A Combined Kitchen Range and Destructor or Apparatus for the Disposal of House Refuse.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Nov., 1897
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Completo Onnaia
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A Combined Kitchen Range and Destructor or Apparatus for the
Disposal of House Refuse.
I, JAMES BAZELEY PETTER, of The Nautilus Works, Yeovil, in the County of
Somerset, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to kitchen ranges and has for its object to combine and
arrange therewith a destructor or apparatus for the disposal of house refuse.
The destructor is formed in an ordinary or any suitable kitchen range by
enclosing the ashpit with a door and frame or lid or cover having closely fitting
joints advantageously planed joints the door etc. being either to lift on and off
or hinged or otherwise attached so as to give ready access to the ashpit.
This door or cover is provided with inlet apertures either controllable or other-
wise to supply air to the fire and ventilate the ashpit.
The action of the destructor may be explained thus:-
House waste (such as vegetable parings and clippings, tea leaves, scraps of
animal and vegetable food, bones, etc., etc.) is put into the destructor and is there
first dried or calcined and when thus reduced to a combustible condition is shovelled
into the range fire itself and completely consumed.
The air-tight character of the door and frame by the accurate planing or fitting
of their respective surfaces causes any obnoxious odours arising within the
lestructor to pass through the fire and thence into the chimney.
A Combined Kitchen Range and Destructor or Apparatus for the
Disposal of House Refuse.
I, JAMES BAZELEY PETTER, of The Nautilus Works, Yeovil, in the County of
Somerset, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to kitchen ranges and has for its object to combine and
arrange therewith a destructor or apparatus for the disposal of house refuse,

page_text: The destructor is formed in an ordinary or any suitable kitchen range by
enclosing the ashpit with a door and frame or lid or cover having closely fitting
joints advantageously planed joints the door etc. being either to lift on and off
or hinged or otherwise attached so as to give ready access to the ashpit.
This door or cover is provided with inlet apertures either controllable or other-
wise to supply air to the fire and ventilate the ashpit.
The action of the destructor may be explained thus:-
House waste (such as vegetable parings and clippings, tea leaves, scraps of
animal and vegetable food, bones, etc., etc.) is put into the destructor and is there
first dried or calcined and when thus reduced to a combustible condition is shovelled
into the range fire itself and completely consumed.
The air-tight character of the door and frame by the accurate planing or fitting
of their respective surfaces aauses any obnoxious odours arising within the
destructor to pass through the fire and thence into the chimney.
Referring to the accompanying drawings-Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a
kitchen range with destructor according to my present invention Fig. 2 being a
cross sectional view on line 2-2 Fig. 1.
is the fire grate and a the grate bars.
b is the destructor the door d of which is provided with apertures e therein.
c is the framing round the front of the destructor this framing c being formed
very smooth and accurate on its outer face advantageously by planing.
d is the destructor door which is also accurately planed or otherwise adapted
to fit closely against the frame c.
ee are air inlet apertures (in the door d) so placed that they only afford an
in-draught.
f is the handle on the door d the ends f¹ of which project slightly beyond the
side edges of said door d and engage in the lugs or rests g formed or fixed on
the frame c.
Thus the door can be readily removed the house-waste or refuse to be
destroyed is placed in the destructor chamber b and the door d is then replaced
in position and owing to the close and accurate manner in which the latter fits
around the opening of the destructor chamber b consequently any obnoxious
odours arising within the destructor are not liable to escape around said door d
but pass up through the fire in the fireplace a and thence up the chimney.
As soon as the refuse etc. in the destructor chamber b is sufficiently dried or
calcined same may then be shovelled into the fireplace and there completely
consumed.
If desired a grating (not shown) may be used in the lower part of the destructor
chamber b.
This destructor chamber 6 also forms the ashpit of the fireplace a.
Figs. 3 and 4 are corresponding views to Figs. 1 and 2 respectively but illus-
trating an alternative arrangement by which the air for ventilating the destructor
instead of passing through the destructor door d (which in this case is without
any apertures) passes through apertures in a lower removable door which latter
affords access for cleaning the ashpit i formed below the destructor chamber b
the refuse etc. in which rests upon a grating b¹ dividing the destructor chamber b
from said ashpit i.
The door is made to fit accurately as before described.
It will be obvious that the door to tightly close the destructor chamber may
be arranged and mounted in position in any other desired and suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The arrangement and combination with a kitchen range of a destructor
chamber thereunder an opening by which to charge said destructor chamber and
means to tightly close said opening substantially as and for the purposes described.

page_text: 2. The arrangement and combination with a kitchen range of a destructor
chamber thereunder an opening by which to charge said destructor chamber means
to tightly close said opening and an air inlet or inlets to said destructor chamber
substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. A combined kitchen range and destructor constructed and arranged to act
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in
the drawings hereunto annexed.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.