Improvements in and relating to Stoves and Fireplaces.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Stoves and Fireplaces.
I, JAMES WIGGLESWORTH, of Southfield House, Wakefield, in the County of
York, Soap Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to stoves and fireplaces and has for its object an open stove
or fireplace for burning small coal or nuts "without producing smoke or with but
little smoke.
According to one forin of my invention I provide at the back of the grate, and
projecting into the chimney, a hopper or box shaped chamber having a door at the
top to admit of introducing the coal therein and communicating at the lower end
with the fireplace at a point about the level of the slab plate on the grating for
supporting the fire. The front wall of the box projects upwardly and forwardly.
Beneath the outlet opening for the coal I provide a block or plunger furnished
with a handle and so arranged that by pulling the said plunger forward by means
of the suitable handle the coal is brought forward into the grate when required.
I sometimes arrange the hopper or box shaped chamber outside the wall of the
room, while however still retaining the upwardly and forwardly inclined construction
of the back of the fireplace.
Where owing to the construction of the stove or fireplace it is found inconvenient
to place the hopper or chamber at the back I place it at the side or one at each
side of the stove or fireplace and I provide a block or plunger in connection with
each of them for drawing the fuel into the body of the fire.
Dated this 16th day of November 1895.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in and relating to Stoves and Fireplaces.
I, JAMES WIGGLESWORTH, of Southfield House, Wakefield, in the County of
York, Soap Maker, 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 stoves and fireplaces, and has for its object to provide
an open stove or fireplace for burning small coal or nuts "without producing any,
or but little, smoke.
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The chief feature of my improved stove or fireplace is a hopper or chamber
communicating with the fireplace and forming a receptacle for the fuel in
combination with a plunger or block for drawing the fuel on to the grate as
required.
Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the construction of
fireplaces made according to my invention;
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fireplace having the fuel hopper or chamber
constructed in the chimney, and

page_text: Figure 2 is a vertical central section of the same.
Figure 3 is a front elevation of a fireplace the hopper of which is arranged
outside the wall of the room; and
Figure 4 is a vertical central section thereof.
Like letters denote corresponding parts in the several figures.
In that form of my invention illustrated by Figures 1 and 2, I provide at the
back of the grate and projecting into the chimney, a hopper or box-shaped
chamber A preferably of metal having a door a at the top.to admit the fuel. The
hopper has an opening B at its lower end communicating with the back of the
fireplace as shown. The front wall of the said hopper projects upwardly and
forwardly.
C is a block or plunger of fireclay or other suitablo material, capable of sliding
in a recess, or opening C in the back wall of the fireplace and furnished with
a handle D, extending as shown to the front of the grate where it may be
conveniently operated. The plunger C is so arranged that by pulling it forward
by means of the said handle the fuel in front of it is drawn forward towards the
front part of the grate, and when pushed back more fuel can drop out of the
box A in front of the block C ready to be drawn forward again at the next
operation of the handle D.
1 sometimes arrange the hopper or box-shaped chamber outside the wall of
the room in which the fireplace is situated, while. however, still retaining the
upwardly and forwardly inclined construction of the fireplace.
A fireplace constructed in this manner is shown in Figures 4 and 5. The
hopper A is in this case built up of masonry or brickwork and is supplied with
fuel, outside the wall E of the room through an opening a at the top of the said
hopper. The plunger or block C and handle D are constructed and operated
in the same manner, as those described with reference to Figures 1 and 2.
block C is shown drawn partially forward in Figure 4. The upwardly and
forwardly inclined back b may be of any suitable material such as iron or
firebrick or tiles.
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Where, owing to the construction of the fireplace, it is found inconvenient to
place the hopper or chamber at the back of the fireplace I place it at the side
or provide one at each side of the stove or fireplace and I furnish a block
or plunger in connection with each of them for drawing the fuel into the body
of the fire.
Fuel thus supplied behind the incandescent part of the fire is more perfectly
consumed than wheu supplied in the usual manner, the gases generated from the
fresh fuel being sufficiently heated by their passage through the incandescent fuel
to be completely burnt, thus avoiding or diminishing the emission of smoke.
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. A stove or fireplace provided with a hopper or receptacle for fuel and a
block.or plunger for drawing the fuel on to the grate, substantially as described.
2. A stove or fireplace constructed substantially as described with reference to
either of the forms or modifications illustrated in the accompanying drawings and
for the purposes specified.
Dated this 17th day of August 1896.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.