US65364A - John u - Google Patents

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Patented June 4,1867.A

1. U. FIESTER.

Fireplace.

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SINGO uc I Y @citen gisten lsieat @ffice JOHN Il. FIESTER, -OF VINCIIESTER, O III() Letters Paten-t No.' 65,364, dated June 4, 1867.

FIRE-PLAGE.

'dO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it 4known that I, JOHN U. FIEsTnn, of Winchester, in the county of Guernsey, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful improvements in the construction of Fire-Places and do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a front view.

Figure 2 is side section through the centre.

Figure 3 is a section through the line x :e in iig. 2.

The nature of my invention consists in making a convenient cooking department above the ordinary grate lire, and to avoid the smell arising from the articles cooked, and passing into the room, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

'I'o enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the construction of my invention, in iig. 1, A A A represent the fire-place, or I may use a fire-place made of cast iron, and adjustable, to be inserted in the ordinary tire-place or chimney-place, with my improve ment attached. I can use either in the construction of my improvement. B the flue at the bottom of the grate, and which admits the draught to the chimney in rear of the grate. C the grate and grate-bars. D the plate above the lire, and is for holding on it the articles to be warmed or cooked, and I may nd it necessary to have holes in it in which to put pots, kettles, or other culinary articles. I may also iind a doornecessary to this open oven or cooking-chamber. E the curved back plate, which fits down close 0n the firs-plate D, leaving room enough behind it for draught to carry off the products of combustion. This plate is curved so as to bring the top edge against the top and front of theA hre-place, as seen in iig. 2, or may be depressed by the key a, so as to leave an open space between it and the iire-placc, as seen in red lines in iig. 2, leaving an open space above it for any steam or odor from cooking to pass oli` and up the chimney, as the arrows indicate in said igure. a the key passing through the edge of the tire-place, with a cam on its rear end, which is to depress the end or front edge of the curved plate E. I Z1 are double lues leading from the iire into the chimney for the purpose of spreading the heat over the bottom of the plate D. F the chimney ilue. d thebottom on which is set the back of tlte {irc-place c and grate C. In iig. 2 like parts are designated by like letters asin iig. 1. The arrows indicate the current of air, and heat, and steam, and odor from the cooking-chamber. In iig. 3 like parts are designated by the same letters as in iig. 1.

In the operation of my invention, if I use the fire-place, the grate is set in the usual way, leaving the flue I3 behind the grate back, und insert the cast-iron plate D in thc {ire-place in any convenient way, and also insert the plate E fitting down closely on plate D, and resting in front on supports 1 and 2 in g. 1, the lower end of said plate having a groove as seen at 3 in tig. 2,' setting down snugly on a projection in the rear end of plate D. Ii' I construct an adjustable fire-place of cast iron, I make it to the size required, so that it can be fitted into the fire-place. The grate is tted into the same in any of the known ways. For so doing leaving the flue I3 in rear of the grate. The plate D is then fitted into the said adjustable tire-place, and also curved plate E, leaving the ilues as described in the rear of the said plates, thus forming a convenient heating and cooking stove, having an open grate ire, and avoiding the odor from cooking in the room. The red lines in iig. 2 show a vessel set on the plate, or it may be allowed to project through the plate, as is done in ordinary cooking stoves. The fire being' 'built in the grate C, the air will rush in at the ilue B, as seen at the blue arrow in iig. 2, and the products of combustion will pass ott at the fines I) b, and pass off, as seen by th'e red arrows in iig. 2, into the ehimn y, while any steam or odor from cooking will pass oi as seen in iig. 2, at the red arrow and red line, showing the plato E pressed down by the keyv a to leave an opening for the same to pass oii'. The heat fromthe grate heats the plates D and E, so that I can cook, either by boiling or baking, all kinds of food in the chamber above plate D. I may find it convenient to put a. door to this chamber and make it a close oven.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I cla-im as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f The combination of the plates D and E and key a, when constructed and arranged as described, and placed over an open lire-grate, the parts operating as'sct forth and for the purposes described.

In testimony that I claim the above-described invention, I have hereunto signed my name this Sth day of February, 1867.

JOHN U. FIESTER.

Witnesses:

SIMEON Bnows, Grao. B. CAnLILn.

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