US109022A - Improvement in fire-place stoves - Google Patents

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Fire-Place Stove. No. 109,022. Patented Nov. 8 1870.

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P. KLO'TZ Fire-Place 'Stove.

Patented Nov. 8,1870.

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PHILIP KL'OTZ, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.*

Letters PatentNo, 109,022, dated November 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FIRE-PLACE STOVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PHILIP KLOTZ, of the city and county of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Fire-Place Stoves; and I do hereby. declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing making part of this specification, in whichv Figure 1, plate 1, is a front view of my improved fire-place stove, arranged in a fire-place.

Figure 2, plate 2, is a section taken centrally and vertically through fig. 1 from front to rear.

Figure 3, plate 2, is a top view of the stove. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to certain novel improvements on fire-place stoves which are provided with fuel-supply reservoirs.

'Prior to my present invention, stoves of this class were constructed with feed-openings, through which fuel was supplied to the reservoirs through the front vertical sides of the uppermost sections, which latter were no higher than the fireplaces into which these stoves were partlyreceived. The objection to the side openings is, that very little vertical space could be pro-.

vided within the limit of an ordinary fire-place for conraining coal, as the fuel-reservoirs were necessarily Every short, and could not be filled with coal. An improvement was subsequently made, which in a measure removed the above-named objection, and allowed a large quantityof fuel to. be conveniently introduced into stoves of the same .vertlcal height as the old feeding-stoves. This improvement consisted in making the feed-passage directly through the top plate of the stove,'aud omitting the old side passage.

The nature of my inventionand improvement consists in the addition to the top section of a fire-place stove, as hitherto constructed, of auothersection, which is extended above that'portion of the stove inclosed in the fire-place, and provided with a fuel feed-opening, and also with an extension of the fuel-magazihe,as will be hereinafter explained.

' To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing- A A A represent the mantel-piece and mantel-shelf,

and

. B represents the fire-board, which latter incloses in the fire-place all that portion of the stove which is not exposed beyond the front of the mantel.

0 is an open-work ornamented cap, which covers the topmost section D of the stove, and which may be applied movably or permanently to the fire-board B, or to the said top section. This cap 0 serves as an ornament to the stove, and does not prevent the free escape of any heat risingfrom the top of the section;

The section D is-semi-cylinclrical; thatis tosay, it only occupies about half the horizontal area of the succeeding lower section E, which latter may extend nearly-up to the top of the fire-place. The section D is constructed upon, and rises verticallyfrom, the front exposed half or part of the section E, thus extending above the fire-place in front of the mantel. V

Beneath the top section D is the full section E, and beneath this is the fire-chamber section H, which two sections are more or less contained within the fireplace.

Beneath the section H is the fire-pot 11, which is hidden from view by the front open-work K, and which is mounted upon the hollow base section M.

From the upper part of the section E fines, F F, extend down and form communications with the hollow fine-box L; and from the back of this section E a short fine, 12, forms a communication with the main exitrflue I, which rises vertically from the back part of the flue-box L, as shown in fig. 2.

A damper, (l, which is opened from the front of the stove by means of rods, 9 g, is intended to afford a direct draught, when open from the interior of the stove to the exit-flue P.

The main portion G of the magazine extends from a point near, the upper end of the section E downward to a proper level above the fire-pot R, and the lower portion may incline backward, as indicated in fig. 2, so as to expose a large amount of fire-surface at the front part of the fire-pot. If desirable, the magazine may be straight.

From the front portion of the top of the main body of the magazine rises a contracted extension, G, which corresponds in form to the form of the top section I), but which is' somewhat smaller than this section. Thus,.there is a space left between the two walls, which is in communication with the annular space. between the body of the magazine and the wall of section E, as shown in fig. 2.

An opening, for the supply of fuel to the magazine, is made througlrthe front portions of the section D and the mazazine extension G, which opening is provided with a door, a, having a flange or cut-01f, a applied to its inner side, so that when this door is shut it will cut of all communication bet-weenthe upper end of the magazine and the space between the parts I) and G. When the door a is opened, there will be a communication between the interior of the mega-- zine extension G and the space surrounding it, and by opening damper d a draught will be created,which will prevent the escape of gas through said feed-opening into the room.

The door a may be hinged so as to swing open and shut vertically instead of horizontally.

To the front of the intermediate sectionE a damper, b, may he applied, as shown in figs. 1 and 2.

' The front part of the wall of section H is cut away, and provided with horizontally and circularly-sliding doors 0 0, having mica windows in,them. These doors afford the advantage of an open or close fire, as may be desired.

' Beneath the doors 0 c is a perforated ornamental screen, K, which hides from view the front of the firepot R, but does not prevent the radiation of heat into the room from this pot; c

- It will be seen, by reference to fig. of thestove isopen below the grate m. This opening is intended to allow ashes and coals to fall throngli'a passage into the cellar below, and thus obviate the inconvenience and objections attending the handling of the ashes as hitherto.

NN are water-evaporators, mounted on the tine-box behind the descending flue-columns F F.

It will be understood from the above description that I have improved fire piace stoves by the addition of a section or extension to the front part of the section E,"'which extension is so constructed as to rise above the fireplace in frontof the mantel, and thus allow an extension of the magazine above the section E, without disfiguring the appearance of the store. I thus greatlyenlarge the magazine vertically, and add to its capacity for receiving fuel. .I provide an effectnal escape for gas into the main flue when the feeddoor is opened. I render theintrodnction of f'uelinto the stove more convenient than it is with the top- 2, that the base.

feed stoves, and I protect the topmost section of the stove, as well as the mantel and shelf, from the influence of injurious heat,- as this top section or extension is further removed from the influence of the heat than the top sections which do not extend above the level of the tire-places.

l/Vhile I prefer to apply my improvement to fireplace stoves constructed as herein described and shown, I do not confine myself to such construction,

stoves and arrangements of -parts.

Haring described my invention,

7 \Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The addition or section D,'inclosing an extension G of the fuelemagazine, and provided with a front teed-opening; said extensions being made to rise above the level of the fire-place in front of the mantel, substantially as described.

2, The flange or cnt-ofi a, applied to the front door of the feed-opening of the top section D,in combinationwith a space between the wall of this sectionand the wall of the magazine extension G, whereby when said door is shut theinterior of the magazine will not be influenced by the draught of the stove, out when said'door is open the draught of the stove willprevent the escape of gas from the magazine into the room, substantially as described. 4

PHILIP KLOTZ.

Witnesses:

H. W. Goons,

\VM. H. BAYZAUD.

as the improvement is applicable to other forms of

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