Electric incinerator with electrostatic filter

Claim 2

An electric incinerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing having a vent to allow for expulsion of air from said incinerator; a combustion chamber within said housing, for receiving refuse material to be burned within said incinerator; heating means within said combustion chamber for igniting the refuse; electrostatic filter means having at least a first set of elements and a second set of elements for filtering relatively small particles of debris in gaseous products from refuse burned in said incinerator; power supply means for applying current to said heating means and applying relatively high voltage to said electrostatic filter; and means for removably securing at least one of said first and second sets of elements of said electrostatic filter means in said housing, whereby said first and second sets of elements may be easily and quickly removed from said housing for periodic cleaning of debris build-up.

Claim 3

An electric incinerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing having a vent to allow for expulsion of air from said incinerator; a combustion chamber within said housing, for receiving refuse material to be burned within said incinerator; heating means within said combustion chamber for igniting the refuse, said heating means being slidably removable from said housing from a closed to an open position for depositing refuse therein for burning; electrostatic filter means having at least a first set of elements and a second set of elements for filtering relatively small particles of debris in gaseous products from refuse burned in said incinerator; and power supply means for applying current to said heating means and applying relatively high voltage to said electrostatic filter.

Claim 4

An electric incinerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing having a vent to allow for expulsion of air from said incinerator; a combustion chamber within said housing, for receiving refuse material to be burned within said incinerator; heating means within said combustion chamber for igniting the refuse, said heating means being slidably removable from said housing from a closed to an open position for depositing refuse therein for burning; electrostatic filter means having at least a first set of elements and a second set of elements for filtering relatively small particles of debris in gaseous products from refuse burned in said incinerator; and power supply means for applying current to said heating means and applying relatively high voltage to said electrostatic filter.

Claim 5

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 2, wherein said heating means, in its closed position, is electrically connected to said power supply means, and electrically disconnected from said power supply means in its open position.

Claim 6

An electric incinerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing having a vent to allow for expulsion of air from said incinerator; a combustion chamber within said housing, for receiving refuse material to be burned within said incinerator; heating means within said combustion chamber for igniting the refuse; electrostatic filter means having at least a first set of elements and a second set of elements for filtering relatively small particles of debris in gaseous products from refuse burned in said incinerator; and power supply means for applying current to said heating means and applying relatively high voltage to said electrostatic filter, said power supply means including a relatively high voltage transformer and a rectifier and voltage doubler circuit for applying a positive and a negative voltage to said first and second sets of elements of said electrostatic filter means, respectively.

Claim 7

An electric incinerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing having a vent to allow for expulsion of air from said incinerator; a combustion chamber within said housing, for receiving refuse material to be burned within said incinerator; heating means within said combustion chamber for igniting the refuse; electrostatic filter means having at least a first set of elements and a second set of elements for filtering relatively small particles of debris in gaseous products from refuse burned in said incinerator; and power supply means for applying current to said heating means and applying relatively high voltage to said electrostatic filter, said power supply means including a relatively high voltage transformer and a rectifier and voltage doubler circuit for applying a positive and a negative voltage to said first and second sets of elements of said electrostatic filter means, respectively.

Claim 8

An electric incinerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing having a vent to allow for expulsion of air from said incinerator; electrostatic filter means having at least a first set of elements and a second set of elements for filtering relatively small particles of debris in gaseous products from refuse burned in said incinerator, said first set of elements including a plurality of electrically conductive, positively charged tubes and said second set of elements including a plurality of electrically conductive, negatively charged pins, said tubes and said pins being arranged in separate gridlike patterns, whereby each tube is suspended over and coaxially aligned to its respective pin, and said pins place a negative charge on the particles of debris, and said tubes, being positively charged, attract and collect the negatively charged particles, thereby substantially filtering the gaseous products of combustion; a combustion chamber within said housing, for receiving refuse material to be burned within said incinerator; heating means within said combustion chamber for igniting the refuse; power supply means for applying current to said heating means and applying a relatively high voltage to said electrostatic filter means, thereby applying a positive voltage to said first set of elements and a negative voltage to said second set of elements, said power supply means including a relatively high voltage transformer and a rectifier and voltage doubler circuit for applying a positive and a negative voltage to said tubes and said pins of said electrostatic filter means, respectively; and at least one deflector plate mounted in said combustion chamber and defining in part a path for the gaseous products of combustion between said combustion chamber and said vent, whereby the path is effectively lengthened without increasing the outer dimensions of said incinerator to allow for cooling of the gaseous products.

Claim 9

An electric incinerator comprising: a thermally insulated housing having a vent to allow for expulsion of air from said incinerator; electrostatic filter means having at least a first set of elements and a second set of elements for filtering relatively small particles of debris in gaseous products from refuse burned in said incinerator, said first set of elements including a plurality of electrically conductive, positively charged tubes and said second set of elements including a plurality of electrically conductive, negatively charged pins, said tubes and said pins being arranged in separate gridlike patterns, whereby each tube is suspended over and coaxially aligned to its respective pin, and said pins place a negative charge on the particles of debris, and said tubes, being positively charged, attract and collect the negatively charged particles, thereby substantially filtering the gaseous products of combustion; a combustion chamber within said housing, for receiving refuse material to be burned within said incinerator; heating means within said combustion chamber for igniting the refuse; power supply means for applying current to said heating means and applying a relatively high voltage to said electrostatic filter means, thereby applying a positive voltage to said first set of elements and a negative voltage to said second set of elements, said power supply means including a relatively high voltage transformer and a rectifier and voltage doubler circuit for applying a positive and a negative voltage to said tubes and said pins of said electrostatic filter means, respectively; and at least one deflector plate mounted in said combustion chamber and defining in part a path for the gaseous products of combustion between said combustion chamber and said vent, whereby the path is effectively lengthened without increasing the outer dimensions of said incinerator to allow for cooling of the gaseous products.

Claim 10

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 5, wherein said first set of elements of said electrostatic filter means includes, in addition to said plurality of tubes, an electrically conductive plate, said tubes being mounted to said plate.

Claim 11

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 6, wherein said second set of elements of said electrostatic filter means includes, in addition to said pins, a non-conductive perforated board, said pins being electrically connected to each other and mounted to said board.

Claim 12

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 7, further including means for removably securing at least one of said first and second sets of elements of said electrostatic filter means to said housing, whereby said first and second sets of elements may be easily and quickly removed from said housing for periodic cleaning of debris build-up.

Claim 13

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 8, including adjustable timing means connected to said power supply means to apply power to said heating means and said electrostatic filter means for a preselected time.

Claim 14

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 9, wherein said heating means is slidably removable from said housing from a closed to an open position for depositing refuse therein for burning.

Claim 15

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 10, wherein said heating means, in its closed position, is electrically connected to said power supply means, and electrically disconnected from said power supply means in its open position.

Claim 16

An electric incinerator as defined in claim 11, further including deodorizer means mounted adjacent said vent to freshen air expelled from said housing.