Rendering them Innocuous and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1888

page_text: Rendering them Innocuous and Apparatus therefor.
1, GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co. the General
Patent Office No. 4 South Street Finsbury in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from
abroad by Esteban Senorans, of Paris, in the Republic of France) to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to the treatment of decomposed organic substances such as
fecal matter, house refuse, and the like, for destroying or rendering innocuous the
effluvia or miasmatic emanations therefrom, and to apparatus therefor the invention
consisting mainly in the use of steam for the above stated purpose.
In carrying out the invention a steam boiler is employed the steam from which
is conducted into a receiver containing the substance such for example as fecal matter
to be treated.
The pipe for conveying the steam enters the receiver at its upper part and extends
down inside the same to within a short distance of the bottom.
After a time which will evidently vary with the size of the receiver, the quantity of
steam introduced therein and the pressure produced, the fecal matter will become
converted into a liquid mass of uniform consistence and will have lost its odour and
have been deprived of all injurious properties.
The liquid passes into a second receiver in which it is mixed with a suitable
absorbing material which will serve for the manufacture of manure such as burnt
bones, ashes, or earth.
The said mixture can however be effected outside the receiver from which it is
only necessary for this purpose to draw off the liquid by means of suitably placed
pipes and cocks.
If it is desired to separate the solid portion from the liquid portion of the treated
substance and to make separate use of them, the substance is allowed to remain for
a time in the receiver when the solid portion will be precipitated to the bottom thereof;
the liquid portion can then be drawn off and can be completely got rid of by
evaporation in a vessel or boiler. The solid portion can then be dried in the receiver by
means of a removable steam coil.
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page_text: I have described an apparatus which is suitable for carrying out the invention
but it is obvious that the construction and arrangement of the apparatus can and
should be varied to suit the extent and nature of the work to be performed.
Dated the 19th day of March 1888.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
Rendering them Innocuous and Apparatus therefor.
1. GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the firm of G. F. Redfern & Co., the General
Patent Office, No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communication from abroad
by Esteban Sénorans, of Paris, in the Republic of France) and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
This invention relates to the treatment of decomposed organic substances such as
fecal matter, house refuse, and the like, for destroying or rendering innocuous
the effluvia or miasmatic emanations therefrom, and to apparatus therefor the
invention consisting mainly in the use of steam for the above stated purpose.
In order to enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe how it can
be carried into practice by reference to the accompanying drawing which represents
an elevation of an apparatus suitable for treating decomposed organic substances for
rendering them innocuous according to this invention.
In carrying out the invention a steam boiler A is employed the steam from which
is conducted into a receiver B containing the substance such. for example as fecal
matter to be treated.
The pipe for conveying the steam enters the side of the receiver at its
upper part and extends down inside the same to within a short distance of the
bottom.
After a
time (which will evidently vary with the size of the receiver,
the quantity of steam introduced therein, and the pressure thereby produced)
the fecal matter will become converted into a liquid mass of uniform consistence
and will have lost its odour and have been deprived of all injurious properties.

page_text: The liquid passes into a second receiver C in which it is mixed with a suitable
absorbing material which will serve for the manufacture of manure such as burnt
bones, ashes, or earth.
The said mixture can however be effected outside the receiver from which it is only
necessary for this purpose to draw off the liquid from either of the receivers B or Č
by means of suitably placed pipes and cocks.
If it is desired to separate the solid portion from the liquid portion of the treated
substance and to make separate use of them, the substance is allowed to remain for a
time in either of the said receivers when the solid portion will be precipitated to the
bottom thereof; the liquid portion can then be drawn off and can be completely got
rid of by evaporation in a vessel or boiler D. The solid portion can then be dried in
the receiver C by means of a removeable steam coil.
By this invention the construction and disinfection of organic matters which
produce more or less dangerous miasmatic emanations are so completely effected
that micro-organisms which are most resistant to the action of heat are effectually
destroyed.
I have described an apparatus which is suitable for carrying out the invention
but it is obvious that the construction and arrangement of the apparatus can
and should be varied to suit the extent and nature of the work to be performed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
claim is
(1.) The method of treating decomposed organic substances for rendering them
innocuous by submitting them to the action of steam in an apparatus of suitable
construction, substantially in the manner hereinbefore described.
(2.) The improved apparatus for treating decomposed organic substances for
rendering them innocuous substantially as herein before described with reference to
the accompanying drawing.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.