A HEAT ECONOMIZING SCREEN FOR DOMESTIC FIREPLACES
Year: 1885

page_text: JOHN GILMORE, Clerk in Holy Orders, Lower Norwood and WILLIAM EBENEZER
COPPING, Manufacturing Ironmonger, 1, Brook Villas, Anerley, both in the County
of Surrey do hereby declare the nature of our invention for A HEAT ECONOMIZING
SCREEN FOR DOMESTIC FIREPLACES to be as follows:-
An apparatus whereby that portion of heat escaping up the chimney or flue of
register and other heating stoves is reduced to a minimum and by which therefore
the utmost amount of heat generated by the fire is utilized in warming the
apartment.
This we effect by placing a screen for intercepting the heat in
any convenient
position, such for instance as the position occupied by the register of an ordinary
stove.
The screen may be constructed of any non-combustible material, preferably of
metal. The meshes of the Screen may vary in size or shape and may be formed by
the interlacing of wire or bands of any thickness and breadth or the Screen may be
formed by sheets of metal or other suitable material of any required thickness
being punctured, the holes being of any desired shape or size.
The Screen may take any form according to requirements, being flat or bent or
curved to any required shape.
The action of the Screen is to intercept and therefore to divert the waves of heat
proceeding from the fire by the intervention of its meshes through which the smoke
and all other deleterious products of combustion will pass into the chimney, but the
heat will be considerably intercepted and deflected into the apartment to be heated
and thus fuel will be economized to a very large extent.
The Screen may be a permanent fixture in the chimney or flue or stove or it may
be portable and independent of either.
DL:
1
T
1000

page_text: JOHN GILMORE Clerk in Holy Orders Lower Norwood and WILLIAM EBENEZER
COPPING Manufacturing Ironmonger 1 Brook Villas Anerley both in the County of
Surrey do hereby declare the nature of our invention for A HEAT ECONOMIZING
SCREEN FOR DOMESTIC FIREPLACES and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
An apparatus whereby that portion of heat escaping up the chimney or flue of
register and other heating.stoves is reduced to a minimum and by which therefore
the utmost amount of heat generated by the fire is utilized in warming the
apartment This we effect by placing a screen for intercepting the heat in any
convenient position such for instance as the position occupied by the register of an
ordinary stove The screen may be constructed of any noncombustible material
preferably of metal The meshes of the screen may vary in size or shape and may
be formed by the interlacing of wire or bands of any thickness and breadth or the
screen may be formed by sheets of metal or other suitable material of any required
thickness being punctured the holes being of any desired shape or size The screen
may take any form according to requirements being flat or bent or curved to any
required shape The action of the screen is to intercept and therefore to divert the
waves of heat proceeding from the fire by the intervention of its meshes through
which the smoke and other deleterious products of combustion will pass into the
chimney or flue but the heat will be considerably intercepted and deflected into the
apartment to be heated and thus fuel will be economized to a very large extent
The screen may be a permanent fixture in the chimney or flue or to the stove or it
may be portable and independent of either The screen may be applied singly or
two or more screens at the same or varying distances may be applied to the stove
or flue or chimney and the screen may be fitted with a bar or bars of any required
shape and suitable material to reflect the light or in addition to reflecting the light
to radiate the heat into the apartment The screen may be applied to stoves
burning either solid or liquid or gaseous fuel or any combination of said fuels The
screen may be applied to heating stoves also to cooking stoves and to stoves used
for both cooking and heating.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
An apparatus for economizing heat in register and other stoves by means of heat
intercepting screen or screens substantially as and for the purposes specified.