Rotary refuse converter

Claim 1

IN A REFUSE CONVERTER, THE COMBINATION OF A HOUSING, A ROTARY CONVERTER EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID HOUSING, BURNER MEANS IN SAID HOUSING FOR HEATING SAID CONVERTER, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID CONVERTER, A FIXED REFUSED INLET TUBE STRUCTURE AT ONE END OF SAID CONVERTER, A FIXED DISCHARGE RECEPTACLE AND A CHARRED REFUSE OUTLET TUBE AT THE OTHER END OF SAID CONVERTER, SEALING MEANS BETEEN SAID ROTARY CONVERTER AND SAID DISCHARGE RECEPTACLE AND SEALING MEANS BETWEEN SAID ROTARY CONVERTER AND SAID INLET TUBE STRUCTURE TO PRECLUDE ESCAPE OF GASES FROM SAID CONVERTER, AN OUTLET PIPE FOR RECOVRED COMBUSTIBLE GASES FROM SAID CONVERTER EXTENDING FROM SAID DISCHARGE RECEPTACLE TO SAID BURNER MEANS, SEALING MEANS FOR SAID REFUSE INLET TUBE, SEALING MEANS FOR SAID CHARRED REFUSE OUTLET TUBE A VALVE MEANS IN SAID OUTLET PIPE FOR SELECTIVELY DIRECTING A PORTION OF SAID RECOVERED COMBUSTIBLE GASES TO SAID BURNER MEANS, SAID REFUSE INLET TUBE STRUCTURE INCLUDING A HORIZONTAL TUBE EXTENDING INTO SAID CONVERTER AND A VERTICAL TUBE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HORIZTONAL TUBE, A PISTON RECIPROCABLE IN SAID HORIZONTAL TUBE TO FORCE REFUSE FALLING FROM SAID VERTICAL TUBE INTO SAID CONVERTER, SAID SEALING MEANS FOR SAID REFUSE INLET TUBE STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PAIR OF HORIZONTALLY SLIDABLE PLATES IN SAID VERTICAL TUBE, MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY SLIDING ONE OF SAID PLATES TO TUBE OPENING POSITION WHEN THE OTHER OF SAID PLATES IS IN TUBE CLOSING POSITION, SAID VERTICAL TUBE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR IN CROSS-SECTION AND SAID PLATES CONFORMING TO THE INTERIOR CONFIGURATION THEREOF, GUIDE CHANNELS FOR SAID PLATES EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY ACROSS SAID VERTICAL TUBE, AND A SEALING GASKET IN SAID VERTICAL TUBE FOR ENGAGEMENT BY THE END OF EACH PLATE.