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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:
Jul. 18, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vahan Avetisian, Burbank, CA (US);
Constantin Bugescu, La Habra Heights, CA (US);
Craig J Castagnoli, Rowland Heights, CA (US);
Suk-Bae Cha, Long Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Texaco Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34182 ; 110228 ;
Abstract
The present invention includes a purge chamber which includes a chamber holding the interlocking solid material. An entrance port apparatus passes the interlocking solid material into the chamber where it is purged by a purging gas. An exit port apparatus passes the solid interlocking solid material from the chamber. Located within the chamber is other apparatus which move the interlocking solid material from the chamber through the exit port apparatus and other apparatus which prevent the binding of the interlocking solid material.