Ventilating Improvements in Stoves.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Ventilating Improvements in Stoves.
WILLIAM HIGGIN No. 23 Railway Walk Birkdale near Southport Chimney
Sweep and I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of an arrangment of flues as shewn on the drawings
accompanying this Specification. Which arrangement is intended to be fixed over
the cooking stove or range inside the chimney breast in the case of stoves built up
to walls & also over stoves detached. With openings into kitchen and overplate of
stove as shewn & described hereafter.
The appliance will be constructed of sheet iron or steel or cast iron preferably of
sheet iron & of varying dimensions to suit any size or description of cooking stove.
The three flues marked A. A & B terminate in a chamber marked C which has an
opening marked D fitted with a flap delivering into the chimney flue.
The overplate marked G has an opening marked B communicating with flue B
and openings marked A. A communicating with flues A. A also a door marked F
for access to sweep chimney.
Front plate marked H to prevent fumes entering the kitchen.
A ventilator marked E with hit and mis grating & flap in chimney breast com-
municating with chimney. The ventilator is actuated by the current induced by
the chimney and is intended to draw up the fumes arising from cooking and
discharge the fumes into chimney flue and thereby keep the kitchen cool and
sweet. "
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The flaps at openings D & F are to prevent any down draught on the stove or
into the kitchen.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Ventilating Improvements in Stoves.
WILLIAM HIGGIN 23 Railway Walk Birkdale in the County of Lancaster
Practical Chimney Sweep 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 for ventilating improvements in stoves by an arrangement of
iron flues from top plate of range, carried up smoke fluo to a certain height to suit
the varied requirements, which arrangement is intended to be fixed on top of the
cooking stove or range inside the chimney breast, it is adaptable for stoves built up
to or between walls, also for stoves detached.
The appliance will be constructed of sheet iron, steel, or cast iron, and of varying
sizes to suit any description of cooking range or stove.
Fig. 1 shews the plan of top plate of cooking range marked G. The
letters A. A. A. indicate openings in same, which communicate flues marked B. B. B.
Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 which said flues terminate in chamber marked C. Figs. 2 & 3.
Near the top of this said chamber C. is an opening marked D. to act as outlet
into smoke flue marked J. Fig. 4. The perforated iron grating marked E Figs. 2
& 4. is placed in wall above mantleshelf to assist the ventilating of kitchen and also
to divert soot from entering the opening marked D.

page_text: Letters F. Figs. 1 & 4 shews the soot door for sweeping chimney and letter J.
Fig. 4 indicates the smoke flue, letter K. being the front wall or breast of chimney
and L the back wall of smoke flue.
The drop plate marked H Figs. 1. 2. 4 & 5. runs the whole length of the stove,
and is intended to assist is carrying off the fumes from cooking range.
By the above appliance the ventilation of the range is actuated by the current
induced by the heated smoke flue up the iron flues and is intended 'to draw up the
fumes arrising from cooking and to discharge the fumes into smoke flue, and thereby
keep the kitchen cool and free from smell.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is.
1st. An arrangement of flues from top plate of stove or range, terminating into
kitchen flue.
2nd. The heating of these said flues, by smoke flue thereby causing an
up draught.
3rd. An opening from kitchen above mantleshelf to assist ventilation causing
draught into flue, thereby diverting soot and preventing same from entering iron
ventilating flues.
Dated this 13th day of January 1894.
WILLIAM HIGGIN.