AN IMPROVED VENTILATING STOVE
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Oakley of 235 High Holborn in the County
of Middlesex Ventilating Engineer for an Invention of AN IMPROVED
VENTILATING STOVE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Oakley at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1883.
RICHARD OAKLEY of N° 235 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex
Ventilating Engineer "AN IMPROVED VENTILATING STOVE"
.
It consists of two horizontal plates either circular square or oblong and of any
size-these plates are perforated with an equal number of circular holes of any
convenient diameter and into these holes are fitted pipes of the same diameter of
wrought iron or copper;-the length of these pipes is not material-The whole of
these pipes and the two heads or ends are cased in with a metal casing and along
the upper surface of the lower plate Atmospheric or other Gas burners are provided
-these burners are not necessarily fixtures-they vary in size with the stove to
which they are attached-the flames from these burners play around the outside
of the tubes inside the casing-the tubes becoming heated the cold air entering
from below passes through them and comes out at the top heated likewise. An
opening is provided in the upper part of the casing to which is attached a flue
pipe to carry off the fumes of the gas

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Richard Oakley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th October
1883.
RICHARD OAKLEY of 235 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex Ventilating
Engineer "AN IMPROVED VENTILATING STOVE
"
It consists of two horizontal plates either circular square or oblong and of any
size-these plates are perforated with an equal number of circular holes of any
convenient diameter and into these holes are fitted pipes of the same diameter of
wrought iron or copper :-the length of these pipes is not material. The whole of
these pipes and the two heads or ends are cased in with a metal casing and along
the upper surface of the lower plate atmospheric or other gas burners are provided
-these burners are not necessarily fixtures-they vary in size with the stove to
which they are attached-the flames from these burners play around the outside of
the tubes inside the casing-the tubes becoming heated the cold air entering from
below passes through thein and comes out at the top heated likewise. An opening
is provided in the upper part of the casing to which is attached a flue pipe to
carry off the fumes of the gas.
The Eolus multitubular ventilating stove is represented by the figures upon the
drawing annexed. Figure 1 is a vertical section and Figure 2 is a plan, a and b
are two horizontal plates and c c are pipes fitted into holes in the plates and forming
passages connecting the space beneath the lower plate with the spaco above tho
upper plate. The tubes are enclosed in a casing d, from which a pipe e passes out
near the top to conduct away the fumes of the gas burnt within the casing to a
chimney or elsewhere. At the lower part of the casing in front, at d' an opening.
is also left, it serves for the insertion of a gridiron gas burner. The burner consists
of parallel horizontal pipes entering between the rows of pipes c, and perforated
with orifices at which the gas is burnt. All the burner tubes are connected in
front with one horizontal pipe at right angles to them and into this gas mixed
with air is passed by the arrangement usual in air gas burners. f is a space
provided beneath the plate a, by preference it communicates with the outer air.
The gas burning amongst the pipes c, heats them and they then warın the air
which ascends by them from the space f. At the upper end of the pipes c, the air
enters the room or chamber to be ventilated and warned.
Figure 3 indicates in elevation another form in which the ventilating stove may
be arranged. The pipes by which the air is warmed in its passage are contained
within the drum h. The gas burner is as before immediately above the plate a,
but it is not adapted to be drawn out or the drum may be rectangular in which
case the gas burner may be removeable. The air to be warmed is led in by the
trunk i, and a water spray may be arranged to fall within the trunk propelling the
air in a well known manner and forming what is known as a water spray
ventilator. The air may be propelled by a fan.
What I claim is:-
The Eolus multitubular ventilating stove, substantially as described.
In witness whereof I the said Richard Oakley have hereunto set my hand and
seal this Twelfth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty three