An Improved Slow Combustion Stove for Horticultural Purposes, or for Heating Public Buildings and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 6th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 9th Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Slow Combustion Stove for Horticultural Purposes, or
for Heating Public Buildings and the like.
HENRY TAYLOR 10 New Street West Bromwich, Staffordshire Refreshment.
House Keeper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
My invention consists of a new or improved method of heating apparatus for
horticultural purposes or for heating churches, chapels or other public buildings at
small cost and where saving of time and fuel is a consideration.
It can be worked even by an inexperienced person without fear of damage
owing to the simple construction of the interior and by having all parts easy of
access.
The said invention consists of a row of horizontal pipes placed across a fire-brick
furnace in such a position that when the furnace is charged the heat radiating at
the back of the pipes strikes the fire-clay top and reflects the heat again onto the
pipes before escaping through the flue.
It has the advantage of being worked with a small amount of fuel in proportion
to the work done.
The pipes can never get clogged with soot & therefore require no sweeping.
It can be worked as a slow combustion or a fast heater & requires very little
attention, once firing every twelve hours being the average sufficient to keep
it up.
The radiation of heat inside the furnace is very great owing to the simplicity of
the interior.
Dated this 17th day of July 1891.
HENRY TAYLOR.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Slow Combustion Stove for Horticultural Purposes, or
for Heating Public Buildings and the like.
I, HENRY TAYLOR, 10 New Street, West Bromwich in the County of Stafford,
Restauranteur, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for an improved slow
combustion stove for horticultural purposes or for heating public buildings and the
like and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention consists of an improved heating apparatus for horticultural
purposes, heating churches, public buildings &c. at small cost & with saving of
time & fuel.
The parts of the said apparatus are constructed as hereinafter described, each
part so described working in combination with the others.
The said apparatus consists of a furnace constructed with 9" brickwork a having
an inner casing of 41" firebrick on all sides & leaving a 44" cavity c, filled with
sand to allow of expansion & retain a great amount of heat between the ordinary
brick & the firebrick casing on three sides only, the front having 41" common
brick a' & 4" firebrick at back of iron doorplate.
By simply removing the front plate D which is attached by four bolts 1. 2. 3. 4
can be readily unscrewed the firebrick lining may be renewed without pulling down
any portion of the furnace.
The whole of the furnace is covered with a fireclay slab e, pierced for the flue, &
finished with a weathering of cement f.

page_text: A row of any number of ordinary horticultural iron pipes G such as are generally
used for heating purposes, is placed in the positions indicated on the sections & plan
(which is 7" from the back of the furnace; & the same proportion of the various
parts to be maintained to other scales, except the distance between the pipes which
is always to be as shewn on the drawings).
The pipes to run throughout the entire width of the furnace without joint, &
connected on the outside to two square pillars h, or the simple elbows left projecting
from the brickwork, the one side having the flow & return, the other ends encased
in brickwork to retain the heat & having a loose brick joint I for inspection in case
of leakage, thus avoiding any joint within the furnace proper & yet allowing any
pipe to be replaced from either side.
The firebars J extend only to the back of the pipes, leaving a clear space behind
them from the top of the furnace to the level of the firebars. The firebars are
placed in slots & can be easily removed; a moveable firegrate K is placed on the
bars so as to increase at will the space for fuel, which is supplied from the feeder L
above, to which is fitted a sloping iron plate M placed at such an angle as to form
a shoot for the fuel; the heating material is thus kept on the one side of the pipes
immediately in contact with them, the result being that however low the fire,
some pipes are immediately in the flames, thus getting the greatest amount of hent
from the quantity of fuel used, while the pipes cannot get clogged with soot.
The flue N is placed in a line with the back of the pipes & inserted into the
furnace three-quarters (4) of the distance between the top of the highest pipe & the
under-side of the fireclay slab; the heat radiating strikes the fireclay top e &
reflects again on to the pipes G, thus saving a great amount of heat & largely
consuming its own smoke before escaping through the flue N (see arrow on
drawing).
The same proportions of the various parts to be maintained as shewn on the
accompanying drawings; but I do not limit myself as to the number of pipes
employed.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Rapid and effective heating combined with strict economy of fuel & labour,
owing to the novelty and compactness of invention.
2. Concentration and saving of great heating power in small space.
3. Can be worked either as a slow combustion or as a fast heater.
Dated this 5th day of Febr 1809
HENRY TAYLOR.