Patents by Inventor Richard J. Taeger

Richard J. Taeger 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).

  • Apparatus for converting waste material to gaseous and char materials
    Patent number: 5104490
    Abstract: Apparatus for thermally decomposing municipal waste to produce condensable gases, char, and non-condensable gases has a vertically extending reaction chamber receiving the waste particles at the upper end, discharging char at the lower end, and receiving a hot gas at the lower end for upward flow through descending waste particles in the chamber. A dual function cone suspended at the upper end of the chamber receives the waste particles therearound, receives the gases therein and funnels the gases to a combined inlet-outlet having an inlet portion receiving a propelling air stream, an intermediate section communicating with the top of the cone and an outlet portion discharging the air and gases from the cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Assignee: W.E.R.E. International Inc. of Iowa
    Inventors: Glen Brinkman, Harold Massner, Richard J. Taeger