IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FURNACES FOR HEATING BUILDINGS AND SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1885

page_text: similar Purposes.
I, ROBERT MOQUEEN WEIR of Boone, Boone County, State of Iowa, United
States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FURNACES FOR HEATING BUILDINGS AND SIMILAR
PURPOSES to be as follows:-
:
My invention relates to improvements in heaters and furnaces.
The objects of my invention are, first; to secure," in a heating-furnace using
anthracite or bituminous coal, the combustion of the smoke, and, thus add to the
heating qualities of said heater, second, to supply the heated air from the heater
with the proper amount of moisture for wholesome respiration; third, to provide for
removing the foul air from the house or apartments heated by the furnace by means
of the draft of said furnace.
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To this end my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts
illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,
and in which Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved heater. Fig. 2 is
a perspective view of the same. Figs. 3, 4 and 5 represent details referred to
hereinafter.
In the drawings, A represents the furnace proper, in which the fire is maintained:
This furnace may be made in the ordinary manner, of any convenient size and form,
with the top opening directly into what I term a "flue-escape" B, which leads
directly into the chimney C, Leading from the bottom of the flue-escape B are
several vertical cylindrical flues, F, F, and F2, which extend downward and connect
with a second flue-escape B¹. This I term the "lower" Alue-escape, it being similar
in size and form to the upper flue-escape B, and also leads directly into the
chimney C. Any desired number of the cylindrical flues F, F', F* may be used to
connect the horizontal flues Band B¹
In the flue-escape B, just beyond each alternate cylindrical flue F & is placed a
perforated damper a, (see Fig. 3 for detail) provided with a suitable projecting
handle, by which it may be operated to open or close the said flue-escape B, and
thus furnish the means of securing a direct or indirect draft from furnace A, through
upper flue-escape B, or through vertical cylindrical flues F, &c, and lower flue-
escape B. By partially closing the flue escape B by dampers a a the smoke from
the furnace A, is caused to descend through vertical cylindrical flue F¹ and to

page_text: ascend through flue F &, in the direction of the longer arrows in Fig. 1 by reason
of the indirect draft, while the flames and beat, by reason of the direct draft, pass
through the perforated dampers a a, as indicated by shorter arrows, and come into
direct contact with and consume the smoke as it arises through the vertical cylin-
drical flue F &, thus creating a great amount of heat, which is radiated from the
outer surface of the flue-escape B and B¹ and flues F, &°.
E is a vat containing water, from which lead two pipes P, (see Fig. 4 for detail)
each of which is closed at one end and makes a turn around the furnace A, one of
them being placed at the top and the other at the bottom of said furnace. The
water in the vat is by this arrangement thoroughly heated and gives off vapor,
which unites with and moistens the heated air given off by the heater. The whole
is to be inclosed within a suitable chamber or room in the lower part of the building
to be heated, from which the heated and moistened air arises to the apartments
above through a register R, or is conveyed through suitable pipes to any desired
part of the building.
An air pipe G, is secured within the furnace, around which it is coiled any
desired number of times, and one end opens through the side or top of the furnace
as at g, and the other end is closed and provided with a series of perforations g¹
which being located just over the fire, operates as follows: The air from outside
the shell is drawn into the coil G, and as it passes around the interior is heated
till the oxygen is separated, and emerges from the perforations and mingles with the
flames and carbonacious gases from the fire, ereating an intense heat, thereby
greatly saving fuel, and producing a much better and more perfect combustion.
While the device as herein shown is adapted for use upon any furnace of what-
ever form, it is especially adapted to furnaces for heating buildings, and gives a
greatly increased heating capacity with less consumption of fuel, all the gaseous
products being burned instead of escaping as is usual in this class of article.
Instead of the furnace-door, the furnace A may be supplied with a feeder-pipe P²,
as shown in Fig. 5. This pipe is to project to the outside of the room in which the
heater placed in order to avoid the necessity of going into said room to supply the
fire with fuel. It is to be secured in a ring or furnace-section S, which fits between
the upper and lower sections of the furnace, and may be readily applied to the
furnace, or dispensed with, as desired. The outer end is to be supplied with a
tight-fitting cover, while the inner extends downward to the surface of the fire to
prevent the accumulation of gas therein. This pipe P³, may be readily removed,
when desired, for the purpose of cleaning the fire-pot.
D. is a ventilating-pipe for the purpose of purifying the air in the heated apart-
ments by removing the foul air therefrom, and to this end it leads into the chamber.
'below the fire in the furnace A, and a draft is created therein by the draft of the
furnace, which removes the foul air from and thus effectually ventilates the apart-
ments above.
It is evident, that by suitable pipes a connection may be made from pipe D with
any desired apartment, said pipe being controlled by suitable registers as shown
at R¹ Fig. 1.

