Combined Fire Place and Air Heating Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 9th Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Combined Fire Place and Air Heating Apparatus.
1, THOMAS RICHARD SHILLITO of 89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, (a communication to me from abroad
by George Phillips of Victoria, British Columbia, Merchant) to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section of the
combined fire place and air heating apparatus of this invention and Fig. 2 is a
cross sectional view of the same.
A, B, C, D, are smoke pipes which may be of oval round or rectangular cross
section fixed horizontally or nearly so in a casing A¹ so as in addition to the
winding smoke flue there is a passage E, F, G, H, K for air. f, g, are smoke
return chambers separated by a partition K which may be fixed as shewn or
mounted on a hinge so as to be adapted to be operated by a rod. S are apertures
for cleaning the smoke flue and are provided with removable covers r. Between
pipes D, C, and also between pipes B, A, are mounted dampers W connected
together by a chain C and by means of a hand rod m and connection n operated to
close or open the chimney PI at that part; in the former case the return chamber P
is formed, and the smoke caused to travel through the winding flue. e is an inlet
orifice for air and is in communication with a passage formed in the brickwork and
leading to underneath the floor or to the outside air which ascends to and through
passages K, H, G, F, E, and after being heated in its course pass through outlet e¹
into the various rooms in which it may be required, regulated by registers in the
ceilings walls or floors. When lighting the fire and also at other times when
deemed desirable the dampers W may be fully or partly opened so as to allow all
or part of the smoke and heat to pass direct through the chimney.
By placing the apparatus over two fire places r back to back one in one room
and one in another and having a damper L hinged to the partition between the
two fire places either or both fires may be lighted by suitably adjusting the damper
through a hand rod.
The number of flue pipes may be more or less than those shewn and may be fixed
either horizontally, obliquely or perpendicularly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is:-
1. The combination of a fire place with an air heating apparatus consisting of a
casing A provided with compartments f, g, pipes A, B, C, D, compartment E, F,
G, H, K and dampers W, for the purposes specified, substantially as described and
shewn.
2. The combination of two fire places having a damper mounted between them,
with an air heating apparatus consisting of a casing, compartments, pipes, dampers
and air passages, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this th day of September 1895.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C.