Improvements in and connected with Stoves for Heating Rooms, .Conservatories, and like Spaces.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMTELE PAVLEVATION.
Improvements in and connected with Stoves for Heating Rooms,
.Conservatories, and like Spaces.
I, AUGUST MULLER, of Alexanderstrasse, 6, Hanover, in the Empire of
Germany, Builder, 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 relates to that class of heating stoves which are adapted to
humidify as well as to warm the air of the room, conservatory or other space in
which they are placed, whereby the evil offects attending the presence of a highly
dried atmosphere are avoided; and the invention consists of an improved construc-
tion and arrangement of such stoves.
In the annexed drawings,
Figure 1 represents a front sectional elevation and Figure 2 a side sectional
elevation of a stove constructed according to my invention.
Figure 3 represents a cross section of the apparatus, taken upon the lines A. B.,
Figures 1 and 2.
Upon reference to the drawings it will be seen that my improvements consist
essentially in an improved arrangement and disposition of a water heating space
relative to the heat radiating. flue of a stove of the above mentioned type.
a desiguates a sheet metal heat radiating flue, superimposed upon a stove of slow
combustion or other suitable type. 6 is an outer sheet metal casing disposed around
the flue a in such a manner that an annular space or jacket a' exists between the
metal a and the metal b. In the upper part of the casing 6 is a water space e which
communicates, by means of perforations provided in its bottom, with the annular
jacket al above mentioned. The casing a is divided into two side rising flues g by
a central descending flue h.
The mode of action of my improved stove is as follows:-Within 10 to 15
minutes after the stove has been lighted, ebullition of steam in the annular
jacket a' commences. The rising steam escapes into the room or space being
warmed through apertures c, and the air in such room is thereby humidified and
warmed simultaneously. The exit of steam from the stove into the room in which
the stove is placed may be regulated by adjusting the cap d over the apertures c,
the cap d being provided with similar apertures, whereby the surplus steam is
caused to escape through the pipe f
The entire apparatus above described is mounted upon four rollers which may
when desired run in rails adapted to receive them. When it is required to sweep
the chimney which carries off the products of combustion of the stove, the apparatus
is drawn away from the flue i, the joint existing between the flues and being
such as will allow this to be done. The flue i is plugged during the sweeping
which prevents the entry of soot into the room, and after the sweeping is com-
pleted the plug is removed and the heating apparatus is reinstated.
In order to utilize the heat of the surplus steam generated by the stove, such
steam may be led to a receiver disposed (where a large room is to be warmed) in
the same room as the stove; or the steam may be led to a receiver disposed in a
neighbouring room. In these instances of the application of my invention tho
steam generating portions of the stove may be with advantage suitably enlarged.
A space containing 35,000 cubic feet can by the above described method of
employing a stove constructed according to my invention be heated at a cost of
from 14 to 1-6 pence per diem.
Pine branches or other suitable fragrant, medicinal, or antiseptic materials may

page_text: be placed in the water space e, whereby their fragrance or other property is dis-
seminated throughout the space being warmed.
By the use of a stove constructed and operating as above described, the tempera-
ture of the room or other place in which it is situated may be raised to any desired
degree whilst the necessary humidity of the atmosphere is at the same time main-
tained, and the deleterious effects of a dry heated atmosphere, so often produced by
heating stoves as at presont constructed, are prevented. The arrangement of
flues and ensures a sufficient draught for the stove, whilst the construction
illustrated in the drawings, comprising as it does comparatively few joints, precludes
the dissemination of dust and dirt.
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By virtue of the qualities above enumerated, my improved stove is particularly
suitable for employment in hospitals and like places, whilst its capability of
producing a regulated humidity of atmosphere renders its application to the heating
of conservatories and other places containing growing plants and. the like,
particularly advantageous.
Having now, particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A heating apparatus for rooms, conservatories, and like places, comprising
internal heating fines and an external water space or jacket; constructed and
adapted to operate substantially as herein described.
2. In a heating apparatus for rooms, conservatories, and like places as set forth
in Claim 1, the means whereby a portion of the steam generated in such apparatus
may be utilized to heat au auxiliary or separate heating apparatus, substantially as
herein descrihad
noul 1.
1002
Dated this 20th day of January 1902.
CHEESBROUGH & ROYSTON, Fels. Chart. Inst. P.A.,
15, Water Street, Liverpool, Applicant's Patent Agents.