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US 6,386,124 B1Granted
Waste treatment system
OwnerDale T. Norquistinventor
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Abstract
A waste treatment system for solidifying and increasing the speed at which manure would dry. The waste treatment system includes support members; and also includes an elongate tubular member being mounted upon the support members and having an inlet end and an outlet end and having a bore being disposed therethrough; and further includes a waste holding/compressing assembly being mounted to the elongate tubular member; and also includes an incineration/discharge assembly being disposed in and about the elongate tubular member for incinerating waste material.
Claims8
A waste treatment system comprising:
- support members;
- an elongate tubular member being mounted upon said support members and having an inlet end and an outlet end and having a bore being disposed therethrough;
- a waste holding/compressing assembly being mounted to said elongate tubular member;
- and
- an incineration/discharge assembly being disposed in and about said elongate tubular member for incinerating waste material;
- wherein said support members are stands for resting upon a ground, each of said stands including a base member and a bracket member being mounted upon said base member;
- wherein said elongate tubular member includes an inner wall and an outer wall with insulating material being disposed between said inner and outer walls, said elongate tubular member being mounted to said bracket members of said support members;
- and
- wherein said waste holding/compressing assembly includes a funnel-shaped hopper being mounted upon said inlet end of said elongate tubular member, and also includes a hydraulic ram being mounted to said funnel-shaped hopper, and further includes a press member being attached to said hydraulic ram and being movably disposed in said funnel-shaped hopper for compressing the waste material disposed in said funnel-shaped hopper;
- and also includes a hydraulic pump being connected to said hydraulic ram for the energizing thereof.
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A waste treatment system comprising:
- support members being stands for resting upon a ground, each of said stands including a base member and a bracket member being mounted upon said base member;
- an elongate tubular member being mounted upon said support members and having an inlet end and an outlet end and having a bore being disposed therethrough said elongate tubular member including an inner wall and an outer wall with insulating material being disposed between said inner and outer walls, said elongate tubular member being mounted to said bracket members of said support members, said elongate tubular member having a length of approximately 30 to 40 feet and having a diameter of approximately 1 to 3 feet.
- a waste holding/compressing assembly being mounted to said elongate tubular member, said waste holding/compressing assembly including a funnel-shaped hopper being mounted upon said inlet end of said elongate tubular member, and also including a hydraulic ram being mounted to said funnel-shaped hopper, and further including a press member being attached to said hydraulic ram and being movably disposed in said funnel-shaped hopper for compressing the waste material disposed in said funnel-shaped hopper;
- and also including a hydraulic pump being connected to said hydraulic ram for the energizing thereof, said funnel-shaped hopper including an upper portion and a lower portion which extends laterally through said elongate tubular member, said lower portion having an intermediate wall being disposed therein and having a plurality of holes disposed therethrough for allowing liquid which is pressed out of the waste material to drain out of said funnel-shaped hopper through a drainage hole in said lower portion of said funnel-shaped hopper and through a drainage conduit which is attached to and over said drainage hole, said hydraulic ram including a hydraulic cylinder being attached to an exterior of said upper portion of said funnel-shaped hopper, and also including a piston being movably disposed in and from said hydraulic cylinder and being disposed through a wall of said upper portion of said funnel-shaped hopper, said press member including a plate member and a bracket being attached to said plate member and being pivotally attached to said piston, said plate being movable toward and away from an opposed wall of said upper portion of said funnel-shaped hopper;
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- an incineration/discharge assembly being disposed in and about said elongate tubular member for incinerating waste material, said incineration/discharge assembly including an auger being rotatably disposed in said bore of said elongate tubular member and having an end portion being rotatably disposed through said lower portion of said funnel-shaped hopper, and also including heating elements being disposed along a length of said elongate tubular member and between said inner and outer walls of said elongate tubular member, and further including catalytic converting vent members being disposed upon an exterior of said outer wall and being extended through said outer wall and into said bore of said elongate tubular member, and also including a discharge chute being attached to said outlet end of said elongate tubular member, said auger including flighting members each having a plurality notches therethrough for slowing movement of the waste material through the elongate tubular member, each of said catalytic converting vent members including a pipe member and a shroud being disposed upon said pipe member, said flighting members being spaced apart at approximately 5 to 8 foot intervals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.