Improvements in and relating to Gas, Oil, and similar Stoves.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 16th Oct.,
1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Gas, Oil, and similar Stoves.
We, ERNEST LYON FLETCHER, of Thynne Street, Warrington, Manufacturer of
Gas Apparatus, WILLIAM RUSSELL, of Scotia Foundry, Pendleton, Iron Founder,
and FLETCHER RUSSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Thynne Street, Warrington,
Manufacturers of Gas Apparatus and Iron Founders, all in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to oil, gas, and similar stoves of that class in which an
illuminating flame is employed to give the appearance of glowing or incandes-
cence to imitation fuel.
A stove constructed to embody these improvements is provided with a wall or
layer so shaped or formed as to resemble any ordinary or other fuel, as, for
example, coal. This wall or layer may be formed in one piece but it is preferably
built up of a number of smaller pieces. In any case it is so constructed as to
permit the passage or the partial passage of light from the illuminating flame
placed behind it, either by suitably reticulating or perforating the wall or its
component parts or by forming it or them of a transparent or partly transparent
material such as coloured glass or porcelain. In another form of built up wall
composed of opaque material the constituent parts need not be perforated but may
be so arranged as to permit the passage of light through the spaces and
gaps left
between them. The material of which the wall is composed is dyed or is other-
wise provided with a ruby or suitable colour.
An illuminating burner of any ordinary or suitable construction is placed
behind the wall so that the light from the flame passes through the coloured
imitation fuel and imparts to it the appearance of a glowing fire.
Any desired shape of wall may be employed, as for example, a flat or curved
wall behind which the light is placed, or a circular or polygonal wall which
surrounds the light. The material composing a wall may be held and retained
in place by wire supports or cages or the like. The body of the stove may be
formed in any suitable manner.
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page_text: and FLETCHER RUSSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED, of Thynne Street, Warrington,
Manufacturers of Gas Apparatus and Iron Founders, all in the County of
Lancaster, 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 oil, gas and similar stoves of that class in which an
illuminating flame is employed to give the appearance of glowing or incandes-
cence to imitation fuel.
A stove constructed to embody these improvements is provided with a wall or
layer so shaped or formed as to resemble any ordinary or other fuel as for
example, coal. This wall or layer may be formed in one piece but it is preferably
built up of a number of smaller pieces. In any case it is so constructed as to
permit the passage or partial passage of light from the illuminating flame con-
tained within the stove, either by suitably reticulating or perforating the wall or
its component parts. In another form of built up wall the constituent parts
need not be perforated but may be so arranged as to permit the passage of light
through the spaces and gaps left between them, and in this form the parts may
conveniently be provided with reflecting surfaces. In every case the material
of which the wall is composed is dyed or is otherwise provided with a ruby or
suitable colour resembling that of glowing fuel.
An illuminating burner of any ordinary or suitable construction is placed
within the stove so that the light from the flame passes through the coloured
imitation fuel and imparts to it the appearance of a glowing fire. The burner may
be so placed within the stove that its light passes directly through the coloured
wall, or it may be placed in such a position that the light which passes out has to
be reflected. In this latter case the reflector may be coloured in a similar manner
to the imitation fuel.
In order that our invention may be more readily understood we have hereto
appended a drawing which illustrates the application of our improvements to a
gas stove of any suitable pattern.
A is the body of the stove, B is a reflecting surface and C is a wall of imitation
fuel, which in this case consists of a number of suitably dyed roughly shaped
perforated balls contained within bars or within a cage D. The illuminating
burner E is placed in the upper part of the stove so that it is not visible to an
observer in the ordinary way, and the light from its flame is reflected by the
reflector B through the coloured wall to which it imparts the appearance of
glowing and which then resemble the ordinary refractory balls used in gas stoves
and heated by a non-luminous flame. The reflector B if desired may be suitably
coloured to assist the deception.
It will of course be understood that the illuminating burner E may be so placed
that its light passes directly through the wall C and that the reflector B may be
dispensed with if desired.
Although we have only illustrated and described our improvements as applied
to a stove having a flat wall they are equally applicable to stoves having curved
or circular or polygonal walls surrounding the light.
The body of the stove may be formed in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. A. stove provided with an illuminating flame and a coloured wall resembling
fuel through which the light from the flame passes, constructed and arranged
substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and as illustrated by
the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. A gas, oil, or similar stove constructed and arranged substantially as
herein before described.
Dated this 0th day of Santambor n 12807
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.