Improvements in Fireplaces for Domestic and other Purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 16th June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fireplaces for Domestic and other Purposes.
I HENRY AMES of Sheffield House 2 Alfred Street Blackpool in the County of
Lancashire Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is an Improvement in Fireplaces for Domestic and
other Purposes by reason of attaching to existing or newly constructed fireplaces of
all descriptions an adjustable oscillating or removing regulator or fuel economizer
whereby the combustion and consumption of fuel may be regulated at will and
which also economizes and utilizes the heat obtained from the fire to its utmost
extent and also enables ovens, boilers and the like which may be connected to the
fireplaces to become well heated in much less time than can be accomplished by
most fireplaces now in use.
To do this I attach to already existing fireplaces or preferably to fireplaces when
constructed or manufactured an adjustable regulator constructed as follows-
In the throat or lower opening of the chimney I fix by means of brackets
attached to the fittings ou each side of the fireplace, an oscillating or removable
cast or wrought iron plate of sufficient size to fill up the throat or lower opening of
the chimney the said plate to have apertures arranged either vertical, horizontal or
radial, with a second or movable plate with corresponding apertures, attached and
arranged so as to form what is commonly called a hit and miss regulator so that the
draught of the chimney flue may be regulated or caused to pass around the flues of
the ovens or boilers by moving the movable plate so as to enlarge or reduce the
aforesaid apertures at will. The aforesaid brackets are shaped to form a bearing
to receive a journal or axle which is attached to each side of the aforesaid plate
and are preferably attached in such a position on the fittings so that the aforesaid
journals or axles may be attached to the lower or bottom end of the aforesaid plate
and in such a position as will allow the said plate to oscillate on the said bearings
backwards so that the throat or lower opening of the chimney may be opened to
allow for sweeping if necessary, after which it may be brought forwards so as to
close up the throat or opening of the chimney with the exception of the aforesaid
apertures which may be regulated as before explained. The aforesaid brackets are
also formed so that the said plate may be lifted out of its bearings and removed
from the chimney if desired without interfering with the fittings of the fireplaces,
also the aforesaid plate must be so arranged that the top of the said plate shall
come below the flue outlets from the ovens or boilers into the chimney stack, so
that by regulating the aforesaid movable plate and opening or closing the ordinary
flue dampers, the heat from the fire may be caused to pass around the aforesaid
flues at will, and by this means I am able to regulate the combustion and
cousumption of fuel and also to utilize to the utmost extent the heat obtained from
the fire.
My invention may be adapted to all kinds of domestic fireplaces.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1904

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fireplaces for Domestic and other Purposes.
I HENRY AMES of 2 Alfred Street Blackpool in the County of Lancashire
Gentleman, 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 :-
The object of my invention is an Improvement in Fireplaces for Domestic and
other Purposes, by reason of attaching to existing or newly constructed fireplaces of
all descriptions an adjustable oscillating, or removing, regulator or fuel economizer,
whereby the combustion and consumption of fuel may be regulated at will and
which also economizes and utilizes the heat obtained from the fire to its utmost
extent, and also enables ovens, boilers and the like which may be connected to the
fireplaces to become well heated in much less time than can be accomplished by
most fireplaces now in use.
To do this I attach to already existing fireplaces or preferably to fireplaces when
constructed or manufactured, an adjustable regulator constructed as follows. In
the throat or lower opening of the chimney I fix by means of brackets, racks or the
like, attached to the fittings on each side of the fireplace, an oscillating or
removable cast or wrought iron plate of sufficient size to fill up, or thereabouts, the
throat or lower opening of the chimney, the said plate to have apertures arranged
either vertical, horizontal or radial, with a second, or movable plate with corre-
sponding apertures attached and arranged so as to form what is commonly called a
hit and miss regulator so that the draught of the chimney flue may be regulated, or
caused to pass around the flues of the ovens, or boilers at will by moving the
movable plate so as to enlarge or reduce the aforesaid apertures. The aforesaid
brackets, or racks, are shaped to form a bearing to receive a journal or axle or the
like, which is attached to each side of, or formed in, the aforesaid plate and
are preferably attached, or formed in such a position on the fittings so that the
aforesaid journals, or axles, or the like may be attached to the lower or bottom
half of the aforesaid plate and in such a position as will allow the said plate to
oscillate on the said bearings backwards so that the throat, or lower opening of the
chimney may be opened to allow for sweeping if necessary, after which it may be
brought forwards so as to close up, or thereabouts, the throat, or opening of the
chimney, with the exception of the aforesaid apertures which may be regulated as
before explained. The aforesaid brackets, or racks are also formed so that the
said plates, or regulator may be lifted out of its bearings and removed from the
chimney if desired without interfering with the fittings of the fireplace, also
the aforesaid plates, or regulator must be so arranged that the top of the said
plates or regulator shall coine below the flue outlets from the ovens, or boilers into
the chimney stack in cases where the said outlets are not arranged to come at the
back of the plates or regulator, so that by regulating the aforesaid movable plate,
and opening or closing the ordinary flue dampers the heat from the fire may be
caused to pass around the aforesaid flues at will, by this means i am able to
regulate the combustion and consumption of fuel, and also to utilize to the utmost
extent the heat obtained from the fire.
My invention may be adapted to all kinds of domestic fireplaces.
In order that my invention may be better understood and carried into effect 1
herewith append drawings on which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of an ordinary cooking range with my improved
regulator attached. A. A. are the brackets or racks attached to the fittings or
sides of the range or fireplace leading to the chimney opening. B, is the plate with
apertures which is fixed in the throat or lower opening of the chimney. C, is the
corresponding plate arranged to slide in such a manner as to reduce or enlarge the

page_text: said apertures in the aforesaid plate B and thus form what is commonly known as
a hit and miss regulator or slide as before described. D, is a handle or knob
attached to plate C for the purpose of moving the said plate C. E, is a slot in the
plate B for the shank of the handle or knob D, attached to plate C to slide in when
the plate C is moved for the purpose of reducing or enlarging the apertures
marked F. G. G. are axles, journals or the like formed in or attached to
plate B, these are arranged to work on the brackets or racks A. A. as before
described.
Fig. 2 is a section through a. b. showing the regulator in its position in the
throat or opening of the chimney. H, is the flue outlet from the boiler, this is
shown at the back of the regulator. In cases where it is desirable to arrange the
flue outlets in front of the said regulator, the said flue outlets must be arranged to
come above the top of the regulator marked I.
Fig. 3 is a section through an ordinary register grate, showing my improved
regulator attached as before described.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the regulator or slide when taken from its position
in the chimney opening. 1 preferably use radial slots in register grates as shown,
the movable plate C, working on a centre pin or journal marked J.
In all cases the plates B and C forming the slide or regulator must be shaped to
suit the various forms and sizes of chimney openings required for the numerous
designs and forms of domestic fireplaces.
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. Cast or wrought iron plates with apertures so arranged as to form a movable
slide or regulator, the said slide or regulator to be fixed in the throat or lower
opening of the chimney as before described and shown, and for the purposes herein-
before explained and set forth.
2. The regulator as before described attached to fireplaces when constructed or
manufactured, or made separate therefrom and adapted, fixed, or attached, to
already existing fireplaces.
3. The regulator for domestic and other fireplaces for the purposes hereinbefore,
explained, described and set forth and shown on the drawings herewith appended.
Dated this 23rd day of May 1894.
HENRY AMES.