An Improvement in Fire Grates or Apparatus for Lighting Fires, and in Cooking Appliances in connection therewith.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Nov., 1805
Complete Specification Left, 20th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 21st Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Fire Grates or Apparatus for Lighting Fires,
and in Cooking Appliances in connection therewith.
I EUGENIE VICTORIA GOAD of Cessnock Lodge Hornsey Park N. Married Woman
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide an easy and economical means of lighting
ordinary house and kitchen fires or to provide a fire grate which shall dispense with
the ordinary laying of fires. This I accomplish by inserting at or under the bottom
of the grate a vessel constructed of metal hereinafter called the firelighter in which I
place asbestos or other suitable material which is soaked or moistened with a sufficient
quantity of oil or other suitable inflammable material. The box or drawer can be
divided so that a small or large quantity can be poured in readily. Fuel is laid upon
the grate in the usual way without however any necessity for either wood or paper
and a light being applied to the asbestos or other such material as aforesaid the flame
thus caused will readily light the fire. In order that the firelighter may be with-
drawn at will from the fireplace I preferably make it in the form of a drawer the plan
or horizontal section of which may or may not be of the same shape as that of the
fire grate and which may cover either the whole or part of the bottom of the grate
and may be inserted above or below the bottom of the grate. When inserted above
the bottom of the grate I prefer to enclose the drawer in a frame or case made of
metal or other suitable material through the upper surface of which I make holes or
slots to allow the flame to pass through or the frame or case may be made in one
piece with the grate itself the upper part of such frame or case in that event
corresponding with what is now the bottom of the grate. The handle of the drawer
which may be hollow for the introduction of the liquid is so constructed that the heat
from the fire is conducted to it as little as possible and it may or may not be made
detachable from the drawer. For the purpose of extinguishing at will the flame in
the firelighter I construct a moveable cover within the drawer either with or without
slots or holes corresponding to the slots or holes in the frame above referred to but
capable of such adjustment as to cover up at will the slots or holes in the frame so as
to exclude the draught and extinguish the flame. The framework of the drawer may
when the drawer has been removed be used as an oven for cooking purposes or
another suitable frame may be constructed and placed over or under the firelighter at
a short distance above or below it for use as an oven.
Dated this 21st day of November 1895
An Improvement in Fire Grates or Apparatus for Lighting Fires,
and in Cooking Appliances in connection therewith.
I EUGÉNIE VICTORIA GOAD of Cessnock Lodge Hornsey Park London N. Married
Woman 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 provide an easy and economical means of lighting

page_text: ordinary house and kitchen or other fires or to provide a fire grate such that the
ordinary laying of fires may be dispensed with. This I accomplish by inserting at or
under the bottom of the grate a vessel constructed of any suitable material-
preferably of metal-hereinafter referred to as the firelighter. In this I place
asbestos or other suitable material which previous to use for lighting the fire is soaked
or moistend with a sufficient quantity of oil or other suitable inflammable material.
Fuel is laid in the grate in the usual way except that there is no necessity to use
either paper or wood and a light being applied to the contents of the firelighter
the flame thus produced will readily set fire to the coals or other fuel and light
the fire.
If thought desirable the firelighter may be divided into compartments so that
either the whole or part only of it may be supplied with oil and a larger or smaller
body of flame produced at pleasure.
In order that the firelighter may be withdrawn at will from the fireplace I
preferably make it in the form of a drawer the plan or horizontal section of which may
or may not be similar in shape to that of the fire grate and which may be coextensive
with the whole or with part only of the bottom of the grate and which may be
inserted either above or below the ordinary bottom of the grate. When the firelighter
is inserted under the bottom of the grate it needs no other cover than is afforded by
the bottom of the grate itself but when used in any other way I may enclose it in a
frame or case made of metal or other suitable material through the upper surface of
which I make holes or slots to allow the flame to pass through or the frame or case
may be made in one piece with the grate itself the upper part of such frame or case
in that event corresponding with what is now the bottom of the grate. The fire-
lighter may be provided with a handle for its more convenient withdrawal from the
grate. This may be hollow and be fixed obliquely to the firelighter inclining upwards
so as to allow of the oil being poured through it into the firelighter while the latter is
in position and it should be so constructed that the heat from the fire is conducted to
it as little as possible and it may be so made as to be readily detached from the
firelighter. For the purpose of easy extinction of the flame in the firelighter I
provide the latter with a moveable cover either with or without holes or slots
corresponding to those in the frame or case above described but capable of adjust-
ment so that the top of the firelighter and all holes and slots may be completely
covered so as to cut off the access of the air and extinguish the flame. The frame-
work (if any) of the firelighter may when the firelighter has been removed be used
as an oven for cooking purposes or another suitable frame may be constructed and
placed over or under the firelighter at a short distance above or below it for use as an
oven in the latter case the frame may be such that the flame may pass all round
within it, being for that purpose constructed with double walls with a space between
for the passage of the flame from the firelighter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. A vessel or apparatus for the purpose of lighting fires substantially as herein-
before described.
2. The combination of such a firelighter with a stove or fire grate substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
3. The combination with such a firelighter of a cover to act as an extinguisher
substantially as hereinbefore described.
4. The combination of such a firelighter with a case or frame substantially as and
for the purposes of cooking as hereinbefore described.
Dated this 20th dex of Avonat 1806
E. V. GOAD.