US1054405A - Incinerator. - Google Patents

Description

'1. GAMON.

INUINERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 10. 1911.

Patented F81). 25, 1913.

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IN'UINERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25,1913.

Application filed July 10, 1911. Serial No. 637,655.

'1 b all whom it may concern.

, Be it known that I, l,no..\[.\s (iAMON, a citizen of the lhnted States. residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Iem'isylvama. have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Incinerators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in incinerators, and has for its object to provide a device of this character in which cadavers or animal matter may be burned without perceptible odor, and in which the least amount of residue or ashes will remain, said residue being odorless.

A. further object. of the invention is to so construct the incinerator as to secure complete combustion in order that no visible fumes may pass from the flue, and such gases as pass from the line have no perceptible odor.

A further object of the invention is to provide an incinerator having -novel means for mixing the fumes from the cadavers in their passage from the. loading chamber over the secom-lary tire and to the line, said means comprising perforated walls, the perforations of one wall being off-set from the perforations of the adjacent wall.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for taking care of the'expansion and contraction in the walls of the incinerator.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an air inlet and passage way, said passage way passing over the primary heating or burning chamber so that said air may be heated to the proper degree before passing into the burning chamber.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and Figure l, is an end view of the incinerator, one-half showing a front elevation, the other half being sectioned away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2, a reduced longitudinal vertical sectional view, a portion thereof remaining in elevation; and Fig. .5, a longitudinal horizontal sectional view thereof.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, 2 and 3. represent the side walls and t and 5 the front and rear end walls respectively.

6 denotes the double walled arched roof consisting of the crown 7, an outer roof 8 forming between them an air space or passage way 9 which is continued downward through the rear end wall as at 10 and communicates with the outer atmosphere through the inlets 11, formed in proximity to the lower edge of said rear end wall. The front end of this air space or passage way communicates with the loading chamber 12 through the space 13 between the crown wall and the front end wall, and the size of this space 13 is regulated by suitable dampers shown here as comprising sliding damper plates 1-1 to which are fastened rods 15, said rods passing through the front end wall and having damper handles 16 attached thereto for manipulating said dampers.

The interior of the incinei-ator is divided into a number of chambers by the lateral partitions 17 ha ring perforations 18 therein, the per'fm'ations' of one wall being off set from the perforations of the adjacent walls. At the rear of the incinerator are built the walls or partitions 19 and 20, between which is mounted a grate 21 for the secondary fire. At. the front of the incinerator is built a wall 22 between which and the front end wall is placed a grate 23 for the primary fire. (In these partitions and walls is. built the longitudinal horizontal partition 24, preferably formed of rabbeted terra-cotta tiles. From this partition to the crown wall of the device. are built. the lateral partitions QShaving 'lerforations 26 so that said partitions are similar to those described for the lower chamber, and these partitions are built just above the partition 17. Somedistance forward of the front partition 25 is built a wall 27 having a passage way 2. there through, at the bottom thereof or lltljtu'tlll the partition 2t. From this description it 1 end thereof, is produced the loading chamber 12 herein before spoken of, which is in direct communication with the primary fire. This loading chamber has two entrances; one a door way 31 produced in the front end wall and closed by a hinged door 32, the other being a door way 83 in one of the side walls and preferably closed by slidingdoors 34 which carry brackets 51 having grooved pulleys 35 journaled thereto, said grooved pulleys running upon a track 36 embedded in the side wallof the incinerator. The door 33 is generally used for small parts which may be readily carried in small sized cans or buckets, while the front end door way 31 is/used for longer parts or complete bodies which placed inthe loading chamber by rolling them upon the rollers stationarily mounted in the chamber.

In the loading chamber and against the partition 2? is placed a guard 36 to prevent the receptacles containing the cadavers from coming in contact with said partition 2'? which would close the opening 28. Each of the chambers formed between the lower walls 17 is provided with outlet openings 37 closed by doors 38, these openings permitting any residue to be cleaned from the chambers. The upper chambers formed by the walls 25 are provided with inspection holes 39 so that a person may readily ascertain what is going on within the incinerator.

in one of the side walls below the floor of the loading chamber 12 is formed a bucket cavity it) for the reception of the bucket 41 into which may be placed the residue after the-burning is completed. The meeting of the rear end wall and the roof is'preferably relied as indicated by P2 which will assist in deflecting fumes downward and will. not

hinder the passage of the air.

in the lower chamber 30 adjacent the flue outlet is built a solid wall 44 which 0X- tends partway across the chamber 30 to produce a line check. The roof is built below the upper edges of the walls, thereby producing a cavity -15 in which placed sand to prevent radiation of the heat. I

In devices of this character it'is often found that because of the great heat, the walls expand and contract, thereby loosening saidwalls and weakening the same. I have found that this expansion and contraction may be compensated for through the tie rods 46 which extendboth and longitudinally through the walls of the incinerator and through I-beams at? which laterally lie vertically a ainst the outer surfaces of the walls. On the ends of these tie rods are threaded the nuts 48 and between one 0 said nuts and the Lbcam is placed a helical spring 49 which is coiled about the tie rods so that when the walls expand these springs will be compressed and as the-walls cool off and contract, these springs will force the walls to their normal positions.

The operation of the device is as follows The tires having been run for some time, the perforated walls become very highly heated and when the entire incinerator has become thoroughly heated, the material is introduced into the loading-chamber 12. The heated air passing over the material causes combustion of is disiiitegratedthe fumes pass off. These fumes are carried through the perforated walls where they are broken up, thoroughly mixed and raised to a very iigli temperature, so that as they are carried, over the secondary fire they will be completely burned, but should any of them esca e they will be a gain broken up as they asst rouge. the lower perforated walls an because of the heat of these walls complete combustion will take place, and that which passes of through the flue will have no perceptible odor and will be practically inv1sible..

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as here shown, as these may be v: ried Within the limits of the appended claims without; departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, is-

l. An incinerator consisting of a housing divided into an upper and lower chamber communicating at their rear ends, said upper and lower chambers being sub-divided by perfoi'ated partitions for breaking up and heat ing the fumes passing through saidpart-L tions, a primary fire plzfee in commun cation with the upper chamber, a secondary fire place in commui'iication with the lower chamber, and a fine leading from said lower chamber for carrying off the products of combustion.

2. An incinerator consisting of inclosing walls, said walls having an air inlet therein running from the lower end of the rear Wall to the forward end of the top vall, a damper for controllingthe flow of air through said air inlet, a longitudinal horizontal partition dividing the interior into two compartments, vertical partitions provided with p'erforat-ions for sub-dividing each of said compartments, a fir place situated at the forward end of the incinerator and having communication with the upper compartment, a sec,

,Qndary fire place formed in the lower c0maflixed my signature in the presehce of two partment adjacent the 1}:531 end (if tfhe insubscribing witnesses. cinerator'and over Whic passes t e umes, r 1 Y and a, flue leading from the lower compart- IHOMAS GAMON 3 ment at the end farthest removed'from' the Witnesses:

secondary fire place. J. B. JARDELLA, In testimony whereof, I have hereunto, M. E. Yos'r,

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