Year: 1897

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I, ANNIE MESSENGER, of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to sweeping chimneys and has for its object to effect this
in an efficient and cleanly manner by means of a machine which is portable
or fixed and capable of being operated by the ordinary domestic servant.
To enable my invention to be carried into effect I provide a flexible fire
resisting tensile appliance such as a wire rope the length of which is not less than
twice the height of the chimney so that it can be carried over a pulley placed as
near as possible to the top of the chimney to be used for working a brush or
brushes attached to the wire rope up and down the chimney in the manner
required for clearing the soot out. To effect this, both ends of the wire rope
are temporarily secured as by shackles to the ends of two ropes which are secured
to two drums or to different parts of the same drum in such manner that when
the drum or drums rotate, one rope is paid out as the other is drawn in. Other
pulleys or rollers are placed in such relation to the operating drums that the
ropes are guided by them into the line of pull which will conveniently work the
und down. The operating drums are rotated by means of
brush or brushes moving parts except the brush or brushes are combined
a handle and all
together as one apparatus which is placed in position in front of the stove which
is then closed in by the supporting frame work of the apparatus. This support-
ing frame work conveniently takes the form of a flat surface or shutter of a size
to close in the whole front of the stove. A casing projects outwardly therefrom
for the accommodation of the operating drums above which is an opening
through the shutter to enable the operator to get access to the ropes and fix the
brush or brushes ready for working. This opening is closed up to keep the soot
out of the room. The brush or brushes move up or down as the handle is turned
one way or the other. This disturbs the soot which falls down to the bottom of
the chimney and preferably into a bag or receptacle provided for the purpose.
When the operation is completed the ropes on the druins are detached from the
wire ropes in the chimney, which latter are lashed to a hook or staple until
required for the next sweeping out of the chimney.
I do not confine myself to the winding apparatus being portable. It may be
arranged as a fixture in any convenient place or places in a stove.
This arrangement is especially suitable for new stoves.
Catabo 1807

page_text: I, ANNIE MESSENGER, of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
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My invention relates to sweeping chimneys and has for its object to effect this
in an efficient and cleanly manner by means of a machine which is portable
or fixed and capable of being operated by the ordinary domestic servant.
By my improvements I make provision for imparting to the sweeping brush or
brushes an up-and-down motion derived from a machine which is either portable
so as to be serviceable to any number of existing stoves, or it may be made a
fixture to new stoves so as to be adapted exclusively to one particular stove.
In the drawing annexed to this specification a machine is illustrated embody-
ing in suitable mechanism for carrying my invention into effect the essential
features thereof; but it must be understood that my invention is not limited to
the precise combination or arrangement of details therein shown, as these can
be modified into well known equivalents in various ways.
In the drawings Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view of a stove fitted with a
machine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional
plan view taken on line x x of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a corresponding front eleva-
tion thereof. Figs. 4 and 5 are sectional and plan views respectively of the top
of the chimney pot.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
a is a flexible fire resisting tensile appliance such as a wire rope, the length of
which is not less than twice the height of the chimney, so that it can be carried
over a pulley b placed as near as possible to the top of the chimney to be used for
working a brush or brushes c, attached to the wire rope, up and down the chimney
in the manner required for clearing the soot out. To effect this, both ends of
the wire rope a are temporarily secured as by shackles d d to the ends of two
ropes el e² which are secured to two drums f¹ f2 or to different parts of the same
drum in such manner that when the drum or drums f¹ f2 rotate, one rope e²
is paid out as the other e¹ is drawn in. Other pulleys or rollers g¹ g² are placed
in such relation to the operating drums fi f that the ropes are guided by them
into the line of pull which will conveniently work the brush or brushes c up and
down. The operating drums are rotated by means of the handle h, and all the
moving parts except the brush or brushes are combined together as one apparatus
which is placed in position in front of the stove which is then closed in by the
supporting framework of the apparatus. This supporting framework con-
veniently takes the form of a flat surface or shutter i of a size to close in
the whole front of the stove. A casing projects outwardly therefrom for the
accomodation of the operating drums, above which is an opening through the
shutter to enable the operator to get access to the ropes and fix the brush or
brushes ready for working during which this opening is closed up to keep the
soot out of the room. The brush or brushes move up or down as the handle h
is turned one way or the other. This disturbs the soot which falls down to the
bottom of the chimney and preferably into a bag or receptacle 7 provided for the
purpose. When the operation is completed the ropes e¹ e2 on the drums are
detached from the wire ropes a in the chimney, which latter are lashed to a hook
or staple m until required for the next sweeping out of the chimney.
I do not confine myself to the winding apparatus being portable. It may be

page_text: arranged as a fixture in any convenient place or places in a stove. This arrange-
ment is especially suitable for new stoves.
Having fully described my said invention and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it to be understood that I am aware that the use of a brush attached
to a chain or wire rope and worked by a windlass has been already in public use
for sweeping chimneys, I therefore do not claim as my invention the contrivance
or apparatus when taken separately in regard to these features or elements
except when combined with other pulleys or equivalent means for guiding the
wire ropes or
chains from the line of movement within the chimney
or flue to drums located outside the said flue by which the apparatus
is adapted to stoves of the usual modern construction in which back
plates and hoods are usually provided to regulate the draught and
throw the heat into the room, and which stoves by their construction could not
accomodate the operating mechanism' of the sweeping brush as hitherto con-
structed, and I declare that what I claim is:-
1. The particular arrangement and combination of parts which enables the
apparatus to be operated from drums placed in a casing external to the stove
front, the wire ropes or chains being angled therefrom by guiding pulleys into
line with the travel of the brush substantially in the manner as hereinbefore
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2. The apparatus as a whole whether mounted on a portable frame as illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, or placed as a fixture within the stove, combined,
arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore specified.
this 4th day of July 18ID.
G. J. CLARKSON,
Chartered Patent Agent, Stockton-on-Tees and Hull,
Agent for the Applicant.