IMPROVE- WENT IN STOVES AND KITCHEN RANGES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Goddard, of Castle Gate, Nottingham,
Kitchen Range Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
WENT IN STOVES AND KITCHEN RANGES."
Scaled the 30th November 1853, and dated the 6th October 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Goddard
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 6th October 1853.
I, HENRY GODDARD, of Castle Gate, Nottingham, Kitchen Range
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES AND KITCHEN RANGES" to be as follows:-
One part of my improvements consists in the application of a move-
able or adjustable blower behind and above the fire in combination
with a ventilating apparatus communicating with the chimney flue, by
which arrangement a close or senii-close stove or kitchen range may be
readily converted into an open fire-place, and when used as a close
stove any steam, vapour, or heat may be readily carried off to the
chimney.
Another improvement consists in placing the bottom of the oven
below the bottom of the fire-place, and having a side cheek with

page_text: aperture or apertures opening from the fire to a flue which passes
down the side and under the bottom of the oven, and thence up the
back to the chimney, the aperture or apertures having a perforated
slide in order to regulate the temperature of the oven when required;
also the application to the fire grate of the boiler of a close and semi-close
stove or kitchen range of a sliding plate to cover an opening at the back
of such grate or fire chamber to facilitate the removal of the ashes, &c.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Goddard in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 6th April 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS-SHALL COME, I,
HENRY GODDARD, of Castle Gate, Nottingham, Kitchen Range Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS. Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seven-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Henry Goddard, Her special
licence that I, the said Henry Goddard, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Goddard, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
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
Treland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN STOVES AND KITCHEN RANGES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Henry Goddard, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, 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 calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent. ..
:
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Goddard, do- hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say).:.
..**One®
part of my improvenients consists in the application of a
moveable or adjustable blower behind and above the fire in combina-
tion with. à ventilating apparatus communicating with the chimney
flue, by which arrangement à close or semi-close stove or kitchen
range may be readily converted into an open fire-place, and when
used as a close stove any steam, vapour, or heat may be readily
carried off to the chimney.
Another improvement consists in placing the bottom of the oven
below the bottom of the fire-place, and having a side cheek with
aperture or apertures opening from the fire to a flue which passes
down the side and under the bottom of the oven, and thence up the
back to the chimney, the aperture or apertures having a perforated
slide in order to regulate the temperature of the oven when required;
also the application to the fire grate of the boiler of a close and semi-
close stove or kitchen range of a sliding plate to cover an opening
at the back of such grate or fire chamber to facilitate the removal of
the ashes, &c.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I will pro-
ceed to.describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1, shows a perspective view of a kitchen range or stove
having part of my improvements; Figure 2, is a transverse section
through the fire-place and boiler at back; and Figure 3, is a longitu
dinal section. It will be seen that the bottom of the oven comes
below the fire bars of the stove or range, and there is provision made
near the fire bars at a, for the passage away of heat and products of
combustion in such manner that they may descend at the side and pass
under the oven, and thence away up a flue at the back of the oven;
and there is also a provision made, at b, near the upper part of the fire
for the passage away of heat and products of combustion from the fire
over the oven, then down the side thereof, and then under the bottom
of the oven, and away to the chimney up the flue at the back of the
oven. For this purpose the fire at the upper part is 'arranged suitably

page_text: for being closed in at top, so as to produce a hot plate over the fire
and over the oven. The closing in of the upper part of the fire-place
is by the flap c, and by a plate d, Figure 4; when the fire is being
used as an open top fire the plate d, is removed, and the flap c, turned
down, as shewn in the Drawing, and a passage is made direct to the
chimney for the products from the fire by means of a hood e, which is
hinged at e', which can therefore be drawn out so as to come over the
back of the fire. f, is a damper, which can close or partly close the
chimney. g, is a ventilator, which may be of the form shown or other-
wise, to allow of the passage away into the chimney of steam or
products rising from the hot plate. In order to apply heat effectually
to the boiler there is an opening at h, at the lower part of the fire,
which by a flue at the back of the boiler communicates with the
chimney; this, with open top fire places or stoves, is not in itself new.
i, is a slide or damper or partition which admits of the fluc being
cleansed.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I
make no claim to the parts separately, and they may be varied in detail
without departing from my Invention; but what I claim is, the com-
bination of parts of a stove and kitchen range herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Goddard, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
JNO. COOK,
12, Cursitor Street,
Chancery Lane.
HENRY GODDARD. (L.S.)