Improvements in Gas or Vapour Heating Stoves and Ventilators.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Aug., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas or Vapour Heating Stoves and Ventilators.
I, HENRY MARTYN WILLIAMSs, of 24, East Wayne Street, in the City of Fort
Wayne, in the County of Allen, and State of Indiana, United States of America,
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:-
This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in combined
gas or vapor heating stoves and ventilators having for its object to improve the
construction and efficiency of such stoves generally; and the invention consists
in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of the parts hereinafter
more particularly described.
In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in
which like letters of reference designate corresponding parts-
Fig. 1, is a vertical sectional view of a stove embodying the invention.
Fig. 2, is a horizontal sectional view on the line of Fig. 1, and
Fig. 3, is an enlarged sectional view of one of the heated air columns.
Fig. 4, is an enlarged detail sectional view of the damper controlling the flow
of hot air from the generator to the discharge flue.
Referring more particularly to the drawings A, designates the base of the
stove mounted upon suitable supports 1, and provided with an air chamber 2,
Formed in the bottom of said base is an inlet opening 2ª, controlled by suitable
sliding dampers 2b.
Supported upon and extending above the base is an inverted conical hot air
generator B, the lower end of which extends centrally through the base and
opens beneath the same and surrounding said generator at its contracted end is
an annular gas or vapor burner C, suitably mounted upon the base and connected
with a supply pipe 3. As shown the wall of the generator is plain, it will be
readily understood, however, that it may be formed with either annular or
longitudinal corrugations, if desired.
Located above the generator B, is an annular top D, formed with a hot air
distributing chamber 3, which communicates with the interior of the generator
through horizontal radial passages 4, and a vertical passage 5.
Surrounding the hot air generator B. is a series of vertical air columns E,
which communicate at their upper ends with the air distributing chamber 3ª,
and at their lower ends with the air chamber 2, of the base A. These air
columns may be arranged in close juxtaposition in order that the hot air chamber
or space 6, intermediate the columns and the air generator may be practically
a closed one, but preferably wide spaces are left between the columns leaving
the burner and generator exteriorly exposed in order that heat may be radiated
into the room from the generator.
The inner walls of the columns converge towards the hot air generator B, and
upon their interior the columns are provided with longitudinal ribs 7, for more

page_text: manner which will permit it to be readily attached and detached from the stove
and it is not deemed necessary to illustrate it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. In a gas or vapor stove, the combination with a central hollow hot air
generator open at its lower end, of a burner surounding the generator, a hollow
top above and overhanging the generator, and communicating therewith, said
top being formed with a discharge flue surrounding the generator, and means
for placing the discharge flue into and out of communication with the interior
of the generator, substantially as described.
2nd. In a gas or vapor stove, the combination with a base, of a central hollow
hot air generator mounted upon the base, a burner surrounding the generator,
a series of separated air columns surrounding the generator and burner, the said
generator and air columns being open at their lower ends, a hollow top above
the generator communicating with the generator and with the air columns and
a central discharge flue through the top, substantially as described.
3rd. In a gas or vapor stove, the combination with a base, of a central hollow
inverted conical hot air generator upon the base open at its lower end, an
exteriorly exposed burner surrounding the generator at its lower end, a series
of separated hollow air columns surrounding the burner and generator, a top
supported above the generator, and a central discharge flue extending through
the top and leading from the space between the air columns, substantially as
described.
4th. In a gas or vapor stove, the combination with a base, of a central
generator upon the base, an exteriorly exposed burner surrounding the generator
at its lower end, a series of separated hollow air columns open at their lower
ends, surrounding the burner and generator and having their inner surfaces
converging towards the generator, a hollow top above the generator communi-
cating with the air columns and a discharge flue leading from said top and
communicating with the space between the air columns, substantially as described.
5th. In a gas or vapor stove, the combination with a base, of a central generator
mounted upon the base, a burner surrounding the generator at its lower end, a
series of hollow air columns provided with internal longitudinal ribs and open
at their lower ends, said columns surrounding the generator and burner and
having their inner surfaces converging towards the cone and a hollow perforated
top mounted upon the generator and communicating with the air columns sub-
stantially as described.
6th. In a gas or vapor stove, the combination with a hollow base formed with
air inlet openings, of a central hollow hot air generator mounted upon the base
and open at its lower end, a burner surrounding the generator, a series of hollow
air columns surrounding the burner and generator and communicating with the
hollow base, a hollow perforated top mounted above the generator and communi-
cating therewith and with the air columns and a discharge flue through the top
leading from the space between the air columns, substantially as described.
7. In a gas or vapor stove the combination with a base and a hollow
top, formed with a discharge flue, of a hollow air generator mounted upon
the base open at its lower end and adapted to communicate with the hollow
top and with the discharge flue at its upper end, means for closing the upper
end of the generator, a burner surrounding the generator and a series of hollow
air columns surrounding the generator and burner, open at their lower ends and
communicating with the hollow top at their upper ends, substantially as described.
8th. In a gas or vapor stove the combination with a base and a hollow top,
formed with a discharge flue, of a hollow air generator mounted upon the base
open at its lower end and communicating with the hollow top and with the
discharge flue at its upper end, a burner surrounding the generator and a series