Improvements in the Means of Securing Fire-guards to Stoves or Fire-places.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1890-Accepted. 27th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means of Securing Fire-guards to Stoves or
Fire-places.
1 CHARLES SEVERS, of Fishergate, York, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new or improved self-locking fire-guard, or screen and
has for object to secure simply and securely any guard or screen to any stove or
ireplace.
In carrying my invention into practice, 1 attach with screws or pins, to the stove,
grate, or fireplace, or fire stand, a slide in which feet or slide blocks belonging to the
guard or screen frame are inserted.
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At the top or centre of the frame is firmly screwed a self-acting lock or latch.
provide two gibs or hook bolts; which, when the guard is pressed into a slot provided
for the purpose, firmly secured same to the stove or fireplace.
An extra peak, is introduced on face of lock, which protects the bolts from being
pushed back by any side pressure.
The guard is removed by means of a key made to fit the lock.
, Unancery Lane, London, was agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means of Securing Fire-guards to Stoves or
Fire-places.
I CHARLES SEVERS, of Fishergate, York, Engineer, 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:—
My invention relates to improvements in fire-guards and in the means for locking
the same to stoves, and has for its object to increase the security of such guards, by
preventing children from removing the same in order to reach the fire, while grown
up people can easily disengage the device when it is required to add fuel, and for
cleaning purposes.
In carrying my invention into practice, I fix by screws or rivets, a socket on each
side and at the lowermost part of a stove, i.e. close to the ground, while I form a
suitable central slot in the upper part thereof. In this slot engages two spring latches
forming part of a lock fixed to the upper part of a fire-guard of any suitable con-
struction, the lower ends of which are provided with blocks dove-tailed at the back and
designed to fit in the sockets aforesaid.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have shown the
same in the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a stove furnished with my improved attachment.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, with the guard or screen fixed thereto.
Fig. 3 is a side view of one of the sockets and of the corresponding dove-tailed
block fitting therein.
Fig. 3 is a side view of the lock and key of the fire-guard fixed to the central slot
formed in the upper part of the stove.
Fig. 4 is a plan, showing the inner mechanism of the lock.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the latter.
F represents the fire-guard which is of ordinary construction, being formed of a
frame to which is fixed wire trellis of any desired pattern. At the lower ends of the

page_text: said frame are fixed two blocks b. 61 (one of which only, the block 6, is shown on the
drawing) of the shape clearly shown in Fig. 3 and dove-tailed at the back.
The upper part of the fire-guard F carries a lock L fixed horizontally thereto in
any suitable manner. This lock consists of a box or case containing two pivoted
latches or hooked catches c c¹ operated by the tumbler t when the latter is turned by
the key K
A spiral spring s is used to keep the outer ends of the latches apart, i.e. in their
locked position, its tension being overcome by the action of the key and of the tumbler
when unlocking the fire-guard.
The dove-tailed blocks bb' fit in the sockets a a¹ screwed or rivetted to the lower-
most ends of the stove (Fig. 1) while the latches or hooked catches c c¹ enter the
slot S formed centrally in the upper part of the stove and the shape of which is clearly
shown in Fig. 1.
By removing the latches c c¹ from their slot S and raising the guard, the dove-tailed
blocks are withdrawn from their sockets and the said guard is released. It can
be fixed in position in a similar manner the blocks being first inserted in their
sockets.
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 :-
The improved means for locking the back of fire-guards to the front part of stoves,
arranged, combined, and operating substantially as described and shown, and for the
pnrpose set forth.
HUGHES & SON,
5, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.