United States Patent «1 BEST AVATLNEY a) 3,881,431 DiSabatino fONATUNSTE COPY 14s) May 6, 1975 [54] INCINERATOR Primary Examiner—Kenneth W. Sprague Tre psernise ceca pestieaentest waa ‘Attomey, Agent, or Firm-—ames J. Cannon, J James Ave., Bloomfield, N.J. 07003, J. Cannon (22) Filed: June 19, 1974 ea ABSTRACT (21) Appl. No. 480,904 ‘An incinerator including a primary combustion cham- ber and an afterburner or secondary combustion chamber in the base of the stack and at least one con- ees 11078 C5 110/8 A; 110/75 R; necting passageway between the chambers. The pri- ta iio R EA CCR, ‘eof anton ts nea ean apt MO/18 C, 72 R, 75 R119 rubbish; and operates with a imum turbulence. 6 eer Cid Brigg teins UNITED STATES PATENTS of the smokey off-gas and ash from the primary com- 3,552,332 1/1971 Mattenly..... 10/8 bustion chamber. Hot flue gases pass into a stack 3,664,277 5/1972 Chatterjee. 11078 tant emissions comprise water vapor and a minimal a wt L... a ”~ ae 60. 38 323,881,431 PATENTEDMAY 61975 SHEET 1 0F 3PATENTEDHAY 61975 3,881,431 SHEET 2 0F 33,881,431 SHEET 3 OF 3 000 0 og ceo PATENTEDMAY 61875 44 FIG. 43,881,431 1 INCINERATOR BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention This invention pertains to an improved and simplified incinerator for the burning of rubbish and garbage which incinerates waste almost completely, reducing it, to water vapor, an acceptable level of carbon dioxide, and a minimal amount of ash. The incinerator of the resent invention burns waste in two stages utilizing a primary combustion chamber and an afterburner ot secondary combustion chamber. Forty percent of the burning process is accomplished in the primary com- bustion chamber in which a preset negative air pressure is maintained. This causes a smokey, smoldering, non- turbulent fire with ash and gases rising into the secon- dary combustion chamber in which the resultant gases, and fire ash are reburned by an afterburner at a consid- erably higher temperature. The resultant emissions are significantly below federal and state polution stan- dards, 2. Description of the Prior Art The prior art discloses numerous incinerator devices and afterburners for incinerators. The Hoskinson U.S. Pat, Nos. 3,215,101, 3,248,178 and 3,355,254, all dis- close incinerators with afterburners for the reburning of smoke comprising gases and ashes. The afterburner disclosed in these patents is of very complex construe- tion. U.S. Pat. No. 3,610,179 discloses a somewhat sim- pler incinerator with afterburner, but requires com- pression of gases before reburning. U.S. Pat. No. 3,631,823 discloses a tiltable platform for inducing air ‘currents in the primary combustion chamber. U.S. Pat. No. 3,651,771 discloses an incinerator with afterburner which operates on a substantially different principle from the incinerator of the present invention as dis- closed hereinafter. U.S. Pat. No, 3,567,399 discloses an afterburner far more complex than the afterburner of. the present invention, ‘The present invention is similar to the prior art in ba- sics such as having a firebox as a primary combustion chamber, having a transitional passage to a secondary ‘combustion chamber or afterburner for the cumbustion of gases and ashes. However, the incinerator of the present invention differs significantly from the prior art in its principles of operation. The incinerator of the present invention does not have an ignition mechanism in its primary combustion chamber, in contrast to the prior art. Furthermore, the incinerator of the present invention works on a starved oxygen principle. A con- trol system is utilized to maintain a preset negative air pressure within the primary combustion chamber, said pressure being measured at the base of the afterburner stack. Air, and consequently oxygen, can be withdrawn from this chamber until the preset negative air pressure is reached. If the pressure should fall below the desired level, the control system reverses the airflow and feeds air into the primary combustion chamber through per- forated fire brick at its base until the desired preset negative air pressure is reached. This results in a smol- dering, smokey and non-turbulent fire in the primary combustion chamber with hot gases and ash rising, slowly into the afterburner or the secondary combus- tion chamber. The afterburner of the incinerator of the present invention is also different from the prior art in its simplicity. The air control system which maintains a preset negative air pressure in the primary combus- 20 25 30 35 40 50 35 60 6s 2 tion chamber as measured at the base of the after- burner stack also serves to supply some air into the sec. ‘ondary combustion chamber or afterburner along with the normal upward flow of gases and ash. An system at the base of the afterburner jets a flame into the afterburner while air is fed into the afterburner to insure high temperature combustion of the smokey gas and ash, Since the emissions from the primary chamber rise slowly into a very hot afterburner, all the residue and emissions from the primary chamber are changed to water vapor or carbon dioxide to pass through the stack, ot ash to