Improvements in Heating Apparatus.
Year: 1894

page_text: Improvements in Heating Apparatus.
1, FRANK SIDEBOTHAM RIPPINGILLE, of "Hillside" Sutton Coldfield, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 improvements in apparatus employed with hot air
systems of heating, and is especially applicable for the heating of conservatories,
greenhouses, and other like buildings.
The object of my invention is to effectually heat or warm such buildings by means
of hot air circulation, without permitting the fumes or gaseous products of
combustion to obtain access into the interior of the buildings.
In order that my invention may be the more readily understood I append hereunto
two sheets of explanatory drawings, illustrating at Figures 1 and 2, 3 and 4, in
sectional elevations, convenient forms of its application for the purpose of heating
a conservatory or greenhouse.
Referring to Figure 1, I enclose a suitable oil or gas stove such as A within a
heating chamber which is preferably constructed and arranged adjacent to the outer
wall B of the conservatory or greenhouse. The heating chamber is suitably lagged
to prevent escape or loss of heat and is provided with inlets for admission of air for
supporting the combustion of the oil or gas, and with a chimney such as C to carry
away the fumes and gaseous products of combustion from the interior of the
chamber. Within the heating chamber I arrange an air heating vessel or oven
such as D, immediately above the stove, the vessel or oven being provided with a
number of tubes through which and around the exterior of the oven the hot
gases and products of combustion pass as they arise from the stove A and flow
towards the exit C of the heating chamber. The tubes within the oven D provide
additional heating surface and serve also as baffles for causing the atmospheric air
coming in through the pipe E to take a circuitous course and thus to become heated
I sometimes
by its contact with the tubes and with the interior surface of the oven.
fix baffle or deflecting plates upon the exterior of the oven, to present an additional
heating surface to the hot fumes and to cause them to take a circuitous course on
the way to flue or chimney C. The heated air passes out of the oven through the
pipe F which conveys it to the interior of the greenhouse or conservatory.
In the arrangement of my improved heating apparatus illustrated at Figure 2,
I place the stove A within the oven D, and cause the atmospheric air coming into the
heating chamber by the pipe E to be heated by its contact with the exterior surface
of the oven, before passing through the conduit pipe F connecting with the
greenhouse or couservatory. The fumes and gaseous products of combustion are
carried away from the oven by the flue or chimney C, and provision is made at the
base G for the admission of air to support the combustion of oil or gas at
the stove A. I provide baffle plates both on the interior and exterior surfaces
of the oven and on the sides of the heating chamber to give an extended heating
surface and to cause the hot gases in the interior and the atmospheric air at the
exterior of the oven, to take a circuitous course.
To more completely utilise the heat from the stove I sometimes carry the pipe or
flue C (Figures 1 and 2) from the heating chamber through the greenhouse or
conservatory, preferably arranging it in a coil or coils so that the hot gases
have to pass entirely around the interior of the building before discharge into the
atmosphere.

page_text: I sometimes dispense with the flue or chimney C, illustrated at Figures 1 and 2,
and provide for the discharge of the fumes and gaseous products of combustion
from the chamber H by slots or apertures in or near the roof or upper end as shown
at Figures 3 and 4. Provision is also made at the base G for the admission of air
to support combustion.
I arrange a suitable door in the casing of the heating chamber and provide a
small window in order that the stove may be inspected during the time in which it
is burning.
I do not limit the application of my invention to the forms and arrangements of
heating apparatus as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but make varying
modifications to suit the requirements of the particular services for which my
improved system of heating is to be applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improved method of heating greenhouses, conservatories, and like
buildings, by means of a current of pure atmospheric air which is heated by contact
with a vessel or oven receiving heat from a gas or oil stove enclosed with it
in a chamber, substantially as herein before described and as illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The construction of a vessel or oven for enclosure with a gas or oil stove in a
chamber, for the purpose of heating a current of pure air, substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. The combination of a gas or oil stove with an air heating vessel or oven,
arranged within a chamber, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Doted this 20th day of Tul. 190.1
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.