A New or Improved Appliance for use in Kindling, or Reviving Fires in Domestic Fire-grates
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Jan., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 18th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"A New or Improved Appliance for use in Kindling, or Reviving
Fires in Domestic Fire-grates."
I, JAMES MASSEY HOLLINSHEAD 78 Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Staffordshire, Coal Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This my Invention has reference to a new or improved appliance for attachment
to, or placing before, or in front of the grate of domestic fire-places or fire-grates for
kindling or reviving fires in such grates.
The object of my said Invention being to enable coal or other fuel on such grates
to be readily lighted, or to be revived when allowed to become vapid, by utilizing the
natural draught of the chimney of the grate to which such appliances are attached,
or placed before.
În carrying my said Invention into practice I make such appliances of various
sizes and shapes in two or more parts of or from sheet-iron or like suitable material of
suitable thickness by pressing, stamping or like means, each part. having a suitably
shaped handle or knobs attached or fixed thereto so that such parts may be readily.
carried from place to place, and be readily adjusted, or fixed in position for use in
front of such fire-places.
If the ash-hole plate and draught plate of such appliances are made separately, the
said asl:-hole plate or lower portion is first placed in front of the. ash-hole of such
grates and at a sufficient height when placed or stood on the hearth, or fender in
front of such fire-places so that its upper edge will be level with, or nearly level with.
the fire-grate, the upper portion or draught plate having any suitable number of.
clips or ears formed on, or attached to its lower edge so as to retain same on the
upper edge of the said lower portion when placed above same, or such ears or clips:
may be formed on, or attached near to the upper edge of such lower portion.
About mid-way of the length of such draught-plate, and at a suitable distance
from its lower edge I form a hole or aperture of suitable width and length by
stamping or other suitable means having a ledge or projecting ridge formed, fixed or
attached adjacent, to each of its sides, or two or more suitably shaped clips may be
rivetted or otherwise secured adjacent to each side of such slot or aperture so that the.
side edges of a flange formed on, or attached at right angles or at about right angles
to one end of a sheet iron or other removable metallic tube of suitable cross-section.
may be readily slid beneath same for holding such tube at any desired height.
It will be understood that when such ash-hole plate and draught plate have been
placed or fixed in position for use before a fire-grate, that the side flanges of the
aforementioned tube are slid beneath the ledges, ridges or clips adjacent to the sides
of the slot or aperture in the lower portion of such draught-plate, so that such tube.
will project at right angles, or at about right angles thereto, and be retained at 'any:
desired height by stops, pegs or other suitable means.
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Asbestos or the like fibrous material contained in a pocket or recess formed at, or
near to the front lower end of such tube on which a sufficient quantity of paraffin,
petroleum oil or the like suitable inflammable liquid has been previously poured.is

page_text: then set fire to by passing a lighted match, taper or the like means through a slot, or
hole formed through the top portion or surface of such tube directly above the pocket
or recess containing such saturated asbestos, or like suitable fibrous material, the outer
and inner ends of such tube being open the natural draught of the chimney will
cause a current of air to pass through the said tube, and carry or blow the flaine of
the lighted paraffin or other liquid between the bars of the fire-grate against and
between the fuel contained therein, a hole or aperture of suitable size formed through
such draught-plate, at a suitable distance from its lower edge, and a suitable distance
from each side of the tube fitted or fixed thereto I fit with a suitable cover or slide
which after the fuel has been sufficiently lighted inay be uncovered so as to more
thoroughly disperse the flame against and between such fuel.
In a modification of the above I make such appliances in four parts an ash-hole
plate, a middle plate on or to which a suitably shaped metallic tube containing
asbestos or the like suitable material saturated with any suitable inflammable liquid
is secured and a draught-plate which when erected, or placed one above the other are
secured in position by any suitable means.
"A New or Improved Appliance for use in Kindling or Reviving
Fires in Domestic Fire-grates."
I, JAMES MASSEY HOLLINSHEAD, of 78 Liverpool Road, Newcastle under Lyme in
the County of Stafford Coal Merchant 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 Invention relates to a new or improved appliance for attaching to or placing
before or in front of the grate of a domestic fire-place or the like for kindling or
reviving fires in such grates, the object of the said invention being to enable the fuel
in such grates to be readily ignited or revived by utilizing the natural draught of the
chimney of the grate to which such appliance has been attached or before which such
appliance has been placed.
According to my Invention I arrange draught plates or blowers in combination
with a metal tube or box or like device which tube contains asbestos or other suitable
incombustible inert material saturated with paraffin petroleum oil or the like
inflaminable liquid, apertures are arranged in the said tube permitting the natural
draught of the chimney of the grate to which the device is applied to cause a current
of air to pass through the said tube or the like so as to draw the flame of the paraffin
or other liquid when ignited between the bars of the grate and through the fuel
contained therein, thus igniting or reviving the same.
I will describe my Invention with reference to the accompanying drawings which
illustrate by way of example the manner of carrying the same into effect but I do
not limit myself to the precise details.
Figure 1 shews in front elevation an appliance constructed according to my
invention and Figure 2 is a cross section of the saine. Figures 3 and 4 illustrate
another arrangement according to this invention Figure 3 shewing the same in
vertical section and Figure 4 in cross section on the line y Figure 3.
In the appliance shewn in Figures 1 and 2 which is disposed horizontally--the
ash-hole plate A and draught plate B are made separately, the plate A being first
placed in front of the ash-hole c of the grate C at such a height in front so that its

