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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195480 | Shaft preheater The invention relates to a shaft preheater for preheating material in lump form with at least one shaft for receiving the material, a bridge disposed in the shaft for delivering hot gases which flow through the material from the bottom upwards, and a device for fill... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6937627 | Stable and high speed full range laser wavelength tuning with reduced group delay and temperature variation compensation A fiber-based ring cavity tunable laser is disclosed in this invention that has full range high speed tuning achieved by combining a optical tunable filter with a period comb-shaped filter with central wavelengths anchored on International Telecommunication Union (I... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6918760 | Shaft pre-heater A shaft preheater to achieve an improved adaptation of layer height to particle size spectrum of material to be preheated. The shaft preheater includes a plurality of shafts for receiving lumpy material, an arrangement for filling the individual shafts with the lump... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6209355 | Method for melting of glass batch materials An apparatus for melting materials is provided comprising a melter body having a batch injection portion including a batch inlet port, a batch melting portion including a batch melting chamber adapted to receive materials from said batch injection portion... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6120284 | Reclaiming foundry sand by gravity flow system A method of reclaiming foundry sand by (a) providing a treatment tower having a plurality of heat conductive tubes extending across the interior of the treatment tower, the tubes being arranged in rows and staggered with respect to tubes in adjacent rows ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 5984671 | Sealing device useful for providing air-seal self-controlled discharge of product from a process equipment such as a vertical shaft kiln This invention relates to a sealing device useful for attachment to a process equipment such as vertical shaft kiln (VSK) for providing air-seal self-controlled discharge of product from the said equipment, which comprises a chamber (1) having at its top ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979191 | Method and apparatus for melting of glass batch materials An apparatus for melting materials is provided comprising a melter body having a batch injection portion including a batch inlet port, a batch melting portion including a batch melting chamber adapted to receive materials from said batch injection portion... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5738511 | Vertical shaft kiln This invention relates to a a vertical shaft kiln (VSK) useful for manufacturing cement and other allied products, which comprises a rotary nodule feeder for feeding the raw materials, fitted above the kiln bed for uniform distribution of nodules of the r... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5683241 | Apparatus for heating bottle caps A method and apparatus for heating a plurality of bottle caps simultaneously. The apparatus comprises a housing with an air blower, resistance heaters and a thermocouple positioned within its interior. Air blown through the interior is heated by resistanc... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5595482 | Airlocking system and method for feeding bulk granular material A control measuring and supply apparatus and method for receiving a substantially, continuous flow of fluent material from a source of supply; the assembly having a bottom-sealed diverter plate, optionally positionable to direct the fluent material, by gr... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5580241 | Multistage circulating fluidized bed A circulating fluidized bed thermal reactor such as a boiler or gasifier, having the riser divided into a sequence of stages by a plurality of restrictions which create multiple beds dynamically suspended. Circulation occurs below transport velocity, soli... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5542596 | Vapor phase soldering machine having a tertiary cooling vapor An improved vapor phase soldering machine includes a pair of separate vessels having an open fluid communication path in a wall separating the two vessels. The first vessel contains a liquid mixture of a primary vapor and a secondary vapor, while the seco... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5211733 | Method for producing a high-purity silica glass powder A method for producing a high-purity silica glass powder by calcining a high purity silica gel powder, wherein a vertical-type moving bed apparatus equipped with a heating means is used in a moving bed system such that the feed silica gel powder is contin... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5165888 | Gravity flow thermal process for reclaiming foundry sand A method and apparatus for thermally reclaiming used foundry sand is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vertically disposed furnace having a combustion chamber therein. A sand dispersion system supported within the combustion chamber disperses the free f... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5110288 | Gravity flow thermal process for reclaiming foundry sand A method and apparatus for thermally reclaiming used foundry sand is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vertically disposed furnace having a combustion chamber therein. A sand dispersion system supported within the combustion chamber disperses the free f... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4812100 | Rolling track for a rotary hopper The rolling track comprises a series of rollers which are supported by a fixed reinforcement and on which travels the circular pedestal of the hopper. This circular pedestal is equipped with a toothed ring in order to be driven in rotary movement about it... