Improvements in Stoves for Burning Gas or Liquid Fuel.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1889-Accepted, 7th Sept., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoves for Burning Gas or Liquid Fuel.
We LEWIS WALKER LEEDS of 38 Old Jewry in the City of London, Heating
and Ventilating Engineer, and the L. W. LEEDS PATENT FLOOR WARMING STOVE
COMPANY Limited of 2 Copthall Buildings in the City of London, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In specifications No. 5841 and 11930 of 1886, and in No. 668 of 1887, and in
No. 6569 of 1888, are described certain constructions of gas and liquid fuel stoves,
one of the essential features in all the constructions being that the Hame should be
beneath an asbestos or other refractory arch or layer.
The present invention relates to stoves of the class above referred to, and consists
in constructing a heat chamber at the back and if desired also at the foot of the
stove.
In practice we propose to place a partition or bridge wall in the stove body, and
extending to a level above that of the refractory arch which may be attached or hung
therefrom.
With this construction the products of combustion and a portion of the heat will
travel past the refractory arch up and over the bridge wall or partition to the heat
chamber at the back of the stove. Said chamber may be provided with an outlet at
the bottom if desired, and the front reflecting plate beneath the burners may be so
raised and supported as to practically form one of the walls of the heat chamber.
The main body of the stoves may be made of metal, terra cotta, fire clay, or other
suitable substance, and ornamented according to taste.
Dated this 96th day of October 1888
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stoves for Burning Gas or Liquid Fuel.
We, LEWIS WALKER LEEDS of 38 Old Jewry in the City of London, Heating
and Ventilating Engineer, and the L. W. LEEDS PATENT FLOOR WARMING
STOVE COMPANY Limited of 2 Copthall Buildings in the City 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:-
In specifications Nos. 5841 and 11930 of 1886, and in No. 668 of 1887, and in
No. 6569 of 1888, are described certain constructions of gas and liquid fuel stoves,
one of the essential features in all the constructions being that the flame should be
beneath an asbestos or other refractory arch or layer.
The present invention relates to stoves of the class above referred to, and consists
in constructing a heat chamber at the back, and if desired also at the foot of the
stove.
In order that the invention may be clearly understood, reference is made to the
accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side sectional elevation of a stove with a terra cotta or fireclay partition
or bridge wall.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of such a stove, part of the glass ornamentation in
the front being broken away to show the refractory arch and burners.

page_text: Fig. 3 is a side sectional elevation of a terra cotta or fireclay stove with a metal
partition or bridge wall.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of same.
Fig. 5 is a plan view in section showing the partition as being carried in grooves
formed in the ends of the stove body.
In practice we propose to place a partition or bridge wall A in the stove body B,
and extending to a level above that of the refractory arch C which may be attached
or hung therefrom. With this construction the products of combustion and a
portion of the heat will travel past the refractory arch C, up and over the bridge
wall or partition A to the heat chamber D at the back of the stove. Said chamber
may be provided with an outlet d at the bottom if desired, and the front reflecting
plate E beneath the burners F may be so raised and supported as to practically
form one of the walls of the heat chamber D. The main body B of the stoves may
be made of metal, terra cotta, fireclay, or other suitable substance, and ornamented
according to taste.
We find that an ornamental hood such as G provided with a colored glass front H
will produce a very pleasing effect. The reflecting surface E may be made of backed
glass, metal, or other polished material, tiles being effective. When burning gas
with an ordinary luminous flame burner the jets should preferably be so set as to
prevent the bluish part of the flame from impinging on the asbestos or other refractory
filaments on the face of the arch C, as otherwise a certain amount of carbon may be
deposited.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, wo declare that what we
claim is
In gas or liquid fuel stoves the combination with suitable burners and a superposed
refractory arch, of a heat chamber separated therefrom by a plate or bridge,
substantially as set forth.
Dated this 24th
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicants.