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US 2006/0137244 A1Published application
Briquet packing density
OwnerScott Melin, Kelly Burke +3inventors
InventorsScott Melin, Kelly Burke, Donald Swatling, Stevan Curtiss, Katie Chow
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Abstract
Modified charcoal briquets having a pillow silhouette when viewed from at least one side and configured to have less volume than similar unmodified pillow shaped briquets having the same dimensions are described. A random packing density for the modified briquets is between about 0.70 times and 0.92 times a random packing density for the unmodified pillow shape briquets. The random packing density for the modified briquets is between about 35% and 46%.
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A modified charcoal briquet comprising:
- a pillow shaped charcoal briquet modified by Boolean geometric operations to yield a random packing density between about 35% and 46%;
- wherein the modified charcoal briquet comprises less volume than a pillow shaped charcoal briquet unmodified by Boolean geometric operations and having the same dimensions;
- wherein the random packing density for the modified charcoal briquet comprises about 0.70 times and 0.92 times the random packing density for the unmodified charcoal briquet.
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