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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7128812 | Apparatus and method for determining the level in a coke drum A foam level in a delayed coking drum is detected by utilizing the varying density of the boiling mass in the coke drum which has larger bubbles and is less dense at the top and smaller bubbles and a higher density at the bottom. A plurality of radiation detectors a... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7071272 | Method for preparing unsaturated compound by pyrolysis reaction The present invention provides a method for preparing a compound of CF3CF2CF2OCF═CF2 by pyrolyzing a compound expressed by CF3CF2CF2OCF(CF3)COOCF2CF(CF3)O... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7056422 | Batch thermolytic distillation of carbonaceous material A distillation system is provided for batch thermolytic distillation of lump carbonaceous material, such as lump wood and shredded rubber tires. The system preferably includes multiple distillation units mounted side-by-side. Each unit includes a reactor bath for ho... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037409 | Method of hot-repairing the heating flues of a coke-oven battery and device for carrying out said method A method and a device for the hot-repairing of the heating flues of a coke-oven battery according to which the completed sections of a heating flue still under construction are heated by means of a heated gas. The heated gas comprises the air usually provided for co... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034198 | Method for decomposing plastic A conventional method of pyrolytically decomposing plastic to make low-molecular compounds is poor in efficiency of use of energy due to high heating temperatures (at least 600° C. and 800° C. at maximum). The invention provides that a functional powder is ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6972085 | Continuous coking refinery methods and apparatus A system for refining hydrocarbon containing materials in a continuous coking mode may provide a pyrolyzer (1) which may be inclined to effect a liquid seal between a liquid conduction environment (6) and a gaseous conduction environment (7). A ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6051110 | Thermolytic distillation of carbonaceous material In apparatus for thermolytic distillation of lump carbonaceous material, an enclosure contains a degassing bath, a reactor bath and a quenching bath. A closed loop continuous chain conveyor drives a plurality of baskets carrying carbonaceous material thro... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5891310 | Delayed coking cycle time reduction The cycle time for a delayed coker unit is reduced by externally heating the coke drum near the junction of the drum shell and the supporting skirt thereof prior to beginning the hot coker feed fill step. This reduces the thermal stresses at the area arou... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5449438 | Apparatus and method for the pyrolysis of crushed organic waste matter Apparatus and method for reprocessing crushed organic waste products, such as rubber waste from worn car tires, by pyrolysis, the method including pyrolytically decomposing the crushed waste products in a pyrolysis bath which is one of a bed or a bath, an... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5423950 | Method and reactor for producing tire oil The reactor forms a chamber which contains the reaction process. There are accesses to the chamber for receiving shredded tires and oil. There are egresses from the chamber for discharging the tire oil and for discharging unreacted elements. Apparatus is ... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5400724 | Petroleum polymer product treatment apparatus The present invention provides a petroleum polymer product treatment apparatus capable of reducing the thermal energy, which is required to heat the material to be treated, to the smallest possible quantity, effectively utilizing the residue obtained, kee... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5318672 | Method and apparatus for heating a low-temperature-carbonization drum A method and an apparatus for heating a carbonization drum is especially used for heating a carbonization drum for a low-temperature-carbonization combustion process. Heating gas heated in a heat exchanger is guided in a heating gas loop from the heat exc... | 06/07/1994 |
| 4743341 | Apparatus for the pyrolysis of hydrocarbon containing materials A pyrolysis chamber includes a bath of molten salt divided by a horizontally disposed baffle into an upper layer and a lower layer. Connected to one end of the chamber is a furnace including submerged burners for heating the salt and for maintaining it in... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4690732 | Apparatus for shale oil retorting A shale oil retorting system and novel continuous feed means for retorting oil shale within a retort housing employs a tilted circular conveyor within the housing which allows for continuous feeding of crushed oil shale within the conveyor for subsequent ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4626258 | Multiple hearth apparatus and process for thermal treatment of carbonaceous materials A multiple hearth reactor apparatus and process for the thermal treatment of organic carbonaceous materials under controlled pressure and temperature comprising in accordance with one embodiment, a pressure vessel containing a plurality of superimposed an... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4495032 | Split hub wheel apparatus A shale oil retort apparatus is provided for retorting oil shale under airtight conditions. The retort apparatus employs a split hub wheel device which allows for the axial feeding of crushed oil shale and the axial dispensing of spent oil shale. The reto... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4345990 | Method for recovering oil and/or gas from carbonaceous materials Disclosed is a method for recovering oil and gas from carbonaceous materials utilizing two molten baths. In the first molten bath reaction vessel, the carbonaceous material is thermally devolatilized. Part of the first melt from the first reaction vessel ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4309270 | Flash pyrolysis of agglomerating coal A technique is described which enables agglomerating coals (caking coals) to be flash pyrolyzed in a fluidized-bed reactor without agglomerates forming in the fluidized-bed. The technique requires the inert particles of the fluidized-bed to be coarser and... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4300985 | Process of thermal decomposition of rubber materials Rubber-base wastes, such as tires and industrial rubber wastes, may be disposed of, without pretreatment thereof, by contacting the wastes with molten metallurgical slag on the site of the production of the slag. The molten slag causes flash thermal decom... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4272323 | Process for producing coke Briquettes, particularly molded briquettes of pitch-bound coal, are formed and introduced into a coking chamber of an indirectly heated chamber oven. The oven is then operated to form the briquettes into coke. Prior to the introduction of the briquettes i... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4246001 | Molten salt pyrolysis of latex Latex-rich plants such as Guayule or extracts thereof pyrolyzed in an inert nitrogen atmosphere in inorganic salt melts such as a LiCl/KCl eutectic at a temperature of about 500° C. yield over 60% of a highly aromatic, combustible hydrocarbon oil suitabl... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4208250 | Method of heating multi-fractional materials and apparatus for implementation A method of heating multi-fractional materials is disclosed wherein additional streams of heat carrier gas of a comparatively high temperature are introduced in a stream of heat carrier which has a maximum-temperature heating zone and a comparatively low-... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4158620 | Retorting oil shale with iron oxide impregnated porous pellets Oil shale is mixed and retorted with hot porous pellets. The porous pellets have a surface area of at least 10 square meters per gram. Iron oxide is deposited or impregnated on the pellet surface area prior to retorting. The iron oxide imparts special pro... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4047883 | Thermal treatment of materials by hot particulates A method of heat treating a material, particularly for the despersion and firing of wet agglomerates, slurries, sludges and the like in fluidized bed, spouting bed or spouting/fluidised bed combustors, comprises extracting hot sold particles from the bed ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 3977960 | Hydrocarbon recovery system A system for the recovery of the vaporizable constituents of a particulate, hydrocarbon-containing composite. A suitable source material is continuously conveyed into the system through an air entry prevention means and submitted to at least one heating b... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3962043 | Process for producing fine-grained coke by degasification of coal Fine-grained coke is produced by the degasification of fine-grained coal by a process which includes the following steps: A. mixing the coal to be degasified with recirculated, heated, fine-grained coke in a mixing zone; B. withdrawing gases and vapors produce... | 06/08/1976 |
