Improved Appliance for Assisting the Kindling of and Resuscitating Domestic and other Fires.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application. 17th Feb., 1899-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Assisting the Kindling of and Resuscitating
Domestic and other Fires.
I, CECIL FFOLLIOTT ELIOT, of 13, King Edward Street, Oxford, in the County
of Oxfordshire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved appliance for assisting the kindling of
domestic and other fires and for resuscitating same, and is designed with the
object of providing simple, inexpensive, and effective means, whereby a newly
kindled fire can be caused to burn up or be thoroughly ignited in a very short
space of time while further, the invention can be applied with equally satisfac-
tory results to the purpose of resuscitating a fire that has burnt down low or
that has been improperly ignited.
My invention, although principally intended for use with fires in domestic
hearths and grates, is equally applicable to forge-fires, boiler-fires, and
the like. And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily
understood and carried into practical effect, I will now proceed to describe same
with reference to the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, wherein:-
Fig. 1, is a sectional elevation of the appliance, and Fig. 2, a side elevation
thereof.
Referring to the drawings wherein like letters of reference indicate corres-
ponding parts wherever occurring throughout both figures, a is a copper, iron, or
other suitable metal vessel of hollow construction, preferably of the form shewn,
such vessel having a comparatively large base 6 and an elongated tapering neck c,
which latter is formed at a suitable angle to the body of the vessel a.
The said vessel is hermetically sealed with the exception of a minute opening cl
at the mouth of the neck c, which communicates through the bore & in such neck
with the interior of the vessel a. From the point the vessel tapers somewhat
toward the base 6 or is bevelled, as shewn, in order that a greater surface may be
exposed to the heat thereby.
In operation, the bottom of the vessel is first heated by any suitable means in
order to expel the air therefrom and create a vacuum, by means of which a suit-
able quantity of water is drawn up through the opening c¹ in the neck c, into
the body of the vessel. The appliance is then inserted into the embers of the
fire to be resuscitated, for instance, and in a short length of time the heat from
such fire will cause the water contained in the vessel to boil, whereupon the steam
generated by same will issue from the outlet c¹, at a great pressure and instan-
taneously cause the fire to burn brightly by means of the forced draught, so
created, while at the same time, such draught will assist in carrying the smoke
away up the chimney or the like.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The improved appliance for assisting the kindling of, and resuscitating domestic
and other fires, consisting in a metal vessel having a bevelled base, an elongated
tapering neck, at an angle to the body of said vessel, which latter is hermetically
sealed with the exception of a minute opening in the mouth of said neck com-
municating through a bore in the neck, with the interior of the vessel, sub-
stantially as, and for the purpose described, and as set forth in the accompanying
drawings.
Dated the 17th day of February 1899
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for Applicant.