GB2562753A

GB2562753A - Fireplace hearth safety lighting system

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Publication number: GB2562753A
Application number: GB1708299.1A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Edward Hayman Andrew
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2017-05-24
Filing date: 2017-05-24
Publication date: 2018-11-28
Also published as: GB201708299D0

Abstract

A hearth 3 for a fireplace Fig 1, may be located on a plurality of risers 7 positioned on the underside 6 of the hearth. The risers may be inset from the edge of hearth forming a lip 8 around the edge of the hearth. A lighting strip 11 is located into or onto the lip which projects out from the risers. The lighting system may be located flush with the underside of the lip or may be positioned within a rebate, channel or groove 13. The lighting system may be located in place using adhesive tape, dowels, screws, pins or brackets. The lighting system illuminates the floor or carpet area around and under the hearth and is intended to provide consumer safety.

Description

(71) Applicant(s):

Andrew Edward Hayman

Unit 12-17 Henlow Trading Estate, Henlow Camp, HITCHIN, Bedfordshire, SG16 6DS, United Kingdom (51) INT CL:

F24B 1/197 (2006.01)

F24B 1/198 (2006.01) (56) Documents Cited:

GB 2470647 A

GB 0416559 A

F21V33/00 (2006.01)

F24C 15/06 (2006.01)

GB 2422428 A (72) Inventor(s):

Andrew Edward Hayman (58) Field of Search:

INT CL F21V, F24B, F24C

Other: WPI, EPODOC, TXTA, INTERNET (74) Agent and/or Address for Service:

Andrew Edward Hayman

Unit 12-17 Henlow Trading Estate, Henlow Camp, HITCHIN, Bedfordshire, SG16 6DS, United Kingdom (54) Title of the Invention: Fireplace hearth safety lighting system Abstract Title: Fireplace hearth edge lighting system (57) A hearth 3 for a fireplace Fig 1, may be located on a plurality of risers 7 positioned on the underside 6 of the hearth. The risers may be inset from the edge of hearth forming a lip 8 around the edge of the hearth. A lighting strip 11 is located into or onto the lip which projects out from the risers. The lighting system may be located flush with the underside of the lip or may be positioned within a rebate, channel or groove 13. The lighting system may be located in place using adhesive tape, dowels, screws, pins or brackets. The lighting system illuminates the floor or carpet area around and under the hearth and is intended to provide consumer safety.

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FIGURES

TITLE	FIREPLACE HEARTH SAFETY LIGHTING SYSTEM
STATEMENT OF INVENTION	THE INVENTION INTRODUCES HOW A STRIP LIGHTING SYSTEM CAN BE FIXED INTO OR ONTO THE UNDERSIDE OF LIP. THE INVENTION INTRODUCES THE MECHANISM FOR BOTH FIXING THE LIGHTING STRIP INTO OR ONTO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HEARTH AND THE HEARTH CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE LIGHTING STRIP. THIS INVENTION RELATES TO THE USE OF A LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THE UNDERSIDE OF A RAISED HEARTH UPON WHICH THE FIREPLACE HEATING ELEMENT AND SURROUND ARE LOCATED.
DESCRIPTION	A FIREPLACE NORMALLY CONSIST OF A MIXTURE OF SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS : A) A SURROUND WHICH CAN BE MADE FROM MATERIALS INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, STONE, METAL, WOOD. B) A HEATING ELEMENT WHICH GOES INSIDE THE SURROUND WHICH CAN BE OF THE FOLLOWING TYPE, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, A GAS FIRE, AN ELECTRIC FIRE, A SOLID FUEL OPEN FIRE IN A GRATE, A GEL BURNER OR A STOVE.

C) A HEARTH UPON WHICH THE SURROUND AND HEATING ELEMENT STAND. THE HEARTH CAN BE MADE OF ANY MATERIAL OR OF ANY SIZE AS LONG AS IT COMPLIES WITH UK BUILDING REGULATIONS. THESE REGULATIONS STATE THE STANDARDS REQUIRED REGARDING THE TYPE OF MATERIAL AND THE THICKNESS OF MATERIAL WHICH CAN BE USED FOR A FIREPLACE HEARTH DEPENDING ON THE HEATING ELEMENT.

BUILDING REGULATIONS STATE THAT HEARTHS SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED OF SUITABLE ROBUST MATERIAL SUCH THAT THEY PREVENT COMBUSTION APPLIANCES SETTING FIRE TO BUILDING FURNISHING OR THEY LIMIT THE RISK OF PEOPLE BEING ACCIDENTALLY BUNT.

REGULATIONS STATE THE BOUNDARY OF THIS HEARTH SURFACE SHOULD BE VISUALLY APPARENT.

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF HEARTHS USED IN THE INDUSTRY IS ONE CALLED A BOXED AND LIPPED HEARTH. THIS HEARTH IS NORMALLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MADE OF STONE EITHER NATURAL OR COMPOSITE.

BOXED AND LIPPED DESCRIBES THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HEARTH. THIS USES A FLAT TOP SECTION OF STONE

WHICH IS SUPPORTED OFF THE FLOOR BY USING VERTICAL RISERS. THE VERTICAL RISERS AND THE TOP FLAT SECTION THICKNESSES CAN BE OF ANY SIZE AS LONG AS THEY COMPLY WITH UK BUILDING REGULATIONS.

AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE BOXED AND LIPPED HEARTHS AN AREA IS LEFT ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HEARTH BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF THE VERTICAL RISERS AND THE EDGE OF THE TOP FLAT SECTION, KNOWN AS THE LIP. NORMALLY NOTHING IS PLACED OR FITTED INTO OR ONTO THE UNDERSIDE OF THIS LIP.

THE INVENTION USES THIS LIP. A LIGHTING STRIP (WHICH CAN BE CONTINUOUS OR MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF SECTIONS) ANDA METHOD TO INSTALL THIS STRIP HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO FIT INTO A ROUTED CHANNEL IN THE LIP OF THE HEARTH (WHICH CAN BE CONTINUOUS OR MADE UP OF ANY NUMBER SECTIONS) OR ONTO THE LIP. THE LIGHTING STRIP IS HELD IN PLACE BY USING ONE, SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING METHODS, GLUE, ADHESIVE TAPE, DOWELS, PINS OR BRACKETS.

THIS LIGHTING STRIP PROVIDES FLOOR LIGHTING UNDERNEATH AND AROUND THE HEARTH.

PREVIOUSLY LIGHTING IN A FIREPLACE HAS ONLY EVER BE FITTED INTO THE

UNDERSIDE OF THE TOP OF THE SURROUND USING DOWNLIGHTS OR INTO THE LEGS OF THE SURROUND WHICH THEN DISPLAY LIGHT HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE FIREPLACE OR ONTO THE WALL.

THE INVENTION GIVES LIGHTING AT FLOOR LEVEL UNDERNEATH THE LIP AND ONTO THE FLOOR AROUND THE HEARTH.

FLOOR LEVEL LIGHTING HAS IMPORTANT SAFETY APPLICATIONS. FIREPLACES BY THEIR VERY NATURE CAN BE VERY HOT AND LIGHTING WHICH CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE BARRIER TO THE HEATING ELEMENTS IS IMPORTANT FOR CONSUMER SAFETY. FLOOR LIGHTING ALSO HAS AN AESTETHIC APPEAL WHICH OTHER FIREPLACE LIGHTS CANNOT GIVE. FLOOR LIGHTING CAN ILLUMINATE THE FEATURES OF THE FLOORING SURROUNDING THE HEARTH.

EXAMPLES OF THE INVENTION ARE DESCRIBED BELOW BY REFERRING TO THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS.

FIGURE 1 - SHOWS A TYPICAL FIREPLACE 1 AND ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFERENT FIREPLACE ELEMENTS, THE HEATING ELEMENT 2, THE HEARTH 3, THE SURROUND HEADER 4, THE SURROUND LEGS 5.

FIGURE 2 - SHOWS A TYPICAL HEARTH CONSTRUCTION FOR A BOXED AND LIPPED HEARTH. IT SHOWS A TOP AND SIDE VIEW OF THE HEARTH 3, FROM THE UNDERSIDE

6. IT SHOWS THE VERTICAL RISERS 7 AND THE LIP 8.

FIGURE 3 - SHOWS WHERE LIGHTING SYSTEMS ARE CURRENTLY LOCATED ON A FIREPLACE. UNDERNEATH THE HEADER OF THE SURROUND 9 AND INSIDE OR ON THE OUTSIDE 10 OF THE LEGS 5 OF THE SURROUND.

FIGURE 4-SHOWS WHERE THE LIGHTING STRIP WILL BE LOCATED. IT SHOWS THE TOP AND SIDE VIEW OF THE HEARTH 3, AND FROM THE UNDERSIDE 6. IT SHOWS THE RISERS 7. THE LIGHTING STRIP IS LOCATED EITHER ONTO THE LIP 8 OR INTO A ROUTED CHANNEL 13 IN THE LIP 8.

FIGURE 5 - SHOWS WHERE THE LIGHTING STRIP 11 IS ATTACHED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HEARTH 6 EITHER INTO OR ONTO THE LIP 8 OR INTO A ROUTED CHANNEL 13 IN THE LIP 8.

THE LIGHTING STRIP 11 IS SUPPORTED IN POSITION BY EITHER USING A GLUE OR ADHESIVE TAPE TO STICK IT ONTO THE LIP 8 OR ONTO THE LIP 8, OR BY USING A SYSTEM OF DOWELS, PINS OR BRACKETS TO HOLD IT INTO PLACE.

Claims

1-THE INTEGRATION OF A STRIP LIGHTING SYSTEM ONTO OR INTO THE LIP OF THE HEARTH.

2 - THE SUPPORT OF THE STRIP LIGHTING SYSTEM USING SPLIT PINS, DOWELS OR ANY PEGGING OR BRACKET SYSTEM ONTO THE LIP OF THE HEARTH.

3 -THE SUPPORT OF THE STRIP LIGHTING SYSTEM USING SPLIT PINS, DOWELS OR ANY PEGGING OR BRACKET SYSTEM INTO A ROUTED CHANNEL INTO THE LIP OF THE HEARTH.

4-THE SUPPORT OF THE STRIP LIGHTING SYSTEM USING GLUE OR ADHESIVE TAPE TO FIX IT ONTO THE LIP OF THE HEARTH.

5 - THE SUPPORT OF THE STRIP LIGHTING SYSTEM USING A GLUE OR ADHESIVE TAPE TO FIX IN INTO THE ROUTED CHANNEL IN THE LIP OF THE HEARTH.

6 - THE ROUTED CHANNEL IN THE LIP OF THE HEARTH CAN BE CONTINUOUS OR MADE UP OF ANY NUMBER SECTIONS.

Application No: GB 1708299.1 Examiner: Alex Swaffer