AN IMPROVED STOVE FOR CONSUMING SMOKE
Year: 1880

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Joseph Moore at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1880.
JOSEPH MOORE, of Balham Hill, in the County of Surrey. "AN IMPROVED
STOVE FOR CONSUMING SMOKE."
This Invention has reference to an improved stove or grate for effectually
consuming its own smoke, and likewise for giving a greater amount of heat
(combined with economy in fuel) to the rooms or apartments, at the same time
prevent the draughts of cold air caused by the ordinary stoves in use; also
enabling, if required, hot air to be carried to adjoining rooms.
And consists of a stove or grate of any required shape formed with hot air
chambers for distributing heated air through the apartments, and also fitted with
flues or inner chambers for consuming the smoke; the said flues are made to pass
through the hot air chambers, thereby beating the air in the same. An iron apron is
also employed for closing the front of the grate to give the necessary direction to
the current of air to the Blues to support combustion and consume the smoke. The
employment of the iron apron also prevents the draughts of air from passing through
the rooms or apartments as at present. By this system of using the said iron
apron in conjunction with the Blues or inner chambers the air for supporting
combustion is caused to descend through the fire, at the same time drawing the
smoke with it, which by this means is thoroughly consumed; the air and gas then
pass through the flues and is discharged into the chimney at the top of the stove.
Dampers or regulators are fitted to the flues or inner chambers to regulate the
supply of air to the fire. A register or trap is fixed to the top of the stove for
closing the opening into the chimney and thus prevent the smoke ascending, as in
the ordinary stoves, thereby causing a stronger current of air to descend into the
flues then if the chimney was left open. If desired, the register or trap can be
opened, and the iron apron removed, and the dampers of the flues or inner
chambers closed, and the stove can then be used as an ordinary open one.
And in order that my said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect, I now proceed to describe the same by aid of the

page_text: accompanying Drawings, reference being had to the letters and figures theroon
marked (that is to say) :-
Fig. 1 of the annexed Drawings represents a front view of my improved stove,
shewing (through the medium of the dotted lines 1 and 2) the hot air chambers
and the flues or inner chambers, and Fig. 2 shows a plan view of same. In
each Figure the same letters of reference denote similar corresponding parts.
A, A, body of stove; B, B, hot air chambers from which heated air is distributed
to the rooms by means of the openings C, C; pipes can also be fitted to the said hot
air chambers, and employed for conveying heated air to other rooms or parts of a
building; D, D, the flues or inner chambers (passing through the hot air chambers),
the lower parts D' of which are brought underneath the grate or fireplace and
behind the iron apron, the upper portion D' passing into the chimney at the top of
the stove, and through which the air for supporting combustion, together with the
residue of smoke or gas, travels in the direction shewn by the arrows.
A slot or
opening E, E, is made in the flue or inner chamber at the back of the stove to allow
the steam, gas, and superabundance of heated air to escape up the chimney.
F, F, iron apron for closing the front of the grate as far as the second bar, by
which arrangement the air instead of being drawn underneath the grate descends
from above, and is carried, together with the smoke to be consumed, through the
fire, and then up the flues or inner chambers into the chimney; by this means the
smoke is effectually consumed, and also a greater amount of heat, combined with
economy in fuel, is thus obtained by this my said improvements then by the
ordinary stove at present in use.
In conclusion to the foregoing description I would here briefly note that a
modification of the above may be employed by using the one flue or inner chamber
fitted at the back of the stove only.
And I would further note that the above system can be employed and used on
any kind of stove, range, or furnace.
And I would lastly note that the hot air chamber, flues, and iron apron may be
varied and arranged or receive such other modifications as in practice may be found
necessary.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried into effect, I
would have it clearly understood that I do not by any means intend to confine
myself to the preciso details herein-before set forth and described, as the same may
be otherwise varied without departing from the general principle of this my said
Invention, nor do I claim as new and of my said Invention the exclusive use of the
several parts and combinations, except when the same are employed in and for the
purposes of my said Invention.
I claim as of my said Invention the exclusive use of the hot air chambers, and
the flues or inner chambers in conjunction with the iron apron, for consuming the.
smoke, and also for giving a greater amount of heat, substantially in the manner
and for the purposes herein-before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Moore, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Tenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand