Improvements in Oil Stoves,
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 24th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 30th Nov., 1895
Improvements in Oil Stoves,
We, JOHN HARPER AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Albion Works, Willenhall
in the County of Stafford, Ironfounders and Manufacturers, and CHARLES
RETALLACK, Manager to the said company, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to maintain the oil reservoirs of oil stoves
at a greatly reduced temperature, when the stoves are in use, compared with
the temperature of such reservoirs of stoves which have heretofore been in use,
and to prevent the leakage of oil between the tops of the reservoirs and the
lower sides or edges of the feet or flanges of the burners which rest on the
reservoirs.
The above object is effected, according to this invention, by interposing between
the feet of the galleries which support the chimneys, and the tops of the
reservoirs, and between the feet or flanges of the burners and the tops of the
reservoirs, washers or pads of millboard, felt, asbestos, or like material which is
The heat which usually passes
a non-conductor (or a bad conductor) of heat.
from the galleries and burners to the reservoirs of oil stoves is thus very largely
intercepted or cut off from the burners; and the washers or pads beneath the
feet or flanges of the burners make therewith and with the tops of the reservoirs
oil-tight joints.
Non-conducting material, such as thin wood, which would be too hard in
character to make oil-tight joints between the burners and the tops of the
reservoirs, may be used for the washers or pads, aforesaid, to lessen the conduction
of heat to the reservoirs; but, if such material is used for the washers or pads
between the feet or flanges of the burners and the tops of the reservoirs, thin
washers or pads of softer material, suitable for making oil-tight joints, should be
used one at each face of each washer or pad of the harder material.
I this 4th day of January 1895
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicants.
We, JOHN HARPER AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Albion Works, Willenhall
in the County of Stafford, Ironfounders and Manufacturers, and CHARLES
RETALLACK, Manager to the said company, 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 has for its object to maintain the oil reservoirs of oil stoves
at a greatly reduced temperature, when the stoves are in use, compared with the
temperature of such reservoirs of stoves which have heretofore been in use, and

page_text: to prevent the leakage of oil between the tops of the reservoirs and the
lower sides or edges of the feet or flanges of the burners which rest on the
reservoirs.
The above object is effected, according to this invention, by interposing between
the feet of the galleries which support the chimneys, and the tops of the reservoirs,
and between the feet or flanges of the burners and the tops of the reservoirs,
washers or pads of millboard, felt, asbestos, or like material which is a non-
conductor (or a bad conductor) of heat. The heat which usually passes from the
galleries and burners to the reservoirs of oil stoves is thus very largely intercepted
or cut off on its passage from the burners to the reservoirs; and the washers or
pads beneath the feet or flanges of the burners make therewith and with the tops
of the reservoirs oil-tight joints.
Non-conducting material, such as thin wood, which would be too hard in
character to make oil-tight joints between the burners and the tops of the reservoirs,
may be used for the washers or pads, aforesaid, to lessen the conduction of heat to
the reservoirs; but, if such material is used for the washers or pads between the
feet or flanges of the burners and the tops of the reservoirs, thin washers or pads
of softer materiai, suitable for making oil-tight joints, should be used one at each
under face (or may be used, if desired, at each face) of cach washer or pad of
the harder material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
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1. Washers or pads of millboard, felt, asbestos, or like material which is a
non-conductor (or a bad conductor) of heat, or of such non-conducting material as
thin wood, interposed between the feet of the galleries, which support the chimneys
of oil stoves, and the tops of the reservoirs, substantially as described.
2. Washers or pads of millboard, felt, asbestos or like material, which is a
non-conductor (or a bad conductor) of heat, or of such a non-conducting material
as thin wood faced with a softer non-conducting material, interposed between the
feet or flanges of the burners of oil stoves and the tops of the reservoirs,
substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1895.
STEPHEN WATKINS,
Wolverhampton, Agent for the Applicants.