US853217A - Apparatus for the automatic destruction of fecal matter and purification of residual liquids. - Google Patents

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I vfscmmeom. APPARATUS FOR rm AUTOMATIC nnsmunmu OP PEGAL MATTER AND PURIFIGATIOKQ 0P RESIDUAL LIQUIDS.,' 2mm mum Jmmo, 190s.

' PATENTED my 14, 1907;

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/ UNITED STAIES" @grENr OFFICE.

VICTOR BORDIGONI, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

=APPARATEJS Foe-HIE Aum'IIIAnc orsmucneii or rzcn MATTER AND PURIFlCAT-ION 6F- mzsmun nouns.

Specification of Letters Patent Application Glad January 3i), 1906. Sofia-1N0. 298,711.

To all, whom it may eon-corn.- I

Be it knownthet I, Vmron BoRnrooNr, a

citizenof the Republic of Switzerland, resid in at Pinkie Freince and whose ost-ollice address is Bouieverd Beznnnarcheie BT44, Pens, Erenoe, have invented CSTEMII new and useful improvements in Apparatus for the -Autornatio pest-rnetion of Fecal Matter and for the PUILllCfl-UQH of the Residual Liquids, of which the feilowing iee full and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it'epperteine to make and This invention reiate to epperatns for the. oontim'ioue reception in iestrootion of fecal matter and puriiiomion of residual waters, tlmt'is to say, an op eretue to whirlrtiieseid matter is delivered y the sewers and other conduits, and which it leaves in a completely transformed and oxidized condition, while one part ofthe apparatus remains perfectly closed.

' The object ofthe invention is thisoompletc transformation of the said materials and refuse waiter, which-objevl attained by the constructive arrangements, by using the oxidizin tanks containing -:})Gitl materials lilo for this operation,and finallyby sterilizing the liquid by on ons of n 1'5oeptaole containing sparingly soluble chemical "C()Ill]])0llli(lS.- '1 1e various coimtrinr-iive itl'lil-llgmlltffiir; are

i'oproeomel b3 the eooon pamying drawings,-

in Whivh Figure l is a plan showing no apparatus emborh'ing the nvention; to more clearly show the constfnmiiin, ihoumol' removed from the apparatus. Figs. '2, 3 and 4 are Ivertioul svelions of tho uppm'ntns along lines A-A, B---- B and (Lot Fig. l.

The nppm'nl us is; preferably constructed of- .niolnl in order to nvoicl film iilli'iition of any liquid through the Walls ol the some; instead '0l" Inolnl other materials Ina-1. be employed,

provided that the lvohogo oi' liquid is thereby prevontcfl.

'lho ize ol' tho :ippm'nl HS varies of course,

Int-cording lo {ho volume of rvioso llmliil or liquids to ho troulokl by the some.

The apparatus is divided inlo loin elm-mbe'l's. llhol'oI-nl matter or the residual liquid arrives in tho first vlmmbor having three (ZOIlllHlI'lJHP-lllbl I, .2 and 3, I'ln-oogh ;ipo 4 Wllieh is billIi'cu-lul, and the brunciee of this purpose two separate com artments 1' and 2 have been provided 'in't ereoei chamber, which receive. the materialailternately during the 24 hours, intermittent action the feed pipe has zit-double joint, so that the materialsniey be distributed to the two C0111 artmentsfancl the-pipispro- 'v-ided with a" istribnting device w1th movable lap 4, which is causedvto change once er day from right to left and Vice-V6188;

.nsteed of a closing flap any other suitable and-well known distributing device ma'y'be' employed, I.

In order that the solid matter nniy keep in suspension int'he region most favorable for its mpid disintegration, the compartments 1 and 2 do not occupy the entire-height of the perfoapparatus; they areprovided with rated bottoms 1? and 2*, which tern mate at it certain (list-once from the external side Walls of the compartments (see Fig. 1) in order to avoid any obstruction, Underneath the compartments 1 and 2 1S- loeated the third compartment I) of the first chamber; this" compartment ocmiiies the entire width 'of the a ipin'utuslsee 3), and it is approximately tn'ioe ans-long as the compartments 1 mini 2, as shown by Fig. 2.

At the side of the compartmmts .1 and 2, and like the latter above tho compatrlmentS,

I :1, second chamber 5 has been proinlml, which occupies the ontiifo width of the op miotus;

Patented May 14,

To insure this 1 the chamber 5 is sopiu'utml from ('10 coin-T lpartition (Land it connnumcatvs -\\'l.lll the mom 3 tlIrongl-i-tho bottom 7, ii -hivh'is pr'o vidod nun ils siihxmlgcs oil 11 holcS 8.

A solid pullilion S) limits the oinpnrtmmt' 3 and tlIoclmnibol' 5 mni-rlivicloe {he apparaius nlongil: onlirv height nntl 11 enl e'itlil IxporionI-u' has shown. that for n'oIlnI'ing. {I ll, reguhnflu'ul complete l'rnnsl'og'nnI-lion. it ist-1'0 XOO necessary hwimpixrt motionlo the liquid at every arrival of nIatoIiinls-io.liq trvatml. For

this purpose the elnin boi' 5 is provided with a l,

series of vertical partitions 10, arranged in a zigzag fashion, as indicated by Fig. 3, and in this manner imparting to the liquid the indi. ensable motion.

he liquid, after having successively traverscdthe arrival compartments 1 or 2, as the case may be, the lower compartment 3 and the chamber 5 containing the zig-zag plates, passes through a dip-pipe 11 situated at the top ofthc partition 9, into a clnunbcr divided into two compartments 12, 13, where the dissolution and transformation oi the material is completed.

From the first wompartnient 12 the liquid passes into the second compartment 13 thi oug h the holes 14 forined in the lower part of thelpartition. 14 separating the com-- partment 12 from the compartment 13, along the entire width of the same.

The partition 14 does not reach to the top of the apparatus, but stops slightly below the same, sbi'as to leave the compartments in communication with each other at the top.

In the,,,edtf1partment 13 the anaerobic microbes' contained in the liquid play the part of purifying agents by transiormirm the last particles'fwh'ith have remained susp nded in the liquid, into nrm-putresciblc mineral matter; the said compartment is filled with blocks of lime-stone, upon which the layers ofanaerobic bacteria are forming, and which represent practically an unlimited surface to be touched by the liquid which in contact with the bacterial layers gets rid almost completelyof the molecules or particles of organic matter held in suspension.

From the com artment 13 the liquid passes into a last c iamber 15 separated from the former by a partition 16, which is provided at its upper part with a discharge pipe 17. The chamber 15' oxidation of the liquid and its sterilization it contains several tanks 18 placed one above the other and comlmmicating, with one an other through pipes 19.- Each tank has a partition 20 separating it'into two' which alternately receive the liquid arriving from thechamber 12, 13, in order to allow the liquid to flow very slowly, and to get into contact with the layers or strata contained in the tanks. These layers orst-rata are composed of oxidizing materials, such carbonate of-lime, imagnesic oxidofu iron and silicious'sand which constitute excellent i'nedia for cultivating the aerobic microbes To render the work of the tanks intermittent, an automatic distributing, device with intermittent action, such as a divided rocking bucket 21, the size or cubical capacity of which varies according to the requirements, is laced near the outlet pipe if. lt is divic ed into two compartments which rot-Av:- the liquid alternately, in order to discharge it alternately into the right and lei't'hand tank (see Fi 4) has for it Object parts The liquid, after it has traversed the oxi dining layers, is quite free from organic mat [er and sulfurcted hydrogen. ltllows then into reciqitucle 22 of any suitable shape, which contains several gratings 23 mounted one above the other, and on which has been placed a chemical ag lomerate selected with a view to the compete sterilization of the liquid. This chemical composition or agq'lomerate preferably consists of a'mixturc of permanganate of soda, chlorid of calcium and bisuliid of soda; as'a rule it need only be renewed after having been: in' use for six months.

The rcsuli of the construction or arrangements described above is, that in the first three chambers 1, 2, -"l.--5 and 12, 13, the material to be treated will be li ueiiedand transformed very rapidly; the adr. ition of the oxidizing chamber 15 to the apparatus is highly advantageous as regards the purity of the liquid [lowing from the apparatus; by means of the sparingly soluble chemical compounds placed in the receptacles 2 sterilization of the liquid is obtained.

The relative dimensions and the arrangement of the chambers and the details of con struction described may be modified without departing from the invention.

l la vingrnow described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An apparatus for the recc -ition and transformation of sewage and for the purification of residual liquids, one part or section of the said apparatus being com 'iletoly' closed against atmospheric oxygen anti consisting of two chambers, while another part or section is accessible to the atmospheric air and likewise coni )osed of two chambers which are adapted to receive the partly treated sewage and to pass it throu'gh consecutive layers of oxidizing media, the said section containing also, a sterilizing rec'e taclc adapted to receive the liquid flowing mm the saidchambcis and to subject it to a final purifying or steriL izing )rocess by means-of suitable chemicals.

, 2. n apparatus for the bacterial treatment of sewage, a closed part or section having two chambers, the first of which is divided into three compartments, vizz'two comparatively small upper compartments and a compara- 'tively large lower compin'iment'communicating with the said upper compartments through the perforated bottom ol'thc same; the second chamber being; situated above the said lower compartment of the Iii-st eh amber and communicating withtbc same through openings formed in the bottom of chamber near its side-edges, the said second chamber being lnm'cover provided with a series of zigzag; partitions adapted to impart the required movement to the liquid passing through the same. a

3. In apparatus for the bacterial treatment 2, complete IXO of sewa e,'a pail "er seetienhaccessible to the atmos eric air, the said sectionconsisting of two '0 iambers; the first of whieh contains limestone and isidivided 111m 'two comparement's, while the second contains a series of other andfiom tanks placed one above the taining oxidizing media.

= 4. In apparatusfor the bacterial treatment of sewage, a section-0r art accessiblfib the atmospheric airand iav ing an qxidizing chamber a series qfjmnk s therein plaeed'ene above ano gher-adapmd to receive the-partly t jeatedfaiidf liquefied-'gsewage and to bxidize it; each tank beingeharged with suitable oxidizing media and divided into parallel compartments which receive the'partly treated sewage internfittently and alternately by means 'of an automatic distributing.devipe,

such as I -divided bi-ickee tion, substantiallyas desei'ibed. I

part which is? aeeessibleffhpf :nesses.

with n 16 1 i l 7 i 61 I 13m sectienoij v the i atmes air were sterilizing receptacle ilrdvide with of sewage, thegeoifzfbiliatioh ,igi aliings plaeed one 'abbveyt e ther-and charged with suitable ehemicals," tl1e ,sa1d* ceptaele receiving the artly 'tr'eated liq'm and submitting it tea 'al stefilizing' -or-g rifyiiig proeess substantially as dsm ibe In testimonyi iwhe eof I have ghi eilnto my hand in presence of twq' ubjgc'ribi l ,v cTeiz iBdiiliieegli.-

-Witnesse s: Ema 'Bmexfaa, HANSON

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