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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6926521 | Method and device for treating bulk products Method and apparatus for treating, in particular cooling, bulk material which is lying on a conveying grate (10) in the form of a layer (20). The gas is passed through the grate (10) and the layer (20) from the bottom upward. The grate is... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6615823 | Log combustion method and supporting device therefor A method for combusting a wood log includes positioning the log within a combustion chamber with the log first end positioned above the log second end so that the log longitudinal axis is generally angled relative to and adjacent the chamber base wall and... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6523463 | Controlled burn smoking device A device for smoking food items using charcoal briquettes as fuel. The device has a channel into which the charcoal briquettes are placed so that ignition of one of the charcoal briquettes will result in eventual ignition of the adjacent charcoal briquett... | 02/25/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6484714 | High temperature fireplace grate including room heating transfer tubes An improved grate for burning solid fuel having a support for the fuel, a blower for transporting air through the support, a multiplicity of orifices jets uniformly distributed across the entire area of the grate and directed through the support generally... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6405661 | Combustion enhancing air foil A combustion enhancing member employed with a stoker combustion system is disposed on the grate of the stoker and includes at least one chamber. The chamber has at least one fluid inlet for receiving a combustion enhancing fluid and a plurality of fluid o... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6332410 | Grate for incineration plants The invention relates to a grate for incineration plants for the incineration of combustible material, in particular refuse, comprising at least one grate track, which is composed of fixed and movable grate-lining rows, which are arranged alternately in t... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6290493 | Grate plate for cooler A plate globally shaped like an upturned caisson with a bearing surface (10) for supporting and driving forward a bulk material layer to be cooled with a cooling gas passing through the platex. The plate front part (10b), viewed in the material forward mo... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6269756 | Liquid cooled grate plate A water-coolable grate plate including a top surface, oppositely disposed sides and at least one cooling channel which is thermally connected to the top surface. The cooling channel connects a first coolant port, which is substantially centered between th... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6220190 | Water-cooled oscillating grate system An integral water-cooled, air permeated, vibrating grate system for combusting biomass and other fuels in a boiler includes a grate top surface having air-flow apertures extending therethrough. The grate top surface is supported by a plurality of water-co... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6155184 | Process for incinerating solids on a water-cooled thrust combustion grate, and a grate plate and grate for accomplishing the process A process wherein primary air supplied to the combustion bed through the thrust combustion grate is deflected after exiting from a surface of the thrust combustion grate by deflector elements mounted on the surface of the thrust combustion grate. The grat... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6138666 | Direct fired outdoor heater and heating method A heater includes a housing having an angled top, a fan having a discharge disposed parallel to the angled top of the housing, and a baffle for laminarizing airflow through the heater. The heater may also create airflow through a cover, across a housing, ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6024031 | Water-cooled thrust combustion grate A thrust combustion grate for burning refuse having altemately stationary (5) and movable (6) hollow grate plates (5,6) in a stairway formation, that rest on each other with their front underedge. The grate plates extend across the entire width of the gra... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5992334 | Loose-material grate with volumetric control of gaseous coolant A loose-material grate includes a grate surface for receiving loose material and a chamber arrangement below the grate surface supplies the grate surface with a gas, for example cooling air. A lattice arrangement with adjustable openings is provided space... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5983811 | Method and roller grill for burning refuse A roller grate arrangement for garbage-incinerating plants, in which a plurality of rollers with horizontal and parallel axes lie in an inclined plane. Primary air is fed to interiors of the rollers by air boxes located below the grate. The rollers have s... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5967064 | Roller grate A roller grate arrangement for garbage-incinerating plants, in which a plurality of rollers with horizontal and parallel axes lie in an inclined plane. Primary air is fed to interiors of the rollers by air boxes located below the grate. The rollers have s... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5941234 | Combustion cage for wood pellet and other solid fuel combustion A combustion cage for pellet fuel is an inclined container having at least one wall surrounding a bottom and a support structure. The surrounding wall and bottom of the container have a plurality of holes throughout imparting a hole-to-surface ratio of at... | 08/24/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5899149 | Incineration grate with ducts for conveying a heat transmission medium A fuel-conveying incineration grate has grate beams (1) for extending in a longitudinal direction obliquely downward in the longitudinal direction. The grate beams (1) have first surfaces (4) on first sides of the grate beams (1) stepped downwardly in sai... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5871348 | Method and apparatus for preventing formation of snowmen and removing lumps of coating in clinker coolers A method and apparatus for preventing the accumulation of fines and the resulting formation of snowmen in a clinker cooler by applying short duration blasts of high pressure, high velocity air from openings in the cooler inlet grate. The cleaning air can ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5850830 | Heat reflector for use with fireplace grate for high temperature combustion A low thermal mass heat reflector for use with a fireplace grate which has a combustion zone directly thereabove when fuel is burned thereon in a fireplace. The heat reflector comprises a first portion for absorbing radiant energy from the combustion zone... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5788480 | Grate element A grate element (1) for a grate surface, e.g. in a clinker cooler, is shaped in the form of a box between the walls (3, 4) of which a number of surface-defining grate bars (5, 6) are mutually arranged so that, between them, they form fine gas channels (7)... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5722333 | Incinerator furnace with fire grate and air supply This invention provides a variety of incineration furnace with modular fire grate apparatus for cylindrical incinerator furnaces of water jacket configuration. The invented fire grate module is provided with refuse dump agitation capability from underside... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5713345 | Grate element A grate element for a grate surface, e.g. in clinker cooler, comprises a top plate which is shaped in the form of a box having a surface which is plane at one end, whereas at the other end it consists of in cross section downwardly curved slats which, bet... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5701881 | Fire grate having fluctuational profile in circumferential direction thereof At least one ring-shaped fin is disposed on the upper surface of a variety of circular planform stationary fire grate having a multiplicity of ash discharge openings thereon and for use in combustion chamber of either water jacket or fire brick type cylin... | 12/30/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5575275 | Firelog burner tray with heat reflector A firelog burner tray for supporting a firelog over ground, including: (a) a flat horizontal base plate, for supporting the firelog, the base plate being full and defining an aft edge portion; (b) an elongated heat-reflector, upwardly extending from the a... | 11/19/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5377663 | Grate combustion system The sidewall end grate block includes a first side which can be placed adjacent to a press plate and a second side which is adjacent to another grate block. The first side includes press plate attachment provisions while the second side includes a tension... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5359988 | Spherical cooking unit An outdoor cooking unit comprises a hollow, hemispherical base that increases in diameter from top to bottom. Detachably secured to the hemispherical base is a hollow, hemispherical firebox that decreases in diameter from top to bottom. Supported by the f... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5285770 | Charcoal starter apparatus for conventional hibachi-type grill A charcoal starter apparatus for use in combination with a conventional hibachi. A rectangular housing rests on the top perimeter of the hibachi, and is clamped to the underside top edge of the hibachi. The sidewalls of the housing have passageways for ai... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5282741 | Grate plate The present invention pertains to a grate plate utilized in a cooling apparatus. Substantially the entire surface area of the exposed surface is defined by alternating rows of a plurality of (1) substantially rectangular hollow air distribution plenums th... | 02/01/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5245983 | Grate bar and grate for combustion plants A grate bar support for use in combustion furnaces, particularly rubbish incinerators, has a hollow-box shaped member having a trapezoidal cross-section along a longitudinal direction and trapezoidal cross-section along a direction transverse to the longi... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5226405 | Ignition platform and fuel component for kindling a fire An ignition system 10 for kindling a fire includes an ignition platform 16 and a fuel component 16. The platform 16 includes an upper surface 20 and lower surface 22, air inlet apertures 36,37 and air outlet apertures 31. The apertures are designed to dir... | 07/13/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5174747 | Grate plate The present invention pertains to a grate plate utilized in a cooling apparatus. Substantially the entire surface area of the exposed surface, that is, the surface of the grate plate that is not overlapped by a preceding grate plate, is recessed from its ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 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 |
