Bizarre Patents
Apparatus for Simulating a High Five
A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371992 | Method for non-contact cleaning of a surface A flame torch can be used to clean the surface of a contact-sensitive object, such as a glass optic, extremely thin workpiece, or semiconductor wafer by providing a reactive precursor gas to the feed gases of the torch. Reactive atom plasma processing can be used to... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7098421 | Long lasting torch The invention is a transferred or non-transferred plasma arc torch for use in a fuel gas generator system for generating electricity from waste, wherein the torch includes a torch housing, electrodes (one in a transferred torch, two in a non-transferred torch), a tu... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6426969 | Discharge screw for moving hearth Discharge screw (6) for a moving hearth, and in particular for an annular rotary hearth (2) of a reheat furnace for the heat treatment of loose materials, comprising a cylinder (61) arranged above and substantially radially with respect to this annular he... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6178192 | Raw material heating apparatus A raw-material heating apparatus in which raw-material supplying pipes and exhaust pipes are disposed in a peripheral portion of a furnace cover, a heating space is formed by the furnace cover, a peripheral wall, and a hearth, a raw material which is supp... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6015963 | Plasma arc furnace with improved replaceable electrodes A plasma arc waste treatment furnace is equipped with a plasma arc torch having an electrode formed from a conductive refractory material. The refractory electrode can be operated at very high temperatures and does not need to be water-cooled. This elimin... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6014402 | Electric resistance melting furnace The invention relates to an electric resistance melting furnace for vitrifiable compositions, such as glass, enamel or ceramics, with a rotatable melting tank (1) about the vertical axis and a stationary upper furnace (4), which can be operated intermitte... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5883918 | Oxy:fuel melting furnace An oxy:fuel melting furnace (2) comprising a rotatable furnace body (4), a normally stationary non-rotatable furnace roof (6) for fitting on the furnace body (4), dynamic sealing means (8) for dynamically sealing the furnace roof (6) on the furnace body (... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5812586 | Method and apparatus for removing a molten slag with a vacuum from a chamber Slag from a pool of molten slag floating on molten metal in a plasma arc treatment chamber is removed by providing a slag container located inside the chamber which has a slag intake pipe extending from a bottom of the container downwardly into the slag p... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5802098 | Melting vessel with fastening, mounting and tilting devices A melting vessel plant, in which the melting vessel is a converter vessel, to which a vessel cover with a pipe connection for removing the flue gases is attached. Either an oxygen lance with an auxiliary cover or electrodes with an auxiliary cover are int... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5798496 | Plasma-based waste disposal system Method and apparatus for the disposal of waste including a rotary kiln comprising at least one, and preferably a plurality of plasma guns positioned within a chamber defined by the rotary kiln, and at least one target electrode which is rotatable. One pre... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5734673 | Waste-melting furnace and waste-melting method A waste-melting furnace includes a furnace body, a rotary heat-resistive vessel which is arranged inside the furnace body and into which waste is to be fed, and a transferred arc type torch plasma gun and a water-cooled electrode arranged above the rotary... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5731564 | Method of operating a centrifugal plasma arc furnace A centrifugal plasma arc furnace is used to vitrify contaminated soils and other waste materials. An assessment of the characteristics of the waste is performed prior to introducing the waste into the furnace. Based on the assessment, a predetermined amou... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5581574 | Method and apparatus for conditioning and using furnace off-gases in a scrap preheating apparatus A preheat system for a furnace comprising a preheat vessel on a rotating turret and a receiving chamber for conditioning furnace off-gases prior to use in preheating.... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5421850 | Method and apparatus for recovery of non-ferrous metals from dross A method and apparatus for treating non-ferrous metal drosses in order to recover the free metal contained therein. The dross is heated by a plasma torch in a rotary furnace, preferably to a temperature above 800° C. The plasma heating and rotary motion ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5408494 | Material melting and incinerating reactor with improved cooling and electrical conduction A reactor for incinerating and melting materials such as waste and/or toxic materials has a containment housing inside of which an upright, open-ended drum is rotatably mounted. The drum is lined with refractory, forms a central discharge opening for the ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5312471 | Method and apparatus for the manufacture of large optical grade SiO2 glass preforms The disclosed process involves the feeding of particulate SiO2 into a rotating cylindrical furnace in which a gas plasma arc has been established, for melting the feed at a temperature of at least 2400° C. The feed rate is regulated so that th... