Improvements in Boilers or Water Heating Utensils for Domestic or other Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in Boilers or Water Heating Utensils for
Domestic or other Purposes.
JAMES FAGAN Plumber Skipton in Craven in the County of Yorkshire do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to those boilers or water heating utensils that are placed
at the backs of kitchen or other fires, the same being sometimes styled back, and
sometimes bath, boilers; and consists of forming them in such a manner that the
heating surfaces thereof are largely increased for the obvious reason of expediting
the heating of their contents.
To accomplish this, suitable portions of the bottom part of the boiler, under
which pass the flame of and heated gases from the fire, are projected internally,
the same being joined to the other parts left in their usual positions in such a
manner that a suitable space is left between each part of the internal surface of
the boiler for the reception of the water to be heated. From this it will be seen
that the heating surface of the boiler is increased to the extent of the surface of
the parts added to join the projected to the unprojected parts of the bottom, and
also that this increase is modified according to the number of projected parts into
which the bottom of the boiler is divided.
My invention is applicable, as will easily be understood, with equal advantages
to boilers fitted either to open or closed ranges as the shape of the boiler does not
interfere with it. Again, for the rame reason, any of the usual materials may be
used for the construction of boilers with my improvements applied.
Dated this 19th day of Jen 1986

page_text: I, JAMES FAGAN of Skipton-in-Craven Yorkshire, Plumber do hereby declare
the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN BOILERS OR WATER HEATING
UTENSILS FOR DOMESTIC OR OTHER PURPOSES, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
•
This invention relates to those boilers or water heating utensils that are placed
at the backs of kitchen or other fires, the same being sometimes styled back, and
sometimes bath boilers; and consists of forming them in such a manner that the
heating surfaces thereof are largely increased for the obvious reason of expediting
the heating of their contents. And in order that this said invention may be clearly
understood and readily carried into effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of
drawings illustrative thereof, to which reference is made in the following descrip-
tion, and wherein fig. 1 is a sectional front elevation, fig. 2 a sectional side elevation
and fig. 3 a sectional plan of a boiler constructed according to this invention, while
fig. 4 is a sectional perspective view of a modification thereof.
To accomplish the foregoing, suitable portions a a of the bottom part of the
boiler, under which pass the flame of, and heated gases from the fire, are projected
internally, the said parts a a being joined to the other parts b b left in their usual
positions by the parts c so that a suitable space d is left between each part of the
internal surface of the boiler for the reception of the water to be heated.
From this it will be seen that the heating surface of the boiler is increased to
the extent of the surface of the parts c that are added to join the parts a a to the
parts b b and also that this increase is modified according to the number of projected
parts a a into which the bottom of the boiler is divided.
Should it be found desirable to make the flame of or heated gases from the fire
pass more freely around the inwardly projected portions of the boiler, these projected
parts may be continued to the top so as to form openings through the boiler as
shewn at ee fig. 4 The direction in which the said flame or gases pass being
indicated by the arrows ff.
As will readily be understood this invention is applicable with equal advantages
to boilers fitted either to open or closed ranges, as the shape of the boiler does not
interfere with it. Again for the same reason any of the usual materials such as
copper, iron, etc., may be employed for constructing these boilers according to this
my said invention.

page_text: 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 formation of back or bath boilers having internally projected parts for the
purpose of increasing their heating surfaces substantially as herein described and
as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.