Abstract: Briefly, the invention provides an incinerator comprising a housing suspended above the ground. The housing is without a top or bottom, but includes an elongated member supporting the housing and a grate intermediate of the housing and the elongated member. Also provided is a device for aiding combustion reactions. The device includes a vertically disposed stanchion, a housing, a first open end and a second open end. The housing is supported at the second open end by the stanchion. The device also include a grid with a cross section identical to the cross section of the housing. The diameter of the cross section of the grid is less than the diameter of the cross section of the housing and the grid in rotates around the stanchion.

Abstract: A spark arresting incinerator apparatus for burning combustible solid materials without the release of hot embers or ash capable of igniting materials outside the incinerator includes a firebox to contain the combustion, a grate disposed across the bottom of the firebox to support materials to be burned, an ash box disposed below the firebox and grate and connected to the firebox, the ash box having at least one screened and shielded combustion air inlet, a generally pyramidal cupola disposed above and connected to the firebox, and a chimney disposed above and connected to the cupola for the exit of combustion gases from the incinerator. The chimney includes a plurality of baffle plates each extending partially across the interior of the chimney, with the baffle plates disposed in staggered offset relation to each other, and also preferably includes a spark arrestor connected to the top of the chimney.

Abstract: A container for burning refuse including yard waste, household waste and the like. The container has a cylindrical portion that defines a burning chamber. The cylindrical portion includes a plurality of ventilation apertures and inwardly protruding flanges. The container also includes a cover supportable by the cylindrical portion to open and close the burning chamber. A pair of cross braces extends across a lower portion of the burning chamber to partially support the burnable refuse. During burning of the refuse, the flanges prevent the refuse from collecting along the inner walls of the burning chamber and define air flow passageways to improve air circulation through the chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for burning organic material including farm bedding waste of the present invention includes a firebox having an air injector disposed within the firebox. A heat exchanger is also disposed within the firebox above the air injector. The fuel to be burned, a mixture of organic farm bedding waste, is piled in the firebox surrounding the air injector and heat exchanger. By injecting air into the pile of fuel, the fuel is burned from the inside out, surrounding the heat exchanger with the burning fuel. The unburned fuel acts to insulate the burning fuel from the walls of the firebox.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for burning organic farm bedding waste includes a firebox having an air injector disposed within the firebox. A heat exchanger is also disposed within the firebox above the air injector. The fuel to be burned, a mixture of organic farm bedding waste, is piled in the firebox surrounding the air injector and heat exchanger. By injecting air into the pile of fuel, the fuel is burned from the inside out, surrounding the heat exchanger with the burning fuel. The unburned fuel acts to insulate the burning fuel from the walls of the firebox. The apparatus can be used as an incinerator or as a furnace to heat a building.

Abstract: A device which will form a point at the end of a hair braid having a heating element with a v-shaped or a conically shaped void in the heating element. A hair braid is inserted into the void, and held until the hair is burned by the heating element to form a point in the end of the braid.

Abstract: A new wax composition for use in the ink industry, which composition is prepared from: (a) 40% to 90% of solvent having a boiling point within the range of about 100.degree. to 550.degree. C., said solvent being selected from the group consisting of aromatic and aliphatic solvents, (b) 10% to 40% of wax having an average particle size within the range of about 1 to about 300 microns, (c) 5% to 40% of polymeric pour point depressant, and optionally dependant on the characteristics required, 4% to 40% of a resin material which is soluble in aromatic and aliphatic solvents.

Abstract: An inexpensive trash incinerator having a primary burn chamber and an after burner which includes a spark arrestor. The after burner is a stack which rests on top of the primary burn chamber and it includes an opening in its lower end for admitting fresh air into the after burner.

Abstract: A device for covering a trash burning receptacle, including a substantially planar, circular lid member. The lid member is composed of a heavy duty steel material and has a thickness of approximately 1/8 inch and a diameter of approximately 28 inches. A smoke exhaust stack is disposed on the top surface of the lid member, with the smoke exhaust stack including a cylindrically shaped steel pipe having a height of approximately four inches and a steel mesh grill disposed over its top surface. A securing mechanism pivotally attaches the lid member to the top of a cylindrical waste receptacle, and includes a U-shaped flange member removably attached to an outer edge of the waste receptacle, along with a hinge member having a first surface attached to the flange member and a second surface attached to the bottom surface of the lid member.

Abstract: A yard trash burner capable of effectively burning leaves, branches and other yard waste while preventing flying sparks and ashes that can create a fire hazard. The burner includes a wheeled frame with a handle structure to enable it to be easily moved to a desired position alongside of material to be burned. The burner includes an external barrel rigidly affixed to the wheeled frame and provided with a removable inner burner spaced concentrically from the barrel and being constructed of perforated metal or screen material. The inner burner has open ends with the top end having an inverted channel shaped cover welded thereto which is rigidly affixed to the barrel in spaced relation to enable air to enter the space between the inner burner and barrel to feed air though the openings in the inner burner at any elevation.

Abstract: A trash barrel arranged for the burning of refuse therewithin is provided to provide a semi-cylindrical first shell mounting a semi-cylindrical second shell functioning as a door relative to the first shell. A powdered brick aggregate is contained within spaced walls of the first shell, including upper and lower semi-cylindrical caps mounted to upper and lower distal ends of the first shell to enclose the powdered brick aggregate therewithin. The shell structure includes an upper and lower semi-circular "U" shaped channel cap to contain the aggregate within the first shell, with a lower cap including a floor plate integral therewith to accommodate the second shell thereover. The second shell further includes a sliding door to permit drafting through the interior cavity of the first and second shells when in a cylindrical configuration, with a wire-mesh basket mounted to the second shell to be removed relative to the first shell upon opening of the door or second shell structure.

Abstract: The present invention includes a chamber for containing refuse, a porous membrane at least partially enclosing the chamber, and a housing enclosing the porous membrane and the chamber. Combustion fuel is supplied to the porous membrane so that surface combustion taken place at the surface of the porous membrane facing the chamber for burning the refuse contained in the chamber. Electrical means may also be employed to provide combustion of the refuse. Safety features include pressure feed-back means for monitoring and regulating the pressure within the apparatus and temperature feed-back means for monitoring and regulating the temperature within the apparatus. A particle bin is positioned below the chamber for receiving burned particles from the chamber.

Abstract: A cover for preventing unwanted fires starting by burning embers of refuse being burned in a barrel is formed by an irregular cone shaped base truncated by a substantially rectangular upstanding tubular throat portion having a rain cap surmounted thereon. The cover is hingedly connected with the barrel for pivoting it to a barrel top open chain arrested out-of-the-way position for placing trash in the barrel.

Abstract: A peripheral wall assembly is provided defining a horizontal passageway therethrough and including a horizontally swingable wall section for opening and closing the passageway. An inverted generally U-shaped support is centrally disposed within the boundary of the wall assembly and the lower ends of the inverted U-shaped support are pivotally mounted for swinging of the support in a vertical plane between an upright position and a horizontal position with a mid-height portion of the support extending through the passageway. The wall assembly is constructed of fire retardant material. Further, latch structure is provided for maintaining the inverted U-shaped support in an upright position and an upper portion of the support mounts a simulated well rope winding member therefrom.

Abstract: An incinerator comprising reinforced concrete panels secured together in an array on a base plate to define a vertical enclosure with narrow gaps between adjacent panels, the panels being secured together in the array by a metal ring that extends around the upper ends of the panels and a removable top assembly that is designed to act both as a weather protective roof and a chimney to improve the drawing capacity of the incinerator.