improved ventilating Flues for Cooking Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Dec., 1895-1ccepted, 8th Feb., 1896
improved ventilating Flues for Cooking Apparatus.
I, DANIEL DIXON of No. 157 Wightman Road, Hornsey, in the County of
Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improved ventilating flues for cooking apparatus, and
the object of it is to provide for the constant removal from over the hot plate
and near the apparatus, of the fumes of cooking and of cooked or of burnt viands,
before such fumes have a chance of escaping from the kitchen.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a special flue which presents its
suction or mouth at or near, or in the plane of, the top of the opening in which the
cooking apparatus is fixed; and its discharge as immediately under the bottom
grate of the fire place proper, as the general construction of the apparatus will
permit of.
This flue is preferably constructed as close to one end of the apparatus as
possible. I propose to locate the suction or mouth above mentioned in one corner
of the top, to lead the flue from that point down immediately outside one end of
the apparatus, and under the adjacent portion of the apparatus to the bottom
grate. This position may, of course, be varied, but it may be taken as typical.
There may be more than one suction or mouth at different points in the top;
and, if the size of the apparatus render it desirable, there may be more than one
flue down to the fire place, the additional flue or flues being placed in any suitable
position.
Each flue is fitted with a suitable damper, and necessary access for cleaning it is
also provided.
The flues may be made in the masonry as far as their course lies through it,
or special pipes may be provided, ready for fixation to the apparatus. The latter
may be made of any suitable material and may be telescopic as to the length of
their limbs, to facilitate the adaptation of them to the dimensions of the particular
apparatus.
It will be observed that my improved flue draws its air from the general air
of the kitchen, but not from close to the fire, while it discharges its air and
the fumes with it, direct to the fire from a point as near as possible, immediately
underneath it.
Dated this 14th day of March 1895.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improved Ventilating Flues for Cooking Apparatus.
I, DANIEL DIXON of No. 157 Wightman Road, Hornsey, in the County of
Middlesex, Commercial Traveller, 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 improved ventilating flues for cooking apparatus, and
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page_text: the object of it is to provide for the constant removal from over the hot plate and
from near the apparatus, of the fumes of cooking as well as those of cooked or of
burnt viands, before such fumes have a chance of escaping from the kitchen.
In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a special flue which presents its
suction or month to the recess in which the cooking apparatus is fixed, at any
level above the hot plate or the oven top; and its discharge as immediately under
the bottom grate of the fireplace proper, as the general construction of the
apparatus will permit of.
Referring to the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as part of this
Specification and read therewith,
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a kitchener and mantel piece after part of the
latter has been broken away to shew the improved ventilating flue.
Figure 2 is a sectional side elevation illustrating a modified form of ventilating
Alue.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of a detached ventilating flue.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, A is the improved ventilating flue; B, the fire
place and b, its bottom grate; C, the ash pit and c, the removable ash pan;
D, the plate rack; and E, the top of the recess in which the kitchener is fixed.
The operative positions of the ends of the improved ventilating flue have
already been stated. That of the suction end or mouth, a, may be varied within
limits, provided that it is within the kitchener recess. I have, for the purpose of
emphasizing this variability of position, illustrated two. In Figure 1, the mouth a
is shewn as in the plane of the top E of the kitchener recess. In Figure 2, it is
shewn as standing under the centre of the plate rack D from where the flue A is
carried backwards as far as the back cove a¹, upwards in front of the latter and
through the top of the kitchener recess. The mouth in question is either fitted
with a sliding closing valve a² or it consists of a perforated flat box a³. The
operative position of the discharge mouth at is, obviously, not variable to any
practical extent. It must be under the fire place B and should be flush with one
of the vertical sides of the ash pit C.
With reference to the position of as much of the ventilating flue as does not
stand within the kitchener recess, it is continued from the point where it passes
through the top E of the said recess, to one end of the kitchener, whence it is led
downwards, immediately outside the said end and through a right angle under the
boiler to the ash pit. Instead of passing the flue through the top of the recess,
it may be led under the said top and through the end cove. Any of the angles
involved may be replaced by bends of a suitable radius.
With reference to the material of the said flue, those portions of it which
present themselves within the kitchener recess are, preferably, of sheet metal, but
not necessarily so. Those portions of it which are outside the said recess, may be
formed in the masonry of the chimney breast or they may consist of pipes of any
suitable material laid therein.
Figure 3 illustrates my invention complete in itself and ready for fixing in
connection with a kitchener. The material in question is sheet metal and the
limbs may, some or all of them, be telescopic, to adapt a flue already made and in
stock to the dimensions of a particular kitchener. The object of the flange a is
to steady the junction between the suction mouth a of the flue and the top E of
the kitchener recess. It is a matter of indifference, in what direction the flue is
led up between its two mouths. The two which I have illustrated have the
advantage of being as direct as practicable between their respective mouths,
suction and discharge. But the position of the flue, and their number per
kitchener, may obviously be varied without departing from my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. The hereinhefore described improved ventilatinơ Ane

page_text: 2. The hereinbefore described improved ventilating flue having telescopic limbs.
3. The combination of cooking apparatus and improved ventilating flue, as set
forth.
Dated this 16th day of December 1895.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.