IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1839

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
BROWN, of Luton, in the County of Bedford, Ironmonger, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Ninth day of September, in the third year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Frederick Brown, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Frederick Brown, my exors, adññiors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Frederick Brown, my exors, adññiors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the
term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed,
my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES;" in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Frederick Brown, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Frederick Brown, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-

page_text: tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that
is to say:-
My Invention relates to a mode of constructing the fire-places of such
description of stoves as are called cooking stoves or ranges, and consists in so
arranging the fire-place that the process called roasting may be performed by
means of a heated plate in front of the fire-place, thus enclosing the fire,
whereby not only is the process of roasting more advantageously performed,
but that the heat of the fire is economised in the fire-place for performing the
processes of baking and boiling. And in order to give the best information in
my power I will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a front view of a cooking stove or range, with the fire-place and
parts connected therewith constructed according to my Invention. Figure 2 is
a transverse section; Figure 3 is a plan of the top of the stove or range; and
Figure 4 is a front section. In each of these figures the same letters indicate
similar parts. An iron plate a is substituted instead of the ordinary front fire-
bars, before which roasting is performed in a very superior manner, owing to
the regularity of the heat produced and entire freedom from dust and ashes.
The whole surface on the top presents an extensive hot plate. The fire is
thus entirely enclosed. The boiler forms the back and one side of the fire-
place; the oven forms the opposite side, which are protected by thick cast iron
plates. The whole heat produced being thus confined is applied for all the
purposes of cooking, and it will be found that a very small proportion of fuel is
requisite, compared with the quantity used in the fire-places of ordinary cooking
ranges. Near the top of the roasting plate (above the body of the fire) a
small door a¹ is introduced, which gives this stove the advantage of an enclosed
fire for cooking, and when not required for that purpose, the door may be
opened, affording the comfort of an open fire combined with a saving in fuel;
for it will be evident that nearly the whole of the draught admitted passes over
the fire, which has a tendency to check the effect of the draught of air admitted
below; a greater supply of hot air is also produced, which passes entirely
round the oven, consequently less fire is requisite for baking. Below the
roasting plate are some gothic openings b, b, in which tale is introduced to
shew by reflection the state of the fire; beneath these openings is the ash-hole
c, which is also enclosed; the draught is admitted to the fire through the
ventilator d. On the top is a sliding plate e, where the fire is supplied with
fuel. The boiler is fixed upon solid masonry, and requires no other heat than

page_text: that which it receives from the back and side of the fire. The heated air
passes over the oven; it then descends on the opposite side and passes under
the oven into the flue, as is clearly indicated. in the Drawing; the oven is thus
constantly heated in a very superior manner, the heat being more regular than
in the ordinary mode of fixing them. The roasting plate is enclosed by a
moveable front f, on the top of which is a small socket, the bottom being left
entirely open, a current of air is produced between the two plates; thus a con-
siderable portion of hot air is generated, which, if required, may be conducted
to any part of the house; if the hot air is not required for any purpose, it may
be conducted into the chimney. This will be found very advantageous during
the summer season, when the convenience of a fire is required without the
inconvenience of the heat produced thereby.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, I would have it understood that what I claim as the Invention
secured by the present Letters Patent is the mode herein described of con-
structing the fire-places of cooking stoves or ranges with a front or roasting
plate a, a', with other parts, for more economically employing fuel, as above
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord