IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES.
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Taylor, of 37, Albert Square, Clapham Road,
in the County of Surrey, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES.'
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Sealed the 28th-May 1872, and dated the 2nd December 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Taylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd December 1871.
I, JOHN TAYLOR, of 37, Albert Square, Clapham Road, in the County
of Surrey, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in stoves or fire-places,
and relates to stoves or fire-places in which, (as is described in the
Specification of a former Patent granted to me and dated the 13th day
of July, 1859, No. 1662, the products. of combustion after rising from
the fire are led down beneath the fire-bars to consume the smoke and
then again passed upwards to the chimney, and in which also the

page_text: -products of combustion as they thus circulate keep passages or channels
conveying air into the room or chamber to ventilate it.
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According to my present Invention I construct such stoves in the
following manner:-With the exception of the front, which is open, the
stove is completely closed over the fire-by-metal plates at the back and
top as well as at the sides. In one of the side plates near the top_is_a_
hole by which the_smoke-from-the-fire passes off laterally, and it-then-
descends by a flue which-is left in setting the stove between it and the
side of the chimney recess, the flue is closed at the top and at the bottom
it is open to the space beneath the fire-bars of the grate. This space
is enclosed at the front, by a closely fitting fender, which however can be
readily removed to clear out the ashes. In setting the stove another
similar flue is formed on the other side of it, and by this the products of
combustion after passing beneath the fire-bars rise into the chimney.
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Beneath the back of the stove, and the chimney recess there is an air
flue enclosed by the side plates of the stove projecting beyond. the back
and meeting a plate which forms the back of the air flue. A hole in the
hearth admits air to this flue; it rises to the top of the stove, which is
made hollow or box-like, and between the upper and lower plate which
form the top of the stove the air travels to the front and enters the room
or chamber by an opening extending across the top of the stove over the
fire. This opening is fitted with a louvre valve; which can be closed
when the ventilation is not required.
The back of the stove within the air flue may be ribbed so as to expose
more surface to the air; this is especially desirable in the part nearest.to,
the fire, and here a fire-lump may be inserted to keep the fuel out of
contact with the back plate.
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page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
Fand: grant unto me, the said John Taylor, Her special licence that I,
the said John Taylor, my executors, 'dministrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said John-Taylor, my executors, administrators, and.
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might, make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR FIRE-PLACES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Taylor, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner, the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.

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smoke from the fire passes off laterally, and it then descends by a flue
which is left in setting the stove between it and the side of the chimney
recess, the flue is closed at the top and at the bottom 'it is open to the
space beneath the fire-bars of the grate. This space is enclosed at the
front by a closely fitting fender, which however can be readily removed 5
to clear out the ashes. In setting the stove another. similar flue is
formed on the other side of it, and by this the products of combustion..
after-passing-beneath the fire-bars rise into the chimney...
Between the back of the stove and the chimney recess there is an air
flue enclosed by the side plates of the stove projecting beyond the back 1
and meeting a plate which forms the back of the air flue; a hole in the
hearth admits air to this flue; it rises to the top of the stove, which is
made hollow or box-like, and between the upper and lower plate which
forms the top of the stove the air travels to the front and enters the
room or chamber by an opening extending across the top of the stove 1
over the fire. This opening is fitted with a louvre valve which can be
closed when the ventilation is not required.
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The back of the stove within the air flue may be ribbed so as to
expose more surface to the air; this is especially desirable in the part
nearest to the fire, and here a fire-lump may be inserted to keep the fuel 2
out of contact with the back plate.
Stoves or fire-places constructed as above described may be set solid
in place of with side flues. It is not desired so to set them except for
the sake of economy, as much of the advantage of the construction is
thereby sacrificed, nevertheless the advantage arising from arranging the
opening into the chimney at the side and closing the top over the fire,
and then forming a channel to conduct warmed air into the room, is.
retained.,
In order that my Invention may be most fully understood' and readily

page_text: a, a, is the open fire basket; a¹ are the front fire-bars, and a the
bottom fire-bars; b is a fire lump forming the back of the fire basket; it is.
set with cement in a recess formed for it in the back plate c; d, d, are
the side plates of the stove or fire-place, and d is a lateral opening in
one of them for the escape of the smoke, the top being closed by a plate
e. Over the closed top of the stove or fire-place is an air flue f, and this
is continued down behind the back plate c to the hearth, in which there
is an opening f¹, and a channel constructed in any convenient manner
leads fresh air to this opening; f and fare plates forming respectively
the top and the back of the air flue; they are met by prolongation of
the side plates d, d; c', c', are ribs on the back plate c to increase its
heating surface in contact with the air in the air flue fƒ, ƒ; g is the
descending flue formed in the setting of the stove or fire-place; it is
closed at the top by an iron plate, and at the bottom opens into the
space. h beneath the fire-bars a². By the flue g the products of
combustion rising from the fire are thus led under the fire-bars, and so
the smoke is for the most part consumed; the products of combustion
then pass away into the ascending flue i, also formed in the setting of
the stove or fire-place, and so they rise into the chimney. The side
plates d, d, are so formed as to leave a free passage from the flue g to the
fluei by the space h; k is the fender which closes the space b at the
front, and prevents the direct passage of air from the room through the
bottom fire-bars a³, which takes place in ordinary fire-places; 7 is a
louvre valve fitted to the opening extending across the top of the stove
over the fire forming the mouth of the air flue f. By this valve the air
flue can be closed when desired. The valve turns on centres at the
bottom, and it has end plates 1º, 12, formed upon it. The weight of these
parts of the valve is so distributed that the valve will remain as it is
placed either opened or closed without any fastening.
Figure 5 is a sectional view similar to Figure 4. but showing a solid.

page_text: passage to the chimney, and in combination therewith a closed top
serving to convey warmed air into the room substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Taylor, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred.and-seventy-two.