Improvements in Oil Lamp Stoves, in Part Applicable to Gas.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 11th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 11th Feb., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Oil Lamp Stoves, in Part Applicable to Gas.
WILLIAM HENRY PASLEY Lamp Manufacturer 140 Great Charles Street Birming-
ham, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A Lamp or Lamp Stove for burning oil-preferably Paraffin, in which the Burner
is fixed by means of clips or projections from the frame or stand and the metal frame
or chimney is put together by means of grooves and Screws the Boiler or Boilers for
water or Cooking form a portion of side or sides of flue-the Oven is moveable or
fixed the side nearest the flame or flames or the side of flue, being glazed with Talc
or other transparent material, or in a single Boiling stove having the Chimney in one
continuous length, the Cone and attachments are sprung into a swaged groove or rivetted,
or with a Sliding tank the cone plate or Carrier is extended to complete the Chimney.
My Invention consists of Stove heated by a Lamp for burning light or heavy oils
preferably Parrafin which may be used for Heating, Boiling or Cooking purposes.
I fix the Burner or Burners by means of projections of certain parts of the
Reservoir or attachments, such as frame or handles-as may be suitable-which are
brought to bear upon certain parts of the Burner or wick tube so that the Burner is
thereby secured, thus dispensing with any further forin of attachment such as
screws or otherwise, for fixing the burner, which might carry or conduct the heat to
the oil container.
I make the framework of Stoves of Cast or sheet metal, but preferably of cast.
The cone of Burner is made of stamped or cast or wrought metal with a very wide
flange extended, or it may be attached thereto, so as to form when in position a
horizontal or sloping plate or shelf upon which a turnover toaster or other cooking

page_text: utensil may be placed and of a suitable length so as to form a central support or
fixing for frame when drawn together as hereinafter described.
The side supports of frame are of metal, in one or more pieces with a groove
facing outwards at the lower extremity of a suitable size to fit the inner rim of foot
or stand, and in the other side of said support facing inwards, at suitable height &
of suitable size to take edge of cone plate herein before described, is another groove so
that when the side supports are placed in position with lower groove or rim of stand
& the cone plate is placed in upper grooves, the whole structure is fixed firmly by
simply drawing upper extremities of supports together with one or more screws-thus
securing a very simple and expeditious mode of fixing.
This method of fixing frame & cone plates is applicable to the larger forms of
stoves in which an oven is employed.
I also attach a Metal Boiler or Boilers of suitable size & shape so placed as to
come directly into contact with the wall or side of chimney or preferably so that
the boiler itself forms a portion of the wall or side of the flue & so placed in
grooves or otherwise or preferably hung or hinged on central or other joint or joints
that the boiler can be tilted or drawn over without removal from its place, so that the
water or contents of said Boiler may be readily poured out or otherwise manipulated.
By this means I economise heat to the utmost & secure an improved form of boiling
or cooking chamber, combining the advantages of a fixed boiler and the ordinary
portable kettle or other cooking utensil.
The Boiler may be used with or without a tap for drawing off the water but
preferably without.
The swinging or jointed or hung form of Boiler described & also the horizontal
or sloping plate upon which a turnover toaster or other utensil may be placed herein-
before described are also applicable to cooking stoves heated by gas.
For the purpose of Roasting or Baking I attach a cast or sheet metal oven which
may be fixed so as to form part of stove structure, or loose so as to be moveable at the
will of the operator & placed in such a position that the side or walls of oven are
parallel with the flame or flames & directly form a portion of the sides or walls of
chimney or chimneys of Burners.
In the side or sides of said oven, which are parallel with flames as described or
when a flue presenting two or more sides passing through the oven is employed-in
the side or sides of said flue-I make one or more openings of suitable size-which I
fill in with or glaze with one or more thin pieces of Mica or Tale or any known
transparent substance, such as glass. By this means greater heat is admitted to the
oven than when opaque material is used for wall of oven or flues--the tale being so
thin as not to materially lessen the heat thrown off by the flame whilst the full
advantage of radiation or reflection of heat direct upon the articles being cooked is
secured.
When the stove is made in the form of a simple Boiling or Heating Stove in which
the side shelves & perpendicular supports can be dispensed with I adopt the following
very simple method for making flue also act as carrier for the cone & perforated
air diffusing plate. I make a round or oval or square flue in one or more pieces of
metal wired round the bottom edge to stiffen it & pierced with holes round bottom
to admit free passage of air. Round this flue at a suitable height I put a groove or
swage, into which the cone plate & perforated air diffusing plate of suitable shape
are sprung or forced, thus dispensing with all rivets or screws or other fastening to
secure cone or perforated plates in position or the plates being rivetted would be part
of my invention.
This Chimney is then hinged at one end to the container or burner carrier upon a
cranked or raised hinge & by bending ends of bottom wire or by other suitable means,
the chimney is so raised that it has no contact with the container & by this means
all danger of the container becoming heated by contact with the chimney is
removed.
When I use an Oil Reservoir or Tank which slides into position 1 employ a modifi-
cation of the above stated method.

