An Improved Heating Appliance for Use in Foster Mothers' Rearers, Incubators, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 29th June, 1895-Accepted, 17th Aug..
1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Heating Appliance for Use in Foster Mothers' Rearers,
Incubators, and the like.
CHARLES WALTER SIVITER Mechanic, 154 Witton Lane Witton Birmingham
in the County of Staffordshire do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
I arrainge in the heating chamber a square or other suitable shape portable
metal body the same being made with two or more doorways or openings and
constructed so that it will slide in and out of heating chamber, beneath the roof of
metal body at a suitable distance from floor is fixed horizontally (a wheel flue,
made of copper or other suitable metal) the flue being so arrainged that it can be
heated by a circulation of hot water or hot air, the ends of which go through
and project at one side of metal body at the projecting ends of flue is fixed a
perpendicular receptacle (such as a small boiler or pipe) & I arrainge beneath the
boiler or receptacle a oil or gas lamp the said lamp being fixed in a seperate
chamber so that no foul smells or combustion &c. from lamp can enter the heated
metal chamber.
Dated this 27th day of November 1894.
CHARLES WALTER SIVITER.
An Improved Heating Appliance for Use in Foster Mothers, Rearers,
Incubators, and the like.
I, CHARLES WALTER SIVITER, of 154 Witton Lane, Witton, Birmingham,
Mechanic, in the County of Stafford 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 statement :-
My invention has for its object an improved heating appliance for use in foster-
mothers, rearers, incubators and the like by which means a much better result is
obtained at a lower outlay while access can be readily obtained to any part and
the fumes from the burner cannot by any means enter the egg- or chicken-
compartment.
In order that my invention can be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have fully illustrated my improvements applied to both a foster-mother and
incubator together with systems of both hot water and hot air.
Figure 1, is a general view of a foster-mother with part of the front broken
away to show my improved hot air heating arrangement.
Figure 2., is a ficnt elevation also showing the foster-mother in combination
with a rearer.
Figure 3., is a longitudinal section through the body A showing an elevation of
the heating arrangement.
Figure 4., is a plan of same.
Figure 5., is a view of a portable incubator with hot water heating arrangement
attached thereto.

page_text: In carrying my invention into effect I will proceed to describe my invention
applied to the foster mother A of which A' is the heating chamber and A¹ the body,
the latter of which forms a metal lining with openings at and a³ and is made to
slide in and out of the heating chamber A. Beneath the roof as of the chamber A¹
at a suitable distance from the floor a' the circular or wheel flue B which is formed
of copper or other suitable tubing is fixed with its two ends projecting through the
angle division H one end, .e. the lower, being provided with the T shaped end b
with trumpet-mouth for the entrance of the heat into the flue the other end being
provided with the turned up exit 2 for the emission of the fumes which having
heated the body part A' by their passage through the tubes afterwards passing
over the partition H into the heating chamber A³ and from thence through the
ventilating holes o'. The heat in this case is obtained direct from the lamp C and
is automatically regulated by the cap K which is hung from a pivoted lever such as
shown by Figure 5 and connected with the regulator F which expands and
contracts as the temperature rises or falls by which means the cap K is raised
or lowered and thus regulates the amount of heat passing through the pipes B
or the heat may be automatically controlled by any other form of regulator.
In place of the heat passing direct through the pipes I may provide a boiler b
Figure 5 through which runs a vertical flue n containing water which is arranged
to circulate through the pipes B being fed thereto by the syphon pipe m from the
tank K, the lamp C2 in such cases being placed under the boiler. In the example
shown by Figure 5 of the application to incubators the arrangements of the chambers
and pipes are similar to that before described in addition to which the drawer e¹ is
provided for the reception of the eggs to be hatched. The chamber roof a°,
pipes B and sliding plate h¹ are all made so that they may be bodily withdrawn
from the chamber while by this arrangement no fumes from the lamp can reach
the chamber A¹. Separate doors a and a are provided through which the
chickens and lamp can be respectively attended to and are provided with the glass
centres by which the lamp and chickens can be seen without opening the door
and thereby allowing the entrance of cold air. The general arrangement of
the compartments may be varied to suit other requirements and I may form
my wheel flue of one two or more coils as may be required. The sliding metal
case and roof a can be entirely removed so as to form a cold brooder or cockerel
pen. The roof as may also be raised by means of packing pieces as the chickens
grow in size. The foster mother may be used in connection with a rearer M the
opening as being provided for the chickens to enter while the flap as can be closed
over when it is not desired to utilize the rearer.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
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1st. Improvements in heating appliances for use in foster mothers, rearers,
incubators and the like substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and
shown upon the accompanying drawings.
2nd. In foster mothers, rearers, incubators and the like the hot air heating
appliance substantially such as herein set forth and illustrated by Figures 1, 2, 3,
and 4.
3rd. In foster mothers, rearers, incubators and the like the hot water heating
appliance substantially such as herein set forth and shown by Figure 5.
4th. The foster mother having a heating arrangement as shewn in combination
with a rearer substantially as herein set forth and shown.
Dated this 28th day of June 1895.
GEORGE BARKER,
77 Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.