XII New Patents
fluidized-bed incinerator comprises measuring a
supply rate of incineration waste by a supply rate
measuring unit (11) using a photoelectric ele-
ment (1) arranged on a shoot (2) for supplying
incineration waste (3) from a dust feeder (4) to
the incinerator (5), and when the supply rate of
incineration waste is higher than a pre-
determined value, decreasing a supply rate of in-
cineration waste of the dust feeder 4 to suppress a
combusting operation, increasing an induced gas
rate of an exhaust gas induced blower (9) of the
incinerator to suppress an increase in an in-
cinerator internal pressure decreasing a flow rate
of fluidizing air of a forcing blower (7) to sup-
press a combusting operation, or increasing a
flow rate of a blower (8) for supplying air to a
free board portion to prevent production of an
unburnt gas.
5229071
CATALYTIC OXIDIZER FOR
TREATING FIXED QUANTITIES
OF GASES
Dominic Meo
A batch method and apparatus provides con-
trolled release of gaseous air contaminants into
the atmosphere through catalytic oxidation
while minimizing both the energy required and
the volume of waste gas exhausted into the at-
mosphere. The device has a recirculating gas
stream driven by a recirculation fan which moves
gas, normally and naturally present at start-up,
through a bed of granular catalyst, in an oxidizer
and into contact with the surface of a process-gas
heater and back to the recirculation fan. The
gaseous contaminants may be drawn into this
system using a vacuum pump. Control of
catalyst temperature is achieved based upon the
novel system configuration, and without the in-
troduction of dilution air, and the contaminant
gas is introduced without controlling either flow
rate or temperature.
5229292
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF
INSECTS USING P S E U D O M O N A S
STRAINS TRANSFORMED WITH
BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS
INSECT TOXINGENE
Carolyn A Stock, Thomas J McLoughlin, Janet
A Klein, Michael Adang assigned to Stine Seed
Farm Inc
Methods of biological control of agricultural in-
sect pests are disclosed. These methods utilize
biological control agents which are genetically
altered strains of root-colonizing strains of mem-
bers of the species P. cepacia. These strains are
genetically altered by introduction of genes
encoding insect toxic crystal proteins, and are
thereby rendered insect toxic. Genetically altered
insect toxic bacterial strains are also provided.
5229766
MARINE FUEL TANK
POLLUTION CONTROL
APPARATUS
Thomas S Hargest
A marine craft includes a pollution control
device for marine fuel tanks. The pollution con-
trol device includes a compartment for receiving
fuel that leaves the fuel tank headed toward the
vent via the vent line. The volume of the com-
partment desirably holds more fuel than would
be contained in the volume of the length of the
vent line that extends from the fuel tank to the
vent. The compartment has an inlet that com-
municates with the fuel tank via the vent line.
The compartment has an outlet that com-
municates with the vent via the vent line. The
device includes a guide tube disposed within the
compartment for preventing direct transmission
of fuel to the vent. The device includes a float
member disposed within the guide tube for
detecting fuel in the vent line. The device includes
an alarm circuit activated when the float member
is located at a predetermined position within the
guide tube. The device includes a lifting arm con-
nected to the float member and enabling the float
member to be lifted to a position where the
operative alarm circuit should activate a signal.
5230792
ULTRAVIOLET WATER
PURIFICATION SYSTEM WITH
VARIABLE INTENSITY C O N T R O L
Christia Sauska, George Csoknyai, David Pack-
locok assigned to Sauska Christia; Csokneyai
Georg
An ultraviolet purification system in which ul-
traviolet radiation is generated by an ultraviolet
lamp wherein the amount of ultraviolet radia-
tion is varied in accordance with fluid flow. The