Household rubbish reduction system

Claim 1

Raw rubbish incineration and compaction means comprising, in combination, the serial combination of a primary incinerator, a mixing chamber means, and afterburner means and a compacting chamber for incinerated raw rubbish: a. primary rubbish charge receiving receptacle means, a charge door at the top thereof, first burner means for incineration of rubbish retained within said receiving receptacle, and first control means for said first burner means, a base grate means for said charge receiving receptacle means pivotally mounted along a first pivot axis; b. mixing chamber means in communication with said primary rubbish charge receiving means, said mixing chamber means being arranged to receive gases discharged from said primary rubbish charge receiving means and to add ambient air and further incinerate said discharge gases therewithin; c. afterburner means in communication with said mixing chamber means and having second burner means and second control means; d. compacting chamber means disposed generally below said primary rubbish charge receiving means and said base grate means and having a movable bottom wall, three stationary side walls, and a movable side wall, said movable side wall being pivotally mounted along the base thereof, adjacent said movable bottom wall, means for pivotally rotating said side wall about said base pivot and toward said bottom wall to compact a charge of incinerated primary rubbish and means for moving said bottom wall from a normal closed disposition to an open disposition; e. control means for said afterburner means responsive to the temperature of said afterburner means for preventing start-up of said primary burner means until a certain predetermined temperature is reached in said afterburner means; f. an interlock means including: 1. means responsive to the disposition of said furnace dump door for preventing opening of said charging door unless said grate is in closed disposition and for preventing rotation of said compacting side wall until said grate is in open disposition; 2. means responsive to the disposition of said residual dump door for preventing opening of said grate until said residual dump door is in closed disposition; 3. means responsive to the extent of pivotal rotation of said compactor side wall for re-cycling said compactor side wall for at least one additional compacting cycle unless a predetermined degree of pivotal rotation has occurred.