Improvements in and connected with Fire-places.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Fire-places.
I, RICHARD MOUSLEY SOMERS, of 48 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, Fireplace
Engineer, 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 —
My invention has reference to certain improvements in and connected with fire-
places.
The object of my invention is to support and arrange the bottom grates or grids of
fireplaces so that they are free to expand and contract without causing displacement
of any portion of the fire-place, and at the same time, readily allow the ashes to fall
into the ash-pan.
In carrying out my said object I employ a frame or support together with pins,
projections or the like means so arranged that the bottom grate is supported thereon
and is free to adjust itself in the required manner; the said means admits of various
modifications such as hereinafter set forth.
My invention has reference to certain improvements in and connected with fire-
places.
The object of my invention is to support and arrange the bottom grates or grids of
fireplaces so that they are free to expand and contract without causing displacement
of any portion of the fire-place, and at the same time, readily allow the ashes to fall
into the ash-pan.
In carrying out my said object I employ a frame or support together with pins,
projections or the like means so arranged that the bottom grate is supported thereon
and is free to adjust itself in the required manner; the said means admits of various
modifications such as hereinafter set forth.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of portion of fire-place showing my improvements
applied.
Fig. 2, is a vertical section through centre of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is a front elevation of portion of fire-place showing a modification of my
improvements applied.
Fig. 4, is a sectional elevation of fire-place showing front bars removed and my
improvements applied.
Fig. 5, is a front elevation of portion of fire-place showing another modification
of my improvements applied.
Fig. 6, is a vertical section through centre of Fig. 5.
Figs. 7 and 8 are plans of different shaped supports or frames with triangular
shaped projections or pins.
Figs. 9, 10, and 18, are plans of different shaped supports or frames showing
triangular shaped pieces formed upon the said supports or frames.
Figs. 11, 13, 19, and 20, are elevations of different shaped supports or frames
having triangular shaped pieces.
Figs. 12 and 17 are respectively elevation and plan of support or frame having
round pins in lieu of triangular shaped ones.
Fig. 14, is a sectional view showing support or frame with ledge for supporting
the bottom grate in the required manner.
Fig. 15, is a sectional view showing bottom grate supported upon ridge of
triangular shaped piece or projection.
Fig. 16, shows detail view of device, as shown in Fig. 2, for supporting fire
back.
According to my said improvements I employ a frame or support A, (which may
be of any required height and proportion or shape,) having preferably pins or
projections B around the inside of it, and upon which pins or projections the bottom
grate C rests or is supported, so that it can adjust itself as regards expansion
and contraction without causing any displacement of the fireplaco, and at the same
time allow the ashes to fall readily into the ash-pan.
The pins or projections B are preferably triangular in shape, so that the bottom
grate C may rest upon the apex, or uppermost ridge of such, but they may be of
any suitable shape, such as plain pins, squares, or otherwise; or instead of projecting

page_text: as aforesaid they may be arranged or formed as triangular pieces upon the
support or frame A as shown at Figs. 9, 10, 13, 18, 19 and 20 of the drawings
annexed.
In lieu of the pins or projections B, being upon the frame or support A,
they may be upon the bottom grate C, and fit or rest upon the frame or
support Å.
My said improvements are particularly applicable to fire-places constructed with
"solid fronts" such as are shown and described in Patent No. 14921", and to the
construction of fire-places shown and described in Patent No. 1517688.
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 1
claim is :-
1. The construction of fire-places having the bottom grates thereof moveably
supported upon pins, projections, or the like means, whereby the said bottom grates
are free to expand and contract without causing displacement in the construction of
the fire-place, and of allowing the ashes to readily fall therefrom into the ash-pan,
substantially as set forth.
2. In a fire-place, the combination of the frame or support A, pins or
projections B, and movable bottom grate C, as and for the purposes such as shown
and described.
Dated this and der of Wahm 1905
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds, Agent for the Applicant.