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US 4,906,254 AGranted
Fuel package
OwnerHenry B. Antoskoinventor
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Abstract
An improved fuel package comprising fuel pieces, a combustible moisture proof container for holding the fuel pieces in a specific shape, and combustible binder/starter composition for binding together some of the fuel pieces into a stack within the container to promote combustion of the fuel pieces when the container is ignited. The invention is also directed toward a method of making the fuel package and hermetically sealing it.
Claims19
An improved fuel package comprising:
- a charge of pieces of fuel with the majority of the pieces of fuel having a size ranging between one inch and three and one half inches;
- a hermetically sealed and moisture proof container for packaging the charge of fuel, the container made of cardboard to aid in starting combustion of the fuel pieces and having a top loading opening and means for closing the opening;
- the container serving as a mold for holding the charge of fuel pieces in the shape of the container when the fuel pieces are loaded into the container through the top opening;
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- a pourable, hardenable binder/starter composition for binding at least about 20% of the fuel pieces together within the container to form a self-supporting stack of bound fuel pieces to promote combustion of the fuel pieces when the fuel package is ignited, the binder/starter composition made from combustible material to promote combustion of the fuel pieces.
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A method for making a fuel package from a moisture proof, cardboard container having an open top with a foldable cover means;
- fuel pieces with the majority of the pieces having a size ranging between one and three and one half inches;
- and pourable, hardenable binder/starter composition comprising the steps of:
- filling the container, while open, with a charge of fuel pieces;
- pouring the binder/starter composition over at least some of the fuel pieces within the container to at least partially coat the fuel pieces and to bind them together into a self-supporting stack as the binder/starter composition hardens;
- and closing the container with the foldable cover means and hermetically sealing the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.