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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762199 | Frame seal for a solid fuel distributor A feeder assembly (28) for projecting solid fuel, such as coal (24), into a combustion chamber (11) of a furnace (10) includes a distributor (44) and a feeder (42) disposed in a housing (40). The distributor (44 | 07/27/2010 |
| 5927215 | Preheater and incineration system having the preheater A preheater in an incineration system consists of: a first opening through which refuse is input; a second opening which is formed under the first opening and communicates with an incinerator; a heat flow passageway which is formed between the first and s... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5794548 | Pneumatic bark distributor for continuous ash discharge stokers A furnace having a continuous ash discharge stoker which includes a fuel distributor apparatus for delivering associated particulate fuel to an associated continuous ash discharge furnace which includes a housing having an inlet for a particulate fuel and... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5513581 | Distributor chute for bulk material A distributor chute for bulk material, in particular for use in a bell-less blast furnace top charging device, has several inclined transverse plates in the region of its impact zone. The transverse plates create retaining pockets between their inner face... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5357877 | Feed for particulate burners A particulate delivery system is disclosed for particulate burners in which a hopper is provided for supplying particulate fuel to a hopper discharge opening. A rotating turntable is provided below the hopper discharge opening and includes at least one an... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5239935 | Oscillating damper and air-swept distributor An oscillating damper and air-swept distributor is disclosed for controllably introducing solid fuel into a furnace. The oscillating damper having an oscillating valve member, which oscillates between a first adjustable position and second adjustable posi... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5226375 | Boiler and other combustion chambers and a method for mix-combusting coal and rubber This invention relates to the combustion of metal-containing scrap rubber such as used tires in a combustion chamber equipped with a traveling-grate stoker without allowing binding of molten metal to the stoker for effective utilization of scrap rubber as... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5148756 | Fuel feeder for furnace A chain-type fuel feeder which includes a chain conveyor that deposits coal onto a rotor which then throws the coal into a boiler-type furnace. The conveyor is driven from the shaft of the rotor by way of a novel, variable speed control assembly which inc... | 09/22/1992 |
| 4832554 | Apparatus for charging combustible materials An apparatus for charging refuse into an incinerator comprising a housing and a drum disposed in the housing for rotation about a horizontal axis, the housing having an inlet communicable with an elevated mass of refuse for guiding the refuse into the hou... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4646637 | Method and apparatus for fluidized bed combustion A method and apparatus for fluidized bed construction in which the fluidized bed is confined in an annular combustion chamber and fuel is injected into the lower portion of the fluidized bed by a centrally located whirling disk having vanes thereon for im... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4592289 | Reducing pollutant emissions from a spreader-stoker-fired furnace by stoichiometric control Methods and apparatus for reducing pollutant emissions, and in particular, for reducing NOx and particulate emissions, from spreader-stoker-fired furnaces. A combustible material is introduced into the spreader-stoker-fired furnace and combuste... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4485747 | Reducing pollutant emissions by fines removal A method and apparatus for reducing pollutant emissions, and in particular, for reducing NOx and particulate emissions, from a spreader-stoker-fired furnace and from a fluidized bed combustor. A combustible material of various sized particles i... | 12/04/1984 |
| 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 |
| 4348968 | Method and apparatus for burning solid fuel Solid fuel such as coal is fed into an inlet shaft of the furnace through a rotary feeder constructed to prevent the admission of air. Primary air channels supply the major part of the air required for combustion of the fuel in a region in which the fuel ... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4326469 | Multi-fuel feeder distributor A multi-fuel feeder distributor for a stoker capable of feeding into a furnace and distributing over a grate or hearth, coal and a second fuel, such as wood or a waste fuel, either in combination or separately, comprising a coal feed and a second fuel fee... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4080931 | Apparatus for feeding solid fuel to a furnace grate An apparatus for feeding solid fuel to a furnace grate comprising a conduit adapted, in use, to extend downwards through the roof of the furnace, means for feeding solid fuel to the conduit above the lower end thereof said means including at least one fue... | 03/28/1978 |
