Patent ID: 7392753

Claim:
An apparatus for disposal of wastes, the apparatus comprising: a measuring hopper configured for separately measuring each of a charging amount of a waste and a charging amount of a solid fuel, a charging hopper for charging separately measured amounts of each of waste and solid fuel, respectively, measured by the measuring hopper, a melting furnace for melting the waste charged from the charging hopper at a temperature sufficient for detoxifying melted waste, a charging damper arranged between the charging hopper and the melting furnace and having a multistage sluice valve system for charging waste and solid fuel charged in the charging hopper into the melting furnace without emission of toxic furnace gas outside the furnace, and a control device connected to the measuring hopper and the melting furnace and for adjusting the charging amount of solid fuel to the minimum amount required constantly to keep combustibility of solid fuel and waste in the melting furnace.