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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7503268 | Transportable incineration apparatus and method A transportable incineration apparatus for burning wood and green waste comprises a trailer and a firebox mounted on the trailer by a suspension system operable to lift the firebox off of the ground for transport and to set the firebox onto the ground for incinerati... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7384610 | Method and means of disposing of hazardous wastes connected with criminal activity A method and apparatus are provided for disposing of hazardous waste associated with criminal activity, the apparatus having a burner assembly and a gas neutralizing assembly secured to a portable frame. The gas neutralizing assembly includes a rupture tank, a reser... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7204182 | Apparatus for heating spent ammunition cases An apparatus for destroying the volatility of propellant and primers associated with small arms ammunition which become inadvertently commingled with a supply of spent casings prior to material deformation and reclamation. The apparatus preferably includes three maj... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7140309 | Method of clean burning and system for same A method and system for clean burning organic or synthetic material, particularly vulcanized rubber, where fuel is ignited and the heat and smoke by-product is maximized by controlling the amount of oxygen available to the fire. The smoke by-product in an afterburne... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7028623 | Treatment of carbonaceous material A process for the treatment of organic matter, comprises the steps of preliminary microwave irradiation in an oxygen-depleted atmosphere to give a black ash-like residue, followed by combustion of the residue to give a white ash. Hence the emissions of carcinogens s... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6945180 | Miniature garbage incinerator and method for incineration A portable miniature incinerator is described allowing easy disposal of household garbage for a single-family house or a small apartment building. The housing of the incinerator is mounted on a wheeled hand-truck assembly and contains an incineration block and a fil... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932001 | Refuse burning container A container for burning refuse including yard waste, household waste and the like. The container has a cylindrical portion that defines a burning chamber. The cylindrical portion includes a plurality of ventilation apertures and inwardly protruding flanges. The cont... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6907693 | Portable gardening station A portable gardening station comprising a bed for containing a growing medium. The bed has a base comprising a shoulder, a trough, and a raised center portion, wherein the trough is lower than the shoulder and raised center portion. The underside of the bed is reinf... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6474249 | Mobile furnace and method of facilitating removal of material from workpieces The mobile furnace for removing foreign material, such as coatings, from workpieces. The mobile furnace includes burners for heating a combustion chamber of the furnace, and a burner control for operating the burners. The furnace is mounted on a wheeled v... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6325000 | Waste incineration machine A waste incineration machine capable of rendering a waste gas occurring during the combustion of waste smokeless and odorless. A heat insulating wall to which a first far infrared ray radiator is fixed is provided so as to surround a combustion furnace an... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6296815 | Apparatus for exsitu thermal remediation An apparatus is disclosed for thermal desorption of contaminants from contaminated material, the apparatus including: a plurality of first insulated boxes, each insulated box, defining a volume effective for holding contaminated material, and each insulat... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6173662 | Method and apparatus for containing and suppressing explosive detonations A mobile apparatus, and method of operation, for controlling and suppressing the explosive destruction of munitions by detonation in an explosion chamber. The apparatus comprises a double-walled steel explosion chamber which is moved by wheeled carriage m... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5967063 | Sea-going vessel with a solid-waste incinerator A waste-disposing sea-going vessel includes a vessel body that carries solid waste-holding containers to a site at sea far away from land. The vessel body further has an incinerator to incinerate the solid wastes of the containers, a scrubbing chamber to ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5799591 | Incinerator for medical waste An incinerator for incinerating medical waste in which a self-contained unit including a hopper and a fire chamber are supported on a conveyor mechanism, the fire chamber being provided with an opening and a chute coupling the hopper and the fire chamber ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5743196 | Mobile waste incinerator A mobile waste incinerator has a moving vehicle having an engine with an exhaust gas system, a receiving chamber arranged to receive waste to be incinerated and to preliminarily heat the waste, the receiving chamber being connected with the exhaust system... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5626087 | Mobile smokeless agricultural field burner A smokeless mobile agricultural field burner for burning agricultural waste products, mainly rice straw, in the field without releasing excessive air pollution into the environment. The burner consists of a main structure, either self-propelled or towed, ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5375539 | Efficient removal of volatile compounds from soil or water The invention is a highly efficient soil and/or water treatment system including its own power source, such as an internal combustion engine, in which heat from all heat sources and heat sinks is exchanged through a mutual heat exchanger circuit. The inve... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5347935 | Yard trash burner A yard trash burner capable of effectively burning leaves, branches and other yard waste while preventing flying sparks and ashes that can create a fire hazard. The burner includes a wheeled frame with a handle structure to enable it to be easily moved to... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5237938 | Mobile type medical refuse incinerating vehicle An incinerator is mounted on a vehicle which is adapted to carry thereon medical refuse, and a main burner in which oil or water is suitably injected is provided in a main furnace of this incinerator. Medical refuse discarded from medical facilities and s... