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Smoke eradicator for trash burning building

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1959-01-09
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Granted: 1963-04-30
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Expires: 1979-01-09
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Emil T Attanasio
  • 👤 Donald N Thompson

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 08:07
CPC Classifications
F; F23; F23G; F23G7/00; F23G7/06; F23G7/061; F23G7/065; F23G7/003; F23G7/005; F23J; F23J11/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 468 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A TRASH BURNING BUILDING HAVING CLOSURE DOORS FORMING AN ENTRANCE WAY FOR POSITIONING TRASH WITHIN THE BUILDING, SAID BUILDING HAVING AN INCLINED ROOF STRUCTURE WITH AN APEX, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED TUBULAR MEMBER OVERLYING THE APEX OF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING AND COMMUNICATED WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE FOR RECEIVING ALL OF THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION WITHIN THE BUILDING, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING DIRECT VERTICAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE APEX OF THE ROOF WHEREBY AMBIENT AIR SURROUNDING THE TUBULAR MEMBER WILL COOL THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION THEREBY PRECIPITATING HEAVY FLY ASH PARTICLES BACK INTO THE BUILDING, AN ENLARGED COMBUSTION CHAMBER DISPOSED WITHIN THE BUILDING AND COMMUNICATED WITH ONE END OF SAID HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED TUBULAR MEMBER FOR RECEIVING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS THEREFROM, SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BURNER ASSEMBLIES IN ONE END THEREOF WHICH PROPAGATE FLAME LONGITUDINALLY IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FLUE COMMUNICATED WITH ONE END OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY IN THE BUILDING STRUCTURE BELOW THE APEX OF THE ROOF, AND AN EXHAUST STACK COMMUNICATED WITH THE END OF THE FLUE REMOTE FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THE EXHAUST STACK EXTENDING ABOVE THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING FOR FORMING A DISCHARGE FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND PROVIDING A DRAFT FOR THE BUILDING, SAID BURNER ASSEMBLIES COMPLETELY CONSUMING ANY BURNABLE MATERIAL WITHIN THE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS, AND BAFFLE MEANS DISPOSED IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT A POINT REMOTE FROM THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES FOR REMOVING FLY ASH THEREBY DISCHARGING SMOKELESS HEATED GASES FREE OF BURNABLE HYDROCARBONS OR OTHER MATERIAL, SAID BAFFLE MEANS INCLUDING AN UPSTANDING PARTITION WALL CONNECTED WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND PROVIDING A SPACE BETWEEN THE UPPER EDGE OF THE PARTITION WALL AND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE OF GASES THEREOVER, THE END WALL OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER REMOTE FROM THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES HAVING AN OPENING ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AND A FLY ASH ELIMINATING CHAMBER CONNECTED WITH THE DISCHARGE OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE END WALL OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THE FLUE COMMUNICATED WITH THE FLY ASH ELIMINATING CHAMBER ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF THEREBY PROVIDING A TORTUOUS PATH FOR THE HEATED GASES FOR ELIMINATING FLY ASH THEREFROM, THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FURTHER BEING PROVIDED WITH A ROTATABLE PADDLE WHEEL DISPOSED THEREIN INTERMEDIATE THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES AND THE PARTITION WALL, SAID PADDLE WHEEL INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SCREEN MESH BLADES, A SHAFT JOURNALING THE PADDLE WHEEL FOR ROTATION ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXLE, MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE PADDLE WHEEL FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING THE PADDLE WHEEL, SAID PADDLE WHEEL BEING DISPOSED IN THE PATH OF FLAME PROPAGATION OF ONE OF THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES WHEREBY THE FLAME WILL IMPINGE UPON THE PADDLES OF THE PADDLE