Individual disposal unit

Claim 1

A WASTE DISPOSAL APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOUSING INCLUDING A TOP WALL HAVING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH, A BOWL STRUCTURE SUPPORTED IN SAID HOUSING AT A POSITION DIRECTLY BELOW THE OPENING IN SAID TOP WALL OF THE HOUSING AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF ROTOR MECHANISMS, WITH EACH OF SAID ROTOR MECHANISMS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF VANE MEMBERS DISPOSED TO PROVIDE BOTTOM AND SIDE WALL FORMING PORTIONS OF SAID BOWL STRUCTURE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTOR MECHANISMS TOGETHER SO AS TO PLACE SAID BOWL STRUCTURE IN COMMUNICATION WITH AN UNDERLYING PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AND TO POSITION SAID VANE MEMBERS IN THEIR BOTTOM AND SIDE WALL FORMING POSITIONS CLOSING OFF SAID BOWL FROM SAID UNDERLYING HOUSING PORTION, A COMBUSTION CHAMBER DISPOSED IN SAID HOUSING IN UNDERLYING RELATION TO SAID ROTOR MECHANISMS AND HAVING INCLINED SIDE AND BOTTOM FORMING WALLS TERMINATING AT THEIR LOWER ENDS IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION AT A POSITION GENERALLY CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO SAID ROTOR MECHANISMS A GAS JET BURNER IN SAID HOUSING INCLUDING A NOZZLE PORTION ADJACENT ONE END OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND DIRECTED TOWARD AND SPACED FROM SAID CENTRALLY LOCATED, LOWER PORTION OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO DIRECT A FLAME AT A POSITION DIRECTLY BENEATH SAID BOWL STRUCTURE AND AT A POSITION BELOW THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID INCLINED WALLS, AN EXHAUST FAN IN SAID HOUSING HAVING COMMUNICATION WITH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGH A DISCHARGE VENT IN THE HOUSING, SAID FAN BEING LOCATED ADJACENT THE END OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER OPPOSITE SAID ONE END, MEANS DEFINING AN AIR INTAKE OPENING IN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING LOCATED SO THAT SAID FAN IS OPERABLE TO DRAW AIR THROUGH SAID AIR INTAKE OPENING, PAST SAID BOWL STRUCTURE AND FINALLY THROUGH A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PATH LOCATED INTERMEDIATE SAID ROTOR MECHANISM AND SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF SAID JET FLAME, TO THEREBY PROVIDE SUFFICIENT OXYGEN TO SUPPORT COMBUSTION AND TO EXHAUST THE GASES TO THE ATMOSPHERE WHILE RETAINING A RELATIVELY COOL CONDITION FOR SAID BOWL STRUCTURE.