Improvements in Heating Apparatus.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 26th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 30th Nov.,
1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Heating Apparatus.
JAMES PAUL GROOM 1 & 3 Corporation Row Clerkenwell London, Bath Maker &
Heating & Cooking Apparatus Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to bo as follows:-
The object of this invention is to heat apartments or buildings by injecting and
distributing a stream of hot, pure air sufficiently charged with water vapour for
the health of plants & human beings.
This I accomplish as follows. I use an outside case made of any suitable metal
and of any suitable & convenient size & shape, in which I place a fresh air
chamber with one, two or more tubes coming from the outside as inlets for fresh
air. In conjunction with this chamber I place another chamber for water. They
are both heated by the insertion of one or more gas burners or oil lamp or lamps
into the outside case. Or fuel fire may be used in the same way.
The vapour from the water & the hot fresh air then pass into another chamber
where they commingle. From thence is forced into the apartment or building a
continual stream of pure moist, hot, air. The products of combustion are not
allowed to enter the chambers in which are contained either the heated air, or the
heated water, or the mixture of air & vapour; but after parting with their heat are
conducted away to the open air.
Thus all injurious effects & unpleasant smells are effectually provented.
JAMES PAUL GROOM.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Heating Apparatus.
I JAMES PAUL GROOM of 1 and 3 Corporation Row, Clerkenwell, London, Bath
Maker and Heating and Cooking Apparatus Manufacturer, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The object of my invention is to manufacture improved apparatus for warming
or heating dwellinghouses, apartments, conservatories, greenhouses, and other
buildings, by introducing and distributing streams of pure warm air, charged with
sufficiont vapour of water for the health of human beings and plants.
My invention consists of a metallic case, of any suitable size and shape, in which
a fresh air chamber is fitted, with one, two or more tube or tubes, arranged to
receive air from the outside, and another chamber for water is also provided; both
chambers being heated by one or more gas, oil, or other burner or burners, or by
other fuel. A combustion chamber is also fitted, and a space or chamber for the
commingling of the warm air and aqueous vapour. Suitable channels and flues are
also fitted to convey the warm air to the building or apartment, and to carry away
the spent gases from the fuel to the outside of the building.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a section of my invention, showing the vertical
arrangement, and Figs. 3. 4. 5 and 6 show the horizontal form and arrangement of
my invention

page_text: Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a is the outer case-b is the combustion chamber,
from which the spent gases are conveyed away by the flue c to a chimney or other
passage.
The flue e may be fitted at c' (shown by dotted lines) if preferred. d d are inlet
Lubes for admitting fresh air to the air chamber e, where it becomes warmed, and
from whence it is carried upward by the tube f is the water chamber. is the
filling tube for the water chamber. is a lamp for heating the apparatus.
mm are openings in the crown of the chamber g for the passage of the vapour
of water to the mixing chamber n.
Fig. 3 is an external olevation of the horizontal arrangement of my invention.
Fig. 4 is a section of the same. Fig. 5 is a section of the line 1-2 of Fig. 4,
and Fig. 6. is a plan view of the funnel f¹.
In these figures the combustion chamber b surrounds the annular air chamber e,
the spent gases passing out by the central tube c.
The water chamber g. is placed at the end of the apparatus, and the vapour
arising from the water is carried to the funnel by the pipe m. This pipe is
sometimes placed in the position shown by a dotted line at m' in Fig. 4. The air
enters the chamber e by the tubes d d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I doclare that what
I claim is
1. The manufacture and use of apparatus for heating and warming, consisting
of a combustion chamber, an air chamber, and a water chamber, heated by gas,
liquid, or other fuel, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings.
2. The general construction, combination, and arrangement of the several and
respective parts, together constituting my invention of improvements in heating
apparatus, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 25th September 1900
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.
GEO. DOWNING,
8, Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.