Improvements in Fire-places.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Dec.. 1889
Complete Specification Left, 20th Sept., 1850-Accepted, 1st Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire-places.
We WILLIAM RUSSELL, ALEXANDER COCKBURN RUSSELL, and ALEXANDER NEIL all
of the firm of W. & A. C. Russel! & Co. Scotia Foundry Pendleton near Manchester
in the County of Lancaster, Ironfounders, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
Improvement in fireplaces, particularly in the moveable or fixed arrangement
of the smoke exit and draught regulator in Withington and other grates, and
consists―
First-In a box, sliling or otherwise carried over the roof of the fire, and through
which the products of combustion escape into the chimney and which may be readily
removed for the purpose of chimney sweeping &c.
Second-The front plate or canopy is pivoted, hinged or hooked upon the said
box, and
Third-In the interior of the said box is arranged a flap or pivoted or hinged, or
sliding plate, in such a position that when it is thrown back the passage to the chimney
is open, and the said flap or plate acts as a check to blow down or back draught
of smoke, soot &c. into the room.
When the said flap or hinged plate is drawn forward it falls against the front
plate or canopy and closes the passage to the chimney when the grate is out
of use.
Dated this Twentieth day of December 1888.
WILLIAM RUSSELL.
ALEXANDER COCKBURN RUSSELL.
ALEXANDER NEIL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fire-places.
We WILLIAM RUSSELL, ALEXANDER COCKBURN RUSSELL and ALEXANDER NEIL all
of the firm of W. & A. C. Russell & Co. of Scotia Foundry Athole Street Pendleton
near Manchester in the County of Lancaster Ironfounders, 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 :-
Improvements in fireplaces, particularly in the arrangement of a movable or fixed
draught regulator or smoke exit in Withington and other grates, and consists-
First-In a box of a form similar to the accompanying sectional drawing, sliding
or otherwise carried over the roof of the fire, and through which the products of
combustion pass into the chimney, and which may be readily removed for the
purpose of chimney sweeping &c.
Second-The front plate of the box is pivoted, hinged or hooked to the body
of the box allowing the interior of said box to be cleaned without removal.
Third-In the interior of the said box is arranged a pivoted, hinged, or sliding
flap or register 1 for the purpose of closing the passage to the chimney when the
grate is out of use, and which, when thrown open, is, by our invention, also made
to serve the purpose of a check to blow down of soot &c. when the grate is in
use as by its special arrangement in the open position (as shown in the accompanying
drawing) a cavity is formed in front of the outlet to the chimney in which is inter-
cepted and collected the soot &c. which in grates of ordinary construction is blown
directly into the room. The soot &c. may be readily removed by lifting the front
plate C before lighting the fire.

page_text: In the accompanying vertical sectional drawing,
A represents the position of fireplace.
B the moveable flue box.
C the hinged, pivoted or hooked front plate.
Dthe hinged, pivoted or sliding flap or register plate.
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
First. The use of a box as described, sliding or otherwise carried over the roof
of the fire through which the products of combustion pass into the chimney.
Second. In connection with the aforesaid box the use of a hinged pivoted or
hooked front plate.
Third. The use of a hinged, pivoted or sliding flap or register plate in such a position
over the fireplace and for the purpose herein-before described.
Dated this Nineteenth day of September 1890.
WILLIAM RUSSELL.
ALEXANDER COCKBURN RUSSELL.
ALEXANDER NEIL.