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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7392753 | Process and apparatus for disposal of wastes An apparatus 1 for disposal of wastes comprises a measuring hopper 2 for measuring a charging amount of a waste to be disposed such as domestic wastes, industrial wastes or the like or a charging amount of a solid fuel such as coke, coal or the like, a... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7363866 | Control system for a waste processing apparatus A control system for a waste processing apparatus controls entry of a predetermined quantity of waste into the processing chamber via air lock whenever the level of waste in the chamber has fallen sufficiently to accommodate the new waste, and this is detected by a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7032525 | Energy efficient pyrolytic processing oven A method and apparatus of converting waste materials into combustible vapor and char utilizing an energy efficient pyrolytic processing oven that eliminates the complex mechanisms usually associated with these systems for heating and transporting the waste material ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6764642 | Shredder dust feeding device, reverberatory furnace provided with this feeding device, and furnace for burning shredder dust The present invention relates to a device for feeding shredder dust to a furnace such as a reverberatory furnace. This device comprises a feeding chute that passes to the inside of the reverberatory furnace and is fitted to the ceiling of the reverberatory furnace. ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6382112 | Chute of a feed system for a refuse incineration plant having a cutting apparatus The chute is provided with a cutting apparatus which has a mating holder, a clamping slide and a cutting slide. To close the chute, the mating holder is moved inward approximately into the center of the chute and is locked. Then, the clamping slide is mov... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6360678 | Method and device for disposing of scrapped gas container A method and apparatus for crushing waste gas cans between a pair of rotating rollers installed in a treatment chamber and removing the residual gas and residual liquid from the waste gas cans. The atmosphere in each of a waste gas can loading chamber, wh... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6067979 | Combustion system A combustion system includes a primary combustion chamber divided into left and right sides by fuel-retaining standards defining a canyon or void extending into a secondary combustion chamber is provided. The floor of the primary combustion chamber and th... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5806442 | Apparatus for feeding solid wastes into a rotary kiln A feeding apparatus for feeding whole tires into a cement kiln comprising a feed opening in the shell of the kiln, a passageway including a sleeve extending within and outside the kiln, an arcuate sector valve device for closing the passageway and timed t... | 09/15/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5355782 | Smoke generator for food smoking kilns The smoke generator produces smoke from combustible matter, such as sawdust or particulated wood, under a controlled set of smoke generation parameters which can be varied over a range of operating set-points. The pyrolysis and partial combustion phases o... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5144939 | Biomass pellet-burning orchard heaters An orchard heater burns wood or other biomass pellets substantially without the production of soot or smudge. The heater assembly includes demountable, telescoping components including a combustion chamber, a chimney, a firebox, and a hopper. Combination ... | 09/08/1992 |
| 4991519 | Incinerating furnace An incinerating furnace which utilizes mineral particles as a hearth bed. Hearth particles are supplied and automatically flow down by gravity into the combustion chamber and onto a movable plane member, such as a rotary table, disposed at the bottom of t... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4989521 | Gravity fed pellet burner A gravity operated burner for particulate fuel. Fuel held in a hopper drops downwardly through a fuel tube to fall on an inclined chute. The chute feeds a shelf where burning takes place in a high heat zone. Material on the shelf stops unhindered flow of ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4850289 | Incinerator The incinerator is made of a loading member, a burning chamber, a combustion chamber and a duct member having a restricted dimension for connecting the burning and the combustion chambers. The loading member is an upstanding cylinder for receiving the was... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4836115 | Vertical furnace A down-draft, gravity fed, bio-mass, solid fuel burning stove or furnace comprises an upright cylindrical housing having a top cover and a fire resistant openable air-tight floor. Fuel drops onto the center of the floor through a central feed tube where i... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4787321 | Solid waste conversion plant The present invention is directed to a solid waste conversion plan for the conversion of such solid waste as old tires to a gas or liquid hydrocarbon product, wherein the partial pyrolysis of the solid waste is carried out in a reactor having a grate in t... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4762073 | 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 ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4747355 | Combustion apparatus and method of generating gas A first stage, sub-stoichiometric reaction chamber (12) reacts a carbon-based fuel with an oxygen-carrying gas to produce a combustible gas, heat, and residual ash. A rectangular grate (B) supports a fuel pile (34) in the reaction chamber. A fuel supply (... | 05/31/1988 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4606282 | Self feeding wood burning stove In the stove, pluralities of elongated logs are stacked on top of one another, substantially on parallels to a generally horizontal axis, to form a pair of sloping, single-log-wide, axially extending stacks of the same which are spaced apart but converge ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4602572 | 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 ... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4598649 | Particle fuel diversion structure with dome-shaped cavity A particle fuel burning furnace has an upper combustion chamber holding a pile of particle fuel and burning the same from the bottom. The furnace includes a lower combustion chamber for afterburning combustible gases off by burning solid fuel in the upper... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4572082 | Thermal decomposition furnace of waste tires A thermal decomposition furnace in which waste tires having original shape, not broken up, can be laid horizontally and be thermally decomposed. The furnace is constructed by providing a feeder above, forming downward a fluidized bed-forming section havin... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4565138 | Thermal decomposition furnace of waste tires A thermal decomposition furnace in which waste tires having original shape, not broken up, can be laid horizontally and be thermally decomposed. The furnace is constructed by providing a feeder above, forming downward a fluidized bed-forming section havin... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4562777 | Heat generator A heat generator comprising a fuel supply chamber (7a), having at its lower end an inwardly tapered section (12), comprising at its lower end a burner plate (14) with mixing strips (33) and a combustion pipe (20), said tapered section (12) being provided ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4559882 | Biomass-fueled furnace A combustion system for domestic or small industrial heating needs, utilizing biomass fuels such as wood and brush chips, sawdust, logs, nut hulls, peat, leaves and other organic waste products of forestry, agriculture and industry with essentially smokel... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4549490 | Furnace construction A furnace having a fuel hopper in communication with a combustion chamber provided with an inclined, fuel-supporting grate. A rotary, flexible feed arm composed of a helically coiled wire serves to feed fuel from the hopper on to the grate. A draft is ind... | 10/29/1985 |
| 4536120 | Feeding means for feeding solid fuel from a storage silo or equivalent into a solid fuel heating boiler The invention concerns an apparatus for feeding solid fuel from a storage silo or equivalent to a solid fuel-using heating boiler. The feeding apparatus comprises a piston, which has been disposed to carry out a reciprocating motion within a tube which th... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4531464 | Particle fuel diversion structure A particle fuel burning furnace has an upper combustion chamber for holding a pile of particle fuel and burning the same from the bottom thereof. The furnace also includes a lower combustion chamber for afterburning combustible gases given off by the burn... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4530289 | Solid fuel furnace The disclosure herein describes a furnace for consuming solid fuel, such as wood, which comprises a gravitational feed chute for feeding the solid fuel in a combustion chamber; the chute has an open lower feed end adjoining the combustion chamber, the fee... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4517903 | Solid fuel furnace A furnace using pelletized wood as a fuel and a system for controlling the operation of the furnace are described. Pelletized wood stored in a hopper is fed into the combustion chamber of the furnace from an elevated position; and combustion of the pellet... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4484530 | Dual stage combustion furnace A dual stage combustion furnace has primary and secondary combustion chambers. The primary combustion chamber contains a solid fuel, such as wood or coal. The secondary combustion chamber is formed adjacent to and in communication with the primary combust... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4480557 | Steam generator with integral down-draft dryer A steam generating furnace which burns high moisture content fuel has a panel of heat absorbing tubes dividing it into two vertical interconnecting passageways: (a) a combustion chamber for burning the predried fuel and (b) a drying shaft for extracting m... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4436100 | Smoke generator The housing of a smoke generator is provided with an outlet passage conducting a blower induced flow of particulate material from a hopper. An inflow of air is conducted to the blower separate from the material through a conduit extending through the hopp... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4413571 | Solid fuel hot water heater A solid fuel burning hot water heater is described having a primary combustion chamber with a refractory material base portion which forms the locus of combustion. A water jacket defines an upright portion over the refractory base portion for receiving a ... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4366802 | Sawdust and wood chip burner A sawdust and chip burner for use with an existing furnace for heating water or a forced air system. The burner overcomes a previously known deficiency in prior burners in overcoming burn-back, the latter meaning creeping of combustion back into the store... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4270464 | Smoke generator for smoking food products A smoke generator and method for smoking food products such as meat, sausage and fish are provided. Smoke is produced from glowing sawdust maintained at a temperature just below the flame point in the presence of excess oxygen. The smoke produced is low i... | 06/02/1981 |
