IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES FOR COOKING OR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Celeste Sinibaldi, of Greenwich, in the County of
Kent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES
FOR COOKING OR OTHER PURPOSES."
Sealed the 11th June. 1867, and dated the 13th December 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Celeste Sinibaldi at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th December 1866.
I, CELESTE SINIBALDI, of Greenwich, in the County of Kent, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF STOVES FOR COOKING OR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the methods of con-
structing stoves or apparatus for cooking, boiling water, heating, or other
purposes whereby saving is effected in fuel, heat is utilized, and a rapid action
is obtained in boiling water or cooking in various forms, and for the purpose
of carrying out my improvements. I construct my stove or apparatus of any
suitable size with an inner tube or tubes placed upright, or in other
suitable position, with a grating or gratings at the bottom thereof forming

page_text: the fire-place or fire-places; this tube or tubes I surround with water
by placing an outer tube or tubes of larger size and of similar or other
suitable shape, according to the purpose for which the apparatus may be
required. On the top of this inner tube or tubes or fire space I fix a cover
with one or more holes therein of suitable size; into these holes I place
other tubes of proper size and length, which conduct the flame and heated
air from the fire-grate towards the outlet; these tubes are also surrounded
by water, which coming in contact with such flame and heated air passing
through the inside of the tubes gets very rapidly heated to any required
temperature. These smaller tubes are fastened into a plate made concave or
otherwise recessed, and connected at its outer edge with the outer covering or
tubes of the apparatus, as before described; and this hollow space between the
inner and outer cases forms an additional receptacle for water, and through
which the outlet for the waste heat and smoke is taken. On the top of this
concave plate I place a flat plate of iron, which may be moveable at pleasure,
forming a receptacle for the smoke and flame to collect in before it escapes
into the chimney or other outlet. In this plate, as above described, I make
a number of holes of suitable size with proper loose covers for the purpose of
inserting the lower part of saucepans, stewpans, kettles, or other utensils, which
come in direct contact with the heat as it rises through the tubes from the
fire-place towards the outlet or chimney.
For the purpose of roasting or baking I make the top cover plate which
may be moveable, if desired, without any holes in it, and upon it I place a
close fitting chamber with one or more small outlets (with covers) for the
escape of vapours when roasting, which outlets are shut when the apparatus
is used for baking bread or other articles of food.
The apparatus may be made of various sizes and designs according to the
purposes to which it may be applied, and can be constructed either wholly or
in part of wrought or cast iron, or other suitable metal, and when constructed
according to my Invention will be found economical in the cost of construc-
tion, efficient in its action, and it will effect a great saving in the fuel used to
heat it.
The supply of water to the boiler or water space can either be made by
means of a proper opening and supplied by hand, or it can be done with a
supply pipe with self-acting tap and supply cistern, as is well understood in
supplying ordinary boilers with water.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Celeste Sinibaldi in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th June 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CELESTE
SINIBALDI, of Greenwich, in the County of Kent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Celeste Sinibaldi, Her special licence that I, the said Celeste Sinibaldi, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Celeste
Sinibaldi, 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
THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES FOR COOKING OR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Celeste Sinibaldi, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly 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 Celeste Sinibaldi, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, that is to say :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the methods of con-
structing stoves or apparatus for cooking, boiling water, heating, or other
purposes, whereby saving is effected in fuel, beat is utilized, and a rapid
action is obtained in boiling water or cooking in various forms and for the
purpose of carrying out my improvements.
I construct my stove or apparatus of any suitable size, with an inner tube
or tubes placed upright or in other suitable position with a grating or gratings
at the bottom thereof forming the fire-place or fire places; this tube or tubes
1 surround with water by placing an outer tube or tubes of larger size and
of similar or other suitable shape, according to the purpose for which the

