A New or Improved Oremator or Apparatus for Burning Used or Waste Sanitary Towels, and for other purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Oremator or Apparatus for Burning Used or
Waste Sanitary Towels, and for other purposes.
We ALFRED SOUTHALL and THOMAS BARCLAY and WILFRED FRANCIS
SOUTHALL of No. 17 Bull Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Pharmaceutical Chemists and co-partners do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:—
The said invention consists of a cremator or apparatus to be employed principally
for burning used or waste sanitary towels the parts of the said cremator or apparatus
being constructed arranged and used substantially as hereinafter described. The
cremator or apparatus constituting this invention may also be used for heating
articles and for heating and boiling liquids and the like.
The said cremator consists essentially of a case or body preferably cylindrical
having suspended within it a cylindrical or other shaped wire cage in which the
used sanitary towels to be burned are placed.
On a closer situated at the bottom of the body a loose dish or container is placed
for holding the liquid combustible such as spirit of wine or methylated spirit to be
burned in the apparatus. The suspended cage has a wire bottom and is open at
top the said top being provided with an externally projecting flange or rim which
rests upon internally projecting lips near the top of the body the said lips being
made preferably by piercing the case with semi-circular piercings and bending the
pierced parts inwards.
When the wire cage is suspended in the body or case its bottom is situated a
short distance above the dish or container holding the liquid combustible. The top
of the body is closed when not in use by a cap or closer and the bottom of the body
is closed by a similar closer. The vertical side of this bottom closer is perforated
with holes or openings and corresponding holes or openings are made in the body
of the apparatus. By means of this perforated closer and the perforations in the
body the amount of air passing into the body for combustion can be regulated.
The apparatus may be used in the following way. The wire cage containing the
used sanitary towels to be burned is suspended in the cylindrical body. The spirit
of wine or other liquid combustible in the dish or container at the bottom of the
apparatus being now ignited the used sanitary towels in the cage are burned or
cremated and the unconsumed solid part or ash remaining in the cage being removed
therefrom the apparatus is again ready for use.
The suspended cage may be used for supporting other articles to be burned by
the apparatus: and by the use of a disc of wire gauze on the top of the body or
cage the apparatus may be used for heating articles requiring to be heated or for
heating and boiling liquids.
When the apparatus is not in use the bottle containing the spirit of wine or other
liquid combustible may be stored within the cage.
Dated the 8th day of September 1891.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Cremator or Apparatus for Burning Used or
Waste Sanitary Towels, and for other purposes.
We, ALFRED SOUTHALL, and THOMAS BARCLAY and WILFRED FRANCIS
SOUTHALL of No. 17 Bull Street, Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Pharmaceutical Chemists and co-partners, do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The said invention consists of a creinator or apparatus to be employed principally
for burning used or waste sanitary towels, the parts of the said cremator or
apparatus being constructed, arranged and used substantially as hereinafter
described. The cremator or apparatus constituting this invention may also be used
for heating articles and for heating and boiling liquids and the like.
The said cremator consists essentially of a case or body, preferably cylindrical,
having suspended within it a cylindrical or other shaped wire cage in which the used
sanitary towels to be burned are placed. On a closer, situated at the bottom of the
body, a loose dish or coutainer is placed for holding the liquid combustible, such as
spirit of wine or methylated spirit, to be burned in the apparatus. The suspended
cage has a wire bottom and is open at top, the said top being provided with an
externally projecting flange or rim which rests upon internally projecting lips near
the top of the body, the said lips being made preferably by piercing the case with
semi-circular piercings and bending the pierced parts inwards.
When the wire cage is suspended in the body or case, its bottom is situated a
short distance above the dish or container holding the liquid combustible. The top
of the body is closed when not in use by a cap or closer and the bottom of the body
is closed by a similar closer. The vertical side of the bottom closer is perforated
with holes or openings and corresponding holes or openings are made in the body
of the apparatus. By means of this perforated closer and the perforations in the
body, the amount of air passing into the body for combustion can be regulated.
The apparatus may be used in the following way. The wire cage containing the
used sanitary towels to be burned is suspended. in the cylindrical body. The spirit
of wine or other liquid combustible in the dish or container at the bottom of the
apparatus being now ignited, the used sanitary towels in the cage are burned or
cremated and the unconsumed solid part or ash remaining in the cage being removed
therefrom the apparatus is again ready for use.
When the apparatus is not in use the bottle containing the spirit of wine or
other liquid combustible may be stored within the cage.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawing represents in vertical section a cremator
or apparatus for burning used or waste sanitary towels and for other purposes,
constructed according to the said invention, the said cremator being represented
closed and having the bottle containing the spirit of wine or other liquid combustible
stored within the cage and
Figure 2 represents the said cremator open at top and bottom ready for use;
Figure 3 represents the cage detached;
Figure 4 represents a plan of the cylindrical case or body of the apparatus
exhibiting the lips for supporting the wiro-cage;
Figure 5 represents a horizontal section through the base of the apparatus
exhibiting the perforations in the bottom closer and in the cylindrical case or body
and
Figure 6 represents the dish or container for holding the liquid combustible
detached from the apparatus.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of
the drawing.
