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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2011
Syed H. Imam, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Greg M. Glenn, American Canyon, CA (US);
Bor-sen Chiou, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
William J. Orts, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dustin Rains, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Allison Fretwell, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Greg Piche, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Adam Slaboski, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephen Fisher, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Tomas Colussi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Don Swatling, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Syed H. Imam, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Greg M. Glenn, American Canyon, CA (US);
Bor-Sen Chiou, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
William J. Orts, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dustin Rains, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Allison Fretwell, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Greg Piche, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Adam Slaboski, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephen Fisher, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Tomas Colussi, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Don Swatling, Pleasanton, CA (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The cereal-based charcoal binder utilizes unrefined non-corn whole grains to replace the conventional cornstarch binder in solid charcoal fuels. The whole grain material is ground up, mixed with water, gelatinized, and then mixed with at least one dry ingredient to produce the solid charcoal fuel product.