Warming and Ventilating of Apartments and other Places.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1887
Complete Left, 19th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 4th May, 1888
Warming and Ventilating of Apartments and other Places.
I SAMUEL REEVE of 18 Little Marylebone Street in the County of Middlesex,
Builder do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
These improvements have reference to apparatus for use in effecting the warming
and ventilating of apartments and other places of the character described in the
Specification of Letters Patent granted to me bearing date the 7th day of January
1884 No. 887.
The present improvements consist in a modification of the arrangements of parts
of the apparatus described in the said Specification with additions thereto and the
object is to specially adapt the invention to certain circumstances.
In the present arrangement the fire place is preferably formed of fire brick at
bottom back and sides with bars in front in the bottom is a vent to a channel for
fresh air supply.
The space below the bottom is closed in generally by a moveable tidy plate.
The fire brick back is carried high up and supports a perforated filter chamber
enclosing asbestos or like refractory filtering media, at an angle and in front of the
filter box and somewhat above is a moveable hood which may be lined to protect
it with asbestos or be formed with ribs or studs or otherwise better adapted to
withstand heat of the gases passing up channels communicating with the upper
part of the apartment are in communication with the space formed rearward of the
filter box in the flue by which the vitiated air may be withdrawn.
A hinged or jointed plate capable of being closed down over smoke passage is
Providad

page_text: According to a modification the fire brick back is not carried so bigh and a larger
chamber can be left rearward of the filter box and rearward of the fuel space is a
chamber separated therefrom by the fire clay back and therein is formed a channel for
supply of fresh air instead of in the bottom.
Or the air supply may be delivered through a grating over the top of the fire brick
back and the filter box supported inclined over the fire may take its hearing against
the back wall.
The products of combustion pass up and through the asbestos filter box which
retains the denser portion but any excessivo quantity generated say at first lighting
may partly pass up between the hood and the filter box.

page_text: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Use in Effecting the
Warming and Ventilating of Apartments and other Places.
1 SAMUEL REEVE of 18 Little Marylebone Street in the County of Middlesex,
Builder 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:
These improvements have reference to apparatus for use in effecting the warming
and ventilating of apartments and other places of the character described in the
Specification of Letters Patent granted to me bearing date the 7th day of January 1884
No. 887.
The present improvements consist in a modification of the arrangements of parts of
the apparatus described in the said specification with additions thereto and the object
is to specially adapt the invention to certain circumstances.
In the present arrangement the fire place is preferably formed of fire-brick at
bottom back and sides with bars in front in the bottom may be a vent to a channel for
fresh air supply.
The space below the bottom is closed in generally by a movable tidy plate.
The fire brick back is carried high up and supports a perforated filter chamber
enclosing asbestos or like refractory filtering media, at an angle and in front of the
filter box and somewhat above is a movable hood which may be lined to protect it with
asbestos or be formed with ribs or studs or otherwise better adapted to withstand heat
of the gases passing up, channels communicating with the upper part of the apartment
are in communication with the space formed rearward of the filter box in the flue by
which the vitiated air may be withdrawn.
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A hinged or jointed plate capable of being closed down over smoke passage is
provided.
According to a modification the fire brick back is not carried so high and a larger
chamber can be left rearward of the filter box and rearward of the fuel space is a
chamber separated therefrom by the fireclay back and therein is formed a channel for
supply of fresh air instead of in the bottom.
Or the air supply may be delivered through a grating over the top of the fire brick
hack and the filter box supported inclined over the fire may take its bearing against
the back wall.
The products of combustion pass up and through the asbestos filter box which
retains the denser portion but any excessive quantity generated say at first lighting
may partly pass up between the hood and the filter box.

