IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE GRATES
Year: 1884

page_text: We GEORGE GORDON PETER BRODIE of Lozells Road Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Manufacturer and JAMES DANIEL PRIOR of Isledon Road Finsbury
Park London in the County of Middlesex Manager, do hereby declare the nature
of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE GRATES, to be as follows :—
This Invention consists of certain improved attachments to fire grates of the
open kind known as Leamington bars and which from the necessary construction of
the fireplace in which they are fixed are very liable to smoke the space above the
fire exposing the flue throat to strong currents of draught. By this Invention a
grate of the above description may be converted into a partially closed or entirely
closed stove or used as an open grate at will.
The jambs whether of tile or other material are hinged to the front edge of the
splay and closed towards the back edge, thus opening like a shutter flap. Behind
these jambs flaps are hinged to the inner edge of the splay which when not in use
are housed behind the front flaps.
These inner flaps are formed in three parts and like folding shutters and when in
use the top pair close in the upper part of the fire place to the throat of the flue-
If this be insufficient the second pair will close it down to the top of the fire whilst
to make a closed slow combustion stove the third pair of flaps will close in the front
of the fire bars, and thus shut up the whole grate.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
100, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We GEORGE GORDON PETER BRODIE of Lozells Road Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Manufacturer and JAMES DANIEL PRIOR of Isledon Road Finsbury Park
London in the County of Middlesex, Manager do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN FIRE-GRATES" 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 :-
Our Invention has for its object improvements in fire-grates and consists in
certain improved attachments to fire-grates of the open kind such for instance as
the Leamington bars and other open fire grates and which from the necessary con-
struction of the fire place in which they are fixed are very liable to smoke as the
space above the fire exposes the throat of the flue to strong currents of draught.
By this invention a grate of the above description may be converted into a
partially closed or entirely closed stove or used as an open grate. The jambs
whether if tile or other material are hinged to the front edge of the splay and
closed towards the back edge thus opening like a shutter flap. Behind these jambs
flaps are hinged to the inner edge of the splay which when not in use are turned
behind the front flaps. These inner flaps are formed in three parts and like a
folding shutter. When in use the top pair close in the upper part of the fire place
to the throat of the flue.
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If this be insufficient the second pair will close it down to the top of the fire
whilst to make a closed slow combustion stove the third pair of flaps will close in
the front of the firebars and thus shut up the whole grate.
My invention will be more clearly understood by reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings where
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention applied to an open grate A. A is a
jamb hinged at the left side to the front edge of the splay having the ornamental
tiles a¹, a²; as, a, a and a set upon its face. B. B is the corresponding jamb on
the right side opened upon its hinge which exposes the doors number 4 and
number 5 still in reserve folded back in the recess behind the said jamb B. There
is also door number 3 still in reserve behind the jamb A. The doors shewn in use
in this case are therefore number 1 at the upper part of the grate and number 2 at
the middle and number 6 at the bottom right hand. It will thus be seen that if
the doors 4, 5 and 3 were also closed over to cover the remaining half of the bars
c, d, e, f, that the open fire place would become a closed stove.
It will be evident to anyone acquainted with the trade that the design and
number of doors and jambs may be considerably varied without departing from the
nature of my said invention.
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,
The improvements in fire-grates of the hinged jambs A or jambs A and B with
the doors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, made to fold behind the said jambs as and for the
purpose substantially as herein set forth.