IMPROVEMENTS IN SWEEPING CHIMNEYS AND IN APPATUS FOR PREVENTING CHIMNEYS PROM SMOKING
Year: 1844

page_text: JEFFRIES' SPECIFICATION.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
JEFFRIES, of Little Sussex Place, Hyde Park Gardens, in the County of
Middlesex, 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 Thirtieth day of April, in the seventh year of Her reign, did,
for Himself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Jeffries, Her especial licence, full, power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said William Jeffries, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said William Jeffries, my exors, admors, 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 SWEEPING CHIMNEYS AND IN
APPATUS FOR PREVENTING CHIMNEYS PROM SMOKING;" in which said Letters
Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said William Jeffries, 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..

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Jeffries, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention' and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following, statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawings hereunto annexed and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
My Invention relates, first, to the use of apparatus when sweeping chim-
neys, that the soot may as it descends enter into a suitable bag or receptacle,
so placed in connection with a chimney that the soot cannot escape.into the
room; secondly, my Invention relates to improvements in apparatus for
sweeping chimneys; and, thirdly, my Invention relates to improvements in
apparatus to be applied to the upper parts of chimneys to prevent the smoke
being driven down the chimney when such apparatus is applied; and in order
that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily carried into
effect, I will proceed to describe the means and apparatus employed by me.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a side section of a fire-place and part of a chimney
with apparatus applied thereto suitable for carrying out the first part of my
Invention; Figure 2 shows part of a front view of the apparatus; Figures 3
and 4 show views of separate parts of the apparatus. The construction of the
apparatus is such that the soot as it falls from the chimney enters an
apparatus which directs it into a bag or such like receptacle, which is con-.
nected with the apparatus placed and secured in the mouth of the chimney;
and there are to be suitable sleeves for the hands and arms of the operator, in
order to his passing his arms and hands into them, and thus be enabled to use
a suitable sweeping and scraping apparatus without admitting the soot into.
the room as it falls. a, a, is a bag or receptacle for receiving the soot as it
falls. down the chimney; this bag or receptacle. I prefer to make of leather,
tho' other material niay be employed, so long as the receptacle is suitable for
preventing the soot passing thro' as it falls into it. The upper part or mouth
of the bag is affixed to the light metal spout 6, which is suitably formed to
enter a groove e, e, formed in the quadrangular opening f,f, into the chimney,
and there is a funnel 9 fixed in the quadrangle opening into the chimney, as is
shown; or these parts may be otherwise arranged, so long as the parts are
properly formed to receive the soot as it falls, and direct it into a close receiver
without allowing it to pass into the room. h, h, are two sleeves which allow
the sweep to introduce his hands and arms into the interior of the apparatus,
so as to work a proper sweeping apparatus without allowing the soot to pass

