Patents by Inventor Harold Earl Egger

Harold Earl Egger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Binder containing plant protein and densified refuse fuel cubes made using same and methods of making them
    Patent number: 5763509
    Abstract: To form a binder from naturally occurring products or a fuel brick or pellet using the binder without extraction or purification steps, the binder utilizes proteins from the germ or endosperm of cereal grasses or from the seed of buckwheat, oil seed plants, Amaranthus or leguminous plants or from leaves or from grain stillage. The protein has a thermoplastic microstructure with linear polymers of molecular weight of at least 2,000 linked with peptide linkages of at least 50 in number. The binder is mixed with waste such as municipal waste without further processing and processed in a pelleting machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska
    Inventors: Jerry D. Eastin, David Jones, Darin Dux, Harold Earl Egger