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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127697 | Method and device for charging processing plants A device and method for charging processing plants, in particular, combustion furnaces (1), is disclosed, in which a flowing process material (3), which has solid components (6) in addition to liquid components (5), is introduced into the... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8069426 | Method and mechanism for identifying and tracking shape connectivity A method and mechanism is disclosed for identifying and tracking nets in an electrical design. A hierarchical design does not have to be flattened to perform the operation of identifying and tracking nets. To identify sets of connected shapes, instead of having to u... | 11/29/2011 |
| 7358156 | Compound semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a compound semiconductor device comprises forming a scribed groove extending from an edge of a major surface of a laminated body to an internal region on the first major surface. The laminated body has the first major surface and a second m... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7316188 | Dedensification and delivery unit A dedensification and delivery unit for the conversion of an alternative fuel source into fuel, comprising: a dedensification area for separating a densified alternative fuel source into its component parts to form a dedensified alternative fuel source; a compressio... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7128004 | Supplying apparatus for supplying combustible material, a gasification apparatus for gasifying combustible material and method for gasifying combustible material A supplying apparatus supplies a combustible material capable of enhancing the sealing effects of a supplying system for supplying a combustible material, such as combustible wastes, to a fluidized-bed chamber, stably supplies a combustible material having an undefi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6758150 | System and method for thermally reducing solid and liquid waste and for recovering waste heat A system and method are set for pyrolysis of waste feed material including a first retort segment disposed through a combustion chamber and a second retort segment disposed outside of the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber supplies the heat for pyrolysis to ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6619214 | Method and apparatus for treatment of waste An apparatus for treating waste material that comprises four major cooperating subsystems, namely a pyrolytic converter, a two-stage thermal oxidizer, a steam generator and a steam turbine driven by steam generated by the steam generator. In operation, th... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6588350 | Automatic coal stoker with increased sensible heat outflow An automatic coal stoker is provided with internal means to increase the sensible heal outflow from the operating stoker, which means comprises a modified stoker housing that provides a first combustion chamber and an abutting second chamber for induced a... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6532880 | Method and apparatus for drying and incineration of sewage sludge A system for drying sludge includes a shaftless spiral feed screw for moving sludge through a drying chamber. An high energy inductor is located at a output of the drying chamber for drawing hot gases through the chamber to dry the sludge as it advances f... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6412428 | Method and apparatus for drying and incineration of sewage sludge A system for drying sludge includes a shaftless spiral feed screw for moving sludge through a drying chamber. An high energy inductor is located at a output of the drying chamber for drawing hot gases through the chamber to dry the sludge as it advances f... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6405662 | Method for preventing jamming conditions in a compression device A compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor includes a waste material feed assembly having a hopper, a supply tube and a compression tube. Each of the supply and compression tubes includes feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends. A feed-dischar... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6349658 | Auger combustor with fluidized bed An improved auger combustor for the incineration of refuse featuring, in its preferred embodiment, a granular substrate formed as a fluidized bed by underfire air and composed of particulate material with pollution abatement properties, an auger with expa... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6336449 | Solid fuel burner for a heating apparatus A burner system is described for burning granular pellets and similarly sized solid biomass heating fuel, e.g. wood pellets. It includes an air tight fire chamber having an exhaust outlet in an upper region thereof and a burner (10) in the bottom thereof ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6276286 | Compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor A compression device for feeding a waste material to a reactor includes a waste material feed assembly having a hopper, a supply tube and a compression tube. Each of the supply and compression tubes includes feed-inlet and feed-outlet ends. A feed-dischar... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6223737 | Pellet fuel burning device A pellet fuel burner, such as a cooking grill, has a fire box with a generally open top plane. A pellet burner unit is disposed in the fire box below the cooking surface. A pellet feeding device opens into the fire box and is disposed so as to feed pellet... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6189463 | Methods and apparatus for incinerating combustible waste material such as farm animal biomass Farm animal biomass, such as the waste and shredded carcasses of poultry and hogs, and/or animal bedding, is incinerated by being delivered to the inlet of a duct. During a processing period the biomass is heated uniformly to a temperature while advanced ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6024032 | Production of heat energy from solid carbonaceous fuels A process for the production of heat energy from solid carbonaceous fuels is disclosed which comprises subjecting the carbonaceous fuel to substantially anaerobic pyrolysis in at least one first zone and thereafter transferring the char resulting from the... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5893358 | Pellet fuel burner for heating and drying systems A pellet fuel burner includes a compact thermally insulated firebox for providing hot gases to a boiler, furnace or dryer. The apparatus includes a grate that includes a reciprocating arm for removing clinkers and ash from the grate. Pellet fuel feed is p... | 04/13/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5797333 | Fuel pellet fines collection system An improved augering device and an accessible ash and pellet fines collection drawer which function together as a unique combination to remove pellet fines from a wood pellet burning stove, wherein the augering device has a screw mounted in a barrel forme... