IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES AND FIRE-PLACES
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Webster Rammell, of Trafalgar Square, in
the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES
AND FIRE-PLACES."
Sealed the 12th January 1855, and dated the 18th August 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Webster Rammell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th August 1854.
I, THOMAS WEBSTER RAMMELL, of Trafalgar Square, in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN STOVES AND FIRE-PLACES" to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of constructing fire-places or stoves of fire clay, or
moulded forms of fire clay, with a downward draft, and in such manner that.
the upper part of each stove or fire-place may be open, and the fire on all
sides closed.
For this purpose, the form of the fire-places or stoves may be greatly varied
both in their exterior and interior forms, and may be moulded in one piece, or
made up of several pieces, moulded to produce the desired device, and they
may be made more or less elegant in form. By this Invention each fire-place

page_text: will, so to speak, consist of a hollow basin or vessel of fire clay, open at top,
and provided with a hollow stem or stand for the descending flue, there being
a grating made or interposed at the bottom of the hollow vessel to support
the fuel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Webster Rammell in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 16th February 1855.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
WEBSTER RAMMELL, of Trafalgar Square, in the County of Middlesex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth, day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said.
Thomas Webster Rammell, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas
Webster Rammell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Thomas Webster Rammell, 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 law-
fully might make, use, exercise, and yend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES AND FIRE-PLACES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Webster Ranimell, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, 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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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Webster Rammell, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be perforined, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof (that is to say):-
This Invention consists of constructing fire-places or stoves of fire clay, or
moulded forms of fire clay, with a downward draft, and in such manner that
the upper part of such stove or fire-place may be opened and the fire on all
sides closed. For this purpose the form of the fire-places or stoves may be

page_text: greatly varied both in their exterior and interior forms, and may be moulded
in one piece, or made up of several pieces, moulded to produce the desired:
device, and they may be made more or less elegant in form. By this Invention
each fire-place will, so to speak, consist of a hollow basin or vessel of fire, open
at top, and provided with a 'hollow stem or stand for the descending flue, there
being a grating made or interposed at the bottom of the hollow. vessel to
support the fuel.
Figure 1 shows a vertical section, taken from. front to back, of-the-stove, con-
structed according to my Invention; Figure 2 shows another vertical section,
taken at right angles to the one shewn in the previous Figure; Figure 3
shows a horizontal section, and Figure 4 shews a plan, of the stove. In the
arrangements the stove is composed of several pieces, which I prefer should be
the case, though it may be moulded in one piece. In this arrangement the fire-
place is cylindrical, but its interior as well as its exterior form may be varied.
a is an iron tray, which stands on feet; bis the fire-place, at the bottom of
which is a circular perforated fire-tile c. At the top of the stove is a glass or
transparent shade d, with an opening in the middle, down through which the
air to support combustion passes, and I prefer that the stove should be
arranged also to obtain ventilation, by withdrawing more air from the room or
place in which it is situated than is requisite for combustion; for this purpose
I have openings e, e, descending from above the fire into the ash-pit f; hence,
in addition to the air that passes into and through the fire, a stream of air
from the room or place in which the stove is situated will be constantly
flowing down into the ash-pit without passing through the fire, but this is not
essential. The fire-place is supported on a cylinder g, made up of several
pieces, which cylinder g, and the lower part of the cylinder containing the fire,
is surrounded by several block, in which are formed numerous air passages,
up through which air rises and is heated, and passes out therefrom into the
room or place in which the stove is erected. i is a hoop, which keeps all parts
together; j is a damper or valve to regulate the draft; is an opening in
front, stopped by a block m, which being removed admits of the dust deposited
in the ash-pit being taken away. By this arrangement or construction of stove
it will be seen that the draft is downwards through the fuel, which is preferred
to be anthracite coal.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that what I claim is, the
construction of stove herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Webster Rammell, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Witness,
JNO. ALCOCK.
T. W. RAMMELL. (L.S.)