IMPROVEMENTS IN WARMING APPARATUS FOR GREENHOUSES AND OTHER PLACES
Year: 1885

page_text: RECOD.
I EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE of The Aston Brook Lamp Works Aston-
juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Lamp Manufacturer do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN WARMING APPARATUS
FOR GREENHOUSES AND OTHER PLACES to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus whereby the heat
from an oil or lamp stove is employed, partly by its own direct radiation and
partly by warming incoming air, to warm a greenhouse or other place whilst at
the same the aqueous products of combustion instead of being allowed entirely to
enter the greenhouse or other place are partly condensed and run off from time
to time.
For this purpose I employ an oil or lamp stove of any approved construction
enclosed in a close chamber or case which by a heat radiating tube is connected
with a condensing and air warming chamber.
Above the oil or lamp stove within the close chamber or case is a hood or funnel
which collects the products of combustion and by a tube connected thereto and
placed within the heat radiating tube conveys such products of combustion to a
convenient distance along such latter tube and thereby distributes the heat; the
products of combustion then pass freely into the heat radiating tube and are
thereby conducted to the condensing and air warming chambers; these latter
chambers are constructed with a double case of any suitable shape or design so as
to form a close chamber between the two cases into which the products of
combustion are conducted and partly condensed and from which the water of
condensation may be drawn off from time to time by a suitable tap the space
enclosed by the inner case and a suitable top and bottom fortes the air warming
chamber. At the lower part of the condensing chamber is also connected an
escape tube which is conducted to the outside of the greenhouse or other place and
by which the non-condensed products of combustion escape into the open air this
escape tube is divided and the upper part is provided with a hood or shield covering
the lower part whereby a current of air entering the upper part of the tube will be
prevented from passing injuriously down the lower part of such escape tube. Or if
desired instead of being conducted outside the greenhouse or other place, the said
escape tube may terminate within the building.

page_text: At the bottom of the air warming chamber is an opening provided with suitable
regulating means and with self acting valve acting to permit the entrance of air to
such warming chamber and to prevent any reverse current. The air after being
warmed escapes from openings in the upper part of such warming chamber into the
greenbouse or other place.
In order to supply a small quantity of moisture to the atmosphere of the
greenhouse or other place I place on the top of the stove case or chamber a vessel
of the required proportions and which may rest direct upon the top of such case
or chamber or be raised more or less above the same as may be required and as is
well understood.
If desired instead of forming the condensing chamber and air warming chamber
separate from the stove they may be formed in and by the stove case or chamber
in which case the air entering the warming chamber must not be allowed to
combine with the products of combustion.

page_text: Improvements in Warming Apparatus for Greenhouses and
other Places.
I EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE of the Aston Brook Lamp Works, Aston-
juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick, Lamp Manufacturer, 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:
My invention relates to an improved construction of apparatus whereby the heat
from an oil or lamp stove is employed, partly by its own direct radiation, and partly
by warming in-coming air, to warm a greenhouse or other place whilst at the same
time the aqueous products of combustion instead of being allowed entirely to enter
the greenhouse, or other place, are partly condensed and run off from time
to time.
For this purpose I employ an oil or lamp stove of any approved construction
enclosed in a close chamber or case which by a heat radiating tube is connected
with a condensing and air warming chamber.
Above the oil or lamp stove within the close chamber or case is a hood or funnel
which collects the products of combustion and by a tube connected thereto and
placed within the heat radiating tube conveys such products of combustion to a
convenient distance along such latter tube and thereby distributes the heat; the
products of combustion then pass freely into the heat radiating tube and are thereby
conducted to the condensing and air warming chambers; these latter chambers are
constructed of a double case of any suitable shape or design so as to form a close
chamber between the two cases into which the products of combustion are
conducted and partly condensed and from which the water of condensation may be
drawn off, from time to time, by a suitable tap, the space enclosed by the inner
case and a suitable top and bottom, forms the air warming chamber.
At the lower part of the condensing chamber is also connected an escape tube
which is conducted to the outside of the greenhouse or other place and by which
the non-condensed products of combustion escape into the open air, this escape
tube is divided and the upper part is provided with a hood or shield covering the
lower part whereby a current of air entering the upper part of the tube will be
prevented from passing injuriously down the lower part of such escape tube.
Or if desired instead of being conducted outside the greenhouse or other place,
the said escape tube may terminate within the building, or up a chimney or flue.
At the bottom of the air warming chamber is an opening provided with suitable
regulating means and with self acting valve acting to permit the entrance of air
to such warming chamber and to prevent any reverse current.
The air after being warmed escapes from openings in the upper part of such
warming chamber into the greenhouse or other place.
In order to supply a small quantity of moisture to the atmosphere of a
greenhouse or other place, I place on the top of the stove case or chamber a vessel

