Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1835.
Complete Left, 25th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 29th Apr., 1887.
We, EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE and JAMES DAVEY RIPPINGILLE both of
the Aston Brook Lamp Works, Ashton-juxta-Birmingham in the County of Warwick,
Lamp Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of said invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates primarily to improvements upon that class of lamp stoves for
warming or heating purposes shown and described with respect to Figures 15 and 16
of the specification of Letters Patent granted to us dated February 2, 1881, No. 448
but is also applicable to other classes of lamp stoves for warming or heating purposes.
Our present invention relates first to the substitution of a silvered glass reflector
either decorated or not for the polished metal reflector shown and described in the
aforesaid specification; such silvered glass reflector may be in one piece and either flat
curved or of undulated or uneven shape or it may be made up of strips or pieces of
silvered glass arranged in any suitable manner to obtain the desired effect. In apply-
ing such a reflector to a stove we fix it in such a manner as to cut off as far as possiblo
all communication between such glass and the chimney or other heated parts of the
stove either by non-conducting material or otherwise and we leave spaces between
sich glass reflector and the other parts of the stove so as to permit of a current of cold
air passing between such parts in order to prevent the glass reflector from becoming
unduly heated.
Silvered glass reflectors may also be applied to other parts of lamp stoves in front
or partly in front of the chimney or draft creating portion of the lamp stove in a
similar manner to that above described or they may be simply insulated or not from
the body of the stove.
Another part of our invention consists in applying either decorated or plain silvered
glass to the exterior of lamp stoves for warming or heating purposes, in this case in
order to prevent injury to the glass or to the silvering by excess of heat being
communicated thereto from the stove we either insulate as far as possible and form air

page_text: passages between the silvered glass and the body of the stove as before described with
respect to the reflector or we interpose non-conducting material between such parts.
Another part of our invention consists in the application to such description of lamp
stoves of means for airing or warming towels. For this purpose we fix a rail on one
or more sides of the stove and we form the top of the stove with over-hanging and
descending edges or lips to deflect the heat downwards against the towels.
In applying this towel airer we form the supports for the same so that they may
with the rail be readily dismounted for packing and readily replaced in position for
use.
Another part of our invention consists in forming such description of lamp stoves
by casting the base or supports and the body of the stove in two parts connected
together by screws or bolts.
E. A. RIPPINGILLE.
J. D. RIPPINGILLE.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Lamp Stoves for Warming or Heating Purposes.
We, EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE and JAMES DAVEY RIPPINGILLE both of
the Aston Brook Lamp Works, Aston-Juxta-Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Lamp Manufacturers, 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 :-
The invention relates, primarily to improvements upon that class of lamp stoves
for warming or heating purposes shown and described with respect to Figures 15 and 16
of the specification of Letters Patent granted to us dated February 2, 1881, No. 448
but is also applicable to other classes of lamp stoves for warning or heating purposes.
Our present invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 represents a front view. Figure 2 a vertical cross section. Figure 3 a
horizontal section of a lamp stove showing parts of our present invention applied
thereto. Figures 4 and 5 are vertical sections showing slight modifications.
Figure 6 is a front elevation and Figure 7 is a vertical section showing part of our
present invention applied to a somewhat differently constructed lamp stove.
Figures 8 and 9 are vertical cross section of the upper part of a lamp stove and
Figure 10 is a plan thereof showing the last part of our present invention applied
thereto.
In all the figures like parts are marked with similar letters of referènce.
The lamp stove represented at Figures 1, 2 and 3 is of similar construction to that
represented at Figure 16 of the specification herein before referred to and is marked
with similar letters of reference to those employed in said specification.
The first part of our present invention relates to the substitution of a silvered glass
reflector either decorated or not for the polished metal reflector shown and described
in the aforesaid specification such silvered glass reflector may be in one piece and
flat as shown at Figures 1, 2 and 3 or it may be curved or of undulated or uneven
shape or it may be made up of strips or pieces of silvered glass arranged in any
suitable manner to obtain the desired effect. In applying a silvered glass reflector f
to a stove we fix it in such manner as to cut off as far as possible all communication
between such glass and the chimney or other heated parts of the stove either by non-
conducting material or otherwise.
According to the arrangement represented in the drawings, the silvered glass
reflector is supported by a metal plate on the upper surface of which two wires f
are fixed as shown more clearly by the dotted lines in figure 3 or in lieu of wire, non-
conducting strips may be employed; on these wires or strips the glass reflector f
rests and the latter is held in position by clips fat the upper edge of the plate f¹ and
by a removeable clip or holder f fixed to the stove front at the lower edge of the
plate. By these means.communication is almost entirely cut off between the silvered
glass reflector and the supporting plate a small space is also left between the
upper edge of the silvered glass reflector fand the transparent sealing plate cover or
door in order to prevent the transmission of heat from the latter to the silvered glass
reflector f. An opening f is also formed in the plate to permit the free circulation
of cold air within the space between the glass reflector and the plate f¹ the air
entering by the opening f5 and escaping at the upper edges of the said glass reflector
and plate.

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In figures 1 and 2 we have also shown the application of a silvered glass reflector
to the upper part of the front of the stove; in this case. the reflector p is held by
a metal frame p¹ which is fixed to the body of the stove by screws and nuts p²,
blocks p³ of non-conducting or other material being placed between the front of the
stove and the reflector p in order to prevent the undue communication of heat from
the former to the latter and to provide a free air space between such parts for the like
purpose.
At Figure 4 we have represented another method of mounting the reflector p so as
to prevent it becoming unduly heated. In this case the frame of the reflector p is
fixed directly on to the front of the stove whilst a plate or block p* of non-conducting
material is fixed to the interior of the stove at the back of the reflector p so as to
prevent the transmission of too much heat to the reflector p.
Another modification is represented at Figure 5. In this case also the frame of the
reflector p is fixed directly to the front of the stove but at the back of the reflector p on
the inside of the stove is fixed a metal plate p so as to leave an air space between the same
and the reflector p, perforations p communicating with the upper and lower parts of the
said space enable the air to circulate freely there-through and thereby the reflector p
is prevented from becoming unduly heated.
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Figures 6 and 7 represent a somewhat different construction of lamp stove, the
general construction of which is clearly shown and is well understood.
In this case
four reflectors g are fixed in any of the modes herein described to the sides of the
opening in front of the chimney or draft creating portion of the lamp stove.
Another part of our invention consists in the application to lamp stoves of a similar
description to those hereinbefore referred to of means for airing or warming towels.
This part of our invention is represented at Figures 8, 9 and 10. For this purpose we
removeably fix a rail ? on one or more sides of the stove and we form the top s. of the
stove with overhanging and descending edges or lips s to deflect the heat passing.
out through apertures around the top of the stove, downwards against the towels
-hanging on the rail ». In order to enable this towel airer to be readily applied to and
dismounted from the stove we form the rail with lugs to pass into suitable
sockets at the top the stove and with a bar to rest on the latter. Other methods
however of enabling a towel airer to be readily applied to and dismounted from a
lamp stove may be employed without departing from the peculiar character of our
invention.
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We would. here remark that since filing our provisional specification we have
discovered that the head of invention lastly described therein does not possess such an
amount of utility as to render it advisable to give any further description thereof
for this reason we disclaim such head of invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :—
1. The application to lamp stoves for warming or heating purposes, of silvered glass
reflectors substantially as herein shown and described.
2. The application to lamp stoves for warming or heating purposes, of means for
warming or airing towels substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 25th day of March 1887.
EDWARD ALEXANDER RIPPINGILLE.
JAMES DAVEY RIPPINGILLE.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buiklings,
Agents.