page_text: The cone and perforated plate are secured by means of a groove or swage as
described, but the carrier, instead of being carried up as a chimney as in the case of
the simpler Boiling Stove, is made shorter & formed at the top edge of such a shape
as to be quite close to bottom plate when slid into position under chimney. By this
means I provide an improved method of fitting a sliding container.
In some modifications of these stoves it may be necessary to have fixed containers &
when this form of container is used in order to allow for the trimming & lighting of
the wicks &c.
Dated this 10th day of 100-
I, WILLIAM HENRY PASLEY of 140 Great Charles Street, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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 relates to lamp stoves, for heating and cooking purposes, and consists
essentially of upright framings, with the upper parts enclosed, so as to form chimneys
or rectangular spaces, through which the beat and products of combustion from lamps,
situated at the base parts, upwardly pass.
I will first describe only one end framing.
The summit or walls of the upper part, carries a stand, upon which culinary
utensils are supported over and above, the open top of the chimney; so that the heat
and products of combustion, impinge upon the said articles.
One side of the stove, is pierced with openings, covered with sheet talc or mica.
and through which, direct heat radiation, passes, to objects to be cooked, heated or
baked in an oven, or the like.
It is well known that natural substances, such as tale, intercepts heat in only a
small degree; so that the tale covered openings or sides in the chimney or chamber
of a burner, allows nearly the whole of the heat to be directly radiated, while stopping
off only, the fumes or products of combustion.
Presented in front of the tale covered openings on one side, a slanting or horizontal
shelf or rest may be placed, upon which a tray or dutch oven, containing a chop or
the like, is placed; so that when the stove is in use, the heat evolved, is directly
radiated through the tale covered openings, upon the object or objects to be cooked.
One of the sides of the stove, is provided with a pivoted or swinging boiler or

page_text: water container, whose inner end, which is slightly contracted, fits and seats itself
within an opening, so that the inner side of the said boiler or water-heater, forms a
part of the side of the chimney or upwardly directed passage.
The upper part of the stove, rests upon leg like supports, between which, an oil
container with burner appliance, is placed in position, by a sliding movement.
The burner part at each end as aforesaid, is disposed within a box like casing, open
at top, and partially enclosed at bottom, by a perforated, or other form of air diffusing
plate.
On the combined reservoir and burner being placed in position, the upper edge of
the box enclosure of the burner part, being parallel with lower end of the chimney,
comes in contact with the walls at the bottom of the chimney, so as to thereby form
a perfect joint for the said chimney.
Thus I arrange two of the said stoves, at suitable distances apart, and with the
tale enclosed openings, presented to each other; and between the inside upper parts
of the said stoves, an oven is disposed, heated by the direct transmission of heat from
the burners, through the tale covered openings.
By this means, an oven is heated, or fod cooked, by heat transmitted as aforesaid,
instead of by conduction, through the metal sides and bottom.
Figure 1 represents in front elevation, a cooking stove, constructed according to my
invention, the hinge door of the oven being removed. in order to show the ends of the
oven, composed partly of metal, and partly of tale. It will be seen that the inside of
the oven is shown in perspective.
Figure 2 represents in front elevation, partly in vertical section, upon an enlarged
scale, one end of the said cooking stove figure 1. The sectional lower part exhibits
the burner, wick casing, and oil container, resting upon an elevated platform, mounted
upon the base framing of the stove. This front view also exhibits the tale covered
piercings or openings, made in the sheet metal front, and before which said piercings,
a chop or the like to be cooked, is placed within a properly shaped closed oven, or
dutch oven, as represented in figure 1.
One of the sides of the oven figure 1, has two opposite tale covered openings, with
one of them presented outwardly, preferably for cooking, and the other is presented
inwardly, or to the interior of the oven, for baking or cooking. The other end, has
only an inwardly directed tale covered opening, while its other side carries a water-
heater.
Figure 3 represents a transverse vertical section, partly in elevation. of the said
stove, and figure 4 is an end elevation of the same, showing the position of the boiler
or kettle, whose inner side extends inwardly into the chimney, and heat conservator;
so that the flame, and products of combustion of the lamp, at the mouth entrance
thereof, plays between the tale covered openings, and the inner side of the boiler, or
water-heater, (on the one side) while on the other side, the flame is between opposite
tale openings.
The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
a are the supporting side framings of the stove, while is the front, and c is the
back thereof, consisting of thin sheet metal walls, which, with the side framings as
aforesaid, enclose a rectangular space or flue like opening, which constitutes the
chimney and heat conservator d of the stove; and up this said chimney or vertical
passage, which is open at bottom and top, a portion of the heat, and products of com-
bustion given off from the lamp, as herein-after described, pass.
In the right hand end framing, the sheet metal side b, is pierced with openings 12,
near the lower part of the entrance to the flue, and which said piercings or openings,
are enclosed or covered with sheet tale e, whereby heat from the burner and chimney,
is radiated inwardly into the interior of an oven n, placed between two chimneys, as
represented in figures 2, 3 and 4.
In front of the tale covered openings 62, on the outer side of chimney, is an
inclined or horizontal rest 6, in figure 1. upon which a cooking utensil is placed.
The other side c, is pierced with a circular opening e, shown in dotted lines in
figure 2, and in section figure 3, and wherein an inner or contracted neck end f², of a

page_text: water-heater or kettle, fits. The outer side of the said utensil, is provided with a
pivot, supported by a bracket bearing f³, carried from a supporting ledge c³.
The left hand side end framing, has two tale pierced openings; one presented to
the dutch oven, and the other presented to the enclosed oven n.
The utensil is capable of turning upon a pivot centre, upon the one side, and
within the circular opening 2, at the other side; so that it can be turned or rotated,
so as to bring the spout of the utensil into a position, suitable for pouring. This
utensil is also provided with a jointed lid f³, for covering up the opening, where-
through the utensil is filled.
The open or upper end of the chimney or flue of the stove, is surmounted by a
stand g, upon which, and over the open upper end of the aforesaid chimney, a
cooking utensil may be placed.
is the base framing of the stove, upon which the legs a² at the lower parts of the
side framings a, rest; and supported upon the said base, is a platform i, open at its
ends, and upon which, the oil container of a long lamp, rests.
This container, which
carries the wick casing, and burner part of the lamp, slides longitudinally into
position, and is provided with a flange at its upper end, where over a socket base k
of a wick casing k, passes, and within this wick casing, a wick I is disposed, and hangs
into the interior of the container. The wick casing k, and its base is secured in
position, by rolled ended fasteners k³.
m is the burner part of the lamp, consisting of rectangular sides m², cone m³, and
perforated bottom m³.
The rear of the burner part m, is jointed at m³, to hind uprights or supports m³,
carried at the top and end of the container.
The front of the burner part, is carried by legs or depending rests m²; so that in
order to trim the wick, it is only necessary to turn outwardly, the said burner part
upon its hinge joint.
By resting the burner part as aforesaid, upon leg supports me, m7, the conduction
of heat to the oil container, is thereby prevented.
The upper part of the sides m² of the burner part, slide within a gap or cut out
part a³, in the front side framing a; so that when the burner is in position, its top
edge is contiguous to the lower underside of the walls of the chimney, or upward
passage d.
Figure 5 represents another form of my invention, in which the body, or chimney
is jointedly cranked to the container, which is made to constitute the base. This view
is shown partly in elevation, and partly in vertical section.
a is the body or chimney of the stove, and b is the front thereof. m³ is the cone of
the burner part, and m' is a perforated diaphragm air distributor, both of which are
secured to the inside of the chimney or body part a, by being secured within the
annular recess or swaged groove 63, disposed at a short distance from the hinge
joint m³.
The lower end of the chimney or body part is provided with feet, which rest upon
the top of the oil container and base j, which carries upon its upper side, a wick
casing and base k; so that the lower edge is prevented from coming other than at
points, in contact with the metal of the base, or container body.
When gas is employed instead of oil, as the means for heating, the burner part of
the apparatus is changed accordingly.
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 :-
First. Forming partly, or in whole, the walls, or the ends or sides of the ovens of
cooking stoves, of the kind herein described, of talc, or mica, or partly of tale, and
partly metal, wherethrough direct heat radiation and transmission is thereby attained,
instead of by the heat passing or conducting itself directly through metal, substantially
as described.
Secondly. Attached to a cooking stove, as herein described, of a utensil supporting

page_text: shelf in combination with a side oven, and tale covered opening, as described and set
forth in figure 1.
Thirdly Surrounding the sides of a burner, or burner cone, by a box like enclosure,
open at top, and partially enclosed at bottom, by a perforated air diffusing diaphragm,
substantially as described and set forth in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Fourthly. The combination with a burner enclosure as herein before described, in
the preceding claim, and marked in², of a chimney or heat conservator d, whereby the
under surface of the one, and the upper surface of the other, are made to come in
direct contact, and form a perfect joint, substantially as described and set forth in
figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Fifthly Mounting upon the side of a cooking stove, a jointed or swinging boiler
or water-heater, whose inner side, turns or works within a like piercing or hole, made
through the walls of the said stove, above the burner part, substantially as described
and set forth in figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Sixthly. Making the inner presented face or side, of water-heaters or boilers, form
wholly, or in part, the walls of a chimney or heat conservator, as set forth.
Seventhly. The improvement in the construction and arrangement of the parts of
cooking stoves, or combined stoves and ovens, as herein described and set forth in
figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Eighthly-Elevating the lower edge of a stove body, or combined chimney and
support, from the oil container and base, by a cranked joint, and front feet or studs,
substantially as described and set forth in figure 5.
Ninthly. Securing in position, the cone and air perforated diffusing diaphragm,
within the interior of a body, or chimney support part b, by springing or expanding
the boundary edges of the said cone, and air diffuser, into an annular groove, or
channel 63, substantially as described and set forth in figure 5.
Dated this Tenth day of November 1887
WILLIAM HENRY PASLEY.
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.