page_text: upper edge is on a level with the fire grate. The draught plate B is situated above
the plate A and is provided with clips or ears b lor attaching the same to the bar c²
of the grate. B2 is an upper draught plate or it may be formed in one with the
draught plate B. In or about the central part of the draught plate. B is a slot or
aperture 2 with side clips 63 rivetted or otherwise formed on each side so that the
side edges of a flanged piece D may be readily slid between such clips for
holding the same at any desired height against the hole 62. The flanged piece D
constitutes a casing for receiving a tube or box E formed with a recess or pocket e at
or near to the front lower end part thereof for containing asbestos or the like e² which
is preferably packed therein beneath cross bars e³. A slot or hole et is provided in the
upper portion of the tube or box directly above the pocket through which paraffin or
other combustible liquid is poured onto the asbestos below. The outer and inner
ends of the tube are left open as shewn ate and e so that when the tube is placed in
position against the grate and the paraffin or the like therein is ignited the
draught from the chimney will draw the flame through the fuel in the grate
aud ignite or revive the same. e is a lid for closing the upper part of the tube
and e8 the handle for readily placing the tube in position against the grate and
removing it therefrom as desired. Holes 64 may be formed in the draught plate B
fitted with covers 65 which after the fuel has been sufficiently ignited may be
uncovered so as to more thoroughly disperse the flame against and between such
fuel. In place of the flanged casing for supporting the igniting tube I may dispense
with the said casing and form the flanges on the inner end of the said tube, which is
then slid directly between the side clips on the draught plate.
In the arrangement shewn in Figures 3 and 4 which is disposed vertically the
igniting tube or box E is contained in the outer casing D into which it fits having
towards its lower end on one side an aperture e5 and towards its uppper end on
the opposite side a flaring opening for guiding the flame from the tube onto
the fuel in the grate. On the top end of the casing is a removable cap G with
handle G. The tube E is open at its upper end and provided with upper and
lower side apertures g5 g which can coincide with those in the casing. A coil or
its equivalent H is fitted within the said tube and between the coil and the inner
surface of the tube asbestos e² or the like is packed. The coil H terminates at its
upper end in a shield which guides the inflammable liquid onto the asbestos to
which it is fed through a perforated plate h² secured in the tube above the shield.
A bar or rod is fixed across the upper end of the tube E with which pins g
depending from the underside of the cap G can engage so that by turning the said
cap G by the handle G² the tube E is revolved in the casing D and the apertures in
each may be caused to coincide with each other or become closed for lighting or
extinguishing the flame in the appliance as may be required. K shews a sliding book
for attaching the appliance to the bar c² of a grate. The said appliance is preferably
used with draught plates of the kind I have already described but it may also be used
with blowers or draught plates of any ordinary kind.
When in position against a grate the appliance is ignited by applying a lighted
taper through the lower apertures e g5 which must then be made to coincide. The
heat within the coil quickly converts the inflammable liquid into gas which ignites,
the flame being drawn by the natural draught of the grate chimney through the
flaring opening and thence to the fuel contained in the grate which is then quickly
ignited.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. An improved appliance for use in kindling or reviving fires in grates or the like
consisting in the combination with a draught-plate or draught-plates of a tube
containing asbestos or the like saturated with an inflaininable liquid and provided
with apertures through which the natural draught from the chimney of the grate to
which it is applied is caused to pass substantially as described.
2. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting appliances for use in

page_text: kindling or reviving fires in grates or the like substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 and in Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying
drawings.
TAL: 10th Anthon 1005
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX
47 Lincolns Inn Fields, London, W.C. Agents.