Improvements in Fireplaces or Stoves.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Nov., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 11th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fireplaces or Stoves.
GEORGE MARLOW REED, Cashier, Caxton Villa, Sydney Road, Hornsey,
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A perforated damper of clay or other material, to be placed at the back of an
ordinary fireplace, in the aperture leading to the chimney in the position of the
ordinary iron register door when closed; but this damper when tilted forward over
the fire closing only about three quarters of the aperture, the smoke escaping
through the perforations in the damper and that part of the aperture not covered by
the damper.
This deflects and radiates the heat of the fire, causing it to be more evenly dis-
tributed in the apartment, and with greater intensity, while considerably reducing
the consumption of fuel-being an improvement upon and adaptable to any ordinary
register stove.
G. MARLOW REED.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fireplaces or Stoves.
1, GEORGE MARLOW REED, Cashier, Caxton Villa, Sydney Road, Hornsey,
Middlesex, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to obtain a better diffusion than heretofore,
throughout the apartment, of the heat from the fire, and thereby effect economy of
fuel.
The invention is applicable to all kinds of register fire places, stoves, or grates,
and consists in the use of a loose perforated damper, deflector, or baffle, of suitable
material, which is placed across the smoke exit from the fire place or stove, and is
of such a form that while allowing for the free passage of the smoke, it arrests more
or less of the heat, and deflects and radiates it into the apartment.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figs. 1 and 2 are respectively a front elevation and sectional elevation of a register
stove, with my invention applied thereto; and
Figs. 3 and 4 are a front view and side view respectively of a deflector, as used
therewith.
A is the perforated deflector, damper, or baffle, which is preferably of the form
shown at Figs. 3 & 4, that is to say, semi-circular at its upper portion, with side
pieces. I prefer this form, as it has not an unsightly appearance, when placed
behind the opening in the stove, in place of the ordinary register door (see Fig. 1);
it leaves ample smoke space in addition to the perforations, and it will serve for
various widths and sizes of openings.
I may here remark that I do not confine myself to any particular form of deflector,
the essential feature being a loose perforated deflector placed at an inclination at
the back of the smoke exit, and formed so as to close about three fourths of the
smoke exit aperture, less the perforations in the deflector.
It will be obvious that owing to the position of the deflector, it will become
rapidly hot, and will not only thereby radiate heat, but will more or less arrest the
heat of the fire, instead of allowing it to pass up the chimney, and deflect it into the
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page_text: apartment, at the same time allowing for the exit of the smoke.
As a consequence,
it will also be obvious that considerable economy in the fuel will result.
By my invention, the deflector is maintained in position without any brackets,
supports, or other separate fixings. It simply rests against the edges of the smoke
exit of the stove.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The application, at the smoke exit of a register fire-place, grate; or stove, of a
loose perforated deflector, damper, or baffle, of approximately the form shown, in
the manner and for the purpose described.
Did this 10th 1
SML 1001
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.