Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
The method of burning used whole tires which comprises feeding the same above and out of contact with a bed of particles of incombustible matter supported on a grate having openings therethrough, and supplying air through said openings to support the burning of the waste while substantially completely surrounding them with air, and preventing any substantial amount of melt from the burning waste descending onto the grate by intercepting the same by said particles of incombustible matter, the particles being larger than openings in the grate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
86 words
The method of burning used whole tires which comprises feeding the same above and out of contact with a bed of particles of incombustible matter supported on a grate having openings therethrough, and supplying air through said openings to support the burning of the waste while substantially completely surrounding them with air, and preventing any substantial amount of melt from the burning waste descending onto the grate by intercepting the same by said particles of incombustible matter, the particles being larger than openings in the grate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
92 words
The method of claim 1 in which the grate is a continuous grate and it is moved continually in a substantially horizontal plane, the incombustible matter is fed onto the upper expanse of the moving grate near one end thereof, the tires are fed above one end of the bed of incombustible matter and held out of contact therewith as the bed moves with the grate, and both (1) ash from the burning of the tires and (2) particles of incombustible matter are dumped off the opposite end of the moving grate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process of claim 2 in which the particles are returned onto the grate and reused.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 2 in which the particles are balls.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The process of claim 1 in which the grate is a stationary shakable grate and the particles of incombustible material are so large that when the grate is shaken the particles remain on the grate.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
76 words
The method of burning sulfur-containing waste which comprises burning the waste in an oxygen-containing atmosphere and producing a gas containing sulfur dioxide, burning fuel in the atmosphere and producing therefrom a gas with a lower sulfur dioxide content than the gas from the waste, and regulating the proportion of the amounts of the gas from the waste and from the fuel so that the sulfur dioxide of the gas composite is maintained below a predetermined maximum.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
76 words
The method of burning sulfur-containing waste which comprises burning the waste in an oxygen-containing atmosphere and producing a gas containing sulfur dioxide, burning fuel in the atmosphere and producing therefrom a gas with a lower sulfur dioxide content than the gas from the waste, and regulating the proportion of the amounts of the gas from the waste and from the fuel so that the sulfur dioxide of the gas composite is maintained below a predetermined maximum.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
79 words
The process of claim 6 in which used whole tires are burned with fuel and the tires have a sulfur content so high that on combustion the gas produced has a sulfur dioxide content in excess of a desired maximum, the burning fuel produces a gas with a sulfur dioxide content below said maximum, and the gases are blended in such a proportion that the sulfur dioxide content of the resulting total gas does not exceed said predetermined maximum.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The process of claim 7 in which the tires are burned in a substantially horizontal position over a bed of incombustible balls on a moving grate and melt from the burning tires is caught on the bed and burned thereon.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process of claim 7 in which used whole tires suspended from a moving conveyor are burned over a bed of incombustible balls on a moving grate, and melt from the burning tires is caught on the bed and burned thereon.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 7 in which used tires are burned while being carried through a combustion chamber on or above a bed of incombustible particles on a grate and air is passed up through the grate and the bed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process of claim 10 in which the melt from the tires drops on continuously moving bed of balls of incombustible matter while air is passed up through the bed.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
61 words
The process of claim 7 in which the tires are moved through the chamber supported on a conveyor, and the melt from the tires drips through openings in the conveyor which are so large that they do not become clogged by combustion of the drip, and the drip is collected below the conveyor and burnt to ash within the combustion chamber.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
The process of claim 12 in which a second conveyor moves through the chamber below the first conveyor and a bed of incombustible balls on the second conveyor collects the drip and it is consumed thereon.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
A combustion shamber with a grate with openings therein, means for spreading a bed of incombustible particulate material over the grate, the particles of the particulate matter being too large to enter the openings, means for conveying whole tires through the chamber above the bed, and means for introducing air into the chamber.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
53 words
A combustion shamber with a grate with openings therein, means for spreading a bed of incombustible particulate material over the grate, the particles of the particulate matter being too large to enter the openings, means for conveying whole tires through the chamber above the bed, and means for introducing air into the chamber.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
19 words
The combustion chamber of claim 14 with means for supplying oil and/or gas into the chamber above the bed.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The combustion chamber of claim 14 in which the grate is a continuous grate and conveyor means is provided for supplying used tires above the bed.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
The combustion chamber of claim 16, with means attached to the grate for supporting tires above the balls and moving them through the chamber.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
63 words
The combustion chamber of claim 14 in which the grate is a continuous grate and above the grate is a continuous conveyor with hooks thereon each adapted to hold at least one tire suspended therefrom, a part of the conveyor being within the combustion chamber and at least one part which joins one end of said part being out of the combustion chamber.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
46 words
A combustion chamber, continuous conveyor means adapted to support used tires and move them through the chamber, and below said conveyor and separate therefrom means movable under said conveyor means for collecting drip from the burning tires and removing from the chamber the ash derived therefrom.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
46 words
A combustion chamber, continuous conveyor means adapted to support used tires and move them through the chamber, and below said conveyor and separate therefrom means movable under said conveyor means for collecting drip from the burning tires and removing from the chamber the ash derived therefrom.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
44 words
The combustion chamber of claim 19 in which the means below said conveyor comprises a second conveyor with openings therethrough and incombustible balls thereon which are too large to go through said openings, and means for moving said second conveyor through the combustion chamber.
Claim 25
Independent Claim
66 words
The method of burning whole used tires from which the beads have not been separated, which method comprises burning the tires on a bed of particles of incombustible matter on a moving grate, which grate has openings therethrough, and after at least a substantial part of the rubber has been burned away from the beads, separately removing the beads and the incombustible matter from the grate.
Claim 26
Independent Claim
66 words
The method of burning whole used tires from which the beads have not been separated, which method comprises burning the tires on a bed of particles of incombustible matter on a moving grate, which grate has openings therethrough, and after at least a substantial part of the rubber has been burned away from the beads, separately removing the beads and the incombustible matter from the grate.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
73 words
The process of claim 21 carried out in a chamber with first and second openings in opposite walls thereof, moving the grate within the chamber from near the first opening to near the second opening, supplying the tires automatically through the first opening onto the grate and removing the tires automatically from the grate through the second opening and discharging the incombustible matter from the grate within the chamber near the second opening.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process of claim 22 in which the discharged incombustible matter is supplied on to the grate near the first opening.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process of claim 22 in which air to support the burning of the rubber is introduced into the chamber under the grate.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
47 words
A combustion chamber with a continuous grate therein, means for moving the upper span of the grate away from an opening in a wall of the chamber, and a conveyor for automatically supplying whole tires in a substantially horizontal position through the opening on to the grate.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
47 words
A combustion chamber with a continuous grate therein, means for moving the upper span of the grate away from an opening in a wall of the chamber, and a conveyor for automatically supplying whole tires in a substantially horizontal position through the opening on to the grate.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
59 words
A combustion chamber with a continuous grate therein, with means for moving whole tires with the beads therein on the upper span of a continuous grate in the chamber toward an opening in a wall of the chamber and burning combustible matter from the beads, and means for automatically removing the remaining beads from the grate through said opening.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
59 words
A combustion chamber with a continuous grate therein, with means for moving whole tires with the beads therein on the upper span of a continuous grate in the chamber toward an opening in a wall of the chamber and burning combustible matter from the beads, and means for automatically removing the remaining beads from the grate through said opening.