Frames, Conservatories, and the like.
Year: 1886

page_text: Frames, Conservatories, and the like.
I CHARLES TOOPE, of No 1 Ben Jonson Road, Stepney in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman 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 an improved construction of gas or oil burning water
heater for warming garden frames, conservatories, and the like, by the circulation
of hot water, and the Invention has for its object to provide a heater especially
suited for warming small frames or houses and combining thorough efficiency with
simplicity and cheapness of construction one of the essential features of my Invention
residing in the means by which the circulation of the water within and without
the heater is promoted.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
Specification wherein Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation and Figure 2 a sectional
plan view of the apparatus of my Invention. The same letters of reference indicate
the same parts in both Figures.
a is a chamber at the lower part of the stove in which a gas burner or oil lamp
of any preferable construction may be placed or fixed for heating the water, access
being had thereto at a door b. cd are the water spaces of the heater separated by
a heating chamber e and united preferably at one point only, by a water passage f
situated at the opposite side of the heater to that at which the return circulation
pipe connects with the heater. The water space d is traversed by a central
flue g rising through the bottom of the water space d and connecting the lamp
chamber a with the heating chamber e With this flue the chimney 7 of the lamp
connects telescopically as shown. The chimney is of metal and the flue g forms
a prolongation of the chimney. The latter is raised in the flue for the purpose of
removing or inserting the lamp and is brought down upon the gallery of the lamp
burner after the lamp is placed in the stove and lighted. The chimney cuts off the
communication of the lamp chamber with the flue so that no air besides the
products of combustion can pass into the flue. The chamber e may be provided
with any number of outlets h which may radiate in different directions from the
sides of the heater so that the latter may be placed in the open air and exposed to
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the wind without danger of extinction of the flame. i is the flow and k the return
circulation pipe respectively connected to the upper and lower water spaces c d as
shown. Any desired number of these circulation pipes may be similarly connected
to the heater according to the size of the conservatory or apartment to be heated
and the capacity of the heater. The water space c is closed at top and the whole
apparatus is constructed of sheet metal which may be left uncovered to warın
the surrounding atmosphere by radiation when placed inside a conservatory for
example or may be suitably lagged or enclosed in a non-conducting sheath when
the heater is placed in the open air. The heating chamber e occupies the whole
cross-sectional area of the apparatus with the exception of the space reserved for
the passage fand it is situated near the top of the apparatus just below the point
where the flow pipe i is connected. This chamber e receives the major portion of
the heat from the lamp and imparts it directly to the water in the space o above
which is thereby forced out through the pipe i. The return pipe k connects with
the lower part of the space d where the least heat is received and as the pipe k
and passage f are situated at opposite sides of the heater a most vigorous and
effective circulation of water is maintained both through the apparatus itself and
through the pipes,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the Baid
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The herein described gas or oil burning water heating apparatus constructed
with a heating chamber near the top dividing the water space into two parts,
a water passage connecting said water spaces, a flue or chimney leading from the
lamp chamber to the heating chamber and flow and return pipes connected to the
water spaces respectively above and below the heating chamber substantially as
described and illustrated in the drawings.
2. The combination with a water heater constructed with a heating chamber,
water spaces, and flue as herein described of a telescopically sliding lamp chimney
forming a continuation of the flue substantially as described and shown in the
drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of April 1886