US871706A - Water-heater. - Google Patents

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No. 871,706. PATENTED NOV. 19, 1907. D. L. & M. D. KLINE. WATER HEATER.

APPLIOATIONIILED MAR. 25, 1907.

S E S S E N n AT ORNEY.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF-ICE. 7

' DAVID L. KLINE AND MARTHA D. KLINE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

WATER-HEATER.

} Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nova. 19, 1907.

Application filed lilarch 25. 1907. Serial No. 364.261.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DAVID L..KI:INE and MAR,TH A D. KLINE, citizens ofthe United Will enable others skilled in theart to which ,it appertains to make and use the same, ref.-

' erence being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a water heater, and is designed for places such as hotels, boarding houses, or similar situations where I there is a constant demand for hot water, and Where the means for heating the water is confined to a range boiler.

This invention is designed to provide a heaterthatis installed around the flue pipe of a heating boiler for heating the house, and

another portion of the heater is installed in the flue of the chimney so that the heaters are subject to the heat coming from the house heater, either steam, hot water or hot air,

and, a constant circulation is initiated by means of the heating, and at the same time the withdrawal of water from the system in the house admits water that is compelled to ass through all the heating elements beore it emerges, and in this way hot water is constantly assured.

- The invention isvfurther designed to provide a heater, of this kind, that can be installed over any heater, and is preferably made of elements that are clamped or securedtogether, and are thus in a position to T be removed, when-necessary, wlthout unduly disturbing the heater or its flue connections 1 'In the drawings, Fi 'ure 1 is a side view of '45 the device showing t e chimney in section.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the heating eler'nents showing the connection from one to p the other.. Fig. 3 is as'ection on line 3, in Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is a view of a modified form of construction.

. Any form of heater 10 can be used in this device, and it is, provided with the usual flue pipe 11 that leads into the chimney 12. Aroun the flue pipe, between the heater and the chimney, is installed one. of the heating members comprising two chambers formed at one end to grasp and receive the flue pi e 11, and having the other end preferab y abutting on the chimney and opening into the flue thereof. These chambers, of course, 0 are hollow for the reception of water.

Arranged at a proximately right angles thereto, and installed in the flue of the chimney, are the water chambers 15 and 16, the chamber nearest the heater being shortened 0 so as to allow a passage for the products of combustion into the flue between the chambers, and thus into the chimney flue. These chambers are also hollow to receive water, and .are rcferablymadei semi-circular in 11 cross-section so that when they are fitted together they can be fitted into the flue of the chimney. The longer of the pair of chambers, in the chimney, acts as a support by having its lower edge resting on a suitable 'll base in the chimney flue. It will be understood that these halves or chambers of each. of the heating members are providedwith 1 means so that the chambers can be fastened together to cause them to maintain their]! position. To connectthe chambers with asupply system, a pipe 17 is installed having a suitable valve 18, and this pipe feeds into a pipe 19 which passes up between the chambers 1'5 and 16 in the flue betweeen them, is 8! thus subjected to heat, and then passes, by means of the return connection 20, into the chamber 16. The water is then passed through a pi e 21 into the chamber 14, from' there 11708.11 e conducted, by the pipe 22, to I a suitable coil or receptacle 23, installed in the heater. A pipe 24 is then used to convey the water into the heating chamber 13, and it then passes through the pipe 25 in the chamber 15, .and thena return bend 26 is 9! utilized to allow the water to How out into the pi e 27 which passes down throu h the flue o the chimney, and is then conducted in any suitable direction to feed the piping system ofthe house'that conducts hot water It to where it is used.

This system is inex ensive to install, and has theadvantage 0 being compact, and utilizes space,- in a house, that is not usually used for anything, and also has the advan 1t tage of using up the heat coming from a heater, which at present is wasted and passes out the chimney"without doing any good. The pipes 22 and 24, with the coil 23, can be dispensed with, if necessary, and a pipe 28 or 11 any other suitable element can be used to connect the chambers 13 and 14, this connection being shown in Fig. '2.

In Fig. 4 1s illustrated a modified form of construction, where the pi e 17, conducting water to the heater, can he twisted into a coil 29 to envelop the flue pipe of a. heater, the p1 e then passing into a coil 30 which is A instal ed in the flue of the chimney, and the .each member conslsting of a .the heat to surrounding Wood-work, causing a fire. The present heater will prevent this.

H avmg thus described our invention, what we claim is Y I 1. A heater comprising a,pair of members arranged at an approximate right angle, each memberconslsting of separable chambers, one member arranged to embrace the flue plpe of a heater, the other member being installed in the flue of a chimney, and both members being arranged to form a flue through them, pipes connecting the chambers of the members, a pipe to conduct water to one of the members, and a pipe to conduct the water from the heater.

2. A heater comprising a pair of members arranged at an approximate right" angle,

air of chambers forming a flue between,them, a pipe connecting each of the chambers of one of the members with a chamber of the second member, a pi e conducting Water from one of the cham ers of "the" second member through the heater, and returning to the other chamber of the second member, a pipe supplying water to the heater and passing into one of the chambers of the first member, and a pipe passing from the other chamber of. the first member to conduct water from the heater. 3 i a 3. A water heater comprising a pair of members, one member consisting of a pair of chambers to form a flue between them, one

of the chambers being longer than the otherto form a support for the member and to permit the passage of gas into the flue between them, a second member comprising a pair of chambers to embrace-the flue pipe of the heater, a pipe conducting water'from each chamber of the first member to each of the chambers of the second member, a pipe conducting water to one of the chambers of the first member, a pipe conducting water from the other chamber of the first member, and a pipe connecting the chambers of the second member.

4. A water heater com rising a pair of members, one of the mem ers com rising a 'pair of chambers to form a flue, etween them, a second member comprising a pair of chambers to embrace theflue pipe of a heater, one of the chambers: of the first member bein longer thanthe other to form a support or the member, and to permit the passage of gas into the flue between them, a pipe connecting'each of thechambers of one member with one of the chambers of the other member, a pipe conducting water'to' one'of the chambers of the first member, a

pipe conducting water from the other charner of the first member, anda pipe connect;

ing the chambers of the second. member' n testimony that they claim the foregoing, theyhave hereunto set their hands this 23d day of March 1907.

DAVID L. KLINE. a MARTHA D. KLINE. Witnesses i WM. H. CAMFIELD, E. A. PELL.

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