Purposes.
Year: 1886

page_text: Owner Purposes.
I, SAMUEL FREDERICK HADFIELD of Weston-Super-Mare in the County of
Somerset, Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
I construct the Fire blower or drawer of wire gauze or of any suitable perforated
material and claim for my invention the following advantages.
1st. A material increase in the draught of ordinary chimnies.
2nd. Chimnies which smoke by reason of a slack draught are cured by its use.
3rd. Puffs of smoke caused by draughts of air produced by the sudden opening
or shutting of doors, or in other ways, is prevented.
4th. It does not produce the intense draught of ordinary blowers and can there-
fore be left working for any length of time with perfect safety and without an
extravagant consumption of fuel.
5th. The effects of the combustion are not concentrated upon the bars of the
grate or furnace as in the case of ordinary blowers or drawers.
6th. The blower or drawer permits the rays of heat to pass directly through it
allowing also a view of the fire to be obtained through it.
7th. It has not the objectionable appearance of an ordinary blower or drawer.
8th. It does not become unduly heated.

page_text: Improvements in Fire-blowers or Drawers for Domestic or
other Purposes.
"
I, SAMUEL FREDERICK HADFIELD of Weston-Super-Mare in the County of
Somerset, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN FIRE-BLOWERS OR DRAWERS FOR DOMESTIC OR OTHER PURPOSES and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
"
I enclose the front of the grate, stove, or furnace wholly or partially with a door,
shutter or enclosure constituting the "blower ог "drawer" and of any desired
design form, or construction and attached or fitted to the grate, stove or furnace
in any convenient way.
The "blower" or "drawer" may be composed wholly or partially of wire gauze
or any other suitable material and such part or parts of the blower or drawer
which is or are perforated may have the number of such perforations regulated by
the insertion or attachment therein or thereto of glass or any fire-resisting material
rendered either fixed or adjustable causing the light from the fire to be visible;
thus furnishing a means for the regulation of the draught of the "blower" or
"drawer" and presenting any desired transparent, semi-transparent, or other design
or designs-Or the "blower" or "drawer" may be manufactured of any solid
suitable material and provided with any aperture or apertures, which aperture or
apertures may be fitted with one or more, transparent, semi-transparent, or other,
slides, shutters, or discs composed of glass or any suitable fire-resisting material
and of any desired design, construction, or manufacture and which may be made
capable, where required of being so moved or adjusted as to increase or diminish
the aperture or apertures and thus to regulate the blast of the "blower" or
"drawer." In those instances where a perforation or perforations is or are used in
place of an aperture or apertures, such perforation or perforations may be made in
any desired shape or form and the glass or other material attached or fixed thereto
or therein as aforesaid, may be variegated plain, or of any desired kind or design.
The "blower" or "drawer" apart from its perforated or apertured part or parts
may be constructed of any fire-resisting suitable material which would render a
cheerful effect by the diffusion of the fire-light or in any other way be useful or
ornamental in opaque or other design or designs, make or manufacture.
The advantages derived by constructing the "blower" or "drawer" as herein
described are the ensuring of an effective increase in the draught of the grate,
stove, or furnace while at the same time a surprisingly good view of the fire may
be obtained-It allows the heat freely to pass into the apartment yet remains in
itself perfectly cool while in operation without entailing any extravagant con-
sumption of fuel. The effects of combustion are not concentrated upon the bars
of the grate, stove, or furnace or upon any other part thereof, the draught being
equally and efficiently diffused throughout the whole fire, while at the same time
its power can be so regulated as to be adapted to the draught of the particular fire
or furnace to which the "blower" or "drawer" is attached. It also increases the

page_text: beauty of the grate by the handsome designs or patterns in which it can be
produced and its adoption renders a most simple, pleasing and effective remedy for
a smoky chimney.
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:-
1st. The use and manufacture of a "blower" or "drawer" constructed wholly or
in part of wire gauze or any other suitable perforated material substantially as
hereinbefore described.
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2nd. The construction of a "blower
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or drawer," by which the power of its
blast can be controlled and regulated by the means and in the manner substantially
as hereinbefore described.
3rd. The combination and arrangement of parts consisting of the improvements
in "Fire-blowers ог "drawers" substantially as hereinbefore described.
E. J. COLSTON FEAR,
Agent for the Applicant.