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US 5,325,605 AGranted
Method and apparatus for waste treatment
OwnerE. Bayne Carewinventor
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Abstract
A computer based material processing system 10 allows for the processing of contaminated material in a manner which allows the material to be discharged into a sewage facility or placed in a landfill.
Claims4
A material treatment system comprising:
- an input means for receiving a material to be cleaned;
- a computer means coupled to said input means, said computer means storing a reported description of a material to be cleaned, means for obtaining a sample of the material to be cleaned, and an analyzer for determining the actual consistency of the waste from the sample, said analyzer communicating with said computer to compare the actual consistency of the material to be cleaned with that reported by the waste description, and update the memory of the waste description should the two differ, means for determining whether the material can be processed by the system based on the actual consistency of the material;
- means for selectively heating and cooling the material;
- and
- conveyer means for moving said material outwardly after having been cleaned.
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A method of treating a material comprising the steps of:
- providing a computer;
- providing a material to be cleaned to the system, a waste description being associated with the material;
- storing that waste description in the computer;
- analyzing a sample of the actual material, and comparing the analyzed sample with the description stored in the computer;
- updating the computer record if the actual analyzed sample differs from that in the description;
- the computer making a determination of whether the particular material can be processed;
- heating the material if the computer determines the material can be processed;
- and
- causing a cleaned material to be outputted of the system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.