An Improved Gas or Oil Stove for Heating and Lighting.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application; 23rd Aug., 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Gas or Oil Stove for Heating and Lighting.
I, THOMAS BRADSHAW JACK, of 20 Linenhall Street, Ballymena, in the County
of Antrim, Ireland, Accountant, 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 my invention has reference to an improved gas or oil stove for heating and
lighting, and the invention has for its object to provide an article of this class
which is simple in construction, neat in appearance, and cheap to manufacture.
Moreover a stove made in accordance with this invention is of such shape that it
can be conveniently fitted into the ordinary fire-place, or be built into the wall in
any suitable part of the room. Inasmuch as a stove of this class has a very high
reflective power it is especially suitable not only for heating, but also for lighting
rooms, halls, landings, offices, shops, and such like places.
I now proceed to describe my said invention, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawings and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon; like
figures referring to like parts in both the views.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved stove shewing the oil-reservoir in
section.
Fig. 2 is a sectional plan thereof; the section being taken on line z z of
Fig. 1.
A represents the shell or casing of the stove which is preferably constructed of
sheet or cast iron, tin, or other suitable metal, or wood and metal combined, and
which shell or casing can be made of any desired shape. The shape preferred,
however, is that shewn in the drawings, inasmuch as it is the most convenient for
fixing into ordinary fire places. The shell or casing is preferably constructed with
a cast-iron or other suitable lid B, and with perforations C to permit the exit of
heat. In the lower portion of the stove is situated the oil-reservoir D having
three or more burners E preferably arranged as shewn. A hollow handle I having
a screw-plug or the like J serves both as a handle and filling device to the reservoir.
When gas is used the oil reservoir is dispensed with, and suitable gas-burners are
substituted, as will be readily understood. The oil-burners E may be provided
with ordinary lamp glasses F. The front of the stove may (if desired) be wholly
or in part glazed with plain, coloured, or ruby glass.
Contained within the shell or casing A are suitable highly reflective surfaces G,
which may consist of mirrors which line the sides, and back of the stove and top of
the oil-reservoir. If desired, however, the sides, back, and top of the reservoir
may be made of metal capable of taking a high polish.
When the lamps (or gas-burners) are lighted the reflective surfaces of the stove
reflect numerous images of the lamps, which give the stove a very bright & pleasing
appearance.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. An oil stove consisting of an outer casing constructed of sheet, wrought, cast,
or other metal, or part wood and part metal, said casing having its sides and back
made of, or lined with material or substance having a highly polished surface, an
oil reservoir having a reflective upper surface, lamp burners upon said reservoir,
and means for filling the reservoir with oil, all substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth.
2. A gas stove consisting of an outer casing constructed of sheet, wrought, cast,

page_text: or other metal, or part wood and part-metal, said casing having its sides, back, and
base made of highly polished metal or lined with material or substance having
highly reflective surfaces arranged substantially as shewn in the drawings, and gas
burners contained within the casing, all substantially as and for the purposes
hereinbefore set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of August 1892:
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.