US1161672A

US1161672A - Brooder-heater.

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Publication number: US1161672A
Application number: US1095715A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clement V Hill
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-02-27
Filing date: 1915-02-27
Publication date: 1915-11-23
Anticipated expiration: 1932-11-23

Description

C. V. HILL.

BROODER HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 27. 1915.

1,161,672. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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C. V. HILL.

BROUDER HEATER.

APPLICATION man rfa. zz. 1915.

1,1 61 ,672. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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CLEMENT V. HILL, OF TRETON, NEW JERSEY.

BROODER-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed February 27. 1915. Serial No. 10,957.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLEMENT V. HILL,

. a citizen of the United States of America,

brooders has been the liability of` coal gas escaping from the stove and killing the chicks in the brooder.

The object of my invention is to provide a brooder havinggas collecting chambers in constant open communication with the smoke discharge flue of the stove whereby the escaping gas is conducted directly to the said Hue, and prevented` from escaping in the brooder or the room in which the brooder is located; and with this and other objects in view my invention consists of the parts and combination of parts as will be more fully pointed out.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a central vertical section of a brooder and stove embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of another embodiment of my invention.

The reference numeral 1 designates a stove having a fixe box 2, an ash chamber 3, an ash door 4, and a smoke discharge Hue 5.

\The ash chamber is provided with an air automatic regulator such for instance as a thermostat 14. The chamber 10 is provided with an air door 15 which-is connected to the operating rod 13 by a flexible connection such for instance as a chain 16.-

17 is a fuel magazine suspended in the stove and registering with the fuel opening 8, by'means of bolts 18 passing through the top plate 7 and the flange 19 'of the magazine. This magazine is provided intermediate its ends with a valve seat 20 on which is seated a valve 21 having astem 22 and handle 23, the said stem passing through the cover 24 of the fuel opening 8. This cover and valve constitute the top and bottom of a gas collecting chamber 25 for gas which may leak from the stove around the valve 21. In orderv that the gas in the chamber may be prevented from escaping in the brooder or the room in which the brooder is located, I provide the magazine with a lip at one side constituting a port 26 which registers with an opening 27 in the top plate 7 of the stove thereby establishing a constantly open passage between the gas chambers 25 and 10 whereby the gas chaniber25 is constantly in open communication with thesmoke discharge Hue thus eliminating all danger of gas escaping into the room or brooder from the 'chamber 25, inasmuch as it is immediately withdrawn by the draft of the iue from the said chamber should any leak by the valve 21.

In order to increase the draft in the flue I provide the chamber 10 with an air door 15 above described which is always open when the damper 11 is closed and is closed when the damper is open. The thermostat, through the rod 13, controls the portion of the damper 11 and air door 15, the chain permitting the free end of the door to swing in an are without affecting the vertical movement of the operating rod. As shown in the drawing there is a connection between the air door 6 of the ash pit or chamber 3 so that when the damper 11 is closed and the air door 15 is open the air door 6 is closed. In other words the damper 11 and air door are simultaneously -in ,open and closed position. l

In Fig. 2 the construction'is substantially the same as shown in Fig. 1, the only difference being that the flange 19 of lthe magazine rests on top of the stove plate 7 and that instead of providing the magazine with a lip I connect the gas chamber 25"I with the gas chamber 10 by means of a pipe or pipes 28 whereby the gas chamber is in constant open communication with the smoke discharge flue 5a, through the gas chamber 10n as described in connection with Fig. 1.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction Within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

hat I claim is:

1. In a brooder heater. the combination with a stove having a gas, a. smoke and a fuel opening in its top plate, a damper for the smoke opening. a gas chamber between said smoke opening and the smoke discharge lue, a magazine suspended in the stove from the fuel opening, a valve operatively positioned in said magazine intermediate its ends, a cover for the fuel opening closing the top ofthe magazine. the space in the magazine between its alve and cover constituting a chamber to catch gas that may leak by the valve from the stove and a con- Stantly open port leading from the gas chamber ot' the magazine through the gas opening in the top plate to the gas chamber between the smoke opening and smoke discharge flue.

2. In a heater, the combination with a stove having a gas, a smoke and a fuel opening in its top plate. a magazine suspended in the stove from the fuel opening. a valve operatively positioned in said magazine intermediate its ends, a cover for the fuel opening closing the top of the magazine. the space in the magazine lbetween its valve and cover constituting a. chamber to catch gas that may leak by the valve from the stove` a constantly open port leading from the .gas chamber of the magazine through the gas opening in the top plate, and a smoke discharge lue in communication with the said smoke opening, Said constantly open port also being in communication with the said flue.

In testimony whereof l aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CLEMENT V. HlLL.

W'itnesses W. H. BLooR, JAMES S. HAYES.