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5720232 | Method and apparatus for recovering constituents from discarded tires Discarded rubber tires for reclamation and recovery of the constituents therein and/or environmentally safe disposal are transferred from a pan feeder system into a hopper and transferred by an auger into a pyrolysis chamber. The pan feeder system exclude... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5680821 | Solid waste handling and conveying apparatus A method and apparatus for safely conveying hazardous solid waste material to a waste processing system; for enhancing its subsequent combustion, in the case of an incinerator; and for reducing the size and duration of a moisture plume created by water va... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5651321 | Method of and means for producing combustible gases from low grade fuel In accordance with the present invention, a method for supplying solid material such as hot carbonaceous material from a pyrolyzer or reactor to a furnace, is provided comprising providing a screw conveyor for receiving the solid carbonaceous material fro... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5611290 | Waste conveyor A waste conveyor includes a conveyor channel. A feed shaft is connected to the conveyor channel. A worm is disposed in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor channel. The worm has a shaft with an axis. A first metal cutter is disposed at an edge of a ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5555823 | Method and apparatus for feeding waste material to a dry kiln A method and apparatus for receiving, processing, and delivering waste materials to the interior of a rotary cement kiln to be burned therein. Apparatus includes a feeding mechanism which provides continuous in-feed of entrained solids or solid waste, mat... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5429110 | Mobile pellet stove with thermal barrier and ventilated firepot A pellet stove or grill includes a housing (10) divided by a thermal barrier (43), which is defined by a spaced pair of partitions (20, 21), into a hot compartment (23) and a cold compartment (47). The hot compartment includes a ventilated firepot (44) su... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5411714 | Thermal conversion pyrolysis reactor system A thermal conversion pyrolysis reactor system (10) is provided for use in providing a continuous flow type pyrolysis reaction for conversion of carbonizable input materials ("MW") (12). The reactor system (10) utilizes a diffusion material ("MD") (14) whi... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5406747 | Device for regeneration and sterilization of earth, sand or the like A device for regeneration and sterilization of earth, in particular compost earth, sand, especially playground sand or the like with steam in which a screw conveyor is located in an elongated treatment chamber for continuously moving the material to be tr... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5388537 | System for burning refuse-derived fuel A system for disposing of refuse-derived fuel ("RDF") and converting the refuse-derived fuel into a fuel gas is described. The system includes a positive pressure combustion chamber and a feed system for feeding the RDF into the combustion chamber at high... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5383446 | Self concentrating combustion grate for pellet fueled stoves 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 equally or unequally spaced rods. The design of the rods ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5359945 | Balanced pressure solid fuel heating unit A method and apparatus for a pellet fuel burning heating unit for burning corn or wood pellets having a balanced pressure system having a four-way split combustion intake airstream. The invention includes a combustion air blower system for providing combu... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5351633 | Balanced pressure solid fuel heating unit A pellet fuel burning heating unit having a firebox with a burner therein connected to a combustion air duct, an exhaust pipe to remove combustion gases from the firebox, a blower to provide combustion air and a pressure regulator and air splitter to divi... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5343819 | Corn furnace A corn furnace comprises a hopper for storing corn to be burned, and a combustion chamber in which corn is burned in a pot of fire to produce heat. An endless screw, supplying corn from the dispensing bottom of the hopper to the combustion chamber, compri... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5285738 | Pellet burning heating device A pellet burning heating device (20) designed to operate at a combustion efficiency of about 90-98% (based on the oxygen-derived combustion efficiency formula), and to emit exhaust gases having a carbon monoxide concentration, by volume, of about 0.04% or... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5277136 | Processing facility for disposing of infectious medical wastes A method for disposing of infectious medical waste in a closed system includes the steps of shredding the waste in the closed system to reduce the waste to small particles and indirectly heating the waste particles in the closed system by contacting the w... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5273209 | Heat exchange and fuel feed apparatus for vertical furnace A heating unit and solid fuel feeder comprises a vertical furnace having a combustion chamber for burning solid fuel, a water jacket around the combustion chamber and an exhaust chamber at an upper outlet end of the combustion chamber. A plenum box is con... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5269233 | Stoker or particulate conveyor A heater for burning particulate combustible fuel material, and a stoker for transferring the fuel for use in connection with such a heater. The heater includes a burner with a step upward from the stoker onto the burner, for reducing the possibility of t... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5243963 | Furnace for solid fuels, especially for pellets A furnace for solid fuels is especially for pellets. This furnace includes a combustion chamber, a holder pan for the combustion material positioned in the combustion chamber, and a combustion material transport device located between the holder pan and a... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5205225 | Apparatus for allowing thermal dimensional changes of metal parts in a retort mechanism Apparatus for allowing thermal dimensional changes of metal parts in a retort mechanism including, a retort chamber, a retort pipe axially extending within the retort chamber and having a material inlet and outlet portion, a retort auger axially extending... | 04/27/1993 |
