US1170818A - Crematory. - Google Patents

Description

E. M. JONES.

CREMATORY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1914.

1,170,818. Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

Attorn eys E. M. JONES.

CREMATORY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1914.

1 1 70,8 1 8; Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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Inventor,

Witnesses 1M 7141,1 by

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EDWARD M. JONES, F MACON, GEORGIA.-

cnEMA'ronY.

Application filed September 28, 1914. Serial No. 863,938.

, To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD M. J ONES, a. citizen of the 'United States, residing at Macon, in the county of Bibb and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Crematory, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a crematory designed primarily for use in burning up night soil, garbage, etc., one of the objects of the invention being to provide novel means whereby the air is heated before it is introduced into the incinerating chamber, this heating of the air being brought about by utilizing the waste products of combustion.

Another object of the invention is to provide a crematory having an incinerating chamber and a combustion chamber extended across the incinerating chamber at one side thereof, the combustible material in the products of combustion being consumed in the combustion chamber, before such products pass through the stack.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :--Figure 1 is a horizontal section taken approximately on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a cross section taken on the line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

The crematory herein disclosed comprises a floor or foundation 1. Located upon or adjacent to the floor 1 are side beams 2 and 3, and rear beams 4. The lower ends of the side beams 2 and 3 are connectedby tie-rods 100 which prevent a spreading of the walls of the structure, and a dropping of the arch hereinafter mentioned. The side beams '2 and 3 are connected by deck beams 5 sup- Specification of Letters Patent.

, i In the front wall 16 there is formed a thickness, the cross wall 30 extending e- Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

porting a platform 6. A wall 7 is provided and projecting inwardly from the wall 7 is an incline 8. There is provided a drain 51, through which may pass rain or washingup water. The rear portion 9 of the wall 7 1s hlgher than the remaining portions thereof and cooperates with the rear I-beams4 to support a platform 10. Soil is banked up as shown at 11 againstthe portion 9 of the wall, so that a vehicle may be driven readily onto the platforms 10 and 6. The platforms 10 and 6 are surrounded upon three sides by a arapet 12.

he structure in which the incinerating process takes place comprises a side wall 14, a side wall 15, a front wall 16 and a rear wall 17. Extended between the front wall 16 and the rear wall 17 and located relatively near to the side wall 14 is an intermediate wall 18 connected with the side wall 14 by a the crematory or a leakage of gases therefrom. An arch 22 is sprung'between the walls 18 and 15 and defines an incinerating chamber 23. An opening 24 in the wall 18 establishes communication between the incinerating chamber 23 and the stack 21. Openings 25 in the wall 18 establishcommunications between the incinerating chamber 23 and the'combustion chamber 20.

doorway 26 controlled by a door 27, the construction of I which need not be described,

since this door forms the siibj ect matter of a prior patent.

Located within the incinerating chamber 23 is a cross wall 30 preferably of sin le tween the front wall 16 and the rear wall 17. Extended parallel to the wall 30 is a wall 102. A wall 103 extends between the walls 102 and 30. Fittingin the rectangle defined by the walls 30-17-102103 is a pan 29 adapted to receive night-soil, carcasses, garbage and the like. from the door 26 to the pan 29.

A grate 31 is supported by the cross wall 30 and by the side wall 15, the grate 31 ex- An incline 106 leads structure may be surrounded by a metal casmg 101 which prevents a leakage of air into i tending entirely across the incinerating chamber 23 in a direction parallel to the cross wall 30, the'gr'ate 31 being suitably.

vsupported in its intermediate portion as shown at 32. Stoke doors 33 located in the i walls 16 and 17 give access to the ends of the grate 31; and clean-out doors 34 are located below the stoke doors 33. The intermediate portion of the ate 31 is reached by a cleanout door 35 located below the grate, as will be'understood best from Fig. 4:. A cleanout door 44 located in the front wall 16 gives access to the combustion chamber 20. 1 Y arched hood 36 lies between the platform 6 and the arch 22 "of theincinerating chamber, the hood 36 terminating in a hori-' zontal extension 37 lying above .the bridge 19 andabove the combustion chamber 20. 'j'llhe hood 36 and theplatform 6 define an b upper draft space 38; thehood 36,.the ex ;.tension--I37, the arch 22 of the incinerating chamber andthe bridgel9 defining a lower draftspace39. llhe draft spaces 38 and 39 areini'communication adjacent the wall 14,

