Improvements in Apparatus for Burning Town Refuse or like Objectionable Matter.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 6th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Burning Town Refuse or like
Objectionable Matter.
I, JOHN HANSON of Wakefield in the County of York, Sewage Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object to provide simple and efficient apparatus by
means of which town refuse or similar objectionable matter can be burned without
nuisance. According to my invention I provide a cylinder or chamber which is
provided with a door or lid preferably at one end by which the objectionable matter
to be burned is charged into the cylinder or chamber and by which the burnt
matter is removed therefrom. The said cylinder or chamber is mounted in a furnace
so that the heated products surround the said cylinder or chamber. In connection
with the said cylinder or chamber I provide a pipe or pipes or equivalent passage
or passages opening from the said cylinder or chamber preferably near the rear end
and top thereof the other end or ends of the said pipe or passage or pipes or
passages opening into the furnace or ash pit in which the said cylinder or chamber
is situated.
When the apparatus is in use the matter to be burnt (such as town refuse, sewage
sludge, or the like for example) is fed into the cylinder or chamber and the door or
lid thereof is closed and the matter is subjected to the heat of the furnace the
gases and vapours arising from the said matters passing through the pipe or pipes
or passage or passages into the furnace preferably beneath the fire bars thereof and
they are consumed in the said furnace and so nuisance is avoided.
Dated this 7th day of December 1892.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Burning Town Refuse or like
Objectionable Matter.
I, JOHN HANSON of Wakefield in the County of York, Sewage 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 has for its object to provide simple and efficient apparatus by
means of which town refuse or similar objectionable matter can be burned without
nuisance.
According to my invention I provide a cylinder or chamber which is furnished
with a door or lid preferably at one end or at the top by which door or lid the
objectionable matter to be burned is charged into the cylinder or chamber and by
which the burnt matter is removed therefrom. The said cylinder or chamber is
mounted in a furnace so that the heated products surround the said cylinder or
chamber. In connection with the said cylinder or chamber I provide a pipe or
pipes or equivalent passage or passages opening from the said cylinder or chamber
preferably at the top thereof the other end or ends of the said pipe or passage or
pipes or passages opening into the furnace or ash-pit of the furnace in which the
said cylinder or chamber is situated.
The accompanying drawing represents in longitudinal section an apparatus

page_text: arranged according to my invention but I do not limit myself to the precise details
shewn.
A is a cylinder or chamber constituting a retort and provided with a door a at
the end for charging in the refuse and discharging it after treatment. B is the
furnace in which the said chamber A is mounted so that the products from the
furnace pass around the said chamber A. C is a pipe which opens at one end from
the said chamber A at c and at the other end the said pipe opens into the ash-pit of
the furnace B.
When the apparatus is in use the matter to be burnt (such as town refuse, sewage
sludge, or the like, for example) is fed into the cylinder or chamber A and the door
or lid thereof is closed and the matter is subjected to the heat of the furnace B the
gases and vapours arising from the said matter passing through the pipe C (or pipes
or passage or passages) into the furnace B (preferably beneath the fire bars
thereof as shewn) and they are consumed in the said furnace and so nuisance is
avoided.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. Apparatus for burning town refuse or like objectionable matter the said
apparatus consisting of, or including, a cylinder, chamber or retort mounted in a
furnace so as to be surrounded by the products of combustion therefrom and a pipe
or passage or pipes or passages opening from the said cylinder chamber or retort
to the said furnace or the ash-pit thereof substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described.
2. In apparatus for burning town refuse or like objectionable matter the com-
bination with the cylinder chamber or retort in which the refuse or like matter is
heated of means for conveying the gases or vapours driven off to be burnt to heat,
or assist in the heating of the said refuse or like matter substantially as hereinbefore
described.
3. The apparatus for burning town refuse or like objectionable matter arranged
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 6th day of September 1893.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
Agents.