fall to a tray at the base of the primary chamber. ‘The use of a starved oxygen system causes only a very limited smokey fire in the primary combustion cham- ber with a minimum of turbulence and carry out of ash with the smoke. This, in turn, minimizes the amount of reburning to be done in the afterburner and makes pos- sible a simplified afterburner design. Hence, the incinerator of the present invention is dis- tinguished from the prior art on the following points: I. Use of stained oxygen principle: 2. Simplified afterburner; 3. Lack of ignition source in primary combustion chamber; 4. Negative air pressure control system for primary chamber; 5. Minimal turbulence in primary combustion cham- bers 6. Simplified loading of charging system, In many incinerators disclosed in the prior art, there appear various mechanical loading or charging systems which are expensive to manufacture and are prone to ‘malfunction in use. The incinerator of the present in- vention is basically designed for small loads, up to 20 tons per day, of rubbish and garbage. Hence, it is de- signed for the small business and not as a municipal in- cinerator. In this context, it does not require a mechan- ical loading system. Its simplified charging system can be fully loaded manually in 20 seconds and reloaded every 2 minutes if necessary. Thus the loading and charging system is far simpler, faster and less expensive than those disclosed in the prior art. All these factors combine to provide a simple, efficient and inexpensive incinerator. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION ‘This invention pertains to an improved and simpli- fied, medium-sized incinerator capable of burning up to 20 tons per day of rubbish, garbage and other waste materials, reducing the waste materials to a minimal quantity of sterile ash, water vapor and a minimal ac- ceptable level of carbon dioxide. This incinerator com- prises a loading or charging chamber, a primary com- bustion chamber having no source of ignition, an air pressure and control system which maintains a preset negative air pressure in the primary combustion cham- ber, measured at the base of the afterburner, an after- bumer or secondary combustion chamber above the primary combustion chamber into which smoke and ash rise, an ignition source, such as natural gas, to fire the afterburner for secondary burning of gases and ashes, a stack rising from the afterburner, a source of air to be blown into the stack at multiple locations pro- viding oxygen for complete combustion in the after- bumer and a cooling effect on the water vapor and ear-3,881,431 3 bon dioxide rising out of the stack, and a spark arrester on top of the stack for safety reasons In operation, refuse is loaded manually into a loading chamber by raising a cover door and a paddle pusher and inserting the rubbish into the charging chamber. The cover door and paddle pusher are then closed. A fire door between the charging chamber and the pri- ‘mary combustion chamber is then raised hydraulically into an elevated position provided the charger cover door is closed. As this occurs. the paddle pusher comes down to force the refuse material into the primary com- bustion chamber. The fire door is then lowered as soon as this new charge of refuse has been pushed into the primary combustion chamber. If there is no fire in the primary combustion chamber, an ignited torch is inserted through a side door to start combustion, The incinerator of the present invention operates on a starved oxygen combustion in the primary combus- tion chamber. Air pressure in this chamber is continu- ously monitored at the base of the afterburner stack through a pressure guage in the form of a photo-helix switch, connected to an automatic control system. As the limited supply of oxygen in the primary combustion chamber is consumed, additional air for combustion is, driven by a fan through a distribution box with an auto- matic damper which regulates the flow of primary com- bustion air. This air is delivered into the primary com- bustion chamber through perforated fire bricks which serve as a fixed grating in the base of the primary com- bustion chamber. The automatic controls regulate the flow of air into the primary combustion chamber to maintain a preset negative air pressure in the primary combustion cham- ber, said pressure being measured at the base of the af- terburner stack, thus causing a smoldering, smokey fire in the chamber with a minimum of turbulence and car- ry-out of ash with the smoke. The smoke and ash rise into an afterburner where a preset flow of fuel gas (nat- ural gas or propane) is jetted into the base of the after burner to insure complete mixing and combustion. Sec- ondary combustion air is supplied through a series of mixing jets in the stack above the afterburner to cause a high temperature combustion of the smokey off-gas. ‘These hot flue gases then pass into the stack where a natural influx of dilution air tends to cool them. ‘The fan also creates a suction in the loading or charg- ing hopper to remove any smoke which might escape from the primary combustion chamber when its door is raised in