A Portable Water-heater for use in Camps and Picnics, and for similar purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th May, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 19th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Water-heater for use in Camps and Picnics, and for
similar purposes.
I, HENRY STEPHENS GEEN of 3 East Burroughs Place, Swansea, Glamorgan-
shire, Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a small stove or firepot lined with fireclay or other
suitable material, and having an iron grating beneath and a door on one side. The
whole stands on three or more legs.
Above the fire-pot and resting thereon is a receptacle for water, with a tap on
one side, and near its summit a short pipe or opening, closed with a loose cap or
lid, for filling purposes.
Through this receptacle passes a tapering tube forming a flue for taking off the
smoke from the fire. At the top of this flue is small chimney top to prevent any
tendency to down draught. The whole forms a hardy portable can and stove
which can be readily taken from place to place. If preferred a strainer can be
fitted round the tap, or a long cylindrical strainer of perforated metal or wire-work,
can be projected from the filling aperture, so that tea or coffee can be made
inside the can. The top of the can may also be arranged to take off, so as to
allow of thoroughly cleaning the inside.
Any ordinary fuel can be burned in the fire pot. The apparatus can be made in
various sizes and of any suitable material.
Dated this 25th day of May 1891
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Portable Water-heater for use in Camps and Picnics, and for
similar purposes.
I, HENRY STEPHENS GEEN of 3 East Burroughs Place, Swansea, Glamorgan-
shire, Plumber, 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:-
This invention is designed to supply an efficient boiler, water heater or steamer,
which can be readily carried from place to place.
It consists of a stove or firepot with fireclay or other suitable lining, standing on
legs or perforated foot which is furnished with a grating beneath and door on one
side; and in combination therewith a can or boiler forming a receptacle for water.
This boiler is made separate from the stove, so that the stove can be used without
it when desired, for frying boiling or baking with the usual utensils for other
purposes.
The boiler above referred to differs from an ordinary cylindrical boiler by having
a tapering tube passing through it vertically or nearly so.
This tube serves the double purpose of forming a flue for taking off the smoke
and gases of the fire and also of enabling the heat to act more rapidly on the
boiler, by reason of the large surface which it exposes to the action of the fire.
At the top of the boiler the flue is extended upwards by means of a detachable
length of pipe, and may carry at its summit a small chimney top to prevent down
draught. The boiler is furnished with a short pipe or opening on its top for filling
purposes, and this aperture is closed by a cap or lid.

page_text: It can also be fitted with a steamer if desired to steam food over the aperture;
and it has a tap on one side for emptying.
If preferred a strainer can be placed around the outlet leading to the tap on the
inside of the boiler, or a long cylindrical strainer can be projected or suspended
downwards from the filling aperture, so that tea or coffee can be made inside the
boiler.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 shows the stove,
Fig. 2 the boiler and flue, and
Fig. 3 a modified form of boiler with a steamer.
a, is the fire door of stove. b, the filling aperture of boiler.
'd, a modified form of flue termination; e the steamer. f the flue.
c, the chimey top.
The dotted lines in the boiler show the interior tapering chamber g. h, h, are
handles., is the cock.
The top of the boiler may if preferred be arranged to take off wholly or in
part for cleansing purposes. By preference I construct it solid and make the
aperture b, large enough for the insertion of a hand or brush.
Any ordinary fuel can be burned in this stove. The apparatus can be made in
various sizes and of any suitable material.
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
A portable boiler or water heater consisting of the combination of a stove or
firepot, boiler and flue and with or without a steamer or strainer or a chimney top,
the said boiler having an internal pipe or funnel shaped chamber forming the
lower part of the flue of the fire as herein described and set forth.
Dated this 4th dow of Fahrmour 1903
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97, Newgate Street, London, E.C., Patent Agent.