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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| 7325562 | Heated seal air for valve and regenerative thermal oxidizer containing same Valve with heated sealing gas suitable for use in a regenerative thermal oxidizer, and oxidizer including the switching valve. The valve of the present invention exhibits excellent sealing characteristics and minimizes wear. In a preferred embodiment, the valve util... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7077187 | Apparatus for exchanging energy and/or mass A regenerative energy and/or mass exchange assembly has: an exchange media; a first flow path to pass a fluid stream through the exchange media; at least a second flow path to pass a further fluid stream through the exchange media; and at least one fluid stream dive... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7019190 | Soil remediation system A process and apparatus for energy efficient remediation of soil contaminated with hydrocarbons, including desorbing the hydrocarbon contaminants from a bed of the soil by thermal desorption in a treated desorption chamber (20) and thereafter combusting the c... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6966268 | Centrifugal combustion method using air-flow in a furnace This invention, Centrifugal and Divided Space combustion method, need to install a cylindrical fuel pot, the first combustion chamber, the second combustion chamber and an exhaust pot. It also needs to install the upper and the lower pots outside the first combustio... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6314896 | Method for operating a boiler using oxygen-enriched oxidants A method for operating a boiler using oxygen-enriched oxidants includes introducing oxygen-enriched air, or oxygen and air, in which the oxygen concentration ranges from about 21% to about 100% by volume. Fuel and oxygen-enriched air are introduced into t... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6261090 | Gas combustor and combustor system for combustion of smoke, off gases and other emissions A combustor system provides high temperature, high-dwell combustion of emission products, as from charcoal kilns, with inner and outer combustion chambers. Multiple inlets receive emission products from multiple heat exchangers omnidirectionally extending... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6237511 | Method and device for burning disintegrated plant-based fuel A method of burning plant-based fuel is involved in which the plant-based fuel is burned in a boiler designed for burning dry fuel and with the plant-based fuel being used having a moisture value which can vary in range from dry to wet. The method involve... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5878699 | Process furnace A twin-cell furnace for process stream preheat and utility steam superheat. The furnace uses a pair of vertical radiant cells with top supported, bottom guided, single row, multiple pass vertical coils fired on opposite sides by floor-mounted burners. An ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5797332 | Closed loop gasification drying system A system for reducing volatile organic compounds, particulates and carbon monoxide in exhaust from a wood products dryer is disclosed. The dryer exhaust is combined with waste wood or biomass fuel and partially combusted in a rotary gasifier, then fully c... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5791299 | Small once-through boiler A small once-through boiler can avoid burning caused due to excessive heating of water pipes and burning around a fire hole of a burner in particular and heighten the heat load of a combustion chamber to further reduce the size of the system as compared w... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5730070 | Apparatus for introducing gas recirculation to control steam temperature in steam generation systems An apparatus for introducing gas recirculation into a furnace to control steam temperature includes a hot air chamber for receiving hot air from an air preheater. The hot air chamber has at least one outlet communicating with the interior of the furnace. ... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5676070 | Apparatus and methods for catalytic, low temperature degradation of medical waste and other organic materials Methods and Systems for catalyzing the oxidative destruction of animal tissues, particularly medical waste and animal and human corpses. A reaction chamber containing a fluidizable media is maintained at a temperature sufficient to cause the fluidized med... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5632210 | High temperature incinerator for bio-active solid wastes This invention incinerates bio-active, or any solid wastes with high organic contents and a major recoverable liquid component, at an extremely high temperature with minimum added fuel, air pollution, space, time and labor. This invention removes the liqu... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5389117 | Cross flow char fuel gas producers Reacted gas manifolds and reactant gas manifolds are added to the char fuel reaction chamber of a char fuel gas producer in order to create a flow of gas across the direction of motion of the solid char fuel. The char fuel volatile matter can then be mixe... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5311828 | Incinerator An incinerator includes a furnace body which confines a combustion chamber for receiving refuse therein and which has a bottom wall formed with a central opening, an ash release gate mounted pivotally to the bottom wall at the central opening, a stack whi... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5284102 | Fume incinerator with baffle A single unit, shell and tube fume incinerator utilizes a baffle (34) structure proximate a combustion zone (24) to control the flow of combustion exhaust gas. The baffle (34) is located proximate the hot ends of a plurality of heat exchange tubes (20) to... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5054405 | High temperature turbulent gasification unit and method Waste materials are efficiently and completely incinerated in a gasification unit with a minimum amount of fly ash while ensuring complete sterilization of residual materials. The gasification unit includes a refractory liner which is stepped to define pr... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5029534 | Wrap-around heat and smoke extractor This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the extraction of heat and smoke from a fuel burn in a firebox. The design is for the firebox exhaust area to be wrapped with its own hot exhaust gases, for smoke extraction, and then, for heat extracti... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4998508 | Condensing type boilers A boiler comprises a shell for fluid to be treated and divided into first and second heat exhange zones by at least one baffle, the zones being in communication with one another beneath a lower end of the baffle. Exhaust gases from a combustion source are... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4948362 | Energy conserving process for calcining clay The present invention provides an energy conserving process for calcining a clay and apparatus for carrying out the process. A dry pulverized clay powder (1) is fed to a calciner (20) to be calcined therein. The calcined clay product (3) is removed from t... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4942673 | Sintering prevention in stagnant zones of fluid bed boilers A particle storage chamber in a circulating fluid bed boiler having fluidizing means therein to tumble and fluidize the collected ash and ash coated particles. Due to the fuel burned, these ash and ash coated particles contain sodium and potassium compoun... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4938155 | Fluidized bed combustion apparatus for generating environmentally-innocent ash A method for disposing by incineration of waste material containing sludge and garbage of various kinds which when combined results in a composite waste material prepared by performing multiple steps in its handling wherein the composite material is first... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4920898 | Gas turbine slagging combustion system There is provided a slagging combustion system for generating high purity working fluid suitable for driving gas turbines. The system consists of a precombustor for preheating oxidant tangentially fed to a primary slagging combustor where a solid carbonac... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4869181 | Method and apparatus for incorporating incandescent filter for products of combustion of furnace Presented is a method and apparatus for incorporating an incandescent filter for products of combustion in the combustion chamber of a furnace including a grate and an exit slot for products of combustion located above the level of the grate. Incandescent... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4800824 | Pyrolytic incineration system An incineration system utilizes a circular cross-section pyrolysis chamber in which waste materials are gasified. A flat cast iron hearth serves as the floor of the pyrolysis chamber and has a number of small holes which are raised above the general heart... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4771707 | Fume incineration system for paint drying oven A fume incineration system for an industrial process site such as a paint-drying oven (10) producing a combustible effluent. A first duct system (34, 38, 42) conveys effluent to the incinerator (14). A second duct system (44, 48) conveys incinerated efflu... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4744313 | Air supply apparatus for an incinerator A water-cooled air supply system for the combustion chamber of an incinerator. A longitudinal trough is formed in the lower end of the combustion chamber and a plurality of air supply tubes are spaced above the bottom of the trough. Elongated shrouds are ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4712491 | Process and apparatus for the controlled burning of a vertical stack of solid fuel The downward burning of a vertical stack of solid fuel in a vertical furnace shaft is controlled by supplying most of the combustion air to the side of the stack through vertically spaced apart rows of combustion air supply openings in the vertical furnac... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4702179 | Controlled coal burning and heat collecting method and apparatus This invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the burn of coal, or fuel to produce the desired output of heat ranging from under 10,000 BTU per hour to over 150,000 BTU per hour, and the collection of said heat. It depends on the sizing... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4651654 | Incinerator An incinerator for burning waste material includes an outer steel housing having a refractory liner that defines a combustion chamber. A series of channels are secured to the inner surface of the housing and provide vertical air flow passages. The lower e... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4640232 | Device for evacuating into the ambient air combustion products from a condensation boiler A device for evacuating into the ambient air combustion products from a condensation boiler, in which at least one downstream section of the conduit for evacuating the combustion products is coaxial to the conduit for admission of the combustion air neces... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4635573 | Method for destroying refuse The invention relates to a method of destroying and vaporizing refuse, primarily household waste. The material is fed into a shaft furnace, in which the material is subjected to a vaporization and combustion process in at least three zones, said zones bei... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4622903 | Sewage screenings disposal system A sewage screenings disposal system where raw screenings are fed to a dewatering press (7) for reducing the moisture content of the screenings, slugs of pressed screenings are conveyed from the dewatering press (7) to a multi-compartment storage carousel ... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4616572 | Biomass incinerator A compact incinerator for biomass has an upright combustion chamber coaxially surrounded by a passage through which the biomass is fed from a separator in which the primary air is separated from the biomass, to the combustion chamber. An afterburner chamb... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4574711 | Granulated solid fuel burner A burner for use in burning granulated solid fuel including a burner head having a combustion chamber and inlet and outlet openings at opposite ends thereof communicated with the combustion chamber. Means is provided to deliver granulated solid fuel to th... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4574710 | Turbo burner coal powered turbine energy system A combustion system to utilize particulate fuel where the fuel is compressed and extruded into a selected shape to be burned in a combustion chamber under conditions where particles of burning material are maintained in the combustion chamber until the we... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4573418 | Method of and apparatus for reheating desulfurized waste gas A treatment method for the sulfur- and particle-containing hot waste gas of an incineration process where refuse is burned in the presence of air comprises the steps of preheating air with the hot waste gas, passing the hot waste gas through one side of a... | 03/04/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4560349 | Heat recuperator and method for use with gas-fired furnace using nozzle or pre-mix burners A heat recuperator and a method for recuperating heat from a furnace having a nozzle-mix burner to enhance the efficiency of combustion of one or more burners associated with the furnace. The recuperator comprises an exhaust tube which is connectable to a... | 12/24/1985 |
| 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 |
