US313675A

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Publication number: US313675A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1885-03-10
Anticipated expiration: 1902-03-10

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R. R. JONES.

FIRE PLACE.

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FIRE PLACE.

NQ. 313,675. Patented MarflO, 1885.

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REUBEN R. JONES, OF SPRAGUE, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

FIRE-PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters,Patent No. 313,675, dated .h'iarch 10, 1885.

Applicati n filed March 6, 1394.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN R. JoNEs, of Sprague, in the county of Lincoln and Territory of Washington, have invented a new and Improved FirePlace, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved fire-place for heating two rooms, which fireplace is-so constructed that each room can be heated by one fire, or both rooms by one fire, or one room by two tires.

The invention consists in a fireplace pro vided with two separate fire-boxes and com= bined with a series of valves for conducting the products of combustion from one fire-place into the flue of the other, or throwing the heat from one fire-place into the fire-place above the fire-box of the other.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure lis a cross-sectional elevation of my improved double fire-place. Fig. 2 is a face view of one side of the fire-place. Figs. 3 and 4 are sectional elevations showing the dampers in different positions.

The chimney A is arranged in the wall between two rooms or apartments, B B", and is provided with two separate fiues, C 0", below which the fireplace box D is arranged, in which two fire-places or fire-boxes, D D are arranged. The back of the fire-box D is formed by an inclined cast'iron plate, E, and the back of the firebox D is formed by the cast-iron plate FF resting on brick wall E, and having its upper end resting under the lower end of the plate E. e e are the grates of the fire-boxes. The faces F and F of the fireplace boX D are provided with the openings G G which can be closed by the hinged fenders H and H Above the openings the registers J J are provided on the faces F F. Horizontal partitions or shoulders K K pro- 5 ject from the inner surfaces of the walls or faces F F above the openings G G". An upwardlyswinging damper-valve, L", is hinged to the free edge of the shelf K and its free edge is adapted to rest on the upper edge of the plate E.

A damper-valve, M, pivoted (No model.)

between the ends of the box or easing D, is so arranged that its lower edge can rest in arabbet, 6, formed on'the upper edge of the plate E. A damper-valve, N, pivoted between the ends of the box or casing D, is arranged above the valve M. A damper-valve, L, is pivoted to the inner edge of the shelf K, and is adapted to swing upward. Latches O O are pivoted to the outer surface of the faces F F" for the purpose of holding the fenders H H raised. Legs P P are pivoted on the outer surfaces of fenders H H", on which legs they rest when lowered. pivoted to the damper-valves L, L, M, and N, and extend through openings in the faces F F. They are provided in their bottom edges with notches for holding them in the desired positions and locking the valves in the desired place. Knobs are formed on the outer ends-of the rods.

The fire-place is adjusted in the following manner: It the damper-valves are adjusted as shown in Fig. 1, the smoke, &e., from each fire-box passes up its corresponding flue, and each firebox heats its room. If there is afire in the fire-box D only, and the room 13 is to Rods Z, Z m, and n are be heated by it, the valve M is brought into the position shown in Fig. 3, the damper L is swung down on the lower edge of the damper M, and the fender H is raised to close the opening G. The heat is thrown into the room B through the register J. If the heat is to be thrown entirely into the room E the valve M and damper L are to be brought into the position shown in Fig. i. If there is a fire in the box D only, and the room 13 is to be heated by it, the valve N and damper L are brought to the position shown in 4, and the fender U is raised to close the opening G when the heat will pass into said room B" through the register J". If there are fires in bot-h fire-boxes and the heat of both is to be thrown into the room B the damper L is raised,and the dampers LN are brought into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1. If the heat is all to be thrown into the room B, the damper L is raise d, the damper N returned to the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, and the dampers M L brought into the position shown in dotted lines in said figures.

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Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A fire-place provided with two fire-boxes, and provided with dampers for conducting the heat from either firebox into the space over the other fire-box, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A fire-place provided with two fire-boxes and two separate fines and with dampers for conducting the products of combustion of the fire in either fireplace into the flue of the opposite fire-box, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with a fireplace having two separate fire-boxes, of the dampervalves L, L", M, and N, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with a fire-place having two separate fire-boxes. of the swinging fenders H H adapted to close the openings in the two faces of the fire-place. and of the damper-valves L, L M, and N, substantially as herein shown and described.

REUBEN R. JONES.

Witnesses:

JAMES M. HENDERSON, WV. V. HILLHOUSE.