A New or Improved Means for Inducing and Increasing Up-draught and Preventing Down Draught in Fire-places in Rooms and the like.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Means for Inducing and Increasing Up-draught
and Preventing Down Draught in Fire-places in Rooms and
the like.
I ADELA CHARLOTTE FREEMAN of 50 Hilldrop Crescent, London N.W.
Spinster 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 :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in means for inducing and
increasing up-draught for "drawing up" or stimulating the ignition of the material
for fires in domestic fireplaces whether for ranges or so called register-stoves or
the like, and for preventing or overcoming down-draught which so frequently is
the cause of volumes of smoke issuing forth from the fireplaces more particularly
at the time of ignition of the fuel.
In carrying the invention into effect there is provided a front cover or screen of
sheet metal (iron plate) and above the same is bar or rod which may be elongated
by a screwed socket-fitting or by a slide arrangement for purpose of adjustinent to
the height between the screen itself and the mantel-piece or other projection to
which a screw clamp or like fitting may be applied in connection with the
adjustable rod aforesaid.
In the drawings annexed hereto,
Fig. 1 is a view of the screen, adjustable elongating rod, and clamp, the screen
being shown with a hinged flap in front thereof.
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Fig. 2, illustrates in vertical cross section an application of the device as to an
open fire-grate. In this said figure the holding clamp is represented as applied to
the mantel-shelf but it may be applied to the slab of marble or other piece of the
main fitting under the mantel shelf.
Fig. 3 shows a modified form of the holding-clamp which allows of the fixing
of the apparatus to the upright slab under the mantel shelf when that is not
available for the purpose.
a is the screen, b the rod attached at one end to the screen and the free end
whereof slides in the socket piece c, the two being capable of adjustment and they
can be fixed when adjusted by the screw button d. The head of the socket piece c,
carries a metal loop or eye e, wherein is received (so as to be capable of sliding)
the bar of the screw clamp f. The screw clamp or holding means may be varied
in form as may be required according to the construction of the mantel-piece to
which it may be applied, thus two or more clamps may be used interchangably
with the screen according to the fire place to which it has to be applied.
At the point a', Fig. 2, where the head of the screen is shown broken away, the
curved end of the bar bis capable of being drawn in or out for a certain distance
in order that the fire-raiser may be drawn forward or back according to how far
the grate is set into the fire-place opening.
The front of the fire-raiser is provided with hinged flaps g, g', which can be
raised or lowered as required and according to the degree of up-draught to be
induced or maintained.
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The side flaps a³ of the screen are hinged at a³, to allow of the "fire-raiser
being folded up into smaller compass when out of use, h, is a ring to facilitate the
opening or closing of the hinged flap or flaps g, g¹.
The socket piece c, is shown broken away at c', to indicate that its length may
vary according to the size of the grate. In Fig. 3 the loop or eye e is shown with a
screw stem e¹, so that the clamp may be removable.

page_text: 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
The new or improved means for inducing up-draught and preventing down-
draught in fire-places constructed and operating as and for the purpose herein set
forth and substantially as illustrated by the figures of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of October 1891.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for Applicant.