carrier means and a seasoning liquid impregnated into the carrier means; with the carrier means being both wet in appearance and to the touch and forming between 70-90% of the weight of the briquets and the seasoning ... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4795841 | Process for upgrading biomass pyrolyzates Pyrolyzate oil is made amendable to hydrotreatment without substantial coking problems by means of pre-treatment with hydrogen at temperatures in the range of 250° to 300° C.... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4787917 | Method for producing torrefied wood, product obtained thereby, and application to the production of energy New product consisting of wood which is torrefied between 250° and 280° C. in a non oxidizing atmosphere, in the form of sticks of uniform length: 15 mm for example and having a diameter comprised between 5 and 20 mm, which are not disbarked. The prepar... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4702746 | System for producing fuel pellets A system for converting selected commercially or industrially derived waste materials in a generally dry and friable form, into a pelleted fuel product, comprising an input conveyor (10), a primary breaker (11) for breaking and reducing the incoming mater... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4612017 | Pelletizing wood A process for pelletizing wood wherein the particulated wood is treated with a wax emulsion and lignosulfonate prior to pelleting is disclosed.... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4596584 | Solid fuel and method of manufacture thereof A solid fuel consists of a mixture of one or more paper products and one or more oil products. Preferred mixtures one waste paper with fuel oil, waste oil, petroleum coke or refinery bottoms. A binding agent and/or an amount of water may be added to the a... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4475923 | Chemically treated kindling and process A chemically treated kindling and process for the production thereof wherein the kindling is comprised of a pressed mixture of wood fibers, alum, and cornstarch, and is saturated with a prepared composition comprising a plurality of chemically distinct co... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4428844 | Compacted lost circulation material Disclosed is a compacted paper lost circulation material for use in arresting or preventing a lost circulation condition in well bore drilling operations and a method of forming same. The lost circulation material generally comprises comminuted paper, wat... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4398917 | Process for the preparation of fuel pellets A simple and efficient process is provided for the preparation of fuel pellets comprised of, in whole or in part, a modified cellulosic material. By contacting a cellulosic material with certain enzymes, such as cellulase, the cellulose structure is modified s... | 08/16/1983 |
| 4386937 | Wax-impregnated fire kindling sticks Porous cellulosic fiberboard containing a significant amount of an expanded vitreous particulate material such as expanded perlite and impregnated with a hydrocarbon wax has improved burn time when used in the ignition of wood and coal fires.... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4369054 | Fiber/slag composition A composition comprising an admixture of pulped fibers and a slag characterized by an open pore structure.... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4326854 | Synthetic firelog A synthetic firelog is made by binding cellulosic particles with a combustible binder produced by the interaction of a liquid combustible by-product or waste product and a modifier, the resulting material being such as to be carbonizable on combustion to ... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4324561 | Combustible fuel pellets formed from botanical material A process and apparatus for pelletizing tree bark and other botanical material for use as an industrial fuel. A dryer burning fines from the final product is used to heat bark or other botanical material which is typically a waste product from lumbering o... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4318710 | Conversion of cellulose into charcoal A process for converting wood stock or other cellulosic material into charcoal, use being made for this purpose of liquid anhydrous hydrogen chloride at ambient temperatures.... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4292044 | Solid fuel A solid fuel includes a mixture of a liquid fuel and cyclodextrin or a cyclodextrin - containing decomposition product of starch and a second combustible substance such as pulp.... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4230459 | Process for agglomerating particulate wood material and products obtained thereby The disclosure describes a process for agglomerating particulate wood material such as saw dust, wood shavings, fines, bark, tree needles, wood chips, wood dust, newspaper and cardboard material, impurities normally encountered therein and mixtures thereo... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4220453 | Process for producing artificial fire logs Process for producing artificial fire logs from a mixture comprising wood material and a binder, particularly a resin binder. Each log is formed in an individual mold, and a batch of mix required for a single log is divided into two approximately equal po... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4179269 | Synthetic log production A method of making synthetic fireplace logs or the like, and the logs so produced. Approximately 55-80% by weight of ground coal is mixed with approximately 0-10% by weight of wood fiber material at room temperature, and approximately 20-35% of melted sla... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4169709 | Artificial fireplace logs An artificial fireplace log containing a metallic perchlorate provides a colored flame shortly after ignition of the log. In a preferred embodiment the metallic perchlorate is of a certain particle size which provides, in addition to the colored flame, a ... | 10/02/1979 |
| 4152119 | Briquette comprising caking coal and municipal solid waste Briquettes of specified geometry and composition are produced to serve as feed material or "burden" in a moving-burden gasifier for the production of a synthesis or fuel gas from organic solid waste materials and coal, including especially, the so-called ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4120666 | Hollow core synthetic fireplace log and method and apparatus for producing same This invention is directed to a synthetic fireplace log with a hollow core, said log being composed of shredded paper and wax. The logs are produced by continuously compacting shredded paper into one end of a compaction chamber, injecting hot molten wax i... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4102653 | Aromatic wood fuel briquette and method of making and using the same To smoke meats while they are being cooked with the heat generated from charcoal briquettes or other fuels, briquettes or sections of aromatic woods are treated to substantially eliminate flaming and control the rate of aromatic smoke and vapor emission d... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4060396 | Wafered fuel of compressed wood products A fuel made of a major portion of compacted wood particles as a log of an integrated array of interlocking, disc-shaped wafers, which may be separated from the log to be used as individual briquettes. The log may be modified by providing a star-shaped, ho... | 11/29/1977 |
| 4052167 | Heating unit and fertilizer preparation A heating unit consisting of a mixture and blend of a built in means including organic, inorganic materials, and fuels compressed into a generally stable solid, which, due to built in expanding force means, such as vermiculite ore embodies the function of... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4046518 | Solid fuel element and process of manufacturing Fine sawdust obtained from compressed wood is homogeneously blended with an equivalent amount of liquid wax at a sufficiently elevated temperature to release substantially all moisture from the sawdust and to induce molecular activity in the wax and sawdu... | 09/06/1977 |
| 4043764 | Process for manufacturing combustible bricks from plant materials Combustible bricks are manufactured from plant materials by agglomeration under pressure of these materials after pulverization and drying. Prior to this, the plant materials are subjected to a fermentation and, in the course of fermentation, to a pulveri... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4015951 | Fuel pellets and method for making them from organic fibrous materials Pellets adapted to be burned in industrial applications are prepared by adjusting the particle size of organic fibrous material to not more than about 85% of the minimum dimension of the pellets to be produced, adjusting the moisture content of the fibrou... | 04/05/1977 |
| 3988121 | Fire kindler Small, effective fire igniter tablets are provided comprising a major amount of a combination of wax and a cellulosic material powder in the form of a tablet or cylinder and a minor amount on and/or near the surface of said tablet or cylinder of an alipha... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3986845 | Fuel compacting apparatus Apparatus for compacting sheet or other burnable material into log-like form including means for severing the sheet into small chips, applying glue to the chips and then compactng the chips in a chamber dimensioned to form a log-shaped compacted unit.... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3958499 | Newspaper log maker A device for rolling newspapers or the like that consists of a framework having a pair of vertical standards with bearing means at their upper end through which a crank arm with an elongated shank portion may be inserted. A package of newspapers may be dr... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3947255 | Method of extruding bark and of forming a solid synthetic fuel A method of extruding bark and of forming a solid article, solid synthetic fuel or fireplace log comprising from about 60 to 95 percent by weight bark, which comprises physically blending pieces of combustible thermoplastic of an extrudable size with piec... | 03/30/1976 |
