AN IMPROVED STOVE FOR HEATING AND COOKING PURPOSES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Morton Webster, of Aston-juxta-
Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Machinist, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED STOVE FOR HEATING AND COOKING PURPOSES."
Sealed the 24th October 1873, and dated the 26th April 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Morton Webster
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 26th April 1873.
I, GEORGE MORTON WEBSTER, of Aston-juxta-Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED STOVE FOR HEATING AND COOKING PURPOSES,"
to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to combine in one apparatus a heating
and cooking stove, which from its construction shall economise the fuel
used to the greatest extent practicable.
. My improved stove is mounted upon legs in the usual manner of such
stoves, but the fire chamber is fitted at each side with a hob, which, when

page_text: requisite, can be employed for cooking purposes; the said fire chamber
having fitted therein an angular grating which is so shaped as to throw
the heat generated to the largest extent under the before named hobs,
which are placed at either side of the said body or fire chamber, as
herein-before described. The said body is continued upwards, gradually
becoming narrower to a sufficient degree as to constitute a neck or
draught flue, and is again at a higher elevation gradually widened to
constitute an upper chamber which is fitted with an air-tight lid, and the
smoke caused by combustion of the fuel employed being caused to pass
through pumice stone or other suitable material, with which this upper
chamber is charged is thereby for the most part condensed, the remainder
or waste part passing away through a flue provided for that purpose.
Upon the air-tight lid just mentioned is placed, when required, a portable
lid or cover, which is by preference oval in shape; and underneath this
the substance required to be cooked is placed. Thus the hobs are
designed for frying or boiling, the top of the stove for baking or stewing,
and the body of the stove for generating heat with a much greater
cconomy of fuel than can now be attained by stoves in ordinary use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
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filed by the said George Morton Webster in the Great Seal Patent 2
Office on the 25th October 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
MORTON WEBSTER, of Aston-juxta-Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her :
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Morton Webster, Her special
licence that I, the said George Morton Webster, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George Morton Webster,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with-

page_text: and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN
IMPROVED STOVE FOR HEATING AND COOKING PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said George Morton Webster, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calender months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Morton Webster, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say) :-
The object of this Invention is to combine in one apparatus a heating -
and cooking stove, which from its construction shall economise the fuel
used to the greatest extent practicable.
My improved stove is mounted upon legs in the usual manner of such
stoves, but the fire chamber is fitted at each side with a hob, which, when
requisite, can be employed for cooking purposes; the said fire chamber
having fitted therein an angular grating which is so shaped as to throw
the heat generated to the largest extent under the before-named hobs,
which are placed at either side of the said body or fire chamber, as
herein-before described. The said body is continued upwards, gradually
becoming narrower to a sufficient degree as to constitute a neck or
draught flue, and is again at a higher elevation gradually widened to
constitute an upper chamber, which is fitted with an air-tight lid, and
the smoke caused by combustion of the fuel employed. being caused to
pass through pumice stone or other, suitable material with which this
upper chamber. is charged is thereby for the most part condensed, the
remainder or waste part passing away through a flue provided for that
purpose. Upon the air-tight lid just mentioned is placed, when required,
a portable lid or cover, which is by preference oval in shape, and
underneath this the substance required to be cooked is placed. Thus the

page_text: hobs are designed for frying or boiling, the top of the stove for baking
or stewing, and the body of the stove for generating heat with a much
greater economy of fuel than can now be attained by stoves in ordinary
use.
That my
Invention may be fully understood I have annexed Drawings
thereof which I now proceed to describe.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2 a vertical section on the line A, B;
Fig. 3 a vertical section on the line C, D; and Fig. 4 a plan of a stove
constructed according to my Invention. Similar letters of reference
refer to similar parts in all the Figures.
a is the fire chamber supported upon legs b, b, which stand within an
open ash-pan c; d, d, are two hollow hobs forming part of the fire
chamber a; e, e, are the two sides of an angular fire grating. They are
thus inclined in order to throw the heat of the fire as much as possiblé
under the hobs d, d. Upon the said hobs d, d, the operations of boiling
or frying may be performed. f is 'the body of the stove situated upon
the top of the fire chamber a. The body has a tapering form and
terminates in the neck g. The fire-door g¹ is formed in the body f.
Above the neck g is formed the hopper shaped chamber h having an air
tight lid i. k is a perforated or slotted guard through which the smoke
passes into the chamber h. The space between the sides of the guard k
and of the chamber h is filled with pumice stone or other suitable
material for the purpose of condensing in a great measure the smoke
from the fire. is a flue through which the waste gases pass away. The
dotted lines m in Fig. 2 shew a cover under which the operations of
baking or stewing upon the top of the chamber h may be performed.
The body of the stove is designed to generate heat for warming purposes
with a much greater economy of fuel than can be attained by the
ordinary construction of stove.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in
which the same may be carried into effect, I desire it to be understood
that without limiting myself to the precise details herein named (as these
may be to some extent varied or modified without affecting the nature of
my said Invention), I desire it to be understood that what I claim as the
Invention to be protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters
Patent is, the improved stove for heating and cooking purposes con-

page_text: structed substantially as herein-before described, and as illustrated in the
Drawings hereunto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Morton Webster, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of October
in the year of our Lord 1873.
Witness,
Ġ. R. HOLLAND.
GEORGE MORTON WEBSTER. (L.S.)