page_text: Similar Purposes.
I, ROBERT MCQUEEN WEIR of Boone, Boone County, State of Iowa, United
States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the saine is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My invention relates to improvements in heaters and furnaces.
The objects of my invention are, first, to secure in a heating furnace using
anthracite or bituminous coal, the combustion of the sinoke, and thus add to the
heating qualities of said heater, second, to supply the heated air from the heater
with the proper amount of moisture for wholesome respiration; third, to provide
for removing the foul air from the house or apartments heated by the furnace by
means of the draft of said furnace.
To this end my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts
illustrated in the drawings filed with the provisional specification which form a part
of this specification, and in which
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved heater, Figure 2 is a
perspective view of the same, Figures 3, 4 and 5 represent details referred to
hereinafter.
In the drawings, A represents the furnace proper, in which the fire is maintained.
This furnace may be made in the ordinary manner, of any convenient size and:
form, with the top opening directly into what I term a "flue-escape" B which
leads directly into the chimney C. Leading from the bottom of the flue-escape B
are several vertical cylindrical flues F, F, and F. which extend downward and
connect with a second flue-escape B¹. This I term the "lower" flue-escape, it being
similar in size and form to the upper flue-escape B, and also leads directly into the
chimney C. Any desired number of the cylindrical flues F, F1, F2 may be used to
connect the horizontal flues B and B¹.
In the flue-escape B, just beyond each alternate cylindrical flue F & is placed a
perforated damper a, (see Fig. 3 for detail) provided with a suitable projecting
handle, by which it may be operated to open or close the said flue-escape B, and
thus furnish the means of securing a direct or indirect draft from furnace A,
through upper flue-escape B, or through vertical cylindrical flues F & and lower
flue-escape B. By partially closing the flue-escape B by dampers a a the smoke
from the furnace A, is caused to descend through vertical cylindrical flue F' and to
ascend through flue F & in the direction of the longer arrows in Fig. 1 by reason
of the indirect draft, while the flames and heat, by reason of the direct draft, pass
through the perforated dampers a a, as indicated by shorter arrows, and come into
direct contact with and consume the smoke as it arises through the vertical
cylindrical flue F¹ &c, thus creating a great amount of heat, which is radiated from
the outer surface of the flue-escape B and B'₁ and flues F &c.
E is a vat containing water, from which lead two pipes P, (see Fig. 4 for detail)
each of which is closed at one end and makes a turn around the furnace A, one of
them being placed at the top and the other at the bottom of said furnace. The
water in the vat is by this arrangement thoroughly heated and gives off vapor,
which unites with and moistens the heated air given off by the heater. The whole
is to be inclosed within a suitable chamber or com in the lower part of the

page_text: building to be heated, from which the heated and moistened air arises to the apart-
ments above through a register, R, or is conveyed through suitable pipes to any
desired part of the building.
An air pipe G, is secured within the furnace, around which it is coiled any
desired number of times, and one end opens through the side or top of the furnace
as at g, and the other end is closed and provided with a series of perforations g¹
which being located just over the fire, operates as follows: The air from outside
the shell is drawn into the coil G, and as it passes around the interior is heated
till the oxygen is separated, and emerges from the perforations and mingles with
the flames and carbonaceous gases from the fire, creating an intense heat, thereby
greatly saving fuel, and producing a much better and more perfect combustion.
While the device as herein shown is adapted for use upon any furnace of what-
ever form, it is especially adapted to furnaces for beating buildings, and gives a
greatly increased heating capacity with less consumption of fuel, all the gaseous
products being burned instead of escaping as is usual in this class of article.
Instead of the furnace-door, the furnace A may be supplied with a feeder-
pipe P, as shown in Fig. 5. This pipe is to project to the outside of the room in
which the heater is placed in order to avoid the necessity of going into said room
to supply the fire with fuel. It is to be secured in a ring or furnace-section S,
which fits between the upper and lower sections of the furnace, and may be readily
applied to the furnace or dispensed with, as desired. The outer end is to be
supplied with a tight fitting cover, while the inner extends downward to the
surface of the fire to prevent the accumulation of gas therein. This pipe P2 may
be readily removed, when desired, for the purpose of cleaning the fire-pot.
D is a ventilating-pipe for the purpose of purifying the air in the heated apart-
ments by removing the foul air therefrom, and to this end it leads into the
chamber below the fire in the furnace A, and a draft is created therein by the draft
of the furnace, which removes the foul air from and thus effectually ventilates the
apartments above.
It is evident that by suitable pipes a connection may be made from pipe D with
any desired apartment, said pipe being controlled by suitable registers, as shown
at R¹, Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. The combination of the furnace A, horizontal flues B, B¹, two or more
connecting flues, F F¹, one or more perforated dampers a, placed in the upper
horizontal flue, the water-vat E, and the pipe P, leading therefrom to the furnace,
substantially as and for the purpose described.
Second. The combination of the furnace A, horizontal flues B B¹, vertical con-
necting flues F F1 F2, dampers a a, water-vat E, pipe P, and ventilating-pipe D, all
substantially as shown and described.
Third. In combination with a fire-box, a pipe entering it at the top and
extending to near its bottom in the form of a continuous coil, its upper end being
open for the reception of air, its lower end closed and the bottom coil provided with
fine perforations throughout its length whereby highly heated air is injected into
the incandescent fuel as and for the purpose set forth.
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