IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEARING THE FLUES OF RANGES KITCHENERS AND STOVES
Year: 1884

page_text: I LEONARD MILLS of N° 71 West Street Gravesend Kent Blacksmith do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CLEARING THE FLUES
OF RANGES KITCHENERS AND STOVES to be as follows:-
Each flue to have placed on one or more sides or ends a plate or plates nearly
the size of the flues and attached to a rod or rods projecting from the front or top
of the range or kitchener with a handle or handles whereby the plates may be
moved throughout the flue so as to remove the soot,

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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LEONARD MILLS of 71 West Street Gravesend of the county of Kent,
Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for CLEARING THE
FLUES OF RANGES KITCHENERS AND STOVES 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 the method of cleaning or clearing the flues of ranges,
kitcheners stoves and all kinds of flues. The object of this Invention is that the
flues may be cleaned by any person not acquainted with the flues of ranges, etc.
The special features of this Invention will be herein after pointed out in the
claims.
On the drawing, fig 1 represents front of a kitchener, showing in a general view
the arrangements of the handles at the side of the oven, attached to cleaner
or plates by rods; also flap or soot door under oven, & flue at back of the
kitchener.
Fig 2. A section at the end of kitchener showing the cleaner with rods &
handles attached at the side of the oven also cleaner on top of the oven & in the
'fue at the back of the oven; & shoot or soot door in front of range with hook
attached.
Fig 3. A section at the top of kitchener showing the cleaner on top connected
with the cleaner at the side of the oven & Alue at the back.
Fig 4. End section, showing cleaner with handles & rods drawn out, & soot
door opened by the cleaner coming in contact with book on the door.
Fig 5. Is cleaner, of side & bottom of oven, with recess or shoot to fit under the
cleaner at the back of the back flue, & the connecting bolt or slide for cleaner on
top of oven.
Fig 6. Is plan of the handles & rods.
Fig 7. Is plan of cleaner for top of oven, with long slot for bolt or slide of
cleaner to work in, which rides on a hook when in position.
The back flue has a plate, fitted according to its length, breadth & shape, with
handle & rods as in fig 4.
Fig 8. Hook of flap door. I give this as a convenient & desirable arrangement
of the parts & flues of a kitchener refered to.
Other, arrangements may be made.
The cleaner c, is of iron, made of any thickness width & length, to suit the flues
in which it is placed, the bottom of the cleaner takes its own weight on the bottom
plate or brickwork of flue M. The shoot i, fits unde back flue plate N ; the rods e,
with handle D, are secured to cleaner c¹, thus keeping it upright in the flues B ;
the back flue N, has a plate to fit the flue, with handle & rods D2; the flue on top
of oven is fitted with cleaner fig 7. This is secured to hook at the back of range
or kitchener & extends across the oven to back of fire o; the bolt or slide. K. fig 5.
fits through slot & is secured there with plenty of working room. At the bottom
of oven, in front of kitchener is fitted a long flap, or soot door, F, fig 1. which

page_text: hangs over flue B, in a sloping position; at the back of this door are two lugs P,
figs 3 & 4, with holes for bolt to secure hook fig 8. At the bottom of the cleaner c¹,
is a lug H, which projects about an inch, above the line of G.
The operation of cleaning is as follows:-
The handle D, being drawn out, bring the cleaner c² forward, & scrapes the soot
off the flue N, & drops it down the flue, into shoot i, of cleaner c¹. Then draw out
handle D¹, this brings the cleaner c' forward, (which has just received the soot of
the back flue N.) & as it does so, the bolt or slide K, at top of cleaner, slides up the
long slot, & brings the cleaner c³ forward, cleaning the top of oven, thus cleaning,
the top, side & bottom of oven at the same time. At the bottom of the cleaner c',
is a lug, H, which catches hook G, & opens the soot door F, & discharges
the soot.
The handles are then put back, & the flap or soot door closes.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The mechanical method, herein described for cleaning the flues of ranges
kitcheners & stoves, without the aid of a brush or rake, by simply drawing out
the handles of cleaning plates, which are made to fit the flues.
2nd Fitting the flues with one, or more plates with handles & rods substantially,
as herein before described.
3rd The shoot with long flap or soot door under oven, which opens by cleaner
coming in contact with hook attatched to door substantially as herein before
described illustrated.
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