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1. S. WILLIAMS.

Stove Grate.

Patented Sept. 13,1859.

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J. S. WILLIAMS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,462, dated September 13, 1859.

T o all whom #may concern:

Be it known that I, J. S. WILLIAMS, of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have ini vented a new and Improved Construction and Arrangement of Stove-Grates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specicationzFigure l, being a front elevation of a stove-grate, and a portion of the chimney in which it is placed; Fig. 2, a vertical section thereof, in the plane indicated by the line o@ oo, Fig. l; Fig. 3, a similar section thereof, in the plane indicated by the line y y, Fig. l; Fig. 1l, a horizontal section thereof, looking upward, in the plane indicated by the line e e, Fig. 2.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My improved stove-grate is so arranged that, while it is placed in an ordinary fireplace, it has all the advantages of a stove, in conveying the heat, produced on all sides, into the room, without any additional de-v vices or cost; and this, combined with convenience, and readiness of application, and presenting a handsome appearance.

The stovegrate is placed in the ordinary fire-place C, the size of which is to be such as to furnish sufficient space in the rear, and at the top and sides of said stove-grate, for a free circulation of air.

rl`he stove-grate A, is composed of a grate B, sides, back, and register surfaces or plates D, D, extending, sidewise, sufficiently from the stove-grate body, to cover the front of the fire-place in which it is placed. rIhe register plates D, D, are provided with perforations or open-work a., o, o., a, (Fig. 1,) made in any desirable or ornamental shape, so as to allow the air to have a free circulation through the same. Register valves I-I, I, I, cover these perforated surfaces, both at the top and sides, except near the bottom, where they are wanting, in order to allow the admission of cold air at all times. They may be opened and closed by handles L, z', z', extending through said register plates D, D, or by any other suitable means.

The fire-place is separated from the flue above, by a horizontal fire-board o, shown most clearly in Fig. 4, which covers the throat of the chimney, and thereby prevents the heated air around the stove-grate, from iowing up through the flue and escaping. It also prevents the soot in the chimney from falling into the fire-place. The sinoke-pipe (Z, passes from the stove-grate, through this iireboard, into the flue. In cases where it is desirable to heat an apartment above, a hot-air pipe Gr, is employed, extending from the fire-place up, through the flue of the chimney, and opening into the apartment above. This pipe is provided with a valve or damper g, at the lower end, having a suitable handle f, by which it is opened or closed at pleasure. By this arrangement, all superabundant heat may be utilized in heating the upper apartment, or apartments, in which a suitable register may also be provided, in the usual manner for furnaces.

The whole being thus arranged, the heat given out on all sides of the stove-grate, is secured, by conveying it out through the register plates into the room, instead of allowing it to escape up the chimney; and my improved arrangement dispenses with the use or necessity of additional backs and fixtures, by simply regulating the valves of the register plates so as to allow a free passage of air. the hot-air pipe G, and damper g, I am enabled to employ a portion of the heat for heating rooms above, thus deriving, to a certain extent, the advantages to be gained by a furnace.

I do not claim the employment of a stove or grate in any manner, or connection, except when simply arranged in an ordinary fire-place, so that the fire-place itself shall act as the hotair chamber for holding and delivering the air heated by the back and sides of the grate, thereby dispensing with all complication of construction, and all additional devices; therefore Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the stove-grate A, having register plates D, D, and valves II, I, I, which admit unheated air from the room, at all times, through the bottoms of said plates, but control the flow of heated And at the same time, by means of4 air into the room, as described, With the arrangement of stove-grates, I hereunto set Uf ordinary fire-place C, when the latter is my hand this 24th day of January, 1859. separated from the flue above by asimple fire-board b, in the manner anti for the purs Jv S' WILLIAMS 5 poses hei-ein specified. Witnesses:

In Witness that the above is a, true speoi- R. HOLMES7 41 ication of my improved Construction und J. B. TURNER.

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