page_text: of the required proportions and which may rest direct upon the top of such case
or chamber, or be raised more or less above the same as may be required and as is
well understood.
If desired instead of forming the condensing chamber and air warming chamber
separate from the stove, they may be formed in and by the stove case or chamber
in which case the air entering the warming chamber must not be allowed to
combine with the products of combustion.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of warming apparatus constructed
according to my invention: Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, and
Figure 3 is a cross section showing a slight modification and Figure 4 is a vertical
section of parts thereof, and Figure 5 is a vertical section showing another
modification.
In all the figures like parts are marked with similar letters of reference.
a represents an oil tank and burner which may be of any approved construction,
b is a close chamber or case in which the tank and burner are enclosed, as shown
at Figures 1 and 5, or such tank and burner may be placed below such chamber b
as shown at Figures 2 and 4-c is a chimney over the burner, to ensure the
requisite draft and d is a condensing chamber and e is an air warming chamber to
which air is admitted from the exterior through a pipe or way f which is preferably
provided with a flap valve which permits the entrance of air from the exterior but
prevents a contrary current.
The condensing chamber d is provided at its lower part with a suitable tap d' by
which the condensed products of combustion are drawn off from time to time and
it is also provided with an escape tube d³ which is conducted to the outside of the
greenhouse or other place, and by which the non-condensed products of combustion
escape into the open air; this escape tube is divided as shown at Figures 1 and 2
and the upper part is provided with a hood or shield d³ covering the lower part
whereby a current of air entering the upper part of the tube d' will be prevented
from passing injuriously down the lower part of such escape tube.
Or if desired instead of being conducted outside the greenhouse or other place,
the said escape tube may terminate within the building or as shown at Figure 2 by
the dotted lines it may be passed up a chimney or flue.
In the arrangement shown at Figure 1 a hood or funnel c¹ is placed within the
close chamber or case b above the chimney c to collect the products of combustion
and by a tube c² connected to such funnel or hood c¹ and placed within the heat
radiating tube c³ (connected at one end to the close chamber band at the other to
the condensing chamber d) conveys such products of combustion to a convenient
distance along such tube cs and thereby distributes the heat; the products of com-
bustion then pass freely into the heat radiating tube c³ and are thereby conducted
to the condensing chamber d where they come into contact with the case or exterior
of the air warming chamber e and thereby warm the air contained within and
passing through such chamber e. These chambers de are constructed of a double
case of any suitable shape or design so as to form a close chamber d between them
and an internal chamber e formed by the inner case and a suitable top and bottom.
The heated air escapes from the chamber e through perforations in or around the
top as shown at Figure 1, or through an ornamental perforated cover e¹ as shown
at Figures 2 and 3.
In the arrangement shown at Figures 2, 3 and 5 the chimney c is connected
directly with the tube c and the tube c³ is dispensed with whilst a shorter tube c³
is used to connect the chimney c with the chamber d.
In order to supply a small quantity of moisture to the atmosphere of a green-
house or other place, I place on the top of the stove case or chamber a vessel of the

page_text: required proportions and which may rest direct upon the top of such case or
chamber or be raised more or less above the same as may be required and as is well
understood, or as shown at Figure 2 a kettle may be boiled by passing the con-
tracted part thereof through a hole in the top of the chamber b and causing it to
rest upon the tube c³.
If desired instead of forming the condensing chamber d and air warming
chamber e separate from the stove they may be formed in and by the stove
case or chamber as shown at Figure 5 in which case the air entering the warming
chamber e is prevented from combining with the products of combustion as shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The peculiar combination and arrangement of parts of warming apparatus for
greenhouses and other places substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The peculiar combination and arrangement of parts consisting of an oil or
lamp stove a close chamber b tubes c³ ³ condensing chamber d air warming
chamber e and divided outlet tube d³ and hood or shield d³ substantially as herein
shown and described and for the purpose stated.
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