Backs for Stoves, Ranges, Boilers, or Heating Apparatus.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 18th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Fire Backs for Stoves, Ranges, Boilers, or Heating Apparatus.
I SAMUEL BENJAMIN GOSLIN 13, Artillery Lane, Bishopsgate Without
London E.C. Founder and Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows: :-
The object of my invention is to utilise the fuel which may be consumed in fire
places of stoves and kitchen ranges boilers and heating apparatus, to its greatest
efficiency, to consume the gases generated by combustion, as far as is possible and
to prevent smoke, to increase the quantity of effective heat from fuel consumed, to
afford easy means for lighting or kindling fires, and to deflect heat generated to
where it can be utilised instead of passing directly away up chimnies or along flues
which object I attain as follows
My invention consists of an improved fire back which may be applied to stoves
ranges, boilers or heating apparatus and may he formed in cast or wrot iron or in
other metal or in fire clay or fire brick and form part of the stove range or
heating apparatus or boiler furnace, or be portable to place in any existing
fire place.
The apparatus consists of a grating either curved or flat upon its face which
is placed at an inclination resting upon in connection with or forming part of the
stove or range fire-bottom or grating.
This inclined grating may be perforated with straight inclined or zig zag slots
or openings or may be provided with circular or any other form of openings to
allow the air to pass through from the back into and over the top of the fuel or
fire during combustion. This inclined grating is provided with stop sides or ends
forming an air chamber at the back when placed in position and providing means to
stand upon the bottom grating or bars of the fire place or furnace. One or more
deflectore are provided across the back on its front side to cause the heated
air to pass from the air chamber through the grating into and over the fuel
and to mix with the gases generated from the fuel and so to ignite them producing
and distributing extra heat into the room or apartment flue or chamber when in
connection with stoves or flues of kitchen ranges boilers or heating apparatus.
And for the means of facilitating the lighting of fires in stoves and ranges and
to cause the heated air to pass into the body of the fire from the back a horizontal
shelf or deflector is placed across the front of the grating or fire back, this shelf
affords a means to place and to hold up the wood or fuel placed for ignition so that
paper or lighter materials placed under the wood are free from compression by the
heavier fuel placed above, and so that the paper or lighter igniting materials may
be replaced with facility as may found needful without the usual inconveniences
which arise from the want of support on the inner side to the wood which is
placed across from the outer bars to the inner side of the fire places of stoves and
ranges.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1895.

page_text: Fire Backs for stoves, Ranges, Boшers, or Heating Apparatus.
SAMUEL BENJAMIN GOSLIN 13, Artillery Lane Bishopsgate Without
London E. Founder and Engineer 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 :-
The object of my invention is to utilise the fuel consumed in fire places of
stoves, kitchen ranges, boilers and heating apparatus to its greatest efficiency to
consume the gases generated by combustion as far as is possible and to prevent
smoke to increase the quantity of effective heat from fuel consumed, to afford easy
means for lighting or kindling fires and to deflect heat generated to where it
can be utilised instead of passing directly away up chimnies or flues which object
I attain as follows.
My improved fire back which may be applied to stoves ranges, boilers or heating
apparatus may be formed in cast or wrot iron or other metal or in fire clay or fire
brick and form part of the stove range or heating apparatus or be portable to place
in any existing fire place.
The apparatus consists of a grating either curved or flat upon its face which is
placed at an inclination resting upon, in connection with or forming part of the
stove or range fire bottom or grating. This inclined grating may be perforated
with straight inclined or zig zag slots or openings or may be provided with circular
or any other form of openings to allow the air to pass through from the back into
and over the top of the fuel or fire during combustion, this inclined grating is
provided with stop sides or ends forming an air chamber at the back when placed
in position in the fire place and means to stand on the ordinary fire grate bottom
and with a deflector at the top on the front side to cause the heated air which
passes from the air chamber through the grating over the fuel to mix with the
gases generated causing the gases generated from the fuel to ignite and so to
produce and pass extra heat into the rooms or apartments-when in connection
with stoves or into the flues of kitcheners or ranges or boilers when so applied.
For the means of facilitating the lighting of fires in stoves, the horizontal rib or
shelf is placed across the front grating or fire back which affords means of placing
or holding up the wood or fuel for ignition so that paper or lighter material is free
from compression from the beavier fuel placed above and so that the lighter material
may be easily replaced as often as may be found to be necessary without the usual
inconveniences which arise from the want of support on the inner side to the wood
opposite to the front bars. This rib also acts as a central hot air deflector into the
fuel.
In order that my said invention may be fully understood and carried into effect,
I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. I. is a perspective view.
Fig. II. is a sectional view of a fire back constructed and formed in accordance
with my invention as applied to a stove.
Fig. III. is a sectional view as applied to a range or kitchener fire.
A. shews the shelf for facilitating the ignition of fuel.
B. the deflector to direct the heated air over the fuel into a flue or rooms.
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page_text: provided with straight inclined or zig zag slots or openings or with circular or any
other forms of openings-the shelf or shelves may be placed on the face at any
distance or elevation.
Fig. 2 shews by radial lines the air passing from the bottom grate of a stove
through the air chamber and through the stove back grating into the room being
directed so by the deflector B. and igniting the ascending gases on its passage so
preventing smoke.
Fig. 3. shews the heated air passing from the air chamber into the flue
of a range or kitchener-the same application may be made to other heating
apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
I. The fire back substantially as described.
II. A fire back with a deflector to direct heated air over fuel in combustion being
connected with
III. A heated air chamber, and grating or perforated stove back.
IV. A combination of deflector shelf, or fuel support, across the perforated
fire back to cause a deflection of heated air into the centre of the fuel in
combustion and to support wood or igniting materials.
Dated this 17th day of September 1896.
SAMUEL BENJAMIN GOSLIN.