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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7226878 | Advanced body armor utilizing shear thickening fluids An armor composite material has been invented which contains a ballistic fabric which has been impregnated with shear thickening fluid. This invention offers a ballistic resistant material that is more flexible and less bulky than comparable, conventional ballistic ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 5863197 | Solid flight conveying screw for furnace A fluid cooled conveying screw adapted for rotary hearth furnaces. A plurality of solid alternating single and double flights are affixed to an outer barrel. The single flights are at least partially cladded to withstand the rigors of the furnace. The dou... | 01/26/1999 |
| 4917558 | Variable-volume bin for storing and dispensing particulate materials A device and method for holding and delivering a load of particulate material such as wood blocks, wood chips--dry or moist--, and briquettes. A main bin has an open upper end, closed side walls, and a closed bottom wall. A pair of drive shafts are journa... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4787322 | Pellet feed system A stoker assembly for a solid particulate burning stove that includes a fuel directing flange for directing the fuel to an upper combustion plate and ventilation tubes to prevent the ignition and combustion of fuel stored in remote bins. The fuel directin... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4705443 | Apparatus for stoking a combustor An apparatus for feeding a combustor with viscous bulk material, particularly coal slurry, comprises two silos which are associated with at least one conveyor system, for transporting the bulk material from the silos to a plurality of fuel-feeders in the ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4702177 | Waste product feeder A waste product feeder in which when waste products are charged through a hopper into a trough are transported by a screw and then discharged, they are successively scraped by a scraper in a predetermined quantity or volume.... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4682563 | Jig for supporting array of articles to be soldered and device for transferring articles to jig A jig for arraying and supporting a multiplicity of articles to be soldered wherein pairs of lower supporting wires are extended for supporting the lower side of respective articles between frame members adapted to be secured to a conveyor holder of a sol... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4563788 | Top drying nozzle device for vehicle washing apparatus A top drying nozzle device for a vehicle washing apparatus has a link mechanism for supporting a top nozzle. The link mechanism has a pantagraph mechanism and two parallel link mechanisms so that the top nozzle can be moved vertically in a forward positio... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4466809 | Fuel supply method for a gasification chamber Method for supplying fuel material to a gasification reactor into which a mixture of finely powdered fuel material, in suspension in a liquid phase, is charged inside a pressurized combustion chamber into which the combustion-supporting gas is injected an... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4448402 | Apparatus for directly making liquid pig-iron from coarse iron ore A device is described for directly making liquid pig-iron from coarse iron ore. Hot sponge-iron particles are directly conveyed by a worm conveyor (17) through a communicating passage (19) from a direct-reduction blast-furnace shaft (2) into a smelter-gas... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4342269 | Material treating apparatus utilizing an auger having an internal air supply and heat transfer system A material treating apparatus, such as an incinerator, incorporating an auger having an internal air supply system and an internal heat transfer mechanism. The incinerator includes a cylindrical combustion chamber containing a rotatable auger, and waste m... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4288217 | Rotary calciner feed spiral In a calciner having a rotatable cylindrical retort, an improved material feed spiral has a final turn and a 3/4 turn ending immediately adjacent the retort and a next to final turn connected to the final turn and extending outwardly therefrom away from t... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4288216 | Calciner with tapered reverse feed spiral A calciner includes a rotatable cylindrical retort which is indirectly heated and has material receiving and material discharging ends. A reverse pitch tapered spiral is affixed internal of the material discharging end with the spiral tapering toward the ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4286946 | Calciner reverse feed discharge spiral A calciner has a rotatable indirectly-heated cylindrical retort with a material receiving end and a material discharge end and a reverse pitch spiral is affixed internal of the cylindrical retort at the material discharge end.... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4261795 | Apparatus for solid waste pyrolysis This disclosure is directed to an economical system for the pyrolysis of municipal solid waste to recover valuable by-products while reducing the putrefaction and bulk of the residue requiring disposal. Prior to this treatment, the solid waste has been pr... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4239426 | Method of transporting and storing mixed fuel and plant therefor A method of transporting by conveyance through pipelines and storing a fluid mixed fuel consisting of pulverized coal and a liquid fuel is characterized in that, during transportation, the mixed fuel is conveyed as a fluid of low viscosity with an increas... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4077528 | Treatment plant A plant for physical or thermal treatment of products supported upon rectangular carriers, said plant comprising a vertical conveyor for moving the carriers upwards and downwards from in inlet station to an outlet station, the conveyor being constituted b... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4010081 | Apparatus for quenching and cooling coke Substantially horizontal rotary drum system for quenching and cooling coke, the drum having an internal helical conveying vane for moving the coke through the drum upon rotation of the drum, the diameter and the length of the drum and the pitch of the hel... | 03/01/1977 |
