ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,321, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Manik Ventures Ltd. (Evesham, Great Britain).
"Materials recycling apparatus" was invented by Nik Spencer (Abbots Morton, Great Britain) and Hussam Jouhara (Manchester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Materials recycling processes that include a combustion stage can operate very efficiently, but can produce exhaust gases that are high in carbon monoxide and the like. We describe a treatment unit which comprises a chamber for receiving the material, a heat source for (preferably) heat-treating the material and for initiating combustion, and a gas outlet from the chamber, which allow...