the open position. This smoke is ducted to the suction side of the fan and from there into the after: burner. In summary, the air control system distributes a lim- ited amount of air to the primary combustion chamber to replace oxygen consumed in the burning process. This air, which in continuous use amounts to about thirty percent of the total air used in the incinerator, is distributed from the fan through ducts to the perfo- rated fire brick at the base of the primary combustion chamber and is automatically throttled to maintain the desired preset negative air pressure. Secondary air is distributed by the same fan into the afterburner and stack through a series of 20 tangential nozzles with four nozzles 90° apart in each of five banks. Fly ash is controlled by the perforated brick which serve as a fixed grate and the limited amount of primary combustion air, which is regulated to achieve a smol- 20 2s 30 3 40 45 35 60 6s 4 dering type of fire with a minimum of break-up of the ash matrix and resulting fly ash. The automatic controls regulate the amount of primary air while maintaining a fixed draft in the primary combustion chamber. The air pressure setting can be adjusted to accomodate the type of refuse that is being incinerated. The controlled combustion in the primary combustion chamber pro- duces heavy smoke rich in unburned hydrocarbons. and carbon monoxide. For control of the hydrocarbons, smoke and carbon monoxide, the incinerator of the present invention uti lizes a high temperature, turbulent afterburner at the base of its stack. Additional fuel is mixed into the off- ‘gas rising into the afterburner stack through four tan- ‘gential nozzles and secondary air is also jetted into the afterburner so that flame is evident throughout the en- tire afterburner section of the stack. The quantity of fuel gas can be adjusted for the type of refuse being in- cinerated. The afterburner temperature for typical re~ fuse is about 2,400°F The combination of a starved oxygen system in the primary chamber producing a smoldering, smokey, non-turbulent combustion and causing hot gases and ash to rise slowly into the afterburner, and a very hot, tangentially fired afterbumer for reburning the rising ash and gases, results in virtually complete combustion, of the garbage and rubbish, yielding water vapor and a minimal amount of carbon dioxide to be emitted from the smoke stack, and a minimal amount of ash depos- ited through the brick grating to an ash pan. The incin- erator disclosed herein can meet all present and antici- pated environmental standards for emission of pollut- ants, It is the principle object of the present invention to provide a new and improved incinerator which effects a more efficient burning of waste products and conse- quently emits virtually no pollutants into the atmo- spheric environment. Tt is a further object of the present invention to pro- vide an improved incinerator which is simple in struc- ture, operation and maintenance, and consequently very inexpensive to manufacture and operate. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the incinerator of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a side view of the incinerator of FIG. 1. FIG, 3 is a cut away view of the incinerator of this in- vention taken along the lines 3—3 of FIG. 2. FIG. 4 is a functional schematic diagram of the incin- erator of FIG. 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 to 3 inclusive, wherein like reference numerals, denote corresponding parts, incinerator 10 includes a support housing 12 which serves as a cradle-like base ‘on which other major conponents of incinerator 10 are mounted. Incinerator 10 has a primary combustion chamber 14 and an afterburner or secondary combus- tion chamber 16. A stack 20, comprising five segments, lower stack member oF afterburner 16, aspirator ring 21, frustroconical segment 22, upper stack member 23 ‘and spark arrestor 24, is mounted on top of primary ‘combustion chamber 14. Afterburner 16 is mounted at the base of stack 20 in communication at its lower end,3,881,431 5 with said primary combustion chamber 14 and at its upper end with an aspirator ring 21, which in turn is in communication with frustroconical segment 22 and through it with upper stack segment 23 of said stack 20, No burners or other source of ignition are included in the primary combustion chamber 14. A series of tan- gentially oriented burners 18 is provided at the base of the afterburner or secondary combustion chamber 16 as illustrated in FIG. 4. A spark arrester 24 is mounted. ‘on top of the upper stack member 23. An air control system 2, an electrical control system 26, and a charg- ing and loading system 27 complete the basic compo- nents of incinerator 10. Each of the components of in- cinerator 10 will be described hereinafter in detail, The efficieriéy of incinerator 10 results primarily from the operation of the primary combustion chamber. 