Appliance for Kindling Fires in Grates, Stoves, Furnaces, or elsewhere.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1894-Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Appliance for Kindling Fires in Grates, Stoves, Furnaces, or
elsewhere.
WALTER DICK SLATER 48 Rosebank Terrace Glasgow, Scarf and Tie
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Appliance for kindling fires in grates stoves furnaces or elsewhere.
It is intended to be placed in grates stoves furnaces or elsewhere, in order to
facilitate the kindling of fires therein and is a contrivance of the nature of a
framework against which and on the top of which the fuel whether coal or any
other combustible may be built, and by means of which a free passage of air to the
fuel is assured.
It may be made of wood, or of any other suitable material or materials or of
wood in combination with any other suitable material or materials, and in any size
that may be rendered necessary or advisable by the nature or size of the fire
intended to be kindled.
It may be made in the form of a cone or pyramid or in any other shape, but
always producing a contrivance of the nature of a framework against which and on
the top of which the fuel may be built and by means of which a free passage of air
to the fuel is assured.
It may be made of one piece of wood or any other suitable material or it may be
moulded of any suitable material or it may be constructed of separate pieces of
wood, or any other suitable material or materials, or of wood in combination with
any other suitable material or materials.
The appliance may be dipped in or covered with rosin or any other substance or
substances to aid combustion, or it may not be so dipped or covered.
It is claimed that when the appliance is placed in grates stoves furnaces or
elsewhere and fuel is built against it and on the top of it and a light is applied the
free passage of air through the appliance will secure more certainly and speedily
the ignition of the fuel.
Dated this 17th day of October 1893.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Appliance for Kindling Fires in Grates, Stoves, Furnaces, or
elsewhere.
I, WALTER DICK SLATER of 48 Rosebank Terrace in the City of the County
of Glasgow, North Britain, Scarf Manufacturer, 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 consists of an appliance for kindling fires in grates, stoves,
furnaces or elsewhere, and is manufactured of wood or any other suitable material
or materials, or of wood in combination with any other suitable material or
materials, constructed to form a framework, round which and on which the fuel
may be placed, and through which a free passage of air will be obtained.
The appliance may be of varying size, and may consist of a single piece of wood
or any other suitable material or materials, in the form of a cone or pyramid, or in
any similar form, and in this case it will be hollowed to such extent as may be
considered necessary and pierced at various points; or it may consist of wood or

page_text: any other suitable material or materials moulded or compressed into similar shape;
or it may consist of separate pieces of wood, or any other suitable material or
materials, or of wood in combination with any other suitable material or materials,
of such size and in such numbers as may be necessary, formed in the shape of a
cone or pyramid or in any other shape to form a framework, round which and on
which the fuel may be placed and through which a free passage of air will be
obtained. In the case of the firelighter being composed of separate strips or pieces
these will preferably be put together to form a cone, though any other analogous
form securing the free passage of air may be equally employed. The separate
pieces will in the case of the cone-shaped firelighter be glued together at the top,
or bound together at the top by means of cord, wire, india-rubber, or some such
analogous material, and to prevent the flames from igniting the cord or india-
rubber, when such is used, immediately they reach the top of the firelighter,
and for additional stability, I propose to embed this in a groove on the upper
end of the firelighter, though the same purpose may be served in various ways, for
instance by boring each separate piece at or near the top and threading the whole
together by means of wire, cord, india-rubber, or some such analogous material.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect I have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings showing two different forms
of construction of my firelighter.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of one arrangement; while Figure 2 is a plan of
the same.
Figure 3 is also a front elevation of a different arrangement; and Figure 4 is a
plan.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the appliance consists of five strips or pieces A, A',
A2, A3, A of wood or other suitable material, tapered at one end and connected by
means of a piece of cord B, india-rubber, wire, or other suitable material, which is
embedded in the groove C. This cone shaped appliance is placed in the fireplace,
and the fuel is built round about it, and also on the top of it, and the light applied.
The air having a free passage through the spaces between the separate pieces will
secure more certainly and speedily the ignition of the fuel.
When india-rubber is used the firelighter can be collapsed so as to take up very
little room in packing.
In Figures 3 and 4 one end of the pieces or strips A, A1, A2, A3, A4 is tapered
in a manner somewhat similar to a pencil, and these are connected together by
means of a piece of wire D. In this case the groove C is dispensed with.
The appliance is or may be dipped in or covered with resin or any other
substance or substances to assist combustion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do
not confine myself to the actual construction of the appliance as described and
shown on the accompanying sheet of drawings, but what I do claim is :-
An appliance for kindling fires in grates, stoves, furnaces, and other such places,
consisting of a cone, pyramid, or analogous shaped framework consisting of one
piece of wood or other suitable material, or a combination of both; or several
pieces connected together to form a suitably shaped structure, whereby the fuel
can be built all round and on the top of it, and having a free passage of air
through it so as to secure more certainly and speedily the ignition of the fuel,
substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of June 1894.
BOTTOMLEY & LIDDLE,
154, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.