ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,191, issued on May 6, was assigned to Air Burners Inc. (Palm City, Fla.).
"Biochar apparatus and process" was invented by Brian M. O'Connor (Palm City, Fla.), Thomas Foley (St. Augustine, Fla.), Matthew W. Dennis (Port St. Lucie, Fla.) and James W. Hilliard (Palm City, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biochar apparatus and a related biochar module may have a horizontal table-shaking mechanism and a tapered channel for causing biochar pieces generated in a firebox to fall through openings in the table to a conveyor system below. The table may be configured with replaceable grate panels. A quenching reservoir pan for holding quenc...