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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5755837 | Fuel spreader assembly for use in a gasifier A pyrolysis gasifier includes a first auger (26) which moves carbon from a carbon collection tank (24) through an air lock valve (30) to a carbon holding tank (28). The gasifier includes an inner cylindrical sleeve (80) which is configured such that there... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5609458 | Method of charging coal into chamber furnace-type coke oven and apparatus therefor A method of charging coal into a chamber furnace-type coke oven. The coal is fed from a table feeder from a coal hopper so as to be dropped and charged into a carbonization chamber of the coke oven, through a charging cylinder. The coal fed from the table... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5030054 | Combination mechanical/pneumatic coal feeder A combination mechanical/pneumatic fuel feeder for feeding particulate fuel into a furnace and having a closely coupled hopper, fuel metering device, rotor and air swept delivery plate.... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4643739 | Fuel distributor in a reactor for gasifying solid granular fuels The reactor for the gasification of the fuel in a fixed bed comprises a rotary distributor, which is disposed over the fixed bed and includes at least one outlet structure for the fuel. The outlet structure consists of a tube, which is formed at its lower... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4595146 | Granular and powdered material feeder/applicator A three-armed spider frame is provided including depending supports at the free ends of its arms and a center mount outwardly from which the three arms radiate. An upwardly opening hopper is journaled from the frame for rotation about a central upstanding... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4449924 | Industrial furnace An industrial furnace, for instance a heating and/or reducing furnace, arranged to treat material in powder or in small pieces and having a chamber with refractory walls to which energy is supplied by electric means and/or by combustion and into which the... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4197092 | High pressure coal gasifier feeding apparatus A centrifugal pump for feeding pulverized coal into a reactor of a high pressure coal gasification system is disclosed. The coal is pulverized and fed by conventional means into a hopper wherein that coal is mechanically pumped, by a modified screw which ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4151047 | Feed installation for apparatus for extracting hydrocarbons from bituminous schists Apparatus for feeding bituminous schist to a series of retorts each equipped with a rotary distribution spout and a central feed channel, the retorts radiating from a central schist distributing tower. At least one hopper communicates with a central feed ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4023784 | Apparatus for feeding metal scrap into molten metal Apparatus for feeding small pieces of metal scrap into a mold while molten metal of the same or similar analysis is being poured includes means for heating the scrap, a chute for feeding scrap to the mold and means for positively feeding the heated scrap ... | 05/17/1977 |
