Improvements in Water or other Liquid Heating Apparatus.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 8th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Water or other Liquid Heating Apparatus.
I THOMAS HALL of 53 to 60 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick, Tea Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a combination and arrangement of parts, constituting
apparatus for heating water or other liquid, and primarily intended for what may be
termed a picnic kettle, and consists in the combination of the said kettle or container,
and the stove, so that the two may be compactly close together when not in use,
without any folding or adjusting of their parts, after the following manner :-
The body of the kettle is made of any desirable shape, generally round, and having
a turn down handle.
In the bottom of the said kettle I raise a concentric circular recess.
I then provide a spirit stove, of such a diameter and depth, that it will conveniently
pass into the recess in the bottom of the kettle.
Extending from the base of the spirit stove, three or more spring clips are
provided, which stand up at somewhat less than right angles to the said base; these
clips being further made of a suitable diameter at their base to correspond with the
diameter of the kettle; and also standing up therefrom a suitable height to suit the
flame of the lamp.
Thus these clips may be sprung open, and passed on to the exterior of the kettle, the
lamp body passing into the recess in the kettle bottom, thus compactly forming
the two parts into one, for carriage or storage.
When required for use, the lamp stove is pulled off the kettle, when the clips
assume their normal contracted position, and form thereby a stand upon which the
kettle may be placed-over the flame.
As will be apparent this apparatus may be used for heating or boiling water &c.
for cooking, or shaving &c.
Dated this 1st day of May 1980
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in Water or other Liquid Heating Apparatus.
I, THOMAS HALL, of 53 to 60 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, in the county of
Warwick, Tea Merchant, 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 improvements in water heating apparatus, which is
primarily intended for what may be termed a picnic kettle, but which nevertheless
may be also used for other similar purposes, or other liquids; and its object is to provide
an improved method of combining the stove with the kettle; also of providing that the
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page_text: bottom of the said kettle shall be recessed to receive the body of the stove, when the
apparatus is not in use; also to provide attached supports to the stove, to carry the kettle;
and to provide in combination therewith a hinged or turn down handle, whereby the
whole is made compact for storage or transport.
I attain these objects after the manner herein described and illustrated upon the
drawings, in which latter there are figures and letters of reference, similar letters
referring throughout the several views to the same thing or part, and in which :-
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of this my invention, shewing the stove or lamp extended
from the kettle, as when in use.
Fig. 2, shews the stove closed into the kettle.
Fig. 3, is a sectional plan view upon line A-B, shewing position of the spring
clips &c. or supports, when the apparatus is in use.
Fig. 4, is a sectional plan view upon line C-D, shewing position of the spring
clips &c. when the apparatus is closed up.
Fig. 5, is a sectional elevation of the invention, as seen when in use.
Fig. 6, is a sectional elevation, shewing the lamp or stove closed into the
kettle.
Fig. 7, is a detached detail view in elevation of one of the spring clips.
Fig. 8, is a detached plan view in detail of one of the spring clips.
The body a, of the kettle is made of any desirable shape, generally round, and is
provided with a turn down handle b, which is jointed at c.
In Figs. 1, & 5, the handle 6, is shown in its elevated position as when in use,
while in Figs. 2, & 6, it is shown turned down ready for package or transit.
In the bottom of the kettle, I form a concentric circular recess d.
I then provide the spirit stove e, of such a diameter and depth, that it will
conveniently pass into the recess d, (see Figs. 2 & 6).
Extending from the base of the spirit stove e, are three (or more) spring
clips fff, which stand up at about right angles to the said base, (or a little less),
(see Fig. 7), and extend upwards a suitable height to suit the flame of the
lamp:
These clips as shown are made of wire, but they may nevertheless be made of springy
sheet metal, in either case their upper ends are turned inwards at g, for a short
distance, that they may clip the exterior of the body of the kettle.
Upon the exterior of the body of the kettle, I provide stop pieces A, so that when
the lamp is drawn out from the kettle, see Figs. 1, & 5, the said stove with the clips
may be turned round, so that the latter may pass under these stop pieces as shown,
and thus form a firm support for the kettle.
By reason of the springy nature of the clips f, the lamp or stove may at any
time be drawn entirely from the kettle, for cleaning, or charging &c. that is, their
upper ends may thereby pass over the enlarged diameter of the rim or flange at the bottom
of the said kettle. At i, a finger ring is provided whereby the stove, when required,
may be readily withdrawn.
As will be apparent, this invention may be used for heating or boiling water or,
other liquids for cooking, or shaving, &c. I am aware that kettles have already for some
years been supported above a store and within clips; also that a collapsible combination of
kettle with stove has been adopted, whereby evaporation has been avoided, and therefore I
do not claim the combination of the kettle with the attached stove, broadly, but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination in heating apparatus, of a kettle having a concentric recess d,
with a spirit stove e, substantially as set forth and shown.
2. In-water or other liquid heating apparatus, the combination with the stove e
of the attached spring clips f, substantially as shown and described, and for the
purpose specified,

page_text: 3. 2. The combination in heating apparatus of a spirit stove having spring clips f,
with a kettle having stop pieces h, and a turn down handle b, substantially as
described and for the purposes specified.
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1000
CHARLES T. POWELL,
12, Cherry Street, Birmingham, Applicant's Agent.