Apparatus for Cleansing Scavengers' Pails and like Vessels Employed for Carrying Offal, Blood, and Faecal Matter.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 7th May, 1890-Accepted, 28th June, 1890
PROVISIONAL DE MOLTIVATION.
Apparatus for Cleansing Scavengers' Pails and like Vessels Employed
for Carrying Offal, Blood, and Faecal Matter.
1, Sir JAMES FARMER, of Adelphi Street Tron Works, Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Knight, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for cleansing scavengers' pails and like vessels
employed for carrying offal blood and faecal matter and the apparatus is designed
and adapted for use in connection with the pails used for collecting and carrying
blood and faecal or other matter either to the drying and pulverising machinery
described in the Specification to Letters Patent granted to me numbered 2663 and
dated 7th June 1883 or to be disposed of in any other way.
The apparatus consists of a travelling carriage or movable rack preferably mounted
on wheels and arranged to run on rails. The dirty vessels are placed on their sides
preferably all facing the same way in rows one above the other in the rack the
mouth of each vessel being slightly depressed. The rack is then traversed along
the rails or otherwise moved into a chamber which is then closed. Opposite the
mouth of each vessel and in connection with steam and water supply pipes controlled
by taps or valves is a rose or nozzle through which steam and then water or other
liquid such as a deodorizing fluid is discharged to thoroughly scour out and cleanse
the dirty vessels the dirt and liquid being carried off through a pipe or passage at
the bottom of the chamber, which pipe or passage is kept closed during the steaming
operation.
We place a vacuum valve in the chamber to allow air to enter as required which
valve is also constructed to let out the air when the steam enters or a separate valve
may be provided for this purpose. By this arrangement a certain vacuum is produced
by condensation in the cleansing chamber which is again filled with fresh air entering
through the vacuum valve.
1
1000
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Cleansing Scavengers' Pails and like Vessels Employed
for Carrying Offal, Blood, and Faecal Matter.
1, Sir JAMES FARMER, of Adelphi Street Iron Works, Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Knight, 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 relates to apparatus for cleansing scavengers' pails and like vessels
employed for carrying offal blood and faecal matter and the apparatus is designed
and adapted for use in connection with the pails used for collecting and carrying
blood and faecal or other matter either to the drying and pulverizing machinery
described in the Specification to Letters Patent granted to me numbered 2663 and
dated 7th June 1882 or to be disposed of in any other way.
The apparatus consists of a travelling carriage or movable rack preferably mounted
ou wheels and arranged to run on rails. The dirty vessels are placed on their sides
preferably all facing the same way in rows one above the other in the rack the
mouth of each vessel being slightly depressed. The rack is then traversed along
he rails or otherwise moved into a chamber which is then closed. Opposite the

page_text: mouth of each vessel and in connection with steam and water supply pipes controlled
by taps or valves is a rose or nozzle through which steam and then water or other
liquid such as a deodorizing fluid is discharged to thoroughly scour out and cleanse
the dirty vessels the dirt and liquid being carried off through a pipe or passage at the
bottom of the chamber which pipe or passage is kept closed during the steaming
operation.
I place a vacuum valve in the chamber to allow air to enter as required which
valve is also constructed to let out the air when the steam enters or a separate valve
may be provided for this purpose. By this arrangement a certain vacuum is produced
by condensation in the cleansing chamber which is again filled with fresh air entering
through the vacuum valve.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an end and Figure 2 is a side sectional elevation of the cleansing
chamber with the movable rack therein.
In these views-a designates the movable rack or travelling carriage in this
instance shown divided into eighteen bins or compartments in three rows of six each
to receive a corresponding number of the pails or buckets . The rack a is mounted
upon small wheels c arranged to run into the chamber e upon rails d from any
desired point outside. One side (or more than one side) of the chamber e is formed
by a hinged door e which closes upon a suitable packing so as to make an approxi-
mately air tight joint the door being then secured by lever bolts In the
chamber e opposite the mouth of each pail is a rose connected with a system of
pipes which are supplied with steam through a pipe h² and water or other liquid
through a pipe ³ these pipes h² being controlled by taps.
At the bottom of the chamber is the outlet pipe which is controlled by a valve
operated from the exterior of the chamber by a hand lever j.
The chamber is further provided with a valve or valves not shown to allow air to
enter as steam condenses and to allow air to escape while steam is being admitted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The construction use and application substantially as set forth of apparatus for
cleansing scavengers' pails and similar vessels said apparatus consisting in its essential
foatures of a chamber and a movable rack or carriage combined with means for
supplying and discharging steam and water or other liquid to cleanse the vessels
while supported in the rack and enclosed within the chamber.
2. The combination and arrangement of parts substantially as herein described
with reference to the drawings annexed constituting apparatus for cleansing scavengers'
pails and similar vessels in the manner specified.
Dated this fith day of May 1800
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.