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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2010
Phoebe Stinson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kevin Barry, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Anantdeep Gill, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Gregory M. Glenn, American Canyon, CA (US);
Syed Hussain Imam, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Artur Klamczynski, Orinda, CA (US);
Donald K. Swatling, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Brian K. Cartwright, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Andrew Leppla, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Phoebe Stinson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Kevin Barry, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Anantdeep Gill, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Gregory M. Glenn, American Canyon, CA (US);
Syed Hussain Imam, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Artur Klamczynski, Orinda, CA (US);
Donald K. Swatling, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Brian K. Cartwright, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Andrew Leppla, Pleasanton, CA (US);
The Clorox Company, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A charcoal heating material, such as charcoal briquettes, includes a porous structure that facilitates the flow of oxygen about the charcoal, and thereby, enables the briquettes to ignite easily and quickly. In particular the lightweighted charcoal briquettes have a density from about 0.50 grams per cubic centimeter to about 0.80 grams per cubic centimeter. Methods of forming charcoal heating materials include mixing a rheology modifying agent and a moisture phase with a charcoal mixture to facilitate absorption of additional water into the solid matrix, providing increased porosity and lightweighting of the finished briquette after drying.