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Title Pellet burner appliances and burners therefor
Creator/Author Jurgens, H.J.W.
Publication Date1991 Dec 10
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5455391
Report Number(s)US 5070798 ;A
Other Number(s)Pat. Priority: US 7-575956
Resource TypePatent
Specific TypeSpecial Availability
Resource RelationPat. File: 31 Aug 1990
Subject014000 -- Coal, Lignite, & Peat-- Combustion ;421000 -- Engineering-- Combustion Systems; BURNERS-- DESIGN;COAL BURNING APPLIANCES-- DESIGN;SOLID FUELS-- COMBUSTION
Related SubjectAPPLIANCES;CHEMICAL REACTIONS;FUELS;OXIDATION;THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
Description/Abstract This patent describes a heater assembly for burning a variety of combustible solid fuel materials.^It comprises a chamber suitable for combustion of such fuels therein and having a floor portion for receiving noncombustible residue; a burner assembly extending into the chamber, the burner assembly comprising: a conveyor conduit having at least one end located outside of the chamber; means for receiving the combustible solid materials at the one end of the conduit; means located in the combustion chamber for supporting and confining the combustible materials during burning so as to provide a combustion zone for the materials, the supporting and confining means having an inlet end communicating with the opposite end of the conduit, means for forcibly moving the combustible materials from the receiving means through the conveyor conduit and into the supporting and confining means, whereby the combustible material burns within the combustion zone and the noncombustible residue is discharged from the open terminal end of the supporting and confining means to the floor portion of the chamber.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: (vp.)
AvailabilityPatent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232 (United States)
RightsHeatilator, Inc., Mt. Pleasant, IA (United States)
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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