WHEEL AND SPREAD OVER THE SURFACE THEREOF FOR MORE EFFECTIVELY CONSUMING THE FLY ASH AND OTHER BURNABLE PRODUCTS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 468 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A TRASH BURNING BUILDING HAVING CLOSURE DOORS FORMING AN ENTRANCE WAY FOR POSITIONING TRASH WITHIN THE BUILDING, SAID BUILDING HAVING AN INCLINED ROOF STRUCTURE WITH AN APEX, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED TUBULAR MEMBER OVERLYING THE APEX OF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING AND COMMUNICATED WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE FOR RECEIVING ALL OF THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION WITHIN THE BUILDING, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING DIRECT VERTICAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE APEX OF THE ROOF WHEREBY AMBIENT AIR SURROUNDING THE TUBULAR MEMBER WILL COOL THE PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION THEREBY PRECIPITATING HEAVY FLY ASH PARTICLES BACK INTO THE BUILDING, AN ENLARGED COMBUSTION CHAMBER DISPOSED WITHIN THE BUILDING AND COMMUNICATED WITH ONE END OF SAID HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED TUBULAR MEMBER FOR RECEIVING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS THEREFROM, SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BURNER ASSEMBLIES IN ONE END THEREOF WHICH PROPAGATE FLAME LONGITUDINALLY IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED FLUE COMMUNICATED WITH ONE END OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY IN THE BUILDING STRUCTURE BELOW THE APEX OF THE ROOF, AND AN EXHAUST STACK COMMUNICATED WITH THE END OF THE FLUE REMOTE FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THE EXHAUST STACK EXTENDING ABOVE THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING FOR FORMING A DISCHARGE FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND PROVIDING A DRAFT FOR THE BUILDING, SAID BURNER ASSEMBLIES COMPLETELY CONSUMING ANY BURNABLE MATERIAL WITHIN THE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS, AND BAFFLE MEANS DISPOSED IN THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT A POINT REMOTE FROM THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES FOR REMOVING FLY ASH THEREBY DISCHARGING SMOKELESS HEATED GASES FREE OF BURNABLE HYDROCARBONS OR OTHER MATERIAL, SAID BAFFLE MEANS INCLUDING AN UPSTANDING PARTITION WALL CONNECTED WITH THE BOTTOM OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND PROVIDING A SPACE BETWEEN THE UPPER EDGE OF THE PARTITION WALL AND THE UPPER PORTION OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR PASSAGE OF GASES THEREOVER, THE END WALL OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER REMOTE FROM THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES HAVING AN OPENING ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AND A FLY ASH ELIMINATING CHAMBER CONNECTED WITH THE DISCHARGE OPENING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE END WALL OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER WITH THE FLUE COMMUNICATED WITH THE FLY ASH ELIMINATING CHAMBER ADJACENT THE UPPER END THEREOF THEREBY PROVIDING A TORTUOUS PATH FOR THE HEATED GASES FOR ELIMINATING FLY ASH THEREFROM, THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FURTHER BEING PROVIDED WITH A ROTATABLE PADDLE WHEEL DISPOSED THEREIN INTERMEDIATE THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES AND THE PARTITION WALL, SAID PADDLE WHEEL INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SCREEN MESH BLADES, A SHAFT JOURNALING THE PADDLE WHEEL FOR ROTATION ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXLE, MEANS CONNECTED WITH THE PADDLE WHEEL FOR ROTATABLY DRIVING THE PADDLE WHEEL, SAID PADDLE WHEEL BEING DISPOSED IN THE PATH OF FLAME PROPAGATION OF ONE OF THE BURNER ASSEMBLIES WHEREBY THE FLAME WILL IMPINGE UPON THE PADDLES OF THE PADDLE WHEEL AND SPREAD OVER THE SURFACE THEREOF FOR MORE EFFECTIVELY CONSUMING THE FLY ASH AND OTHER BURNABLE PRODUCTS.

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Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-04-29 1966-10-29 1967-04-30 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-04-29 1970-10-29 1971-04-30 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-04-29 1974-10-29 1975-04-30 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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