Year: 1897

page_text: I, ALBERT EDWARD HANCOCK, of 105, Finch Road, Handsworth, in the County
of Stafford, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention has reference to that class of oil stoves in which the tank carries
a chimney provided with a hole in one side and having at the top a seating for
culinary vessels. Heretofore the cast base of the chimney and the cast frame
carrying the diaphragm surrounding the wick tube have in some cases been
permanently hinged to the top of the tank so as to turn back for examination and
trimming of the wick or for the removal of the wick tube and winder from the
tank, but in this arrangement the chimney and diaphragm can only be opened and
turned back from one side of the stove. According to this invention I so attach the
chimney base and the diaphragm surrounding the wick tube to the top of the tank that
the chimney and diaphragm can be thrown back from either side of the stove and can
be entirely removed therefrom when desired for cleaning the stove or at other times
the parts being so arranged that they cannot be placed together in wrong positions.
In carrying out my invention the cast iron base of the chimney is not per-
manently hinged to the top of the tank as heretofore and is made with four legs two
at the back and two at the front of the stove and at convenient distances apart the
two legs at the front of the stove being connected together by a cross bar cast
thereon and near the bottom of the same and the two legs at the back of the stove
being similarly connected together by another cross bar cast thereon. The cross
bar at the front of the stove engages in vertically slotted lugs cast on the tank, and is
there secured by a spring or other suitable catch which takes on to the top of the
cross bar and is fixed to one of the handles of the stove or is otherwise arranged.
The cross bar of the two back legs similarly engages in two vertically slotted lugs
which are cast on to the top of the oil tank and is there secured by a catch similarly
as above described as applied to the front of the stove. By pressing either of the
spring catches backwardly off its corresponding cross bar the chimney base can be
turned up and about the other cross bar as a joint and turned back as required or if
both of the spring catches are pressed backwardly off the cross bars the chimney
with the chimney base is free to be removed from the tank. The frame which
carries the perforated diaphragm is made with legs which bear upon the top of the
tank the front and back legs being made with feet which are of the proper width
to fit between the lugs and thus prevent the side frame moving endwise. These
feet are made to pass under the cross bars of the chimney base and with semicircular
or other grooves at the top so as to fit against the underside of the cross bars.
Moreover each foot is made with a projecting toe which takes against the corre-
sponding spring catch and thus the diaphragm is held down when the chimney is
turned back as above described. The said frame which carries the diaphragm can
readily be removed by pressing back one of the catches so as to free the toe and

page_text: foot and allow of the feet on the otherside to be withdrawn from underneath the
cross bar of the chimney base. The end legs of the said frame are cast in such
positions as not to come in contact with the winder which I prefer to continue
through both ends of the wick tube and with a winding knob at each end.
Dated 'this 18th day of September 1897.
Mens Stoves.
I, ALBERT EDWARD HANCOCK, of 105, Finch Road, Handsworth, in the County
of Stafford, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to that class of oil stoves in which the tank carries
a chimney provided with a hole in one or both sides and having at the top a seating for
culinary vessels. Heretofore the cast base of the chimney and the cast frame
carrying the diaphragm surrounding the wick tube have in some cases been per-
manently hinged to the top of the tank so as to turn back for examination and
trimming of the wick or for the removal of the wick and tube and winder from
the tank, but in this arrangement the chimney and diaphragm can only be opened
and turned back from one side of the stove.
According to this invention I so attach the chimney base and the diaphragm
surrounding the wick tube to the top of the tank that the chimney and diaphragm
can be thrown back from either side of the stove and can be entirely removed
therefrom when desired for cleaning the stove or at other times the parts being so
arranged that they cannot be placed together in wrong positions.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings on which Fig. 1 is a
side elevation of an oil stove 'embodying my improvements this view shewing the
stove open; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same stove closed; Fig. 3 is a front
elevation of the same stove closed and Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of the same; Fig. 5
is a front elevation side elevation and plan of the chimney base of the said stove;
Fig. 6 is a front elevation sectional side elevation and plan of the spring catch
part of the said stove which secures the chimney base to the tank; Fig. 7 is a side
elevation of an oil stove embodying both of my said improvements; Fig. 8 is a.
plan of the same; Fig. 9 is a side elevation Fig. 10 is a front elevation and Fig. 11
is a plan of the frame of the wick. tube diaphragm of the stove represented by
Figs. 7 and 8.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all
the figures.
In carrying out my invention the cast iron base A of the chimney G is not
permanently hinged to the top of the oil tank C as heretofore and is made with four
legs two of which namely B B are at the front of the stove and the other
two legs B3 B are at the back of the stove at convenient distances apart. The two
legs B B at the front of the stove are cast with a cross bar 135 near the bottom
of the legs and the other two legs B3 B4 at the back of
connected together by another cross bar B6 cast thereon.
front of the stove engages in two vertical slotted lugs c¹
tank C and is there secured by a suitable catch such as
which at dis made to take on to the top of the cross bar B5
of the handles E¹ of the stove or is otherwise suitably arranged.
the stove are similarly
The cross bar B5 at the
cast on the top of the
by the spring catch D¹
and is formed with one
The part d' of the5

page_text: catch D is inclined at 2 so that the catch will be forced back by the pressure of
the bar 15 when the chimney base A is turned down into the position shewn in
Figs. 3 and 4 and then by the spring d³ the catch D₁ will be caused to move
forward again to engage with the cross bar B5 of the chimney base to secure the
latter to the oil tank C. The cross bar B of the two back legs B3 B4 similarly
engages in two vertically slotted lugs which are cast on the top of the oil
tank C and is there secured by a suitable catch spring D² similarly as above
described as applied to the front of the stove. By pressing either of the spring
catches D D outwardly off its corresponding cross bar 135 or B6 the chimney
base A can be turned up and about the other cross bar as a joint and turned back
as required for instance as shewn by Fig. 1 where the catch D¹ has been moved
outwardly free of the cross bar 135 and the chimney base A and chimney have been
turned up about the cross bar B6 as shewn by the full lines on the right hand
side of Fig. 1. In the same way as indicated by the dotted lines on the left hand
side of Fig. 1 the chimney base A can by pulling out the spring catch D² be released
and can then be turned up about cross bar B5 as a hinge whilst the same is
secured in the slotted lugs c¹ by the spring catch D¹. If both of the spring
catches D¹ Ds are pressed off the corresponding cross bars B6 the chimney G with
the chimney base A is free to be removed from the tank.
Instead of employing the spring catches D1 D2 for securing the cross bar B5 in
the lugs and the cross bar B6 in the lugs c³ I may employ any other suitable
catches or fastenings without departing from the nature of my invention.
The distance between the two legs B1 B2 is the same as the distance between
the two legs B3 B4 and therefore the chimney base and chimney cannot be placed
on the base C in a wrong position.
In the arrangement of my invention illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 the
frame F which carries the perforated diaphragm round the wick tube is of the usual
construction but in order the better to secure the diaphragm frame F in position the
said frame may, in accordance with this invention, be made with four legs f¹ få f³ f^
(see Figs. 7 to 11 both inclusive) which.bear upon the top of the tank C the front
legs being made with feet h¹h which are of the proper width to fit between
the lugs and the two back legs f³ f being made with feet 2 which are of the
proper width to fit between the lugs cc and thus prevent the diaphragm frame F
from moving endwise.
The two feet h¹h¹ and the two feet h³ ³ pass respectively under the cross
bars B5 B6 on the chimney base A and are made with semi-circular grooves h³ at
the top so as to fit against the underside of the cross bars B5 B6 and thus be held in
place. The legs f₁f are made the same distance apart as the legs f³ f and the
lugs care at the same distance apart as the lugs and thus the diaphragm
frame F cannot be placed in a wrong position on the oil tank C as either pair of
legs will fit between either pair of lugs.
When the chimney base A has been turned up on one or other of the cross bars,
say on the cross bar Be as shewn in Fig. 7, the diaphragm base F can be similarly
turmed up round this cross bar or removed by its feet being withdrawn from under
the cross bar. The leg f³ at one end of the diaphragm frame F is cast at a certain
distance from one side of the longitudinal centre line X X (see Fig. 11) and the
other leg f is cast at a similar distance from the said centre line at the other end of
the diaphragm frame F thus in whichever position the diaphragm frame F is placed
on the oil tank C the legs fo fo will clear the winder H.
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. In an oil stove of the kind herein referred to, attaching the chimney base to
the top of the oil tank in the manner and by the means substantially as described
with reference to the accompanying drawings so as to permit of the chimney being
turned up and thrown back from either side of the stove as herein set forth.

page_text: 2. In an oil stove of the kind herein referred to attaching the chimney base and
the perforated diaphragm frame to the top of the oil tank in the manner and by the
means substantially as described with reference to the accompanying drawings so
as to permit of the chimney and diaphragm base being turned up and thrown back
from either side of the stove as herein set forth.
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CHARLES BOSWORTH KÉTLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.