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Mobile charcoal/biochar production and pelletizer system and method thereof

OwnerJames Geronimo Archuleta, Jr., Deborah Page-Dumroeseinventors

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Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a portable charcoal system and method of operating thereof, wherein the portable charcoal system comprises a first compartment adapted to burn a material, a second compartment connected to the first compartment and adapted to receive the material from the first compartment, and a third compartment adapted to receive the material from the second compartment, the third compartment comprising an auger adapted to move the material from a back end to a front end, and out of the third compartment. The portable charcoal system further includes a source of air.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A portable charcoal system comprising:

a first compartment at least partially defined by four walls and adapted to burn a material to produce charcoal, the first compartment comprising:
an open top;
and
a bottom;
a second compartment at least partially defined by four walls and connected to the first compartment, the second compartment adapted to receive the charcoal from the first compartment;
a third compartment at least partially defined by a front end, and a back end, and connected to the second compartment, the third compartment adapted to receive the charcoal from the second compartment, the third compartment comprising a front end and a back end, and an auger adapted to move the charcoal from the back end to the front end and out of the third compartment;
and
a source of air,
wherein the source of air directs a curtain air across the open top of the first compartment;
and
wherein at least a portion of the bottom of the first compartment is configured to allow the charcoal to pass to the second compartment.

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Facts

Application: 15/643,739Filed 7 Jul 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 8 Jul 2016
Published: US 2018/0010043 A111 Jan 2018
Granted: 10 Dec 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

C05F 11/02
Other organic fertilisers: from peat, brown coal, and similar vegetable deposits
C05G 3/00
Mixtures of one or more fertilisers with additives not having a specially
C05G 3/80
Mixtures of one or more fertilisers with additives not having a specially fertilising activity: soil conditioners
C05G 5/12
Solid or semi-solid fertilisers, e.g. powders: granules or flakes

Family

Application62/360,134Us provisional application · filed 8 Jul 2016
US 2018/0010043 A1Pre-grant publication · published 11 Jan 2018
US 10,501,689 B2This patent

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