page_text: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fireplace and surrounding parts designed to
illustrato one application of my invention.
Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same taken on the line 1-1 Fig. 1.
Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken about the line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of the filter box on the back of the grate.
Figure 5 is a sectional view taken about the line 3-3 of Figures 3 and 6.
Figure 6 is a horizontal section of the stove at about the level of the filter slide at
line 44 of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a sectional plan taken about the line 5-5 of Figure 5 above the
register.
Figuro 8 is a vertical section taken about the line 6-6 of Figs. 3, 6, & 7 to shew
the side flues, the dotted lines indicating the courses these may take to the upper part
of an apartment to draw away the vitiated air to the chimney.
a is the fireplace in which the fuel is placed. bare the front bars. This firebox
is at bottom back and sides preferably of fire brick and the back may be pierced and
communicate as at c with fresh air channels from the exterior of the building by an
inlet c'. d is an ash drawer adapted to receive dust from the edge of the fire bottom.
Above the fire place sloping somewhat forward is a perforated plate or slabe which
may be of fire clay or fire resistent material and behind this and between it and the
rear wall is space for passage of products of combustion to and through asbestos or
other refractory filtering material contained in a movable filter box f. This filter
box slides by its flanges at its upper sides being supported on the guide ways g g
fixed in the flue sides, and it is also supported by its lower projecting flanges f* f
on the top of the fire brick walls. h is a frame work preferably of metal forming a
support and seating for the register flap j and through this frame are formed
openings communicating with side flues k, k leading downward and then upward
to the upper part of the chamber as already explained in respect of Figure 8.
In operation the fire being lighted in a the products of combustion pass up
(mingled with air it may be from the inlets c) to the openings e and 2 thence through
the filtering material f into the flue carrying thereinto only the less dense smoke and
leaving the thicker parts in the filter. If it be desired to temporarily leave free
access to the flue for cleansing or starting combustion this may be done by drawing
forward the filter box fon its slides.
As the draught in the bottom of the flue causes tension the air in the side flues
becomes drawn upon and this air passes up with the gases in the flue and the side
flues draw off the vitiated air from the upper parts of the chamber with which they
communicate.
The hood or projecting plate l attached to the front of the filter box f also serves
as a handle to be grasped for drawing forward that box.
Figure 9 shews by vertical section a modification in which the fire brick back is not
carried quite so high up and a larger chamber m is left rearward of the filter box f
and rearward of the fuel space a may be a chamber as c in Figure 2, or as shown this
chamber may be dispensed with and also the inlet and outlet passages thereto also side
flues for drawing off vitiated air from the upper parts of the room may be arranged as
in Figures 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 or they may be dispensed with.
The moveable filter box fis in this Figure set to draw up and slide in again at an
angle and by means of the handle 4, by which movement if sharply repeated shaking
and cleansing of the material from dust and other matters may be effected.
Figure 10 is a separate perspective view of the moveable filter box of Figure 9.
This arrangement of filter box is particularly adaptable to existing fire places without
structural alteration but where circumstances will admit I prefer the adoption of the
more complete arrangements previously described in Figures 1 to 8.
Figure 11 shows another modification of the preceding Figures 9 and 10 in that
the filter box f as well as being capable of drawing out bodily, has the receptacle of

page_text: asbestos or equivalent filtering matter made to slide separately from the grid when
the draw plate by the handle is pulled out and then pushed back and these two
being connected by the projection f off entering the space between the lugs ƒ of
the part f¹.
By these means the filtering material may be shaken up.
Or the air supply instead of coming in through passages at rear of the fire as in
Figure 2 may be delivered through a grating over the top of the fire brick back as
at m in said Figure 2, and the filter box may be slidden on a horizontal plane or at an
inclined angle and against either the back or the grating e.
Figure 12 shews a slightly modified form of arrangement of filter box f to that
shown in Figure 9 adapted to draw out on a horizontal guideway formed by each fire
brick side wall.
Figure 13 shews a slightly modified arrangement of the filter box from the
preceding in that the hood can be drawn out separately from the filter box fto
increase draught as shown in full lines, or pushed back as seen by the dotted lines.
The hood has slots or openings which do not coincide with the opening in the
front of so that in the forward position of the openings in each are free whilst
when closed against 8 these are blocked.
Figure 14 shews another modification in which the filter box f is located slightly
rearward of the direct vertical line between the back of the fire space and the
chimney, adapted to deep recesses or openings, where bricking or building up is not
dosired.
The various forms and arrangements of filter boxes may be employed in combination
with side flues or air inlets or other of the parts described in the arrangements first
described.
The filtering material may be asbestos in pad or other forms of that material or
metallic wire or other suitable matter adapted to effect the object stated.
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
In apparatus for use in warming and ventilating apartments and other places.
1. A filter box or receptacle filled with refractory filtering material arranged above
the fire in combination with side or other channels communicating with the flue above
the filter and with the upper parts of the chamber from which vitiated atmosphere is
to be drawn away substantially as set forth.
2. A filter placed above the fire and in the passage to the chimney or in the
chimney, so that the products of combustion may be caused to pass therethrough and
be deprived of the denser matters carried up and the too free passage of the heated
gases may be checked as set forth.
3. The combination of a filter box or chamber charged with filtering material
interposed in or about the entrance to the chimney, a stove or fireplace for fuel to be
burned, side flues communicating with the space above the filter and with the upper
parts of the chamber to be ventilated and means for supply of air to support or aid
combustion as set forth.
4. The general arrangement and combination of parts for warming and ventilating
apartments and other places as set forth, with means for extracting or filtering the
denser particles of matter in the current of gases produced by the combustion of fuel
in the fireplace placed above the fire substantially as set forth.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicant.