An Uptake for the Purpose of Attachment to Fire-places, Fire- stoves, Fire-ranges, or Furnaces or Fire-grates.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd ec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Sept., 1889-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Uptake for the Purpose of Attachment to Fire-places, Fire-
stoves, Fire-ranges, or Furnaces or Fire-grates.
COLLIN CHESTER 17 North Street Edgware Road London N.W. Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An attachment for the purpose of fixing to present existing, Fire-places, Fire-
stoves Fire-ranges or Furnaces or Fire-grates or to specially constructed Fire-places,
Fire-stoves Fire-ranges or Furnaces or Fire-grates; to be constructed at the back or
sides of the above mentioned Fire-places, Fire-stoves &c. &c. and to extend upwards
any distance into the interior of present existing chimneys, or shafts or into chimneys,
or shafts specially adpted or constructed; the uptake to be provided with or without
either guard, baffel, or cowel. for the purpose of creating a perfect up draught, and
insure a perfect combustion of fuel; all other openings to the shafts or chimneys to be
stoped off axcess theirto to be obtained onley by doors or flaps or slides or such like
appliances the uptake to be constructed of iron or other suitable metal; or built with
brickwork or other sutable material to withstand heat and fire.
22nd day of December 1888.
COLLIN CHESTER,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Uptake for the Purpose of Attachment to Fire-places, Fire-
stoves, Fire-ranges, or Furnaces or Fire-grates.
COLLIN CHESTER, Engineer 17 North Street Edgware Road Marylebone London N.W.
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 relates to an Uptake an appuratus for the purpose of fixing to or
against present existing Fire-places, Fire-stoves, Fire-ranges, or Furnaces or, Fire-
grates, or to specially constructed Fire-places, Fire-stoves, Furnaces-or, Fire-grates
or Fire-ranges and to be constructed at the back, or sides of the above mentioned,
Stoves, Fire-places &c. in the following manner, their shall be placed at the back
onley, or, at either side, or, at both sides, or, at sides and back collectively, of the
aforesaid, Fire-grates &c., bars, gratings or, trelices, of any design or pattern, placed
either perpendicular or horizantal, or at any accute or obtuse angle, behind wich a
space or chamber is made, or any number of spaces or chambers, any convenient size
or shape, and extending into chimney, or flue, either upwards or downwards, or at any
convenient angle, the above chamber, to be perfectley closed, or, provided with any
openings, or, apretures, and provided with any suitable slides or doors, either above
the aforesaid bars or grates, or at any other convinent position; and to be either
open toped, or provided with any suitable baffel, or, plate, or with any suitable
appuratus that may be hereafter constructed.
REFERENCE TO DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a front elevation of closed Uptake, with open top. a. is the front. b. are
bars shown as placed perpendicular, to prevent the fuel from passing into the chamber
the
an of allowing the

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Fig. 3. is a front elevation of Uptake with opening and with baffel atched.
front. b. the bars shown as placed horizontaley to prevent the fuel from passing into
the chamber. c. the chambers. d. d. the baffels.
Fig. 4. is an elevated section of fig. 3. a. the front. b. the bars. c. the chambers.
d. d baffels. E. the back.
Fig. 5. shows the Uptake as placed fixed or attched to an ordanary chimney or
fluc. a. is the Uptake. b. back bars. c. the chamber. F. is a flue or chimney into
wich the Uptake is extended. h. is an araingement for stopping off fluo from
apartment, and provided with suitable door or slide for the purpose of excess their-to
and constructed of any suitable metal or material. G. are bars of any ordanary or
special grate or fire stove, the arrows indicate the passage of the air drawn into the
fire by the action of the Uptake. I do not claim any novelty to any special grate or
stove or chimney or flue.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be proformed, I declare that what I
claim is;
An Uptake to be made and constructed and for the purposes as here in specified.
COLLIN CHESTER.