IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES AND FIRE- PLACES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Juckes, of 97, Newgate Street, in the City of
London, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES AND FIRE-
PLACES."
Sealed the 7th May 1861, and dated the 13th November 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Juckes at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 13th
November 1860.
I, JOHN JUCKES, of 97, Newgate Street, in the City of London, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN 'STOVES AND FIRE-
PLACES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in stoves and fire-places.
For these purposes a stove or fire-place is made with a movable 'bottom,
either consisting of a grating or otherwise, and such bottom' is supported *in
front-on necks or axes, in such manner that the bottom may be caused to
incline from a horizontal position to a vertical one, or nearly so, in order 'that
fresh fuel may be supplied to the space thus produced between the bottom of
the basket and the back of the feeding box, which is formed to a curve
corresponding with the movement of the bottom. In order that the well-
ignited fuel in the basket of the fire-place or stove may be upheld whilst 'the
fresh fuel is being supplied to the box or space below such-well-ignited füel,
the well-ignited fuel is first moved away from off the bottom of the basket
before the bottom is allowed to move from its ordinary or horizontal position,

page_text: and this moving of the well-ignited fuel off the bottom may be accomplished
by causing the front frame of fire-bars to be mounted on necks or axes at its
upper part, in such manner as to allow such frame to swing or be moved
inwards at its lower end, and thus to press the well-ignited fuel towards the
back of the basket, and to uphold such well-ignited fuel in the angular space
formed between the back of the basket and the front fire-bars; or the whole
basket of the stove or fire-place may be slid back, or be suspended and moved
back, so as to remove the well-ignited fuel off the bottom, and allow of the
bottom descending, as above explained, so that when the front grating of the
basket or the basket again assumes its ordinary position, the well-ignited fuel
will be deposited on the newly supplied fuel, which may then be progressively
supplied into the basket by progressively raising the bottom towards a
horizontal position.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Juckes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th May 1861:
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
JUCKES, of 97, Newgate Street, in the City of London, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Juckes, Her special licence that I, the said John Juckes, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John
Juckes, executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES
AND FIRE-PLACES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John
Juckes, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascer-
tain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Juckes, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the. same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in stoves and fire-places.
For these purposes a stove or fire-place is made with a moveable bottom,
either consisting of a grating, or otherwise, and such bottom is supported in
front in necks or axes in such manner that the bottom may be caused to
incline from a horizontal position to a vertical one, or nearly so, in order that
fresh fuel may be supplied to the space thus produced between the bottom of
the basket and the back of the feeding box, which is formed to a curve corre
sponding with the movement. of the bottom. In order that the well-ignited
fuel in the basket of the fire-place or stove may be upheld whilst the fresh
fuel is being supplied to the box or space below such well-ignited fuel the
well-ignited fuel is first moved away from off the bottom of the basket before
the bottom is allowed to move from its ordinary or horizontal position, and
this moving of the well-ignited fuel off the bottom may be accomplished by
causing the front frame of fire-bars to be mounted on necks or axes at its upper
part in such manner as to allow such front to swing or be moved inwards at
its lower end, and thus to press the well-ignited fuel towards the back of the
basket, and to uphold such. well-ignited fuel in the angular space formed
between the back of the basket and the front fire-bars; or the whole basket
of the stove or fire-place may be slid back, or be suspended and moved
back, so as to remove the well-ignited fuel off the bottom, and allow of the
bottom descending, as above explained, so that when the front grating of. the
basket, or the basket again assumes its ordinary position, the well-ignited
fuel will be deposited on the newly supplied fuel, which may then be pro-
gressively supplied into the basket by progressively raising the bottom towards
a horizontal position.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed more
fully to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a front view of a stove and fire-place constructed according
to my Invention; Figure 2 shows a transverse section thereof, with the parts
in the position of ordinary use; Figure 3 shows another transverse section,
showing the position of the parts when about to introduce fresh fuel; and
Figure 4 shews another transverse section after fresh fuel has been introduced,
but not raised into the basket; the front fire-bars have, however, been brought

page_text: back into their upright position to allow of the lower or under-grating being
raised.
a is the back of the basket in which the fuel is burned; b are the front bars,
which are framed together, and the frame is mounted on necks or axes at c, c;
d is the curved back of the lower chamber, into which the fresh fuel is put
when the fire requires a fresh supply; e is the lower grating of the basket in
which the fire is made; this grating; is attached to and is moved. on necks.or
axes at e¹; and fistani axis, which at f¹ is.recessed to receive a poker or other
instrument for, turning the same partly round, so as to raise the grating, and
to retain it up by the projections f acting on the notched inclines on the under
grating; g is a fixed grating; h, h, are stops to retain the front frame of bars
when it is supporting the fire at the time the lower grating is depressed.in
order to receive fresh fuel. In order to supply fresh fuel the front-fire bars
are caused to assume the position shewn in Figure 3, then the lower or under
bars are depressed into the position shewn at Figure 4, the front bars remaining
in the position shewn in Figure 3; the fresh fuel is then to be introduced'; 'the
front bars are then to be brought forward into the position shewn in Figure 4,
and the lower bars are to be raised into the position shewn in Figure 2. In
some.cases in place of the front bars turning on necks or axes, the front bars
and the back of the basket are connected and arranged in such manner that
the whole of the upper part of the basket may be slid back whilst the lower
grating remains in its horizontal position, the bars of the lower grating being
straight, and the grating 9 is extended backwards. In using such a con-
struction of my stove when fresh fuel is to be supplied, the whole of the upper
part of the basket is slid back, by which the fire will be moved on to the fixed
grating g; the lower grating will then be caused to descend; the fresh-fuel is
to be placed on the lower bars, the upper parts of the basket brought forward,
and the lower or under bars again raised into the horizontal position..
.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim is, the s
combination of the parts of stoves and fire-places, as herein described..
In witness whereof, I, the said John Juckes, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.