Year: 1886

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I THOMAS HUNGATE PRESTON, DENNIS of High Street Chelmsford Essex
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a fire basket or fuel container or stove (of cylindrical
or other desired shape) composed of either solid or perforated parts or segments
bound and held together by bands of hoop iron, wire, or wrought or cast iron, or
any other suitable material so placed about and around the parts or segments as
not to cover the interstices or other joints or spaces where they abut and meet each
other, or they may be self supporting.
or
In making a fire basket or fuel container or stove of fire-brick or any other
similar material I dispense with any and all of the usual methods of
covering the same with sheet iron or other material, neither do I make close fitting
or air tight joints between the segments of which it is composed.
I prefer to use segment made of fire clay, but in some cases I use those entirely
of iron, and in others by a combination of iron and fire clay alternately, or other-
wise, or they may be made of any other known fire-resisting material,—they may
also be made with perforated holes or bars.
I use fire-brick for the bottom of the furnace with or without apertures through
it for the admission of air or an iron grating.may be substituted in certain cases;
but the fire-brick or iron bottom grating do not form any part of my invention.
The fire basket or fuel container described may be used as a heating cockle for
the supply of hot air for warming large spaces or apartments or it may be applied
and used as the furnace of a hot water or steam boiler...
It will be seen by the foregoing description of my heating apparatus or stove
that air is admitted to the burning fuel through the interstices or the joints' or
spaces around the segments of which it is composed,-which not only ensures the
more perfect combustion of the fuel but by entering the furnace or fire in fine
streams or currents in so many parts of the fire basket or fuel container it is
equally distributed, thereby effectually minimising the wear and tear, which
is so excessive when the admission of air is confined to one aperture in the
ordinary way.
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page_text: An improved Heating Apparatus or stove.
I, THOMAS HUNGATE PRESTON DENNIS, of High Street, Chelmsford, Essex,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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.consists of a fire basket or fuel container or stove (of cylindrical
or other desired shape) composed of either a perforated cylinder or solid or per-
forated parts or segments bound and held together by bands of hoop iron, wire or
wrought or cast iron or any other suitable material so placed about and around the
parts or segments as not to cover the interstices or the joints or spaces where they
abut and meet each other or they may be self supporting.
In making a fire basket or fuel container or stove of fire brick or any similar
material I dispense with any and all of the usual methods of casing or covering the
same with sheet iron or other material neither do I make close fitting or air tight
joints between the segments of which it is composed.
I prefer to use segments made of fire clay but in some cases I use them entirely
of iron and in others by a combination of iron and fire clay alternately or other-
wise or they may be made of any other known fire resisting material they may
also be made with perforated holes or bars.
I use fire brick for the bottom of the furnace with or without apertures through
it for the admission of air or an iron grating may be substituted in certain cases
but the fire brick or iron bottom grating do not form any part of my 'invention.
The fire basket or fuel container described may be used as a heating cockle for
tho supply of hot air for warming large spaces or apartments or it may be applied
and used as the furnace of a hot water or steam boiler.
It will be seen by the foregoing description of my heating apparatus or 'stove
that air is admitted to the burning fuel through the perforations or interstices or
the joints or spaces around the segments of which it is composed which not only
ensures the more perfect combustion of the fuel but by entering the furnace or fire
in fine streams or currents in so many parts of the fire basket or fuel container it
is equally, distributed, thereby effectually minimising the wear and tear which
is so excessive when the, admission of air is confined to one, aperture in the
ordinary way.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS,
Fig. 1 represents the elevation of a heating stove parts marked A represent' the
segments or sections.
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B is a moveable segment which serves as a door to the aperture 'through which
the fuel is introduced.
C is the ashes door.
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D is the stand or base of the stove with its ashes drawer or pan.
E are the interstices or spaces around the sections or segments.
F are bands and upright bars which hold the segment or part in position.
Gis the nozzle for receiving the smoke.pipe..
Fig. 2 is a plan of a heating stove.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.
D..

page_text: Figs. 4 and 6 are elevations of the fire basket or fuel container as applied to
boilers.
Fig. 5 is a plan of Fig. 4.
Fig. 7 represents one of the segments of which the stove shewn by Fig. 1 is
composed.
Fig. 8 represents a perforated segment.
Fig. 9
Fig. 10
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a segment with serrated edges.
a perforated segment which is self supporting,
Fig. 11 is a section of the same.
The letters throughout the drawings refer to the same parts.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
The use of a perforated cylinder or of parts or segments formed and banded
together or made self supporting to form the fire basket or fuel container or stove
with the perforations, interstices or the joints or spaces around the parts or
segments of fire basket or fuel container or stove left exposed so that the outer air
may freely enter amongst the burning fuel for the objects set forth substantially' as
herein before described and shewn on the drawings.