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US 10,933,603 B2Granted
Device for forming bio-logs and method therefor
OwnerErnest J. Sweetland, IIIinventor
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Abstract
A portable biomass compactor has a frame. A mold is coupled to the frame. The mold is formed of a tubular member having a first open end and a second open end. The first open end is formed on a side opposite of the second open end and aligned with the second open end. A loading opening is formed on a top surface of the mold, wherein biomass is loaded into the mold through the loading opening. A compression mechanism is coupled to the frame. The compression mechanism has a moving mechanism. A rod having a proximate end is coupled to the moving mechanism. A rammer is coupled to a distal end of the rod. The rod and rammer are aligned with the first open end acid the second open end. The moving mechanism moves the rod and the rammer within the mold compressing the biomass in the mold.
Claims23
A portable biomass compactor, comprising
- a frame;
- a mold coupled to the frame, Therein the mold comprises:
- a tubular member having a first open end and a second open end, the first open end formed on a side opposite of the second open end and aligned with the second open end;
- a loading opening formed on a top surface of the mold, wherein biomass is loaded into the mold through the loading opening;
- a compression mechanism coupled to the frame, wherein the compression mechanism comprises:
- a moving mechanism;
- a rod having a proximate end coupled to the moving mechanism;
- and
- a rammer coupled to a distal end of the rod;
- wherein the rod and rammer are aligned with the first open end and the second open end, the moving mechanism moving the rod and the rammer within the mold compressing the biomass in the mold;
- a gate movably coupled to the frame, wherein the gate closes the second open end during compressing of the biomass allowing the compression mechanism to compress the biomass against the gate and opens the second open end allowing the compression mechanism to eject a biomass log formed put of the second open end;
- a gate lifter coupled to the gate raising and, lowering the gate to open and close the second open end;
- a heat jacket formed around an exterior perimeter of the mold heating the mold when the biomass is being compressed in the mold.
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A portable biomass compactor, comprising:
- a frame;
- a mold coupled to the frame, wherein mold comprises:
- a tubular member having a first open end and a second open end, the first open end formed on a side opposite of the second open end and aligned with the second open end;
- a loading opening formed on a top surface of the mold, wherein biomass is loaded into the mold through the loading opening;
- a compression mechanism coupled to the frame, wherein the compression mechanism comprises:
- a hydraulic moving mechanism;
- a rod having a proximate end coupled to the hydraulic moving mechanism;
- and
- a rammer coupled to a distal end of the rod;
- wherein the rod and rammer are aligned with the first open end and the second open end, the moving mechanism moving the rod and the rammer within the mold compressing the biomass in the mold;
- a gate movably coupled to the frame and proximate the second open end, wherein the gate closes the second open end allowing the compression mechanism to compress the biomass against the gate during compressing of the biomass and opens the second open end allowing the compression mechanism to eject a biomass log formed out of the second open end;
- a gate lifter coupled to the gate raising and lowering the gate;
- a heat jacket formed around an exterior perimeter of the mold applying heat to the mold.
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A portable biomass compactor, comprising:
- a frame;
- an axle assembly coupled to the frame;
- a mold coupled to the frame, wherein the mold comprises:
- a tubular member having a first open end and a second open end, the first open end formed on a side opposite of the second open end and aligned with the second open end;
- a loading opening formed on a top surface of the mold, wherein biomass is loaded into the mold through the loading opening;
- a compression mechanism coupled to the frame, wherein the compression mechanism comprises:
- a hydraulic moving mechanism;
- a rod having a proximate end coupled to the hydraulic moving mechanism;
- and
- a rammer coupled to a distal end of the rod;
- wherein the rod and rammer are aligned with the first open end and the second open end, the moving mechanism moving the rod and the rammer within the mold compressing the biomass in the mold;
- a gate frame coupled to the frame and proximate the second open end;
- a channel formed in the gate frame;
- a plate positioned in the channel, the plate closes the second open end allowing the compression mechanism to compress the biomass against the plate during compressing of the biomass and, after compression of the biomass, opens the second open end allowing the compression mechanism to eject a biomass log formed out the second open end;
- a hydraulic gate lifter raising and lowering the plate within the channel, the channel preventing the plate from moving horizontally within the channel;
- a hopper coupled to the loading opening;
- and
- a heat jacket formed around an outer perimeter of the mold applying heat to the mold during compression of the biomass.
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