An Improved City and Town Refuse Destructor.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 13th Feb., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved City and Town Refuse Destructor.
WILLIAM WALKINGTON Engineer Leeds in the County of York do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of a vertical furnace actuated by steam hot or cold air for
quickly and completely burning and reducing city and town refuse to slag or dross
and in the mechanical arrangement of getting the material to the furnace.
The refuse is hoisted to the top of the furnace and emptied therein to be burnt.
Dated this 12th day of May 1890.
WM. WALKINGTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved City and Town Refuse Destructor.
WILLIAM WALKINGTON of 69 Skinner Lane Leeds, in the County of York,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
My invention consists of a vertical furnace actuated by steam, hot, or cold air
for quickly and completely burning and reducing city and town refuse to slag or
dross and in the mechanical arrangement of getting the material to the furnace,
the refuse is hoisted to the top of the furnace and emptied therein to be burned.
The furnace will also destroy the sewer gases which are forced into by means
of a blast engine or blower.
The illustrated sheet of drawings which accompanies this description shows the
manner by which I obtain the above object.
Fig. 1 shows vertical section of refuse destructor furnace built inside with best
fire brick and is encased exteriorly by riveted wrought iron plates, which is
supported on a circular girder resting on strong iron columns which allow of the
twyers and other parts of the furnace being conveniently got at by the workmen.
Fig. 2 shows half section plan of furnace.
Fig. 3 is exterior view of vertical elevation of furnace showing method of getting
refuse into furnace from a raised roadway.
Fig. 4 shows plan of Fig. 3.
A. denotes refuse to be destroyed.
a. exterior view of Fig. 3.
b. section of furnace.
c. self emptying hopper to convey refuse to furnace.
d hoist for raising refuse to furnace..
E conduct pipe to convey gases from furnace to under the boiler to be fired to
raise steam for blowing engine &c.
F bell and appliance for opening top and side of furnace.
G & H blast pipes from blowing engine to water twyers and furnace.
I escape for gases.
J water plate door for cleaning out slag.
K raised roadway used instead of hoist.
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,
1st The entire furnace as described

page_text: 2nd. The mode of hoisting the refuse as shown on drawing, Fig. 1, at d. by the
elevator, or hoist, the boxes or receptacles having a. free side, or bottom, on arriving
at the top are set free, by coming in contact with a paul or catch, which then
liberates the refuse into the hopper C as shown on drawing Fig. 1 at C.
3rd. Destroying the sewer gases by means of: the blowing engine suction pipe,
being connected to: the sewers, from which the gases, are drawn into the blower and
from thence they are forced into the furnace to be destroyed.
Dated this 12th day of February 1890.
WM. WALKINGTON.