Incinerators for pollution free burning of solid waste materials at low cost and with reduced possibility of accidental fire setting, often, transportable, portable, and/or semi permanently located

Claim 2

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure having an open top during burning and adjustable structures movable to increase the volume, as necessary, when burning is to occur to more conveniently load the debris, and, thereafter to decrease the volume for more convenient handling of the incinerator; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure.

Claim 3

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a high placement air ejection assembly to selectively add air, and to recirculate air, smoke, and particles, rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having at least two air ejection branches, one air ejection branch on one incinerator side to selectively add ejected air directed slightly downwardly to create a nearly level layer of compressed air flow across the interior of the incinerator near its top, and another air ejection branch on the other incinerator side to selectively add ejected air directed downwardly at a steeper angle to combine the air flows of the two branches and thereby create a turbulent air flow involving circulating air flows occurring above the low placement burner assembly while remaining essentially below the nearly level layer of compressed air being ejected slightly downwardly, the overall air ejection assembly thereby supplying oxygen efficiently and effectively for the substantially complete combustion of all the burning debris.

Claim 4

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a high placement air ejection assembly to selectively add air, and to recirculate air, smoke, and particles, rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having at least two air ejection branches, one air ejection branch on one incinerator side to selectively add ejected air directed slightly downwardly to create a nearly level layer of compressed air flow across the interior of the incinerator near its top, and another air ejection branch on the other incinerator side to selectively add ejected air directed downwardly at a steeper angle to combine the air flows of the two branches and thereby create a turbulent air flow involving circulating air flows occurring above the low placement burner assembly while remaining essentially below the nearly level layer of compressed air being ejected slightly downwardly, the overall air ejection assembly thereby supplying oxygen efficiently and effectively for the substantially complete combustion of all the burning debris.

Claim 5

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. An enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a high placement air ejection assembly to selectively add air, and to recirculate air, smoke, and particles, rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having rotatable air injection branches on respective sides of the incinerator selectively adjusted to direct the departing air flows at different angles, whereby the air flows may be effectively combined to create controllable turbulent flows above the low placement burner assembly to efficiently and effectively supply oxygen for the substantially complete combustion of all the burnable debris.

Claim 6

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. An enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a high placement air ejection assembly to selectively add air, and to recirculate air, smoke, and particles, rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having rotatable air injection branches on respective sides of the incinerator selectively adjusted to direct the departing air flows at different angles, whereby the air flows may be effectively combined to create controllable turbulent flows above the low placement burner assembly to efficiently and effectively supply oxygen for the substantially complete combustion of all the burnable debris.

Claim 7

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a top placement water ejection assembly to selectively direct water sprays to wash and scrub air, smoke, and particles rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having at least two water ejection branches, one on each top side of the incinerator to fully spray water over the entire top exit area of the incinerator.

Claim 8

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a top placement water ejection assembly to selectively direct water sprays to wash and scrub air, smoke, and particles rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having at least two water ejection branches, one on each top side of the incinerator to fully spray water over the entire top exit area of the incinerator.

Claim 9

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a top placement water ejection assembly to selectively direct water sprays to wash and scrub air, smoke, and particles rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having rotatable water ejection branches on respective sides of the incinerator selectively adjusted to direct the departing water flows to effectively cover the entire top exit area of the incinerator.

Claim 10

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure; and c. a top placement water ejection assembly to selectively direct water sprays to wash and scrub air, smoke, and particles rising above the burning debris placed over and around the low placement burner assembly, having rotatable water ejection branches on respective sides of the incinerator selectively adjusted to direct the departing water flows to effectively cover the entire top exit area of the incinerator.

Claim 11

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having two branches arranged back to back along the bottom of the incinerator and protectively covered to avoid damage upon loading debris.

Claim 12

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having two branches arranged back to back along the bottom of the incinerator and protectively covered to avoid damage upon loading debris.

Claim 13

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having two branches, each branch being respectively located near a corner of the enclosure being determined by the connection of the side wall to the bottom of the incinerator.

Claim 14

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having two branches, each branch being respectively located near a corner of the enclosure being determined by the connection of the side wall to the bottom of the incinerator.