14 and the air control system 25. The primary combus- tion chamber 14 in the preferred embodiment is con- tained within a horizontally oriented cylindrical casing 28 mounted on support housing 12, generally elon- gated along its major axis and generally circular in cross-section along its minor axis. While this configura- tion of cylindrical casing 28 is preferred from the view- point of efficient operation, it is to be understood that casing 28 may be of any other shape which would fune- tion satisfactorily. Each end of cylindrical casing 28 is covered by a vertically oriented circular cover 30, which, on at least one end, is hinged by hinges 32 to en- able cover 30 to be opened for inspection, maintenance and the insertion of large articles into the primary com- bustion chamber 14, Screw bolts 34 are provided to se- cure cover 30 in a closed position. Cover 30 also has a small hinged door 36 in its center which is opened for ‘manual ignition of réfuse material in the primary com- bustion chamber 14 and for visual inspection of the chamber 14, Both end covers 30 must be in an airtight relationship with casing 28. Casing 28 and covers 30 may be fabricated of any suitable material which wil ‘withstand the high temperatures generated within the primary combustion chamber 14 as hereinafter de- scribed. With reference to FIG. 4, primary combustion cham- ber 14 is formed by lining cylindrical casing 28 with fire and heat resistant materials. Stecl grates 38 are angu- larly positioned along the base of primary combustion chamber 14 and a layer of perforated fire brick 40 is laid circumferentially over said grates 38 thus covering the interior of cylindrical casing 28 to form an arcuate pattern on approximately one-third of the interior wall of said cylindrical casing 28. The remaining surface area of the interior wall of said cylindrical casing 28 is lined with refractory materials 42 over insulation 43. Insulation 43 serves to retain heat in primary combus- tion chamber 14 and keep cylindrical casing 28 cool. Perforated fire brick 40 over grates 38 serve as a fixed grate in the primary combustion chamber and allow ash. residue to fall through to a collection tray 46 in base housing 12. A plurality number of apertures 44 in cylin- drical casing 28 enable the residue to fall through to said collection tray 46. Tray 46 may be slideably re- moved from base 12 for emtying and cleaning. Air ducts 47 at the base of cylindrical casing are connected to the air control system 24 as hereinafter described. The perforations in perforated fire brick 40 and grate 38 also serve as conduits for the flow of air into and out Of the primary combustion chamber 14 under the con- trol of air control system 24 hereinafter described. 10 20 25 30 35 4s 55 60 6 Referring again to FIG. 1, base housing 12 also in- cludes a base platform 48 which extends horizontally ‘outward to support a stepped loading platform 50. Ex- tending laterally outward from cylindrical casing 28 and over loading platform 50 isthe charger housing 52 for charger hopper 54, the principal clement of chang- ing and loading system 27. Charger housing $2 includes two arcuate shaped sides 56, a base member 58 al fit ted to an arcuate portion of cylindrical easing 28. Char- ger hopper 54 has a hinged cover 60 which can be raised to permit the insertion of rubbish into hopper 54. Cover 60 when lowered and secured makes an airtight fit over sides 56 and base 58 of housing 52. A paddle pusher 62s also hinged within cover 60 for pushing re- fuse into the primary combustion chamber 14. That portion 64 of cylindrical casing 28 framed within char- ser housing 52 is cut angularly and connected to a hy- Graulie lifter (not shown) so that it serves as an opening door to the primary combustion chamber 14 from char- {ger hopper $4. After a charge of rubbish is loaded into charger hopper 34, hopper cover 60 is closed with pad- dle pusher 62 in a raised position adjacent to cover 60. ‘The operator then pushes button on the electrical control system 26 (hereinafter described) to activate the hydraulic mechanism to raise combustion chamber charging door 64 and then activate a downward swing of paddle pusher 62 through hopper $4 to push @ charge of rubbish into the primary combustion cham- ber 14, Paddle pusher 62 returns to its normal upward position, charging door 68 closes and the incinerator 10 is ready for another charge of refuse. During the time charging door 64 is open some smoke may escape into charging hopper 84 if combustion is taking place This smoke is exhausted from the hopper by air control system 25 through duct 66. In the preferred embodiment of incinerator 10, the primary combustion chamber 14 is 68 inches long and 58 inches in diameter. The fixed area of grates 38 and perforated fire brick 40 i 68 inches long and 53 inches long the bottom perimeter wall of cylindrical casing 28, A maximum of 2,375 cubic feet of air can enter p mary combustion chamber 14. Mounted on the top center of cylindrical easing 28 is afterbumer and stack assemble 20, Stack 20 comprises five principal pipe sections as described above; one of which is the afterburner or secondary combustion chamber 16 and the others include the exhaust portion 23 and aspirator ring 21. Afterburner 16 comprises cylindrical pipe casing 74 fabricated from fire and heat resistant materials and lined