the upper draft space 38 being open adjaqcent the wall 15. -Adjacent' the wall 15, the

lower draft space. 39' communicates with the .upper ends ofupright fluesjO, in which arelocated dampers" 41. The lower portions of 3 the 'flues' 40' communicate with openings '42 discharging beneath the grate'31 nearfthe ends thereof. Opposite" to-the openings 42 the fiues 40 are provided with cleanoutf doors 104;

- Anight-soil conduit 43 opens through the platform-10 and discharges onto the pan 29.

Access is had-to the pan 29through a door.

flue upwardly through the grate; and an 45 located in the rear wall'17. Garbage may 'be deposited upon the grate 31 through the I me'diu1n of a, chute 46openin'g through the chamber'below the. level'of the ofi'al support platform 6, theychute being provided with a hinged trap door 47 carried by the platform 6. Connected with the trapdoor 47 is a flem'ble element 48 carrying a weight 49, thei 5 flexible element 48 being supported intermediate its ends as shown at 50,;upon one of the -I-beams which form the framework'of the structure. f

. It is to be observedflthat-the air entersbe-J '50 tween the hood 36 and the platform 6, and passes to the left (Fig; 2) around the extension-37 of the hood, the air passing thence between the hood 36 and extension 37 upon the one hand and the bridge 19 and the arch 22 of the combustion chamber, upon the other hand. Owing to the sinuous path in which the entering air is forced to travel, the air is heated to a considerable degree before it is passed into'the incinerating cham- 30 her. It is to be observed that the air not only is heated above the incinerating chamher, but, as well, is heated above the combustion chamber 20 by the waste products passing therethrough. From the lower air s ace @5 39, the air passes by way of flues 40 an the space at a point remote from 59.1

outlets 42, beneath the grates 81. Thence the .air is deflected upwardlyby the cross wall 30 and passes across the top of the pan 29, the air passing thence downwardly, through the openings 25 in the intermediate wall18 and traversing-the combustion cham- 'loer 20 to the stack 21.

While the air is traversing the combustion chamber 20 waste matter carried in suspension in the smoke will vbe consumed :prior to the entrance of 35 ,the smoke into the stack,2l.

Disposedupon'the -floor, 1 beneath the platform 10 is a winch 107 controlling a flexible element 108 extended through the door 45 and adapted to be used for hauling heavy e carcasses and the like up the incline 106 and onto thelpan 29.

aving thus "described the invention, what is claimed is: j

1. A crematory' embodying an incinerat- 'ing .chamber; a grate disposed at one side of g'the incinerating chamber; an ofial support disposed in approximate alinement with the grate; a platform above the incinerating chamber; a hood interposed between the top w of theincinerating chamber and the platform" and defining an upper draft space and a lower draft space which communicate with each-jot'her adjacent one end of the hood; means for admitting air into the upper draft end of the; hood; a flue communicating with the lower-draft space adjacent-the other end of the hood and opening into the incinerating chamber. below ,the grate; an uprightvwall 10o constituting at once a support for the grate and ameans for deflectingthe air from the outlet for the products of combustion, the outlet communicating with the incinerating thereby to j draw the air which passes through the, grate across the ofi'al support.

2.. A ,crematory comprising an incineratjngehambe a transverse combustion chamno lberjat one side of the inclnerating chamber;

a cross walldefininglone sideof the combustion chamber andfone side of the incinerating chamber; a stack at one extreme end of Y the combustion chamber; a platform-above the incinerating chamber; a hood between the top of the incinerati'ng chamber and the platform, the platform terminating in an thronghout its length and cause the chamber In testimony that I claim the foregoing to heat the air passing around the extension as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signathrough the entire length of the extension, ture in the presence of two witnesses.

one of said openings in the cross wall com- V EDWARD M. JONES. 5 munieating dlrectly with the stack thereby Witnesses:

to prevent a deadening of the draft from W. D. MONEIL,

the grate.

W. B. SMITH.

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