page_text: thro' the same into the room, and there is a bag i to receive the parts of the
rod, the mouth of the bag opening into the apparatus a thro' the flexible
mouth piece a', as is shown; by this arrangement the sweep can. successively
add parts of the rod to the sweeping or scraping apparatus employed, and he
5 can move the rod, and consequently the cleansing apparatus applied thereto,
up and down within the chimney. j, j, are hooks to sustain the apparatus in
its place when being used, such hooks being supported by studs k affixed on
either side of the chimney. When a register is not employed to the stove,
then I use a bag or receptacle such as is shown at Figure 5, which is a front
view of part thereof in section; this receptacle is to have the sleeves and other
bag, as in the previous case, but which are not shown in this Figure. The
mouth of the bag is capable of expanding and contracting by means of the
springs 1,1, affixed to the hoop or frame m; these springs have a tendency to
open outward, so that they will cause the mouth of the bag or receptacle to fit
various sizes of chimneys. I would remark in respect to the first part of my
Invention that the object is to employ close receptacles so arranged in con-
nection with a chimney that the soot falling may enter this receptacle; hence
it should be understood this part of my Invention is not confined to the use of
a leather bag, as is shown, though I believe it to be the best arrangement for
the
purpose:
The operation of sweeping a chimney being completed, the sweep will
reduce the length of the rod and place the parts thereof into their separate
bag; the sweeping apparatus being lowered into the bag or receptacle, the
mouth of the receptacle is to be lowered, and the cover n placed thereon, when
the receptacle and apparatus may be removed with the soot and apparatus.
A cover n may also be used to close the opening f, as shown by dotted lines at
Figure 4, in order to prevent soot or particles of dust coming into the room,
and in case of fire in the chimney to prevent a current of air passing up the
chimney, when the fire would soon exhaust itself.
I will now proceed to describe the second part of my Invention, which
relates to a mode of constructing the joints of the parts of the rod used for
raising, lowering, and working the cleansing apparatus employed. Figure 6
shows an external view of the upper and lower end of two parts of a rod.
Figures 7 and 8 show two sections of the same parts joined together. o,p, are
the two parts of a rod, the ferules of which are joined by means of the
springs q, which by their catches hold on the projecting ringer, as shown, tho
lower parts of the springs being fixed in the ferule of the lower part of
the rod, and in order to prevent the springs collapsing when the rod is in use,
the slides is used, which ensures the springs being expanded, their natural
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page_text: tendency being to remain expanded; when it is desired to separate the parts
o, p, the slide is raised up and the springs pressed towards each other, which
removes the catches out of the upper parts of the springs from the projecting
ring.
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Another improvement in apparatus for sweeping chimneys is shown in plän
and side view at Figures 9 and 10, and consists in combining a series of
scrapers t, t, with a brush v, v, as shown; this apparatus is arranged in such
manner as to be raised and lowered by means of a chain or cord attached
thereto; such chain or cord, when it is desired to work the sweeping and
scraping apparatus from below, passing over a pulley at the upper part of the
chimney, as has heretofore been practised.
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Another improvement in apparatus for sweeping chimneys is shown at
Figure 11. This apparatus is suitable for being used with a rod, such as has
heretofore been employed, or a rod with its parts joined as above described.
Figure 12 is a plan of the apparatus, and Figure 13 shows different views of
the brushing parts of the apparatus separately. On the upper part of the-rod
are pulleys or rollers to come against the sides of a chimney when not vertical.
u, u, are a series of spring arms, each carrying brushes, such as are shown at
w, w, or wire brushes, such as are shown at a, a, and at the end of the- arms
are placed rollers y, y, as shown in the Drawings; hence, when this appäratus
is raised up and down, the spring arms will assume the positions shown by the
red lines in Figure 11.
I will now describe the third part of my Invention," which consists in
applying metal apparatus within the upper part of a chimney; by which will be
prevented what is called 'smoking. Figure 14 shows a section of a stack
of five chimneys, each having an apparatus applied to it according to my
Invention. Figure 15 shows a transverse section of one of the chimneys, the
others being all similar; and Figure 16 shows one of the apparatus separately.
z, z, show the apparatus of metal, the shape of which is clearly shown; these
apparatus are larger at their lower than their upper ends, the lower ends being
made to fit within the chimney, and it gradually decreases as it ascends,
2¹ being a projecting cap which rests on the upper part of the chimney, as
shown; and I prefer that where there are several such apparatus near to each
other, that they should not be all the same height, but that they should
alternately succeed each other, a short one, then a taller one, then a short one,
and so on.
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Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the best means I am
acquainted with for performing the same, I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the details herein shown and described, so long-as

page_text: the peculiar character of either part of my Invention be retained. But what
I claim is, first, the mode of sweeping chimneys by employing a closed
receptacle in connection with the chimney, with suitable apparatus for causing
the soot to descend and enter into such receptacle.
Secondly, I claim the mode of constructing the joints for rods of apparatus
for sweeping chimneys.
And I claim the mode of constructing apparatus for sweeping chimneys
shown and described in respect to Figures 9 and 10.
And I also claim the mode of arranging the apparatus for sweeping
chimneys shown at Figures 11, 12, and 18.
And, thirdly, I claim the apparatus described in respect to Figures 14, 15,
and 16, for preventing chimneys smoking.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Jeffries, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-four.
WILLIAM (L.S.) JEFFRIES.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-sixth day of October, in
the year of our Lord 1844, the aforesaid William Jeffries, came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifi-
cation aforesaid, and all and everything therein contained and specified, in
form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped accord-
ing to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord One.
thousand eight hundred and forty-four.