A NEW AND ECONOMICAL STOVE
Year: 1884

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I VICTOR MOUSEL of Vilvorde in the Kingdom of Belgium Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my said invention for "A NEW AND ECONOMICAL STOVE
to be as follows:-
My present invention has for its object the production of an improved gas stove.
with regulation of the pressure and recovery of the waste heat, thus securing the
utilisation of a greater proportion of the heat evolved, and its distribution
throughout the apartment in a satisfactory manner.
The interior of the stove is composed of three principal parts, (1) the burner,
consisting of a straight tube preferably of copper perforated with a number of small
holes for the escape of the gas, (2) a reflector preferably of polished yellow metal,
(3) a heat recovery apparatus of sheet iron formed of a number of horizontal plates
arranged alternately, traversed by a series of vertical air tubes.
The burner consists preferably of a straight pipe with a series of burners inserted
in it, and placed at or near the bottom of the structure forming the stove.
Surrounding the burner is placed a reflector, and over and above the reflector is
placed a chamber formed with a series of horizontal plates, over which the products
of combustion pass. Vertical tubes pass upwards through these plates, and through
these tubes passes a current of air, which is warmed thereby, and passes into the
chamber unmixed or contaminated with the products of combustion. Gas is
conveyed to the burners by a pipe in the usual way, and a regulator preferably
placed thereon.
The gas supply passes through the regulator which fixes the .consumption
independently of the variations of pressure, then through the cock, and burns in
jets at the burner. The products of combustion pass into the regenerating
apparatus passing to and fro between the air tubes in rising from one horizontal
plate to the next, escaping finally into the chimney. The cold air of the room, or
from the outside enters at both sides of the stove through conical apertures placed
near the floor. It rises behind the reflector dividing during its passage through
the perforated cover. The current then passes over the back of the reflector to
reach the free space of the plate and passes through the vertical tubes. During its
passage it abstracts the heat communicated to the metal by the products of
combustion, and diffuses in waves through the apartment. The effect of the heat
recovery apparatus is proportional to the consumption of gas at the burner, the
products of combustion escaping at a temperature of about 50 degrees centigrade.

page_text: The main novelty in this stove consists in the construction of the reflector and
in the position of the burner in relation thereto; the reflector is relatively very
large, of cylindrical shape, with its vertical section a true parabola. Above the
centre of this parabola there is an arc approximately equal to the parabolic aro
below this centre.
Owing to the large reflecting surface, the radiant heat is reflected as completely
as possible into the room, whilst by the position in which the burner is placed, all
this heat is distributed in a direction parallel to the floor in a stream of height
equal to the height of the reflector. The combustion of the gas developes besides
this radiant heat a quantity of heat absorbed, by the arrangement of iron plates..
In this portion of the furnace the novelty consists in the combination of zig zag or
alternate plates with vertical air tubes. These tubes may be of any section, round,
square, etcetera, at the option of the maker.
The surface of the reflector may also be fluted or variegated if desired, and the
gas burner may be constructed of any suitable pattern provided that the luminous
centre of the flames coincide with the focal line of the parabolic reflector.

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I, VICTOR MOUSEL, Vilvorde, Belgium, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention for A NEW AND ECONOMICAL STOVE and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My present invention has for its object the production of an improved con-
struction of gas stove with regulation of the pressure and recovery of the waste
heat, thus securing the utilisation of a greater proportion of the heat evolved, and
its distribution throughout the apartment in a satisfactory manner.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a front view of the stove, with the casing partially removed.
Figure 2 is a transverse section, and
Figure 3 is a horizontal section between the heating surface and the tubular
portion.
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The interior of the stove is composed of three principal parts; (1) the burner C B
consisting in a straight tube preferably of copper perforated with a number of
small holes for the escape of the gas (2) a reflector preferably of polished yellow
metal (3) a heat recovery apparatus of sheet iron formed of a number of horizontal
plates arranged alternately, traversed by a series of vertical air tubes.
A is the gas pipe, BC the burner, D the orifice for admitting the products of
combustion, E is the connection with the chimney, F is a cover of perforated sheet
iron, G is a non-perforated sheet iron cover, R is the gas regulator of any suitable
construction, R¹ is the inlet tap.
The gas supply passes through the regulator which fixes the consumption
independently of the variations of pressure, then through the cock R¹ and burns in
jets at the burner BC. The products of combustion pass at D into the regenerating
apparatus passing to and fro between the air tubes in rising from one horizontal
plate to the next in the direction shown by the arrows, passing finally through F
into the chimney. The cold air of the room, or from the outside enters at both
sides of the stove through conical apertures placed near the floor. It rises behind
the reflector dividing during its passage through the perforated cover F. The
current then passes over, the back of the reflector to reach the free space of the
plate G, and passes through the vertical tubes. During its passage it abstracts the
heat communicated to the metal by the products of combustion and diffuses in
waves through the apartment. The effect of the heat recovery apparatus is
proportional to the consumption of gas at the burner the products of combustion
leaving E at a temperature of about 50 degrees centigrade.
The main novelty in this stove consists in the construction of the reflector and
in the position of the burner in relation thereto, the reflector is relatively very
large, of cylindrical shape with its vertical section, a true parabola. Above the
centre S of this parabola, there is an arc approximately equal to the parabolic arc
below this centre.
The burner B O is so placed that the gas jets occupy the focal line of the.
parabolic reflector, both burner and reflector are placed as near the floor as
Dossible.

page_text: Owing to the large reflecting surface the radiant heat is reflected as completely
as possible into the room, whilst by the position in which the burner is placed all
this heat is distributed in a direction parallel to the floor in a stream, of height
equal to the height of the reflector. The combustion of the gas developes, besides
this radiant heat a quantity of heat absorbed by the arrangement of iron plates.
In this portion of the furnace the novelty consists in the combination of zig-zag or
alternate plates with vertical air tubes. These tubes may be of any section, round,
square, etcetera at the option of the maker.
The surface of the reflector may also be fluted or variegated if desired, and the
gas burner may be constructed of any suitable pattern provided that the luminous
centre of the flames coincide with the focal line of the parabolic reflector.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same, is to be performed; I declare that' what
I claim is
1st. The herein before described gas stove consisting essentially of a parabolic
reflector, at the focal line of which are adjusted the luminous centres of the jets of
the, gas burner, in combination with the apparatus for recovering the waste heat,
substantially as described and shown.
2nd. A gas stove having a parabolic reflector, so arranged that the luminous
centres of the gas jets occupy the focal line thereof, whereby the light and heat are
reflected in parallel lines, substantially as described.
3rd. A gas stove having apparatus for the recovery of the heat, consisting of
vertical tubes adapted for the passage of the air and of horizontal sheet iron plates
arranged alternately or zig zag fashion between which the products of combustion
circulate, substantially as described.
4th. In a gas stove, the combination with the above described apparatus for
recovering the heat of a pressure regulator placed upon the gas inlet pipe to
regulate the supply of gas to the burner, substantially as described and shown:
5th. The arrangement of the combustion chamber, with the reflector behind
which the cold air circulates, passing through one or more perforated plates, and
then over the back of the reflector, substantially as described and shown.
6th. In a gas stove, the combination of a reflector, a burner, a waste heat
recovery, apparatus, and a gas regulator in such manner as to utilize the heat,
given off direct, which is distributed' in every direction, the heat radiated by the
reflector, which is distributed in parallel lines and the waste heat absorbed by the
cold air which passes into the room, the whole substantially as above described and
as shown in the accompanying drawings and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 13th day of March 1885,
W P..THOMPSON & Co.,,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
and 323, High Holborn, London,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.