IMPROVEMENTS IN ⚫ STOVES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Waller, of Fish Street Hill, in the City of
London, Stove Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
⚫ STOVES."
Sealed the 27th May 1863, and dated the 1st December 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Waller at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
December 1862.
I, THOMAS WALLER, of Fish Street Hill, in the City of London, Stove
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "-Im-
PROVEMENTS IN STOVES," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to enable the fire space in stoves to be
contracted or to be opened to its fullest extent at will, and this without
affecting any other part of the stove beyond the fire space.
My Invention consists in hinging or connecting the cheeks of that part of
the stove comprising the fire space to the back in such manner that they
may be moved towards each other to any extent desired, in order to lessen
the space for fuel, and again moved from each other to the full extent of the
fire space by inserting a poker or other tool into a lug ring or hole formed on
or in the cheeks.

page_text: In order to prevent any material falling behind and obstructing the motion
of the cheeks I box them in.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Waller in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
1st June 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
WALLER, of Fish Street Hill, in the City of London, Stove Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Waller, Her special licence, that I, the said Thomas
Waller, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Thomas Waller, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Thomas Waller, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the
Great Seal Patent Office within six: calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Waller, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed (that
is to say):
The object of my Invention is to enable the fire space in stoves to be
contracted or to be opened to its fullest extent at will, and this without
affecting any other part of the stove beyond the fire space.

page_text: My Invention consists in hinging or connecting the cheeks of that part of
the stove comprising the fire space to the back in such manner that they may
be moved towards each other to any extent desired in order to lessen the
space for fuel, and again moved from each other to the full extent of the fire
space by inserting a poker or other tool into a lug ring or hole formed on
or in the cheeks..
In order to prevent any material falling behind and obstructing the motion
of the cheeks I box them in.
Figure I. of the accompanying Drawings is a front view of a stove con-
structed according to my Invention, showing one of the cheeks in the position
it occupies when moved back to the full extent of the fire space, and the other
cheek moved inwards to lessen the space for fuel.
a, a, are the cheeks which are fitted in and move with frames b, which box.
them in so as to prevent any material falling behind and obstructing their
motion.
Figure 2 is a side elevation on a larger scale of one of the frames b.
Figure 3 is a plan, and Figure 4 a side view, of the stove, shewing the
manner in which I enclose the frames 6 and cheeks a at back. c, c, are lugs
formed on the checks a, a, between which and the cheeks a poker or other tool
is inserted when it is desired to move the cheeks; d, d¹, are pins or projections
on the frames 6, forming hinges or centres on which the cheeks and frames
turn; the lower pins d enter holes in the bottom of the stove, and the upper
pins d' enter holes e formed in pieces f, f, one of which is shewn detached in
Figure 5. The pieces f, f, secure the cheeks and frames, and are themselves
fixed to the sides of the stoves by screws. When it is required to take out
the cheeks a for repair or otherwise it is only necessary to remove the
screws which secure the pieces f, f, and the cheeks with their frames can be
lifted out.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim as my "Improve-
ments in Stoves,"
First, hinging or connecting the cheeks of that part of the stove comprising
the fire space to the back in such manner that they may be moved towards
each other to lessen the space for fuel, and again moved from each other to
the full extent of the fire space, substantially as herein-before described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Second, boxing in or enclosing the said cheeks to prevent any material

page_text: falling behind and obstructing their motion, substantially in manner herein-
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Waller, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of June, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three.
THOS. WALLER. (L.8.)