Incinerator

Claim 1

AN INCINERATOR DEVICE FOR SUBJECTING MATERIALS TO CONSECUTIVE BURNING AND COOLING CYCLES, COMPRISING A RECEPTACLE FOR THE MATERIALS TO BE BURNED INCLUDING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN THE RECEPTACLE, A BURNER IN THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR BURNING THE MATERIALS DURING THE BURNING CYCLE, MEANS FOR CIRCULATING AIR THROUGH THE RECEPTACLE DURING BOTH CYCLES INCLUDING AN EXHAUST BLOWER, AN EXHAUST OUTLET IN THE REAR PORTION OF THE DEVICE FOR PASSING GASES RECEIVED FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER INTO THE EXHAUST BLOWER, AN EXHAUST CONDUIT BEGINNING AT THE REAR PORTION OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR DIRECTING COBUSTION GASES FROM THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO THE EXHAUST BLOWER, MEANS AT SAID EXHAUST CONDUIT RESTRICTING FLOW THROUGH THE EXHAUST CONDUIT FROM A LOWER PORTION OF THE COMBUSTION CHAMBER TO THE OUTLET TO A LOW FLOW RATE CONSTITUTING A MINOR PROPORTION OF THE TOTAL FLOW THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF SAID RECEPTACLE, AND MEANS DEFINING A BYPASS FLOW PATH AT LEAST PARTIALLY OPENLY EXPOSED TO AND ABOVE SAID LOWER PORTION AND SEPARATE FROM SAID EXHAUST CONDUIT FOR BYPASSING SAID RESTRICTING MEAN FOR ACCOMMODATING A REMAINING PROPORTION OF SAID TOTAL FLOW TO SAID OUTLET.