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5220873 | Apparatus for retorting organic matter Apparatus for retorting organic matter including a conveyor for advancing organic matter through a chamber in the absence of oxygen, temperature sensors for sensing the temperature in the chamber at a plurality of locations along the length of the chamber... | 06/22/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5199212 | Soil decontamination system A method and apparatus for the removal of contaminants from soil. The soil is pulverized, and then heated to volatilize the contaminants. The volatilized contaminants are then burned as fuel in an internal combustion engine.... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5170724 | Burning apparatus having burn promoting plate There is disclosed a burning apparatus having a general burning chamber provided with an air-guide inlet for feeding air from above into the burning chamber and air-discharge outlet to which a funnel is connected. In said burning chamber, a burn-promoting... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5152233 | Method of devolatilizing earth solids and mobile truck for carrying out the method Earth solids which have been contaminated by volatile organic contaminants can be treated by a method and in an apparatus of this invention. The apparatus includes a rotary kiln, a baghouse filter, a high temperature incinerator and a recycle conduit to r... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5121699 | Reclamation method and apparatus for soil and other products A method and apparatus for remedial treatment of soil with volatile contaminants includes a rotating drum having a firebox projecting a flame into the discharge end of the drum. An inlet conveyor enters soil which tumbles through the drum atmosphere which... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5111756 | Apparatus for cleaning contaminated soil A portable machine for sanitizing soil, particularly that contaminated with petroleum products, including a closed main chamber including vertically spaced augers (26,28,30) which agitate the soil while moving it into position to fall in parallel sheets a... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5027721 | Method and apparatus for cleaning contaminated soil A portable machine for sanitizing soil, particularly that contaminated with petroleum products, including a closed main chamber including vertically spaced augers (26,28,30) which agitate the soil while moving it into position to fall in parallel sheets a... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4974528 | Method and apparatus for the treatment of contaminated soil A vehicle-mounted system for removing hydrocarbon contaminants from the soil has an inclined rotary kiln which is rotated about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation, a burner assembly at the discharge end of the kiln and a hopper for loading soil i... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4945839 | Dual chamber volatilization system A system for removing volatilizable organic contaminants from solid materials has a primary volatilizer and a secondary volatilizer positioned in series. A charging system continuously loads solid materials which have been blended to contain a predetermin... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4875420 | Mobile hazardous waste treatment system A mobile hazardous waste treatment facility (10) is provided for transfer to a remote treatment site where it can be rapidly assembled and disassembled. A primary combustion chamber (20) is placed on a trailer and support section (74). A secondary combust... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4860727 | Mobile rail heater and method for expanding rails A method and apparatus for heating railroad rails enabling a convenient and efficient expansion of railroad rails is provided by selectively moving a heat source along a rail. The apparatus includes a frame carrying a heat source such as a series of gas f... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4852815 | Transit refuse resource recovery and incineration system In transit refuse recovery and incineration system for processing refuse as it is collected including bag-ripping, sorting, shredding, pre-heating and pre-volatilization, classifying, incineration, gas clean-up, and bins for re-cyclable items and ash. Pre... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4849184 | Apparatus for treatment of radioactive liquid The pH of low level radioactive waste liquid is adjusted to be substantially neutral and the liquid is passed to apparatus comprising an atomizer (11) having a turbine (15), air being heated by an electric heater (16) to the atomizer (11) to provide low l... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4730564 | Multi-stage kiln A multi-stage rotary kiln for burning waste, suitably skid mounted for ease of transport. The kiln includes a pair of concentric tubes affixed one inside the other and rotatable; a first large diameter tube and a second tube of smaller diameter, provided ... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4688494 | Incinerator towable by a vehicle for burning refuse A self-contained incinerator on wheels is designed to be towed by a vehicle such as a small truck from location to location in order to handle the garbage disposal needs of each location. The refuse can be burned in place or while the incinerator is in tr... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4627365 | Mobile garbage incinerator A mobile garbage incinerator having an incinerator body unit. The incinerator body unit includes a hanging drum for lifting and dumping garbage into a collecting tank. Garbage is then moved into a main incinerating room for a first stage incineration proc... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4489665 | Mobile, sorbent-pad disposal system A movable incineration system for the disposal of used sorbent pads utilized in the cleanup of oil or hydrocarbon spills in marine environments. The portable incineration system of the present invention comprises an incinerator, a wringer, an auxiliary po... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4161916 | Incineration apparatus with adjustable air curtain An apparatus for directing a curtain of air along a predetermined path into a pit in which material is burning from an elongated plenum positioned adjacent one margin of the pit. The air exits the plenum through an elongated nozzle assembly communicating ... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4144824 | Incinerating and energy converting apparatus An apparatus for providing total combustion of burnable waste materials and which includes a housing mounted upon a series of wheels that furnishes it with portability, the housing forming a firebox having a pair of upper and lower combustion chambers the... | 03/20/1979 |