page_text: apparatus may be required. The upper part of the stove is closed by a plate
furnished with holes or openings for the reception of the bottoms of cooking
vessels, a passage being formed to conduct the smoke and products of com-
bustion to a chimney.
And in order that my Invention may be clearly understood. and readily
performed or carried into practice, I will proceed to describe the Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed, which shows several views of a stove for cooking
or other purpose of a simple and portable character constructed and arranged
in accordance with my improvements.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section; Figure 2 is a side elevation;
Figure 3 is a plan of the same; and Figures 4 and 5 are plans in section
taken on the lines A, B, and C, D, of Figure 1.
a and a¹ are outer and inner tubes closed at the bottom, and fixed or
supported upon the conical perforated base b, the tubes a, a', thus forming an
annular water chamber having a transverse hollow water space a². A grating c
is fixed within the bottom of the inner tube a', upon which the fuel is placed,
an opening closed by the door d being formed on one side for supplying the
fire with fuel as required. The upper part of the water space is expanded by
preference in a conical form, as shown at a³ (which thus forms a steam space
to the boiler), upon which a cover or plate a is fixed, having a series of holes
or openings e, e, formed through it over the fire chamber or furnace d', the
openings e, e, serving as sockets for the reception of tubular projections formed
on the bottoms of the cooking vessels f, f, as shown at Figures 2 and 3. 9, 9,
are tubes which communicate with the steam space a³ so as to convey steam
and heat therefrom to the hollow bottoms of vessels h socketed therein for the
purpose of keeping the contents of such vessels hot or for steam cooking
purposes, such steam passages 9, 9, being placed in communication with the
chimney when out of use. When either of the vessels for h are removed
the openings may be closed by suitable close fitting covers. The smoke and
products of combustion are conducted by a suitable passage to the chimney i
and away in any convenient manner; j is a cock for drawing off hot water
when required; and k, k, are handles, by which the stove can be carried from
place to place.
The construction of the apparatus may be considerably modified; and
according to another arrangement 1 fix on the top of the tube or tubes a, a',
and fire space d¹ a cover formed with one or more tubes or openings therein of

page_text: suitable size; into these holes I place other tubes of suitable size and length,
which conduct the flame and heated air from the fire-grate towards the outlet.
These additional tubes are also surrounded by water, which by coming in
contact with the flame and heated air passing through the inside of the tubes
gets very rapidly heated to any required temperature; these smaller tubes are
fastened into a plate (by preference made concave or otherwise recessed)
connected at its outer edge with the outer covering or tubes of the apparatus,
as before described; on the top of this concave plate I place a flat plate of
iron, which may be moveable at pleasure, forming a receptacle for the smoke
and flame to collect in before it escapes into the chimney or other outlet. In
this plate, as above described, I make a number of holes of suitable size, with
proper loose covers for the purpose of inserting the lower part of saucepans,
stewpans, kettles, or other utensils, as in the arrangement previously described,
which come in direct contact with the heat as it rises through the tubes from
the fire-place towards the outlet or chimney.
For the purpose of roasting or baking I make the top cover plate, which
may be moveable if desired, without any holes in it, and upon it I place a
close fitting chamber with one or more small outlets (with covers) for the
escape of vapours when roasting, which outlets are closed when the apparatus
is used for baking bread or other articles of food. In order to roast by an open
fire the door which closes the fire-place may be left open, and a grate be
placed in front of the fire, the meat or article to be roasted being suspended
or exposed before such open grate.
The apparatus may be made of various sizes and designs according to the
purposes to which it may be applied, and can be constructed either wholly or
in part of tin plate, wrought or cast iron, or other suitable metal, and when
constructed according to my Invention will be found economical in the cost of
construction, efficient and cleanly in its action, and it will effect a great saving
in the fuel used to beat it. The fuel employed may be wood, charcoal, coal,
coke, gas, oil, spirits, or other inflammable matters.
The supply of water to the boiler or water space can either be made by
means of a proper opening and supplied by hand, or it can be done with a
supply pipe with self-acting tap and supply cistern, as is well understood in
supplying ordinary boilers with water.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming or carrying the same into practice, I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the exact form, arrangement, or construction of
the parts previously described; but what I claim is, the novel and improved

page_text: combination and arrangement of parts employed in the construction of stoves
for cooking and other purposes, as herein-before described and shown in
the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Celeste Sinibaldi, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
CHAS. J. GOOCH,
MARIE CELESTE SINIBALDI. (L.S.)
née de Casteras.
Clerk to Messrs. Tongue & Birkbeck,
34, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, W.C.