Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1886
Complete Left, 2nd Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 17th May, 1887.
I EPAMINONDA ABATE of 37 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, Doctor of
Medicine do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to produce a stove suitable for heating or cooking
purposes,
in which perfect combustion of the fuel will take place.
In carrying out my invention, I take a cylindrical or other shaped casing, preferably
partly of metal and partly of glass or crystal, and mount it upon a suitable stand or
foundation.
Inside this casing I place, by preference, a truncated hollow cone, which is open at
bottom to the air, and on the top of this cone I place a fire basket or grate, open on
all sides. The air to support combustion is drawn in through the cone. A short
distance above the cone is a collector to collect the products of combustion, and
conduct them to a suitably placed chimney or flue. In order to ensure perfect com-
bustion of the fuel, I introduce a second current of external air outside the cone,
which current feeds the flames as they issue from the basket or grate with oxygen,
thus causing perfect combustion.
The basket is fed with fuel from the top of the stove, for which purpose it is pro-
vided with a removable cover.
The glass or crystal portion of the case will be level with the fire basket, so that in
addition to imparting heat to the apartment from the stove, the fire is visible.
When used for cooking purposes, I prefer to connect the stove with the chimney
by a flat topped horizontal flue, upon which cooking utensils may be placed.
The cover may be replaced by a kettle, and the top of the stove may be hollow to
serve as a water heater.
In the mouth of the collector, I prefer to hang a baffle, which will serve to divide
up the products of combustion, and ensure their coming into contact with the second
current of air. This baffle also becomes red hot, and assists in producing perfect
combustion.
To permit of a joint being roasted in the stove, I remove a portion of the glass or
crystal, and substitute therefor a roasting chamber in which the joint is hung, suitable
means being provided for ensuring the rotation of the joint during the roasting
operation.
1000
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, EPAMINONDA ABATE of 37 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, Doctor of
Medicine 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 consists in a novel construction of stove in which the advantages of
an open fire are combined with those of a close stove.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1, Sheet I is a front elevation of a stove constructed according to my
invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same.
Fig. 3, Sheet II, is a sectional elevation of a stove of slightly modified construction;
and
Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line xx, Fig. 3.
A is a hollow base of any convenient form, and supported on feet or castors. In
the centre of the bottom of this base an opening is formed, round which is fitted a
hollow truncated cone or cylinder B, and on the top of this cone or cylinder is placed
a fire basket C. The body D of the stove, which may be cylindrical, or of other
suitable shape, consists of three parts, viz-a main portion D, of metal, or metal and
earthenware, or wholly of earthenware or other suitable material, an open frame-
work D', and a hollow top or capital D' to which is fitted a flue D³.
Inside the hollow top D' is arranged an inverted hollow truncated cone or hopper
shaped vessel E, which forms a chamber in the top, and serves the purpose of a
collector for the products of combustion, which circulate round this chamber, and heat
the top plate before passing by the flue to the chimney. This top plate is shown in
Sheet I as being formed with a central opening, which is closed by a plate a, or it may
receive a kettle or other vessel to contain water or other liquid to be heated. From
the plate a may hang a baffle b, the office of which will be to separate the rising gases
of combustion, so that they may be brought into immediate contact with a current of
air other than that supplying the fire. The baffle plate 6 may be placed below the
opening of the cone, as shown, or inside the cone, as may be desired.
The air for supporting combustion will be supplied in two separate and distinct
currents, one rising through the cone B, and passing directly through the fire; the
other entering by the hollow base A, passing over the top of the fire, and supplying
oxygen to the flames rising from the fire, which are thereby raised to a more elevated

page_text: temperature than is usual, and burn up the smoke rising from the fire, and in conse-
quence produce more perfect combustion than heretofore. The direction of the two
currents of air is shown by the arrows in Fig. 2.
The open framework D' is intended to receive sheets of glass or crystal D*, so that
the fire, while burning, may be seen from all parts of the room in which the stove is
placed. The glass or crystal is fitted loosely in grooves formed in the framework to
receive it, so that the expansion of the metal and glass under the influence of the heat
will not cause the fracture of the glass. The front part of the stove is provided with
doors, which may be opened if and when it is desired to have an open fire. The back
and sides may, however, also be provided with similar doors if desired.
The base A is perforated, and may be supplied with a slide perforated to correspond,
so that the admission of air may be regulated. In like manner,
the air cone B may
also be provided with means for regulating the supply of air to the fire, such, for
instance, as a butterfly damper, or valve c, the axle of which, projecting through the
body D of the stove, may be turned by means of a handle d (see Figs. 1 and 2), so
that the supply of air may be diminished or increased at pleasure, or may be entirely
cut off when it is desired, for any purpose, to extinguish the fire. The apparatus may
also be used as a roasting stove, by removing the back portion of the glass, and
securing in place thereof a Dutch oven or roasting screen, as indicated by the dotted
lines in Fig. 2.
The flue D³, instead of being vertical, as shown, may be taken out at the side, in
which case it may be formed rectangular in cross section, so that cooking utensils may
stand thereon, or the flue may be formed with a series of openings, so that tho
cooking utensils may be let into them. In this instance, however, it would bo
desirable to provide a rest or support for the flue at a greater or less distance from
the stove.
It will be evident that the stove may be of any desired shape and material, according
to the taste of the manufacturer, so long as the relative positions of the parts are
practically the same.
An ash pan will be placed on the ground, or may be conveniently suspended from
the cone B, or other part, to catch the ashes that may fall from the fire.
In the modification shown at Sheet II, the products of combustion, instead of
passing from the chamber E direct to the flue, pass downwards by means of the
hollow columns or subsidiary flues F in connection with the chamber E, to a smoko
box G formed in the base of the stove, and from thence by the main flue D³ through
the floor, or in any other direction to the chimney. By this means, the objection to
the use of stoves, due to the eyesore occasioned by a flue being exposed in a room, is
removed, while any advantage to be gained by the radiation of heat from the heated
flue is retained.
The columns or flue tubes F will also serve to support the capital D³, and may form
part of the open framework D¹ to hold the glass or crystal.
In a square stove, these columns will of course be placed at the angles, and the area
of each column will be in proper proportion to the area of the main flue D³.
I would here remark that I do not intend to confine myself to the exact form of the
parts shown, as these may be more or less modified according to circumstances and
the taste of the manufacturer, without departing from the nature of my invention.
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 :-
1. A stove constructed substantially as herein described and shown in the
drawings.
2. A stove in which two separate and distinct currents of air to support combustión
are provided, one such current being forced to pass through the fire, while the other
is arranged to pass round and over the fire, as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a stove, the combination with a hollow base supporting a hollow truncated
cone or cylinder and a fire basket, of a body partly of metal or other suitable material

page_text: and partly of glass, and provided with a conical or hopper shaped collector in con-
nection with a flue or flues, all substantially as described.
4. In a stove, the body of which is composed partly of metal or other suitable
material, and partly of glass as shown and described, the combination with a fire
basket placed centrally of the body, and to which two separate currents of air are
supplied, of a collector for the products of combustion in connection with a fluo or
flues, with or without a baffle plate b, as and for the purpose set forth.
5. A stove in which the basket to receive the fuel is placed centrally of the stove,
and is surrounded and enclosed by glass or crystal panels as and for the purpose set
forth.
6. The mode of adapting a heating stove for cooking purposes as herein described.