IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE- PLACES
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Young, of Queen Street, Cheapside, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE-
PLACES."
Sealed the 4th September 1855, and dated the 23rd March 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Young at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 23rd
March 1855.
I, WILLIAM YOUNG, of Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR
FIRE-PLACES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a peculiar construction and combination of parts
of a stove or fire-place, with a view to avoid smoke being evolved. For this
purpose, there is an exterior and partly cylindrical frame of fire bars formed,
which frame of bars is fixed. Within such fixed frame of bars there is
another frame, which is divided into compartments, and such second frame
is capable of being turned on its axis within the fixed frame. The fresh fuel is
introduced into the upper compartment of the inner frame, which frame is then
turned partly round, by which the fresh fuel is carried down, so as to come
below other and well-ignited fuel, and the products evolved from the fresh fuel
will, together with atmospheric air, rise amongst the well-ignited fuel above.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Young in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd September 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
YOUNG, of Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Young, Her special licence that I, the said William Young,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Young, 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
STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
William Young, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Young, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof (that is to say):—
This Invention consists of a peculiar construction and combination of parts
of a stove or fire-place, with a view to avoid smoke being evolved. For this
purpose, there is an exterior and partly cylindrical frame of fire bars formed,
which frame of bars is fixed. Within such fixed frame of bars there is another
frame, which is divided into compartments, and such second frame is capable
of being turned on its axis within the fixed frame. The fresh fuel is introduced
into the upper compartment of the inner frame, which frame is then turned
partly round, by which the fresh fuel is carried down, so as to come below
other and well-ignited fuel, and the products evolved from the fresh fuel will,
together with atmospheric air, rise amongst the well-ignited fuel above.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed
more fully to explain the manner of performing the same.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a front view of a stove or fire-place, arranged or combined
according to my Invention; Figure 2' is a transverse section; and Figure 3,
part of a longitudinal section of the same; in which Figures the same letters
indicate the same parts. a, a, are a series of fire bars, arranged in combination
with two circular plates b, b, thus forming the fixed frame, or portion of the
fire-placo or stove. This frame is divided into two compartments by a second
or inner frame c, which consists of two end plates c'and a dividing plate c¹.
This inner frame is supported on necks or axes c,, on-one of which is fixed
ratchet wheel d, by the aid of which the inner frame may be caused to turn
round when acted on by the end of a poker introduced through the opening e,
and successively placed under the teeth of the ratchet wheel. fis. a catch,
which taking into the teeth of the ratchet wheel, prevents that wheel and the
inner frame moving back. 9 is a 'flap, which is raised when it is desired to
put in fresh fuel; this flap is at other times closed, so that the products of
combustion may not pass in that direction. h is a stop, there being a similar one
at each end, to prevent the dividing plate c¹ coming further forward; when it
is desired to apply fresh fuel the flap g is to be raised, the fuel is to be thrown
to the back of the dividing plate, motion is then to be given to the inner
frame, so that the fresh fuel will be driven under the previously ignited fuel,
and then the dividing plate and inner frame is to be allowed to come back into
the position shown in the Drawing.
I would remark that the forms of the inner and outer frames may be varied,
and such is the case in respect to several of the details. I do not therefore
confine myself to the arrangement shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and I have at
Figures 4 and 5 shown a front view and a section of a modified arrange-
ment, differing in the forms of the parts, but acting in a similar manner to
what has been already described. In this arrangement, the central axis is in
the opposite direction to that shewn in the previous Figures; a, a, and b, b, the
fixed frame, and c the inner frame, which is supported on axes or necks c³, as
shown. In this arrangement the feeding takes place near the upper part of
the stove and on either sides by lifting the flaps j,j, or either of them, and the
fuel falls by the inclines k, k, into the fire-place. The inner frame divides the
interior space into three compartments by the division bars c. When fuel
has been fed in on either side, the inner frame is to be moved round by means
of the crank handle 7, which fits on to the end of the axis, as shown; and
by such means the fresh coal will be brought to the lowest part of the fire-

page_text: place, and the well-ignited fire will be moved upwards, and descend on to the
fresh coal.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not claim the sepa-
rate parts shown and described, nor do I confine myself to the details shown;
but what I claim as my Invention is, the combination of inner and outer
frames, and causing them to act together, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Young, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
JNO. ALCOCK.
WILLIAM YOUNG. (L.S.)