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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7093457 | Annular cooler pallet construction A pallet construction for an annular cooler forms a gas permeable surface for supporting and transporting material during processing thereof. The pallet construction includes a pallet deck having a series of substantially parallel rows of spaced apart elongated slot... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7021928 | Plate for a sliding cooler grate Grate plate for the push-type grate of a clinker cooler, which has a topside bearing surface exposed to the hot material to be cooled. The grate plate including a rear region having devices for connection to a grate-plate carrier, such that the grate plate front pro... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6513445 | Plant and grate block for the thermal treatment of waste materials A plant for the thermal treatment of waste materials. The plant has a grate, on the surface of which the waste materials lie. The grate has gas passages which are connected to a gas supply for the grate surface. The gas supply has at least one oxygen feed... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6422161 | Combustion grate and process for optimizing its operation A combustion grate including fire bars which are either wholly or partially cooled by a fluid circulating in a closed regulating circuit. The flow lines which conduct the fluid have thermal expansion capability. In particular, windings are provided in the... | 07/23/2002 |
| 5899150 | Grate element and grate with fluid cooling The grate element (1, 2) is made in three pieces in the sample embodiment, and consists of a central main part (10) and two side parts (11, 12) attached thereto. The main part (10) is pierced by parallel straight-line bores, which form the straight-line c... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5636581 | Grate bar and grate with cooling apparatus and process for cooling Fluid-cooled grate bars and grates for use in a combustion furnace such as a garbage incineration plant and a process for cooling the grate bars and grates. The grate bar has a duct defined therewithin for guiding a coolant supplied by a fluid-cooling app... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5575642 | Grate plate A grate plate for use in cooling heated material has a plurality of spaced apart walls including a front wall, side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall. A plenum is located generally within the walls for receiving a cooling fluid within the grate plate. T... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5433157 | Grate plate for thrust grating coolers for cooling hot material In order to create a grate plate design for a thrust grating cooler for cooling hot material such as, for example, cement clinker, this grate plate design has troughs at its upper side for accepting and retaining cool material for the purpose of protectin... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5209169 | Incinerator improvements Improvements for an incinerator system including double reburn tunnels, an excitor within a reburn tunnel, a choker for closing off part of a reburn tunnel, a grate near the incinerator's inlet to permit the drying and initial combustion of refuse, an ash... | 05/11/1993 |
| 4870913 | Grate cooler for cooling hot bulk material Grate plate carriers are formed box-shaped having a planar cover plate that, extending in the product conveying direction, joins to the following cover plate and is provided with openings that are covered at a slight distance therefrom by the grate plate ... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4864944 | Fluidized bed reactor A fluidized bed reactor (1) comprising a reactor chamber (4) having a gas distributor plate (5) for feeding primary air, and space above said distributor plate (5) is divided into compartments (6) by means of partition walls (7) having discharge openings ... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4753177 | Fluidized bed reactor A fluidized bed reactor (1) comprising a reactor chamber (4) having a gas distributor plate (5) for feeding primary air, and a space above said distributor plate (5) is divided into compartments (6) by means of partition walls (7) having discharge opening... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4563959 | Step type stoker with oscillation mechanism The present invention relates to a step type stoker with an oscillation mechanism having: a plurality of stoker frames (2 and 2') which are installed at an interval in the upstream to downstream direction, and at least one of which forms an air supply pat... | 01/14/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4537141 | Combustion chamber for solid fuels A series of primary-air orifices (4) extend into the combustion chamber surrounded by a housing (1). A sloping bottom (6) and a grate (12), likewise inclined at an angle (), are located underneath. The grate consists of a row of parallel pipes (15a... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4489666 | Movable air supply for combustion apparatus The location of an air supply in a combustion apparatus is made adjustable by changing the point of intersection of a slot in a movable surface with a slot in a fixed surface. In the preferred embodiment, the fixed and movable surfaces are of tubular cons... | 12/25/1984 |
| 3934521 | Combustion apparatus An incinerator comprises a pre-drying grate, a combustion grate or drum following the pre-drying grate, and a drop intermediate the pre-drying grate and the combustion grate or drum. The drop is the front wall of an air distribution box extending over the... | 01/27/1976 |