Improvements in or relating to Oil, Gas, and other Stoves.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Aug., 1899
MOTIONAL DEVIIVATION.
Improvements in or relating to Oil, Gas, and other Stoves.
We, JOHN HARPER AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Albion Works, Willenhall, in
the County of Stafford, Iron Founders, and CHARLES RETALLACK, a Director of
the said Company, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to oil, gas, and other stoves, which are provided with
radiators, and has for its object to construct the radiators or portions thereof
and connect them to the tops of the stoves in a manner which will admit of
their being turned down when desired into positions to form sideway exten-
sion plates.
According to the preferred form of this invention the radiator for a stove
is formed in a number of sections or portions each of which is connected to the
top of the stove in a manner which will admit of its being turned up to form
part of the radiator, or of being turned down so as to be in the horizontal plane
of the top of the stove. The outline shape of the sections or portions will, of
course, vary according to the desired shape of the radiator; for instance, for
the purpose of forming a four-sided pyramid-shaped radiator each of the sections
or portions is formed as a triangular shaped plate, and one of such plates is
connected to each side of the top of the stove in such a manner that the
apices of the plates are brought close or near together over the centre of the top
of the stove when the sections or portions are turned up to form the radiator.
The radiator sections may be hinged to the top plate of the stove in any
manner which will admit of their apices being brought together over the centre
of the stove and which will permit of the plates being turned down level with
the top of the stove. This is conveniently accomplished by forming hinge-pins
upon the top plate of the stove a short distance inwards from each side edge,
and by forming each section or portion with a pair of hook-shaped hinge-bars
the hooked portions of which are passed beneath and thus engaged with the
hinge-pins. The hinge-bars rest upon the rim of the top plate when the sections
or portions are turned into their downward or horizontal position, and thus
maintain them in such position, and nibs project from the hooked portions of
the hinge-bars which come against the rim of the top plate when the sections
or portions are turned up to form the radiator, and thus form stops to the inward
movement of the sections. A nib is formed, preferably, at the side of each
hooked portion which is the upper when the sections are turned up, to facilitate
the turning up of the sections and assist in maintaining them in their upward
position.
When the sections or portions are turned up to form the radiator, they may, if
desired, be used as supports for heating sad irons or the like, as an iron may
be placed with its face resting against the inclined back of a section and the
lower or hinder end of the iron be supported by a stud or studs, or ledge.
According to a modification of the invention, the radiator may be formed of
hinged sides which are vertical or somewhat inclined when in their upward
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page_text: position, but which may be turned down to form sideway extension plates, and
of a loose top which closes in the opening between the upper edges of the sides
when the sides are in their upward position and securely holds them in such
position.
Improvements in or relating to Oil, Gas, and other Stoves.
We, JOHN HARPER AND COMPANY LIMITED, of Albion Works, Willenhall, in
the County of Stafford, Iron Founders, and CHARLES RETALLACK, a Director of
the said Company, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to oil, gas and other stoves, which are provided with
radiators, and has for its object to construct the radiators or portions thereof
and connect them to the tops of the stoves in a manner which will admit of
their being turned down when desired into positions to form sideway exten-
sion plates.
According to the preferred form of this invention the radiator for a stove
is formed in a number of sections or portions each of which is connected to the
top of the stove in a manner which will admit of its being turned up to form
part of the radiator, or of being turned down so as to be in the horizontal plane
of the ton of the stove. The outline shape of the sections or portions will, of
course, vary according to the desired shape of the radiator; for instance, for
the purpose of forming a four-sided pyramid-shaped radiator each of the sections
or portions is formed as a triangular-shaped plate, and one of such plates
is connected to each side of the top of the stove in such a manner that the
apices of the plates are brought close or near together over the top of the stove
when the sections or portions are turned up to form the radiator.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, we will proceed to
describe a convenient application thereof by reference to the drawings herewith,
which illustrate the upper portion of a stove to which the invention is applied.
Figure 1 is a vertical section through the upper portion of an oil stove taken
in the plane indicated by the irregular line of Figure 2, and shews one of
the plates, A, in its closed-in position, and another of the plates, A¹,
in its opened out position; and Figure 2 is a plan of the top of
the stove shewing two of the plates, A, in their closed-in position, two of the
plates, A¹, in their opened out position, and the remaining plates to be omitted.
The stove being hexagonal in shape the plates are conveniently each of a
triangular shape, or approximately so They are not shewn to meet at the
apices when turned in, but they may be constructed to do so, if desired. The
top of the stove is formed at each side thereof with two openings or slots a
therethrough, which are closed in at their outer ends by transverse pieces b, of
rounded section, which act as hinge pins for the joints. Each slot is bridged
across, near its hinder end, by a. short bar c. Two projections d are carried back
from the inner side of each radiator plate, and each projection is formed with
a part e which is hollow, at its side which is under when the plate is turned down,
to fit over one of the hinge pins b. When a radiator plate is in its opened-out
position, the hinder ends of the projections d come against the underside of the

page_text: corresponding bridge-pieces c and thus prevent the plate from falling below the
horizontal position. When the plate is turned into its upward position, the
forward side thereof rests against the corresponding bridge-piece c, and is thereby
prevented from falling further inwards. A guide-piece or lug f forms an exten-
sion of the inner side of the hollow of each part e, to prevent the plate from
slipping off the hinge pins as it is being turned up, and to answer the purpose,
also, of rests for the lower end of a laundress's iron, if the same is placed upon
a plate, to be heated, when the plate is turned up. By hinging the plates in the
manner shewn, no hinge pin has to be passed through the parts to form a joint,
and the plates may be readily lifted out and thus detached from the top of the
stove, if desired; but while this method of attachment is a very convenient one,
it will be obvious that the plates may be otherwise attached to the stove in a
manner which will readily admit of their being opened out and closed in.
According to a modification of the invention, the radiator may be formed of
hinged sides, which are vertical or somewhat inclined when in their upward
position, but which may be turned down to form sideway extension plates, and
of a loose top which closes in the opening between the upper edges of the sides,
when the sides are in their upward position, and securely holds them in such
position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that 'what
we claim is:-
1. In an oil or other stove, a radiator formed in sections which are connected
with the top in a manner which admits of their being turned inwards thereover,
or outwards to form horizontal extensions thereof, substantially as described.
2. In an oil or other stove, a radiator or portions thereof formed in sections
which are hinged to the top thereof, substantially as described.
3. In an oil or other stove, a radiator or portions thereof formed in sections
which are connected with the top thereof in the manner substantially as described
and shewn by the drawings herewith.
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1000
. STEPHEN WATKINS & GROVES,
Chartered Patent Agents, Wolverhampton,
Agents for the Applicants.