IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN TREATING EXCRETA, BLOOD, FISH, OR OTHER REFUSE."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Haresceugh, of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS
EMPLOYED IN TREATING EXCRETA, BLOOD, FISH, OR OTHER REFUSE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Haresceugh at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th August 1881.
JOSEPH HARESCEUGH, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
" IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN TREATING EXCRETA, BLOOD,
FISH, OR OTHER REFUSE.”
My Invention has for its object the drying and deodorizing of excreta, blood,
fish, and other refuse, and also the destroying or "fixing" the gases contained
therein and passing therefrom, and these gases by my Invention are rendered
innoxious.
I provide a cylinder or receiver, by preference of metal, into which the excreta,
blood, fish, and other refuse is placed in order to undergo treatment. The ends
of the cylinder are closed and provided with flanges which rest upon runners
mounted in suitable bearings on framework supporting the apparatus. To each
end cover is attached a pipe communicating with the interior of the cylinder.
At one end the pipe is employed for conveying heat into the cylinder from a
furnace, and at the other end for withdrawing the heat and moisture, such pipe
being in direct communication with some convenient chimney or flue. On the end
of each pipe and within the cylinder is provided a disc or diaphragm for spreading
and distributing the heated air.
The apparatus is caused to revolve during the operation through the medium of
the runners, these being caused to revolve by suitable motive power. Other
convenient means than the supporting runners may be employed for imparting the
rotary motion.

page_text: In the interior of the cylinder I employ a longitudinal scraper which swings
loosely on the centres of the diaphragms or discs; this is for the purpose of
preventing the material operated upon adhering to the inner surface of the
cylinder.
The most suitable fuel, and which I prefer to employ, is the refuse ashes from
dwelling houses or other places, or gas or other coke; but the supply of ashes from
dwelling houses in a district are more than sufficient to meet the demands of the
furnace employed for my apparatus in the same district.
Any required number of openings into the interior of the cylinder may be
provided for feeding and discharging the material; also dampers are provided
between the furnace and cylinder for regulating the heat.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Joseph Haresceugh in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
9th February 1882.
JOSEPH HARESCEUGH, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN TREATING EXCRETA, BLOOD,
FISH, OR OTHER REFUSE."
My Invention has for its object the drying and deodorizing of excreta, blood,
fish, and other refuse, and also the destroying or "fixing" the gases contained
therein and passing therefrom, and these gases by my Invention are rendered
innoxious.
I provide a cylinder or receiver, by preference of metal, into which the excreta,
blood, fish, and other refuse is placed in order to undergo treatment. The ends of
the cylinder are closed and provided with flanges which rest upon runners mounted
in suitable bearings on framework supporting the apparatus. To each end cover
is attached a pipe communicating with the interior of the cylinder. At one end
the pipe is employed for conveying heat into the cylinder from a furnace, and at
the other end for withdrawing the heat and moisture, such pipe being in direct
communication with some convenient chimney or flue. On the end of each pipe and
within the cylinder is provided a disc or diaphragm for spreading and distributing
the heated air.
The apparatus is caused to revolve during the operation through the medium of
the runners, these being caused to revolve by suitable motive power. Other
convenient means than the supporting runners may be employed for imparting the
rotary motion.
In the interior of the cylinder I employ a longitudinal scraper which swings
loosely on the centres of the diaphragms or discs; this is for the purpose of
preventing the material operated upon adhering to the inner surface of the
cylinder.
The most suitable fuel, and which I prefer to employ, is the refuse ashes from
dwelling houses or other places, or gas or other coké; but the supply of ashes from
dwelling houses in a district are more than sufficient to meet the demands of the
furnace employed for my apparatus in the same district.
Any required number of openings into the interior of the cylinder may be
provided for feeding and discharging the material; also dampers are provided
between the furnace and cylinder for regulating the heat.
And in order that my Invention may be more. completely understood, reference
is given to the accompanying Drawings and to the letters and marks thereon.

page_text: imparted thereto from driving pulley) give a rotary motion to the receiver or
cylinder a; or the required motion may be imparted to the cylinder or receiver
from driving pulley g' through spur gearing h¹. To each end cover i and jis
attached a pipe k communicating with the interior of the apparatus. At one end
the pipe is employed for conveying heat into the interior of the receiver or
cylinder a from a furnace m or other convenient source, and at the other end n for
withdrawing the heat and moisture, such pipe k being in direct communication
with some chimney or flue or suitable extractor. On the end of each pipe k, but at
a little distance therefrom, and within the cylinder or receiver a, is provided a disc
or diaphragm o attached or secured thereto by bolts or studs, or their equivalents.
These diaphragms are for the purpose of distributing the heated. air. In the
interior of the receiver or cylinder a I employ a longitudinal scraper p, which may
either swing loosely on arms attached thereto and carried in suitable bearings on
the diaphragms, or attached to fixed arms q secured to the disc or diaphragms by
bolts r, as shewn. This scraper p is for the purpose of preventing the material
adhering to the inner surface during the operation of drying. For the purpose of
more effectually breaking up the material in the interior and to assist the scraper p
I employ loose rollers & or balls; these revolve with the receiver or cylinder a, and
have the effect by their rolling over the material of pressing it and causing it to
cake preparatory to being removed and broken up by the scraper.
The lower part of each diaphragm o is cut away, as shewn at t, to permit of a
free passage in the receiver or cylinder a. Although in some cases when preferred
I employ a diaphragm at each end of the receiver or cylinder a, I in practice find
the application of one at the admission end sufficient.
.
The openings u and v are respectively' provided for feeding and discharging the
material.
Ordinary dampers are employed for regulating the flow of heat through the
receiver or cylinder.
Having now described the nature of my 'said Invention, and described with the
aid of Drawings how the same may be carried into practice, I would have it
understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details or configuration of
the parts I have described and shewn, as the same may be varied or modified
without departing from the nature of my said Invention, but what I do claim and
desire to be secured to me by Letters Patent is,―
First. The combination and arrangement of the several parts constituting the
machine or apparatus for treating excreta, blood, fish, and other refuse, in. the
manner substantially as shewn and described.
Second. The arrangement and construction of diaphragms or discs for distributing
the heated air in receiver or cylinder, substantially as shewn and described.
Third. The arrangement and application of scraper and parts in combination
therewith for preventing the material operated upon adhering to the inner surface
of the cylinder or receiver, substantially as herein shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Haresceugh, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirty first day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.