IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE GRATES OR FIRE PLACES
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE WRIGHT of 12 Baron's Court Road West Kensington S.W. and
113 Queen Victoria Street London E.C. in the County of Middlesex Stove Grate
manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOVE GRATES OR FIRE PLACES to be as follows:-
I construct the fire place in such a manner that the fire can be increased or
diminished at pleasure, and converted from a large fire with an open bottom
grating, into a small fire with a solid brick bottom or vice versa. Or, by
substituting a fire brick for the open bottom grating, from a large into a small
slow combustion fire, or,
By substituting an open grating for the solid brick portion of the fire bottom,
from a large into a small ordinary combustion fire.
The accompanying drawings shew the manner in which this is accomplished.
A. is the range of front bars to which is attached the bottom grating, or a frame
into which a loose bottom grating may be dropped the, whole being made to slide
in or out, so that when fully out, a large fire place is formed, which is supplied
with air for the purposes of combustion through the open bottom grating in the
ordinary way, and when pushed in, close up to the fire brick, which forms the back
portion of the bottom, is converted into a slow combustion grate with solid bottom
and small fire place..
If a slow combustion fire be desired whether it be large or small, it can be
arranged by lifting out the bottom grating and replacing it with a fire brick.
If an ordinary combustion fire be preferred it can be arranged by substituting
an open grating for the back or solid portion of the fire bottom-whether the fire
be large or small.
Dated this second day of May One thousand eight hundred and eighty four.

page_text: I GEORGE WRIGHT late of 12 Baron's Court Road now of 4 Talgarth Road West
Kensington and 113 Queen Victoria Street London E.C in the county of Middlesex
Stove Grate manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVE GRATES OR FIRE PLACES and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
I construct the Stove Grate or Fire place in such a manner that the size of the
fire place and speed of combustion of the fire, can be increased or diminished at
pleasure, that is, it can be changed from a large free combustion fire place with
an open bottom grating, into a small slow combustion fire place with a solid brick
bottom, or vice versa.
The accompanying drawings and'explanation shew the manner in which this is
accomplished.
Fig 1. Is the front Elevation of a Stove Grate constructed according to my
invention.
Fig 2. Is a plan of the same, shewing the range and bottom. grating drawn out
to form a large Free combustion fire place.
Fig 3 Is a longitudinal section of the same.
Fig 4. Is a plan shewing the range and bottom grating pushed in to form a small
slow combustion fire place.
Fig. 5 Is a longitudinal section of the same.
A Is the range which is movable.
B-The bottom grate attached to the range-and-also-movable.
C An ordinary fire brick lining forming the back, sides, and hinder portion of
the fire place, which is fixed.
D Is a small tray attached to the range and movable with it, to contain fire
brick if preferred.
Thus by drawing out the range and bottom grating to their full extent, the other
portions of the fire place remaining fixed, a large free combustion fire place with an
open bottom grating is formed, and by pushing them in, it becomes a small slow
combustion fire place with a solid bottom.
The size of the fire place and speed of combustion of the fire can be varied at
pleasure, according to the distance the range is drawn out.
If a slow combustion fire be preferred, whether it be large or small, it can be
arranged by substituting fire brick for the open bottom grating..
If a free combustion fire be preferred whether it be large or small, it can be
arranged by substituting an open grating for the hinder or solid portion of the
bottom of the fire place.
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
First. The method whereby a Stove Grate with a large free combustion fire
place can be converted, into a small slow combustion one, and vice versa substan-
tially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: Secondly. The modifications of the same arrangements whereby a large fire
place can be changed into a small one without reference to speed of combustion:
as set forth and explained in the foregoing description, and by the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this Twenty second day of December 1884.

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