Process and Apparatus for the Separation and Disinfection of Focal and other Matters.
Year: 1887

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Process and Apparatus for the Separation and Disinfection of
Focal and other Matters.
I, GUSTAV GEHRING of Landshut in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Doctor of Laws,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to obviate the objections incidental to the water
carriage of fecal matters, and to provide a means of simultaneously separating and
disinfecting the solid matters of sewage and other fermentable domestic refuse. This
is accomplished by means of a simple process and specially constructed earth closet
apparatus, a valuable and easily preservable fertilizing product being obtained at little
cost.
Means are
According to this Invention, the disinfecting and filtering properties of fibrous and
other forms of peat are utilized in a novel manner. The disinfector and filter consists
of a cylinder or other vessel containing a layer or layers of peat upon a perforated
bottom whereby the solid focal and other refuse matters are retained, and only the
purified and disinfected aqueous portion allowed to flow to the sower.
provided whereby peat dust may be strewed upon the focal and other matters imine-
diately on their deposit in the said receptacle whereby the same will be effectually
disinfected and may be preserved indefinitely for agricultural purposes.
filtering and disinfecting vessel would be applied to the waste pipe of sinks and urinals.
The filtering vessels may be emptied from time to time and filled with fresh
filtering and disinfecting material, or they may easily be removed without emptying
and replaced by others.
A similar
In the accompanying drawings, figure 1 shews the filtering and disinfecting vessel,
and figure 2 shews the general arrangement as applied to an earth closet. The
remaining figures shew details.
Instead of an earth closet, the filter and disinfector may be applied to a water-
closet.
A is the filtering and disinfecting vessel, having a fixed cover and a perforated
alse botton B which should be easily removable for the purpose of emptying. To
his end the perforated bottom is held up against an inner ring a rivetted to the sides
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page_text: of the tank by means of a funnel shaped bottom C beneath. The latter is strengthened
by angle iron and rests upon a base or feet connected to the vessel A by hooked levers D
pivoted thereto and engaging with the base, as shewn in figures 3, 4 and 5. The per-
forated bottom may be readily cleansed by rinsing it with water. The peat to form the
layers is shot in from above, after the bottom has been secured in position.
The soil pipe from the closet is preferably central, so that the deposit of the focal
matter and peat dust may be more uniform and therefore more favorable to filtration
and disinfection.
It is desirable to provide the closet with a means of automatically distributing a
proper quantity of peat dust upon the focal deposit each time the closet is used. An
arrangement of this kind is shewn in figure 2, wherein the distribution of the peat
dust is automatically effected by closing the closet lid. With this, may also be
combined a water flushing arrangement.
G. GEHRING.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Process and Apparatus for the Separation and Disinfection of
Focal and other Matters.
I, GUSTAV GEHRING, of Landshut in the Kingdom of Bavaria, Doctor of Laws,
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. this invention is to obviate the objections incidental to the water
carriage of fecal matters and to provide a means of simultaneously separating and
disinfecting the solid matters of sewage and other fermentable domestic refuse. This
is accomplished by means of a simple process and specially constructed earth-closet
apparatus, a valuable and easily preservable fertilizing product being obtained at
little cost.
According to this invention, the disinfecting and filtering properties of fibrous and
other forms of peat are utilized in a novel manner. The disinfector and filter consists
of a cylinder or other vessel containing a layer or layers of peat upon a perforated
bottom whereby the solid focal and other refuse matters are retained and the purified
and disinfected aqueous portion only allowed to flow to the sewer.
A similar
Means are provided for strewing peat dust upon the focal and other matters imme-
diately on their deposit in the said receptacle, whereby the same will be effectually
disinfected, and may be preserved indefinitely for agricultural purposes.
filtering and disinfecting vessel would be applied to the waste pipe of sinks and
urinals. The filtering vessels may be emptied from time to time and filled with fresh
filtering and disinfecting material; or they may easily be removed without emptying,
and replaced by others.
In the drawing accompanying the Provisional Specification, figure 1 shews the
filtering and disinfecting vessel, and figure 2 shews the general arrangement as
applied to an earth-closet. The remaining figures shew details. Instead of an earth-
closet, the filter and disinfector may be applied to a water-closet and to urinals and
other waste or foul waters.
A is the filtering and disinfecting vessel having a fixed cover and a perforated false
bottom B which should be easily removable for the purpose of emptying. To this
end, the perforated bottom is held up against an inner ring a rivetted to the sides of
the vessel by means of a funnel-shaped bottom beneath. The latter is strengthened
by angle iron, and rests upon a base or feet connected to the vessel A by hooked
levers D pivoted thereto and engaging with the base, as shewn in figures 3, 4, and 5.
The perforated bottom may be readily cleansed by rinsing it with water. The peat
to form the layers, is shot in from above after the bottom has been secured in position.
The soil pipe from the closet is preferably central, so that the deposit of the focal
matter and peat dust may be more uniform and therefore more favorable to filtration
and disinfection.

page_text: It is desirable to provide the closet with a means of automatically distributing a
proper quantity of peat dust upon the focal deposit each time the closet is used.
An arrangement of this kind is shewn in figure 2, wherein the distribution of the
peat dust is automatically effected by closing the closet lid. With this may also be
combined a water-flushing arrangement.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
1st. The process of simultaneously separating and disinfecting focal and other
refuse matters, which consists in causing the liquid portion to pass through a vessel
containing a filtering layer of peat and strewing peat dust on the matters deposited
in the vessel; whereby the liquid portion is rendered innocuous and disinfected and a
valuable fertilizing product obtained, substantially as described.
2nd. An apparatus for separating and disinfecting focal and other matters, con-
sisting of a cylinder or vessel having a removable perforated bottom secured in place
as described and containing a filtering bed or layer of peat, substantially as described
and shewn in the drawings.
3rd. The combination with a water or earth closet, of a separating and disinfecting
apparatus, constructed as described.
Dated thin 5th dow of Do
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