Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 26th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Dec.. 1888
1, BENJAMIN JAGGER of 81 Caledonian Road, Leeds in the County of York,
Gardener and Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to separate sewage and other solid matters from
affluent water, rendering such water perfectly clear and capable of sustaining the
life of fish and other equatic animals therein, and at the same time producing a
residue of great value for manurial purposes.
For the above object I employ dry ashes collected from ash pits either separately
or combined with road scrapings or other refuse containing vegetable or animal
matter. The material to be used is deposited in a kiln, furnace, oven or other
receptacle for the purpose of bringing the same to a red heat and for reducing the
same to a carbonized state; the material is then withdrawn from the kilu or other
receptacle and ground by ordinary means to a powder. The powder is then mixed
with the sewage or other affluent liquid in a tank by ordinary agitators; the effect
is, that the solid matter is precipitated leaving the water clear, inodorous and
capable of sustaining life.
In order to thoroughly precipitate the impurities the sewage is allowed to run into
a succession of settling tanks wherein the solid matter precipitates and from which
the clear water passes.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: 1, BENJAMIN JAGGER of 81 Caledonian Road, Leeds in the County of York,
Gardener and Commercial Traveller, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to separate solid matters, such as exreta and other
impurities from sewage or other impure water, rendering such water perfectly clear
and inodorous, and at the same time producing a residuo of great value for manurial
purposes.
For the above object 1 employ ash-pit refuse, road scrapings, or any other refuse
containing animal or vegetable matter. This refuse is deposited in a kiln, furnaco,
oven or other receptacle for the purpose of bringing the same to a carbonized state,
after which the material is withdrawn and ground to a powder by any ordinary
means.
The powder is then mixed with the sewage or other impure water in a tank by
ordinary agitators, the effect being; that the solid matter is precipitated leaving the
water clear and inodorous.
In order to thoroughly precipitate all the impurities, the sewage is allowed to run
into a succession of settling tanks as may be required to effect completo precipitation,
and from which the clear water passes; the residue or precipitated matter being of
great value for manurial purposes.
Where there is no altuent water but merely the excreta, 1 mix the powder thore-
with in such quantities as may be required to absorb the moisture therefrom,
producing thereby an inodorons and valuable manure, of a similar character to
the precipitation produced from the treatment of sewage and other water, described
above.
Tho surface of filtering bods may be covered to a suitable thickness with the
aforesaid powder, over which the sewage or other water is run and allowed to perco-
late, the affluent water passing away clear and inodorons, leaving the residue at the
top of the powder, such powder being afterwards mixed therewith and utilized for
minurial purposes.

page_text: The aforesaid powder may also be applied to the purification of water other than
sewage, containing foreign matter in suspension.
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 :-
:-
The employment of refuse containing animal or vegetable matter, such refuse being
brought to a carbonized state, afterwards ground to a powder, and used, substantially
as and for purposes herein set forth.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent for the Applicant.