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5245627 | Use of a radiating arc furnace for treating a dross containing a metal in order to recover this metal A process is disclosed, for treating dross containing a metal such as aluminum, in order to recover this metal, In this process, the dross to be treated is introduced into a rotary or oscillating furnace, in which it is heated to a temperature above the m... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5235611 | Stepped end rotary furnace The invention is directed to improved centrifugal rotary electric furnaces which are used for the heating and or fusion of minerals, such as quartz, and other materials having a high melting point. The furnace includes a generally cylindrical furnace shel... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5136609 | Method of producing finely divided particles or powder, vapor or fine droplets, and apparatus therefor A method of producing finely divided particles or powder, vapor or fine droplets comprises the steps of heating and melting the starting raw material in a vessel having opposed reflecting surfaces, and ejecting the melted raw material from the vessel as h... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5104432 | Process for fiberizing molten glass or refractory oxide materials A process for the treatment of a continuous or perturbated stream of liquid material, which process consists essentially of passing the said stream of liquid material through a plasma arc coupling zone in which at least two plasma arcs are coupled at the ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103458 | Electric arc remelting A process for casting an ingot of pre-alloyed metal from a consumable electrode. It includes the steps of: providing a consumable electrode corresponding to the desired metallurgical composition of the to-be-cast ingot; providing a second electrode; strik... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5028248 | Method of melting materials and apparatus therefor A method of melting materials at power densities in excess of 25 KW/ft2 of area within the metal shell of a melting vessel which method consists essentially of continuously feeding the material to be melted to a plasma arc furnace which is equi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4952237 | Method and apparatus for recovery of non-ferrous metals from dross A method and apparatus for treating non-ferrous metal drosses in order to recover the free metal contained therein. The dross is heated by a plasma torch in a rotary furnace, preferably to a temperature above 800° C. The plasma heating and rotary motion ... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4912296 | Rotatable plasma torch An improved plasma torch having a rugged configuration, which is easier to start, and which eliminates the need for fragile and possibly metal contaminating insulators from the lower end of the plasma torch. To prevent double arcing from occurring and to ... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4864096 | Transfer arc torch and reactor vessel A transferred arc torch is comprised of a first electrode surrounded by a coil. A second electrode is positioned adjacent to the first electrode so as to provide a small gap therebetween for striking an arc. The second electrode is configured to enable th... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4850572 | Process intended to prevent deposition on the walls of metallurgical containers and metallurgical containers suitable for carrying out this process A process intended to prevent the formation of metal deposits on the walls (1) of metallurgical containers in contact with the molten metal bath (12). An improved container for carrying out this process is also described. Formation of deposit can be preve... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4443186 | Solar heated rotary kiln A solar heated rotary kiln utilized for decomposition of materials, such as zinc sulfate. The rotary kiln has an open end and is enclosed in a sealed container having a window positioned for directing solar energy into the open end of the kiln. The materi... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4082543 | Method for reducing particulate iron oxide to metallic iron with solid reductant A method and apparatus for reducing particulate iron oxide to metallic iron utilizing solid carbonaceous fuel as reductant in a shaft type reducing furnace, in which a furnace burden is formed of a mixtue of iron oxide lumps or pellets and particulate sol... | 04/04/1978 |
| 3937866 | Process of striking an arc for a plasma beam inside an enclosure and a stick-electrode for carrying out the process A striking process for a plasma beam at high temperature which includes an enclosure between two torches located at opposite sides of the enclosure and outside the enclosure, a stick-electrode introduced lengthwise through a window of one of the torches a... | 02/10/1976 |
