Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 18th June, 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1888
I JAMES BAZELEY PETTER Ironmonger of Yeovil in the County of Somerset do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in Stoves and Fireplaces and
consists in the so arranging and constructing them that the depth from front to back
of the fire in the grate may be regulated more or less as desired and also to enable
the front to be removed altogether for cleaning or other purposes, such as to permit
of the fire place being filled with ferns or ornaments during the summer.
For this purpose I mount the bottom bars and front of the grate or stove together
thus forming a loose front, a horizontal metal or other groove or recess is formed or
built in the back of the fireplace in which the loose bottom rests and slides in and
out the depth of the fireplace being readily adjusted by a regulating screw or screws
mounted at the sides of the fireplace with an ornamental or other knobs or projection
mounted thereon by revolving which the loose front is drawn in or out as desired
suitable vertical recesses being also built or formed on each side of the fireplace to
receive the sides of the loose front.
The adjusting device may also be arranged to simultaneously more or less close or
open a damper so as to regulate the draught according to the depth of the fireplace
and consequently the size of the fire.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JAMES BAZELEY PETTER of Yeovil in the county of Somerset Ironmonger 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 improvements in domestic stoves and fieplaces (for
warming rooms and such like purposes) and consists in the so arranging and
constructing them that the depth from front to back of the fire in the grate may be
regulated more or less as desired and also to enable the front to be removed altogether
for cleaning or other purposes such as to permit of the fireplace being filled with ferns
or ornaments during the summer.
For this purpose I mount the bottom bars and front of the grate or stove together
thus forming a loose front a horizontal metal or other groove or recess is formed or
built in the back of the fireplace in which the loose bottom rests and slides in and out
and the depth of the fireplace may be readily adjusted by a regulating screw or screws
mounted at the sides of the fireplace with an ornamental or other knob or projection
mounted thereon by revolving which the loose front is drawn in or out as desired
suitable vertical recesses being also built or formed on each side of the fireplace to
receive the sides of the loose front.
The adjusting device may also be arranged to simultaneously more or less close or
open a damper so as to regulate the draught according to the depth of the fireplace
and consequently the size of the fire.
And in order the more particularly to describe and ascertain my present invention
so that the same may be readily carried into practice I will proceed to describe the
drawings hereto annexed:
Figure 1 is a front view in elevation of a stove or fireplace having my improvements
applied thereto.
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation of such stove when moved in to its smallest
dimensions.
Figure 3 is a sectional side elevation of same drawn out to its largest dimensions.
Figure 4 is a sectional plan of the lower part of the fireplace.
The loose or portable front a with returned sides bb fitting into vertical grooves c
fixed or formed in the angles of the recess as shown. The back d¹ of the firebasket
is formed of fire brick fixed between the said grooves c and the bottom grating e and
sides of the said fire-basket are attached to the moveable front a. Screws for adjusting
or fixing the position of the front may or may not be used.
The aforesaid grooves e may form a frame to receive the firebrick back and the
adjusting screws.
The top of the front a is made approximately parallel with the top part of the
back d¹ and is arranged to form the aperture for smoke from the fire to the chimney g

page_text: and simultaneously as the fire is increased or lessened in depth the flue is propor-
tionly altered and when the fire is reduced to its lowest extent the chimney may
be almost entirely closed. The chimney 9 outside the said front may be enclosed by
a fixed plate or lifting door h next to which a plate i affixed to or connected with the
aforesaid front slides.
The chimney may be swept by lifting out the aforesaid front or through the outside
lifting door aforesaid.
The front may be removed in summer for decoration with plants. or other
ornaments.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I would remark that I am well aware
that domestic stoves or fireplaces have previously been made in which the depth of
the fireplace from back to front can be adjusted to which I make no claim whatever
but what I claim as novel and as my invention is :-
1. In domestic stoves and fire-places the loose front a with returned sides b moving
in vertical grooves c formed in the back of the fireplace and having the bottom e and
front bars attached thereto arranged to act substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
2. The improved arrangement and construction of domestic stoves or fireplaces for
adjusting the depth from back to front of the fire and for regulating the draught
substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described and repre-
sented in the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated th: 10th law of T1000