Year: 1897

page_text: We, THE INCANDESCENT FIRE MANTEL AND STOVE COMPANY LIMITED and WILSON
ALFRED HUGHES, Inventor, both of 53 Victoria Street, in the County of London, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention for improvements in fire frames or mantels relates to open-work or
skeleton frames giving a great vertical depth of front for supporting the coke or fuel
and provided with means for admitting air to the interior of the mass of the fuel
supported; and has for its object an improved means for admitting air to the interior
of the fuel and an improved means for supporting the appliance conveying the air
into the interior of the fuel.
In a mantel constructed according to this invention the air conveyer is angle or
It is preferably
A shaped in cross section and has a flanged or enlarged end or head.
constructed of refractory material, and is of such length that when the head is
bearing against the skeleton frame or mantel, the inner end projects towards the
centre of the fuel mass. The angle pieces are fixed in the mantel by passing them
through special triangular or suitably shaped openings until their heads bear against
the mantel. If the openings in the mantels are four sided or diamond shaped the
special triangular openings may be formed by passing a straight wire horizontally
across the openings and the A pieces be inserted in the upper triangular openings so
formed.
In a modification the conveyers are carried by independent series of loops or rings
adapted to be fixed to or in the mantel. Instead of plain angular pieces other concave
shaped pieces may be employed or even solid, round, or other shaped rods or cones.
One great advantage of the angular or concave pieces is that they are easily packed
for transport.
In another arrangement for supporting the air conveyers in which the vertical
positions of the air conveyers are adjustable, the mesh of the frame is made of such
size that the openings will just hold or retain the air conveyers. In a modification,
triangular, round, or other shaped loops or rings of wire are provided with hooks by
ineans of which they can be detachably suspended from any point of intersection
in the wires of the mantel and the air conveyers are inserted in the loops or rings.
In a further modification the air conveyers are carried in a series of loops extending
from side to side of the mantel and adapted to slide vertically up or down on the
sides of the mantel.
The air conveyers are perforated with small air holes that are preferably vertical
or inclined upwards. The holes may be situated only in the inner ends of the air
conveyers or more holes may be placed at the inner ends than at the outer ends.
Dated this 23rd. day of January 1897.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE
40 Chancery Lane London W.C.

page_text: Improvements in Fire Frames or Mantels.
We, THE INCANDESCENT FIRE MANTEL AND STOVE COMPANY LIMITED and WILSON
ALFRED HUGHES, Inventor, doth of 53 Victoria Street, in the County of London, 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:—
This invention for improvements in fire frames or mantels relates to open-work or
skeleton frames giving a great vertical depth of front for supporting the coke or fuel
and provided with means for admitting air to the interior of the mass of the fuel
supported; and has for its object an improved means for admitting air to the interior of
the fuel and an improved means for supporting the appliance conveying the air into
the interior of the fuel.
In a mantel constructed according to this invention, the air conveyer is angle or
A shaped in cross section and has a flanged or enlarged end or head. It is preferably
constructed of refractory material, and is of such length that when the head is
bearing against the skeleton frame or mantel, the inner end projects towards the
centre of the fuel mass. The angle pieces are fixed in the mantel by passing them
through special triangular or suitably shaped openings until their heads bear against the
mantel. If the openings in the mantels are four sided or diamond shaped the special
triangular openings may be formed by passing a straight wire horizontally across the
openings and the A pieces be inserted in the upper triangular openings so formed.
In a modification the conveyors are carried by independent series of loops or rings
adapted to be fixed to or in the mantel. Instead of plain angular pieces other
concave shaped pieces may be employed or even solid, round, or other shaped rods or
cones. One great advantage of the angular or concave pieces is that they are easily
packed for transport.
In another arrangement for supporting the air conveyers in which the vertical
positions of the air conveyers are adjustable, the mesh of the frame is made of such
size that the openings will just hold or retain the air conveyers.
In a modification,
triangular, round, or other shaped loops or rings of wire are provided with hooks by
means of which they can be detachably suspended from any point of intersection in
the wires of the mantel and the air conveyers are inserted in the loops or rings. In
a further modification the air conveyers are carried in a series of loops extending
from side to side of the mantel and adapted to slide vertically up or down on the sides
of the mantel.
The air, conveyers are perforated with small air holes that are preferably vertical
or inclined upwards. The holes may be situated only in the inner ends of the air
conveyers or more holes may be placed at the inner ends than at the outer ends.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a
fire mantel constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail view to an
enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a prespective view of one of the air conveyers. Figs. 4
and 5 are elevations of special carriers for the air conveyers.
The open-work or skeleton frame or mantel a of wire provided with the adjustably
sides b so that it can be readily cut down to different sizes is adapted to be fitted
into the grate just behind the front bars in the usual manner for fire mantels to
increase the vertical depth of the fuel.
The mantel a is provided with triangular shaped openings c adapted to receive
angular air conveyers d. The air conveyers d are preferably provided with flanges e
to prevent their being pushed entirely through the mantel. They may also be
perforated as shown at f. As shown the triangular shaped openings c are formed by
a wire or rod g passing across the centres of a horizontal series of diamond shaped

page_text: openings and bound in place as clearly shown. It will readily be understood that
this rod g need not be bound in place so that its vertical position can be adjusted to
the desired horizontal series of openings.
In a modification each air conveyer is provided with a separate carrier h that can
be fixed on to the mantel preferably where two wires cross one another.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a fire mantel the air conveyers substantially as described.
2. In a fire mantel the appliance for supporting the air conveyers on the mantel
substantially as described.