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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7364036 | Module for a perforated flat top belt with hinge gap for better fluid flow A belt module comprising an intermediate section having a top surface. A first plurality of link ends have opposed side walls that provide the first link ends with a first transverse thickness. The transverse thickness is connected to the intermediate section at a f... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7219610 | Grate plate arrangement for step plates A grate plate arrangement for step grates includes box-like grate plates (4) positioned on a grate carrier (2) with a front plate (24) placed on its end wall (18) and fastened to the end wall (18) using one or more studs (26... | 05/22/2007 |
| 6910410 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing charcoal grilled foods A method and apparatus for manufacturing charcoal grilled foods including a forge conveyer loading and transferring charcoals burning after firing, a temperature sensor detecting the heating power on the forge, a continuous type forge of a charcoal fire consisting o... | 06/28/2005 |
| 5551356 | Two piece grate clip for use as a power generator maintenance part The present invention generally relates to a two piece grate clip with first and second grate pieces releasably secured to one another and loosely mounted on a grate bar support. The first piece and the second piece have corresponding transverse notches w... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5375540 | System for burning bio-mass and synthetic solid fuel A device for improved burning of bio-mass fuels such as corn wherein the fuel is supported within a fixed combustion chamber upon a continuous track which continuously intermittently moves such that as the fuel is consumed the ash produced thereby is cont... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5265543 | Extended life grate bar An improved, long-life grate bar for use in the traveling grate bar mechanism of a solid-fuel-burning furnace apparatus and having hard wear pad inserts which are disposed within the end portions of the grate bar which ride along support rails. The wear p... | 11/30/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5081938 | Method and apparatus for controlled bidirectional feeding of particulate matter A method and apparatus are provided for effecting bidirectional feeding of particulate material, such as in the bidirectional feeding of fuel to a circulating fluidized bed combustor. A feeder has a housing with at least one inlet in the upper portion of ... | 01/21/1992 |
| 4895081 | Gravimetric feeder, especially adapted for use in a calorimetry system A calorimetry system for measurement of the heating value of coal, having a combustor 24 and a mixing unit 30 wherein heat from combustion gases is transferred to air. The system has a gravimetric feeder 64 for providing coal at a measured mass feed rate;... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4846081 | Calorimetry system A calorimetry system for measurement of the heating value of coal having a combustor 24 and a mixing unit 30 wherein heat from combustion gases is transferred to air. The system has a gravimetric feeder 64 for providing coal at a measured mass feed rate; ... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4802424 | Furnace for hazardous materials A continuous thermal treatment furnace for converting hazardous materials into environmentally acceptable materials, including a continuous belt for conveying hazardous materials through a substantially air-tight heating chamber having heating elements to... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4765256 | Reinjection gasifier A gasifier (10) for particulate combustible material in effect separates the pyrolysis and the oxidation of the flowable fuel material with a traveling grate (40) for advancing a bed of the material from a material feed station (40A) to a material dischar... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4621584 | Method and device for firing solid fuels, mainly in the form of lumps or pieces Method and device for firing solid fuels, substantially in the form of lumps or pieces, in a furnace having a combustion chamber (1) with a sustantially horizontal bottom (10), upon which is maintained a fuel bed (3) with relatively great thickness while ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4532872 | Char reinjection system for bark fired furnace A furnace (10) in which bark or other cellulosic fuel (64) is burned on a traveling grate (24). Char (62) separated (48, 54) from the furnace exhaust gases is reinjected into the furnace beneath baffle plate (40) in such a manner that the raw bark (64) be... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4487138 | Traveling grate for a furnace A traveling grate for a furnace. The grate is formed of plural pipes through which flows a cooling medium, in particular water. The grate also includes plural movable chains. Grate plate guide flanges are arranged laterally on the pipes. The guide plates,... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4462794 | Method of operating a rotary calciner retrofitted to coal-firing Method of operating a rotary calciner retrofitted from oil- or natural gas-firing to coal-firing, in which coal is burned in a coal furnace and the coal combustion gases are then heated further in a booster burner utilizing oil or natural gas, to raise th... | 07/31/1984 |
| 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 |
| 3980425 | Furnace hearth A furnace hearth for receiving and transporting small parts over the length of the furnace designed to prevent the parts from passing between the hearth links and especially at the furnace outlet where the links are detached from each other in passing ove... | 09/14/1976 |