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a is the cylindrical case or body of the cremator or apparatus having within it

page_text: the cylindrical wire (or other) cage 6, in which the used or waste sanitary towels
are placed to be burned. The cage b has an externally projecting flange or rim o
at top which rests upon the internally projecting lips d, d near the top of the
body a. The lips d, d are made by piercing the case with semi-circular openings
and-bending the pierced parts inwards.
The top of the case a is closed when not in use by the cap or closer e and the
case a is closed at bottom by a perforated closer on which the loose dish or
.container g is placed for holding the spirit of wine or methylated spirit to be burned
in the apparatus. It will be seen that when the cage b is suspended in the case or
body a its bottom is situated a short distance above the dish or container g holding
the liquid combustible. The vertical side of the bottom-closer fis perforated with
holes or openings.h and corresponding holes or openings are made in the body a of
the apparatus as seen in Figures 2 and 5.
By rotating the perforated closer fupon the body a the holes in it can be turned
from or brought opposite or partly opposite those in the said body.
In this way the bottom of the body can be completely closed as represented in
Figure 1 or opened for regulating the amount of air passing into the body at bottom
for combustion as represented in Figures 2 and 5.
When the cremator is required to be stored away the parts are arranged as
represented in Figure 1, that is, the top and bottom of the body or case are closed
and the bottle i containing the liquid combustible is stored in the interior of the
suspended.cage.
When the apparatus is required to be used, the cap or closer e is removed and
the bottle lifted from the cage b. The lower perforated closer f. is also removed
and with it the dish or container g. The latter having been supplied with the
liquid combustible the.bottom closer f is replaced on the body a in such a position
that the perforations h in it and those in the bottom of the body coincide or partly
coincide. The used or waste sanitary towels to be burned having been placed in the
cage 6 and the latter suspended in the body or case a, the liquid combustible in
the dish g is ignited and the used sanitary towels in the cage 6 burned or cremated.
The unconsumed solid ash remaining in the cage 6 being removed, the bottle i is
returned to the cage and the top and bottom of the body a closed, when the
apparatus can be stored away for future use.
In order to increase the portability and compactness of the cremator or apparatus,
the cylindrical body or case and the wire or other cage may be made telescopic.
This modified cremator is represented in its collapsed or shortened state in elevation
in Figure 7 and vertical section in Figure 8 and in its expanded state in vertical
section in Figure 9. In this modified cremator the cylindrical case or body is made
in two parts marked respectively a' and a³, the upper part a sliding telescopically
upon the lower part a'. The upper part a³ is guided in its motion upon the lower
part a³ by the pin or stud on the said lower part working in the slot m in the
upper part, and the two parts a³, a' when the apparatus is in its expanded state are
locked together by turning the part a' through a small angle so as to cause its cross
alot n to engage with the stud 1, the said fastening resembling a bayonet joint
fastening. The suspended cage is made in two parts marked respectively and 6.
The rim of the upper part 6' is suspended by the lips d, d on the upper part of the
telescopic case or body.
The upper part of the cage is capable of sliding within or of being drawn out of
the lower part to accommodate the cage to the length of the expanded or collapsed
case or body of the apparatus as represented in Figures 7, 8 and 9. The parts of
the telescopic cremator Figures 7, 8 and 9 which we have not described are
constructed and used in the same way as corresponding parts of the cremator first
described and are marked with the same letters of reference.
The suspended cage may be used for supporting other articles to be burned by
the apparatus and by the use of a disc of wire gauze on the top of the body or cage,
the apparatus may be used for heating articles requiring to be heated or for heating

page_text: and boiling liquids. In the latter case the vessel may be provided with a flange
which rests upon the lips d, d so as to suspend it in the body or case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed we declare that we
claim :-
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A new or improved cremator or apparatus for burning used or waste sanitary
towels and for other purposes consisting essentially of a cylindrical or other shaped
case or body having a wire or other cage suspended in it for receiving the used
sanitary towels or other articles to be burned the said case or body and suspended
cage being used in combination with a perforated bottom closer for closing the 1
bottom of the body and for admitting air for combustion and for supporting a
loose dish or container for holding the liquid combustible to be burned in the
apparatus substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accom-
panying drawing; also the modified cremator or apparatus described and illustrated
in which the cylindrical case or body and suspended cage are made telescopic for 1
increasing the portability of the cremator or apparatus.
Dated the Twenty-sixth day of May 1892.
ALFRED SOUTHALL.
THOMAS BARCLAY.
WILFRED FRANCIS SOUTHALL.