with refractory materials ‘on its interior such that, inthe preferred embodiment, it is 54 inches high, has an interior diameter at its base ‘of 10 inches and a its peak has an interior diameter of 14 inches. Afterburner 16 is tightly secured to cylindr- cal casing 28 and positioned over an aperture in casing 28 auch that gases and ash in said primary combustion chamber 14 will rise into afterburner 16. Around the base of the perimeter of afterburner 16 there are lo- ated four tangential gas jets 76 which supply fuel to the afterburner 16 as illustrated in FIG. 4, Ignition for this gas is supplied by the electrical control system 26 hereinafter described. Additional oxygen for combus- tion in the afterburner 16 is supplied through twenty tangential air jets 78 which are arranged circumferen- tially about and above the perimeter of said afterburner or first stack segment 16 in five groups of four jets each 90° apart and each group 6 inches above the next3,881,431 7 group. Additional oxygen is supplied through apertures 75 in aspirator ring 21. Air is furnished to said jets 78 from the air control system 25 hereinafter described. As smoke, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide rise into afterburner 16, they combine with ignited fuel and air to achieve a high temperatue and turbulent combus- tion. Flame is visible through the entire afterburner stack section 16, For the average charge of refuse, the temperature in afterburner 16 is approximately 2,400°F. The resultant gases tise through aspirator ring 21 at the base of stack segment 22 permitting the influx of atmospheric air from air control system 25 to cool the rising gases. Stack segment 23 is mounted over stack segment 22 and, in the preferred embodiment, is 16 inches in diameter and extends to 21 feet above the base or ground level. Atmospheric air enters the upper exhaust segment 23 of stack 20 through air jets 75 for cooling purposes. The temperature of stack gases in upper section 23 ranges from 960°F to 530°F in the preferred embodiment. Upper stack section 23 is also covered by a spark arrester 24, All segments of stack 20 are lined with refractory materials. The electrical control system 26 of incinerator 10 is housed in a rectangular housing 84 mounted on the rear top of cylindrical casing 28 adjacent to the charg- ing hopper 52 and accessible from platform 50, as, shown in FIG. 2. Operator control buttons for activat- ing the hopper door 60, the ignition for afterburner gas, Jets 76 and activating air control system 25 are located ‘on an exterior panel 86 of housing 84. Also located on panel 86 are air pressure and temperature guages for monitoring air pressure in the primary combustion chamber 14 and the temperature in primary combus- jon chamber 14, afterburner 16 and stack 20. Electr cal control system 26 includes a high voltage trans- former to provide a spark for igniting gas from gas jets. 76; a low voltage transformer for activating a ther- mocoupler; relays to activate the hydraulic system that raises and lowers the primary combustion chamber charging door 64, and a photo-helix switch which gives the air pressure in the primary combustion chamber 14. Said photo-helix switch (not shown) is connected by a ‘small air hose 88 to an opening in the top of cylindrical casing 28. Said photo-helix switch is preferably mode! number 112212538 manufactured by Dwyer Instru- ment Company. Gas valves for the control of gas jets, 76 are also on panel 86. Electrical control system 26 also supplies all the electrical power necessary for the air control system 25 described below. Air control system 25 includes a pressure opening 90 located at the base of afterburner 16 which diverts some air pressure in the primary combustion chamber 14 at this point and communicates this to a guage 88 ‘on the control panel 86 and to the photo-helix switch. A fan 92 mounted in base housing 12 drives air through ‘a distribution box 94 with an automatic damper 96 into hoses 98, 100, Hose 98 delivers air to the afterburner 16 and aspirator ring 21 of stack 20. ‘The flow of air to primary combustion chamber 14 is regulated by the photo-helix switch. The exact negative air pressure is determined by the type of refuse being burned. A desirable negative air pressure is preset in a pressure regulator (not shown) in control box 84. If the ‘air pressure in the primary chamber 14 becomes too negative for the desired combustion, the photo-helix switch trips a margal valve (not shown) to activate the automatic damper 96 to open and permit a greater vol 8 ume of air to move through base 100 to the primary combustion chamber 14. The balance of the air driven, by fan 92 through distribution box 94 passes to the af: terburner 16 and aspirator ring 21 of stack 20. Fan 92 also draws a suction on charging hopper Sé to remove any smoke which could enter hopper $4 when primary combustion chamber hopper door 64 is raised to allow anew charge of rubbish to be loaded. This smoke is ex- hausted through hose 66 and ducted to the suction side of fan 92. As is evident from the foregoing description, of air control system 25, there is no overfire air