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4799880 | Method and apparatus for analyzing product flow Apparatus for analyzing the density of particulate material flowing from a kiln. The apparatus includes a sampling probe actuatable to divert a sample flow of material from material falling from a kiln. This sample flow on cascading through the apparatus ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4797092 | Cullet preheater A preheater for cullet is disclosed, in which hot gas coming from a hot supply duct can be passed through the cullet while yielding heat to the latter and can be carried away through a hot gas exhaust duct. The cullet is guided between guiding walls formi... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4708643 | Apparatus for charging a shaft furnace for burning carbonaceous material Apparatus for charging a shaft furnace for burning carbonaceous mineral material in at least two furnace shafts comprises a common feed container, which is connected to each furnace shaft by a separate charging duct. In order to provide a simple structure... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4599068 | Apparatus for preheating granular ore An apparatus for preheating granular ore includes a shaft defined by vertical walls, an inlet chute disposed above the shaft for introducing the ore thereinto by gravity, an ore discharge collector situated underneath the shaft for receiving preheated ore... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4473352 | Double-incline shaft kiln In a double-incline shaft kiln in which ore materials are charged into the furnace from the top of a vertical external portion of the shaft and are calcined by burners installed in the lower portion of the shaft, the calcining zone is effectively extended... | 09/25/1984 |
| 4367095 | Process and device for manufacturing cement clinker A process and apparatus for manufacturing cement clinker in which pellets of raw material containing the necessary components for manufacturing the clinker are introduced into an apparatus where the pellets flow under gravity, successively through a prehe... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4346661 | Furnace for treating industrial wastes A furnace for treating sewage sludge, ash from municipal incinerators or other industrial wastes by melting the waste with a high-temperature bed formed from a combustible carbonaceous material for the reuse of the resulting molten product, for example, a... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4334859 | Method and apparatus for melting matrix materials A method and apparatus for economically melting matrix materials, said apparatus comprising a drier, a vertical furnace including a unique arrangement of refractory bars and a rotary kiln and the method including passing the solid matrix material first th... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4289481 | Fuel and apparatus for drying grain Finely-divided grain products in general and grain dust in particular are useful fuels which are advantageously employed in the drying of harvested grain to a moisture content suitable for storage and/or further processing. A grain dryer designed for such... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4256451 | Upright kiln and attendant method for heating an aggregate material This invention relates to a kiln of a compact upright configuration which is constructed so as to successively preheat, heat, and then cool aggregate in a continuous operation while avoiding wasteful loss of heat from the walls of the kiln or in the efflu... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4254221 | Method of burning lump-sized combustible material, and an annular shaft kiln for carrying out this method This invention deals with a method of burning crushed or lump-sized combustible material, such as limestone, dolomite, magnesite or a similar material, in an annular shaft kiln having an annular outer shaft and an inner shaft, where the annular and the in... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4210632 | Process and apparatus for calcining limestone A method and apparatus for calcining limestone in which limestone is burned continuously in a vertical kiln provided with at least one fuel injector which permits pulsed introduction of fuel thereto. Combustion air is passed continuously through the kiln ... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4155965 | Continuous submerged foaming of thermoplastic resin Continuous method and apparatus for treatment of a solid material submerged in a body of liquid wherein the material is sticky and/or has weak tensile strength. The material is supported, while it is so submerged, by a dynamic layer of the liquid lying be... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4149844 | Optimum continuous flow grain drying and conditioning method and apparatus A continuous grain drying and conditioning apparatus of a type including a burner and blower, or a multiplicity of burners and blowers, surrounded by a plenum chamber, air pervious grain holding walls positioned outwardly with respect to the plenum chambe... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4027656 | Sulphur melting apparatus and method Apparatus for melting sulphur, including an upstanding tube, or tubes, each being adapted to receive solid sulphur in its top open end and each having a heating jacket therearound. The sulphur along the tube wall is melted and caused to flow along the wal... | 06/07/1977 |
| 4025293 | Process and apparatus for firing and sintering of granular material A process for the firing and sintering of granular material in a gas or oil heated shaft furnace is disclosed in which the material, fed from the top of the furnace passes downwards successively through an entry zone, a preheating zone, a firing zone in w... | 05/24/1977 |
