IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES, GRATES, OR FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1852

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
WRIGHT, of Sheffield, and also of Rotheram, in the County of York, Artist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Eighth day of March, in the fifteenth year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said George
Wright, Her especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said George Wright, my exors, admors, and assigns, and such others
as I,. the said George Wright, iny exors, admors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon.
Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES, GRATES, OR FIRE-PLACES;
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso obliging me, the said
George Wright, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, par-
ticularly to describe and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, and to cause the same to be inrolled
in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as
in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.
"

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
George Wright, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, is particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following description thereof, reference being
had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked
thereon (that is to say) :-
the room.
My Invention of improvements in stoves, grates, or fire-places relates to a
novel construction of stove grates and stoves, whereby the heat from the
burning fuel may be greatly intensified and conducted into the apartment, and
by radiating from a metallic plate or metallic surfaces made to warn the air in
The novel arrangement consists principally in making or casting in
one piece the front bars of the grate, with a metallic plate or plates or surfaces
which extend therefrom into the room. I prefer to make or construct the front
bars in such a manner that they shall overhang and partially cover up the fire,
which consequently lies under and in contact with them, and as they will
receive the heat from the fire by contact with the burning fuel, this heat from
the burning fuel will rise and heat the bars, and will be conducted from the
bars to the metallic plate or surfaces to which the front bars are connected,
and from the metallic plates or surfaces the heat will be diffused in the room
by radiation. The ash pan is placed below, and when it is required to take out
the ashes from beneath the grate, the ash pan may be taken out through an
opening in the radiating metallic plate or surfaces, this opening being made
sufficiently large to allow the ash pan to pass through, and when the ash
pan has been emptied and replaced, this opening is covered up by a light
casting, which can be lifted and moved with facility, thereby obviating the
necessity of removing bodily the heavy casting of which the radiating metallic
.plate or plates or surfaces in front of the grate is composed.
In applying the present improvements to stoves, I employ an overhanging
hood or case, which by holding back the combustible gases and preventing
them from passing off unconsumed greatly increases the heat of the fire. The
aperture for the exit of the smoke into the flue is furnished with a damper or
-regulator for regulating the draught.
In order, however, that my improvements and the means of carrying the
same into effect may be more clearly understood, I have shewn in the accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings several views of the arrangement or construction of
parts which I have found by experience to be the best and most convenient for
effecting the desired object. Fig. 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is a transverse
vertical section; and Fig. 3, a plan view, of a stove grate, constructed according
to my improvements. a is the fire-place; b, the grate or fire bars; c, the ash

page_text: pan; d, the front bars, which it will be seen are curved backwards and inwards,
and are thereby made to overhang the fuel, from which they consequently
receive a great amount of heat. From the lower ends of these front bars.
(which are in contact with the fuel) extends the metallic plate or plates or
surfaces e, e.
It will be seen that the metallic plate or plates or surfaces e
form one piece or casting with the front bars d, and therefore no impediment
exists to the regular transmission or conduction of the heat from the front bars
(which are in contact with the fuel) to the metallic plate or plates or surfaces
which extend therefrom into the room; a similar effect may be produced if the
front bars, instead of forming one casting, as shewn in the Drawing, were made
separate, and were prolonged into the room. I, however, much prefer the
arrangement shewn. The back of the fire-place is formed of one or more
pieces of fire brick, as at f, and the smoke and consumed gases pass through
the register g, which acts as a damper or regulator, whereby the draught may
be regulated. For the purpose of removing the ash pan when required, a
portion of the front part of the metallic plate or surface e is made moveable, as
at h, Figures 1 and 3. Although the part is represented plain or without
ornament, it will be evident that it may, if required, be made ornamental, so as
to hide the joints made by the moveable piece h. Fig. 4 represents the under-
side of a portion of the end of the metallic plate or surface e. It will be seen
that the end ornament i is connected to the metallic plate e by means of a
pin or screw,
which may be slidden along a groovej made in the plate e, so that
it may be slidden in or out, as may be required, to suit mantelpieces of different
sizes and forms or styles. Fig. 5 is a vertical section, and Fig. 6, a plan view
of a stove constructed according to my improvements. It will be seen upon
inspection, that although the stove differs somewhat in form from the stove.
grate just described, yet it is constructed upon the same principle; the same
letters of reference will therefore be used to denote corresponding parts.
Instead of the fire bars b, as in the former instance, I place the fuel on a
lump or piece of fire brick 6*. The fire brick which forms the back of the
stove is curved and somewhat overhangs the fuel, and thereby increases the
intensity of the fire, and also throws a portion of the heat into the rooms. It
will also be seen that the overhanging hood or case k will hold back the com-
bustible gases, and by preventing them from passing off unconsumed will
greatly increase the heat of the fire.
I would here observe, that I prefer that the fire brick at the back and bottom
of the grate should be loose, and consist of a separate piece or pieces, which
being unattached to the body of the stove may be shifted at pleasure, when
required to clear away any accumulation of soot, and may be renewed when

page_text: damaged or worn. The bottom grate I make also capable of being shifted.
Thus the whole of the interior arrangements in connexion with the fire are
separate, and can be removed and replaced when requisite without having to
pull out and unset the entire body of the stove, and those parts which, from
their not being subjected to the direct and more powerful action of the fire,
are consequently more durable.
Having now described my improvements, and the best means with which I
am at present acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I would observe,
in conclusion, that I do not mean to confine myself rigidly to the precise
arrangement of parts herein shewn and described, as they may doubtless be
varied without departing from the nature and object of my Invention; for
instance, the front bars might be made straight and vertical, instead of curved,
as shewn, and the projecting metallic plate or surface might be mounted on
pivots or hinges, so that it might be lifted up in front when the ash pan is
required to be removed. I do not, however, consider that these modifications
would be so convenient as the plans shewn in the Drawing. I would further
observe, that I am aware that metallic plates or surfaces, connected to and
extending from the fire or grate bars on which the fuel lies, have heretofore
been used for conducting heat into the room. I do not therefore intend to
claim this as forming any part of my Invention; but that which I consider to
be new, and therefore wish to claim as the Invention secured to me by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent, is the arrangement or construc-
tion of stove grates, stoves, or fire-places, herein shewn and described, or any
mere modification thereof in which the front bars and a projecting metallic
plate or plates or surfaces are cast together, so that the front bars being in
contact with the ignited fuel may receive heat therefrom, and conduct it down
the metallic plate or plates or surfaces which extend or project into the room in
which it is given off from the metallic plates or surfaces by radiation, and
become diffused in the room.
I also claim the employment of the moveable end ornaments i, i, and their
adaptation to the ends of the metallic plates e, so as to cause the same to fit
mantel-pieces or fire-places of various sizes and styles.
I also claim the means above set forth, whereby the ash pan may be removed
when required without the necessity of bodily removing the whole of the pro-
jecting metallic plate or plates or surfaces.
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: In witness whercof, I, the said George Wright, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
GEORGE (L.s.) WRIGHT.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventh day of September, in
the year of our Lord 1852, the aforesaid George Wright came before our
said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
aforesaid, and all and everything therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.