Claim 15

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various Capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having multiple branches including a central branch and other branches respectively located near the edges of the bottom of the incinerator.

Claim 16

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various Capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having multiple branches including a central branch and other branches respectively located near the edges of the bottom of the incinerator.

Claim 17

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having coextensive and adjacently positioned fuel supply conduit and compressed air conduit, each conduit having orifices arranged to respectively eject fuel and air for immediate mixing.

Claim 18

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure, having coextensive and adjacently positioned fuel supply conduit and compressed air conduit, each conduit having orifices arranged to respectively eject fuel and air for immediate mixing.

Claim 19

An incinerator, as claimed in claim 9, wherein the low placement burner assembly has coextensive and adjacently positioned ignition means to ignite the fuel supply.

Claim 20

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris, and having tiltable sides moved to increase the incinerator volume for countryside travel and to decrease the incinerator volume for highway travel; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure.

Claim 21

An incinerator for reducing pollution and ancillary fire risks when burning solid waste debris, and having a design readily adaptable to various capacity, portability, transportability and locality requirements, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, serving as the incinerator to receive debris, and having tiltable sides moved to increase the incinerator volume for countryside travel and to decrease the incinerator volume for highway travel; and b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris placed in the incinerator enclosure.

Claim 22

An incinerator for substantially pollution free burning of burnable solid waste debris, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris in the incinerator; c. a high placement air ejection assembly to selectively supply air and to cause recirculation of air, smoke and particles rising above the burning debris located on and about the low placement burner assembly having air ejection branches located on upright sides of the enclosure and arranged so the ejected air from one side forms a near level layer of moving air extending almost across the top of the incinerator until it is moved downwardly by more ejected air coming from an opposite side and directed substantially downwardly, and thereafter the resultant air flow recirculates in the incinerator volume located over the low placement burner assembly and below the near level layer of moving air, whereby sufficient quantities of oxygen are efficiently and effectively supplied for consumption in burning substantially all the burnable debris; and d. a top placement water ejection assembly to direct water sprays which wash and scrub air, smoke, and particles rising up through the supply air and recirculation air, having water ejection branches located on upright sides of the enclosure and arranged so the ejected water from both sides forms a water spray over the entire exit area of the incinerator without disturbing the air flows below.

Claim 23

An incinerator for substantially pollution free burning of burnable solid waste debris, comprising: a. an enclosure, having an open top during burning, to receive debris; b. a low placement burner assembly to selectively supply fuel and air under pressure from beneath debris in the incinerator; c. a high placement air ejection assembly to selectively supply air and to cause recirculation of air, smoke and particles rising above the burning debris located on and about the low placement burner assembly having air ejection branches located on upright sides of the enclosure and arranged so the ejected air from one side forms a near level layer of moving air extending almost across the top of the incinerator until it is moved downwardly by more ejected air coming from an opposite side and directed substantially downwardly, and thereafter the resultant air flow recirculates in the incinerator volume located over the low placement burner assembly and below the near level layer of moving air, whereby sufficient quantities of oxygen are efficiently and effectively supplied for consumption in burning substantially all the burnable debris; and d. a top placement water ejection assembly to direct water sprays which wash and scrub air, smoke, and particles rising up through the supply air and recirculation air, having water ejection branches located on upright sides of the enclosure and arranged so the ejected water from both sides forms a water spray over the entire exit area of the incinerator without disturbing the air flows below.

Claim 24

An incinerator, as claimed in claim 12, comprising in addition, a vacuum assembly having vacuum branches located on upright sides of the enclosure between the respective branches of the high placement air ejection assembly and the top placement water ejection assembly, whereby selectively smoke, and particles, may be collected as they depart from the volume served by the air ejection assembly and before they reach the volume served by the high placement water ejection assembly.

Claim 25

An incinerator, as claimeD in claim 12 wherein the incinerator enclosure has walls cast to provide air passageways which supply air and eject air in several branches.

Claim 28

A method of burning debris, as claimed in claim 15, wherein the vacuuming of air is undertaken below the water curtain.