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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1995
Filed:
May. 18, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard B Greenwalt, Danville, CA (US);
Assignee:
Bechtel Group, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75445 ; 75958 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for both disposing of an environmentally undesirable material comprising rubber tires and the sulfur and metals contained therein and of providing fuel for a process of making molten iron or steel preproducts and reduction gas in a melter gasifier. The metals freed from combustion of the rubber tires is contained in the molten iron and sulfur freed from combustion of the rubber tires is contained in the slag.