sup- plied to primary combustion chamber 14. While there have been described herein what are at present considered preferred embodiments of the in- vention, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that, modifications and changes may be made therein with- ‘out departing from the principles and scope of this in- vention. It is therefore to be understood that the exem- plary embodiments are illustrative and not restrictive of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the ap- pended claims, and that all modifications that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be included therein, T claim: 1, An improved incinerator for complete combustion of waste materials comprising a base housing; an elongated casing member mounted on said hous- ing and defining a primary combustion chamber; steel grates mounted along the base of said primary ‘combustion chamber; perforated fire brick mounted on said steel grates, grates and brick forming a fixed grate on which said waste materials are burned and through which resultant ash can fall; means to collect and remove said ash; ‘means to load waste materials into said primary com- bustion chamber; a stack assembly unit mounted on said primary com- bustion chamber; an afterburner unit mounted at the base of said stack assembly unit; an aspirator ring mounted in said stack assembly unit above said afterburner; a spark arrester mounted on top of said stack assem- bly; a fan and ducts connected thereto to supply air to the primary combustion chamber and the afterburner; an air control system to maintain a negative air pres sure in said primary combustion chamber to insure a slow smoldering smokey non-turbulent fire therein; means to supply power and fuel to said incinerator. 2. The improved incinerator as defined in claim 1 wherein said means to collect and remove ash com- prise: perforations in said elongated casing beneath said grate; a removable tray at the base of said housing and below said perforations. 3. The improved incinerator as defined in claim 1 wherein said means to load waste materials into said primary combustion chamber comprises: a charging hopper mounted on said cylindrical casing having sides, top and bottom; a door on said charger housing opening to permit the insertion of a charge of waste materials; 20 25 30 3 40 4s 50 55 603,881,431 9 1 door within said hopper communicating with said primary combustion chamber to permit the inser tion of rubbish from said hopper to said combus- tion chamber; means within said hopper to move said rubbish from said hopper through said second door into said pri- mary combustion chamber. 4. The incinerator as defined in claim 1 wherein the interior of said casing forming said primary combustion chamber is lined with insulation and refractory materi als on all surfaces other than those covered by said steel ‘grates and perforated fire brick. 5. The incinerator as defined in claim 1 wherein said stack assembly further comprises: ‘a first stack segment mounted on and in communica- tion with said primary combustion chamber; ‘an aspirator ring mounted over said first stack seg- ment, 1 second stack segment mounted over said aspirator ring; 1a spark arrester mounted on top of said second stack segment. 6. The incinerator as defined in claim 5 wherein said afterburner comprises: four fuel jets placed ninety degrees apart at the base of said first stack segment and aimed tangentially to the radius of said first stack segment; a plurality of apertures placed ninety degrees apart and in banks above said fuel jets for the introduc- tion of oxygen into said afterburner. 7. The incinerator as defined in claim 6 wherein said aspirator ring further comprises: ‘means to join said second stack segment to said first 10 stack segment; apertures in said aspirator ring to permit the intro- duction of atmospheric air. 8, The incinerator as defined in claim 1 wherein said 5 air control system comprises: ‘a fan mounted in said housing; ‘means for said fan to draw atmospheric air; ‘a distribution box connected to said fan and provided with an automatic damper; 10a plurality of air hoses leading from said distribution box to apertures in the base of said primary com- bustion chamber and in communication therewith whereby air can be distributed to said primary combustion chamber through said grates and per: 1s forated fire bri a plurality of air inlets in said first stack segment for the introduction of air into said afterburner; an air hose connecting said afterburner inlets to said distribution box; 20 an air hose connected between and in communica- tion with said charging hopper and said distribution box to exhaust smoke from said charging hopper; an air pressure measuring and regulating device in communication with the base of said afterburner; 25 means to preset said air pressure and regulating de- vvice to a negative air pressure in said primary com- bustion chamber; means to connect said air pressure measuring and regulating device to said damper to control the 30. flow of air into said primary combustion chamber to maintain a preset negative air pressure in said chamber. 35 40 4s 50 55 60 65