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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Bruce Johnson, Indianhead Park, IL (US);
Joseph C. Snodgrass, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
Inventors:
Bruce Johnson, Indianhead Park, IL (US);
Robert G. Graham, Presque, MI (US);
Tony A. Kuipers, Grandville, MI (US);
T. Terry Tousey, St. Louis, MO (US);
Joseph C. Snodgrass, Crawfordsville, IN (US);
David E. Prouty, Ada, MI (US);
Assignee:
Wastedry LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23G 5/027 (2006.01); F23G 5/04 (2006.01); F23G 5/16 (2006.01); F23G 7/00 (2006.01); F23J 15/08 (2006.01); F26B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23G 5/027 (2013.01); F23G 5/04 (2013.01); F23G 5/16 (2013.01); F23G 7/001 (2013.01); F23J 15/08 (2013.01); F26B 23/028 (2013.01); F23B 2700/018 (2013.01); F23B 2700/022 (2013.01); F23G 2201/10 (2013.01); F23G 2201/303 (2013.01); F23G 2201/40 (2013.01); F23J 2900/15081 (2013.01); F26B 2200/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for drying and gasifying substances using the calorific value contained in the substances, and it more specifically relates to apparatus and methods for processing wet, pasty, sticky substances, such as municipal wastewater treatment sewage sludge, into a workable, powdered product.