US194107A - Improvement in parlor-stoves - Google Patents

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DANIEL E. PARIS, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PARLOR-STOVES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. [94, [07, dated August 14, 1877;*application'1ed t l VJuly 12, 1877. t

To all 'whom 'it may concern.- 1

Be it known that I, DANIEL E. PARIS, of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parlor- Stoves, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to certain Vimprovements in magazine-stoves for heating purposes, its object being to facilitate the raking of the re and dumping of the grate, to provide for rapidly and effectively heatinga pot or kettle of water or other article on topof the stove, and to enable the lower part of the stove to be employed as a bakingoven for cooking purposes.

The invention consists, first, in a series of levers or fingers pivoted around the lower part of the lire-pot of a stove, and forming a part of the sides of the same, said fingers being capable of being raised or lowered by means of suitable mechanism tov separate the ashes from the coal; second, in a fender or foot-rest for a stove, adapted to operate as a shaker or lever for the grate, whereby said grate may be operated to separate the ashes from the coals; third, in the combination, with the oscillating fingers or levers, of a dumpingbottom, the two being capable of being simultaneously operated by means of an annular frame suspended from the fingers, and provided with lugs engaging with lugs on the axis of the dumping-grate, said frame being operated by levers connected with a fenderbar, for the purpose of raking or dumping the grate; fourth, the combination, wi th .the ash-pit and fire-box of a base-heating stove,of folding doors or dampers located below the grate, and adapted to be closed against the grate, to adapt the ash-pit to be employed as an oven.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of my improved stove.` Fig. 2 represents a view, showing partly a rear elevation and partlyasection of the stove. Fig. 3 represents a top view of the stove with the upper part removed. Fig. 4 represents a horizontal section on the `line y y of Fig. l. Fig. 5 represents a horizontal section on the line my of Fig. l; Fig. 6, a front elevation, with a portion of theshell broken away; and Fig. v7, a detached perspective view of the grate, showing `the means for operating the Same.

The letter A representsl the outer shell of the stove; B, they magazine; C, the lire-box, l and D the ash-pit, arranged relatively to each other, as usual.' The lower part of the ref box is composed of an annular truncated frustum of metal, which `may be lined with ire- ,y brick, if desired, the upper edge being se` cured to the interior of the stove-'shell at its largest diameter, and the lower edge depending within said shell, leaving an annular draft-space, D', between the said fustrum and stove-shell. The lower edge of. said frustum or section is slotted at convenient distances',`4 'and within -said slots are located the bent levers or ngers E, each lever being notched underneath, so as to set over the lower edge of the slot, and permit said lever to oscillate freely thereon.- t

F represents an annular frame of metal, sus.

pended immediately below the nre-pot, by

means of a series of links, G, attached to the upper ends of the levers or lingers E. From each side of said annular frame depends a link, H, the lower ends of which, respectively, are connected to the inner ends of two levers, I, which extend through opposite sides ofthe ash-box of the stove, the Vouter ends of said levers being connected to the ends of acurvedV fender-bar, J, which extends around thefront of the stove-base. l Y

VK represents the dumping-bottom lingers orlevers E that when the two are inv their normal position the lower ends ofthe fingers will rest between the bars, formingthe lining to the Jlire-pot, or a downwardly-projecting part ofthe fire-pot itself. Said dumping-bottom is secured upon atransverse rockshaft,` L, or is provided with trunnionsat. each side journaled in the walls of the ash-` pit, and said journals orY trunnions, on oppos site sides of the dumping-bottom, are provided l of the: stove-grate, located between the tire-box and the ash-pitl in suchv position relatively to the dumping bottom simultaneously with the movement of the levers or fingers E, as here-- inafter more fully explained; or the grate may be entirely detached from the annular frame, and operated separately from it, which is preferable for ordinary uses.`

An annular space is left between the walls of the magazine and the external shell of the stove, and this space is divided into two flues, 0 and P, by means of the vertical partition R, one of said lues communicating at its lower end with the upper part of the lirechamber, and at its upper end with a space, S, formed immediately below the pot or boiler aperture, bymeans of an inclined partitionplate, T, which divides said space from the interior of the magazine. The other flue, P,- communicates at its upper end with said space S, and at its lower end with an escape-iiue, located at the rear of the stove, vthe opening at said lowerend of the iue being provided with a damper, W, for thepurpose of controlling the passage of the products of combustion, as more fullyhereinafter explained.

' At one side ofthe ue Vis formed a similar flue, A', the two extending downwardly to the base of the stove, and communicating with a space below the ash-pit of the stove, said space' being divided into two communicating ues, B' and C', by means of a partial partition, D2. The upper end of the flue A communicates withv the dre-chamber by means of a suitable opening, which is provided with a damper, E', for opening or closing communication between said flue and lire-chamber.

Directly below the grate are locatedtwo swingingfdoors or dampers, F', one at each side of the ash-pit, which are capable of being folded up against the lower part of the grate whenvdesired, so .as to cut oi' communication between the ash-pit and` the fire-chamber, in order to allow the ash-pit to be used as an oven when de sired,`as more fully hereinafter explained. A Y

In order to provide for a proper draft at all times, whether said dampers are closed or not, the draft openings and register G are located above the ash-pit, said openings communicating with the annular draft-chamber surrounding the grate and lower part of the re-box.

The opening for filling the magazine is located at one side on top of the stove, immediately below the upper end of the inclined partition-plate, which divides the magazine from the space below the pot or kettle hole, and is provided with a' hinged cover, by which it may be closed; and the stove is provided with suitable openings around the lire-chamber, which are inclosed by mica plates, as usual; and similar openings and micas may be `arranged around the annular draft-passage, if

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The operation of my improved stove is as follows: The ire is kindled and the magazine is filled with coal, as usual. Upon opening ing-grate if it is attached. By moving the Y fender up and down quickly the fingers are rapidly moved up and down, thus rattling and sifting the ashes from the coals completely, while the coal itself is held up in the fire-pot, and only allowed to fall back-.upon the grate when the fingers resume their' normal position in the sides ofthe fire-pot.

When the fingers assume a horizontal position they practically take the place of a stovegrate by holding the coals upward, thus forming, as 'it were, a lifting-grate, by `means of which the coals are lifted upward from the grate proper, and as the lifting-grate again 'resumes its -normal position the lower coals in the fire-pot fall downward upon the grate,` leaving the whole mass honeycombed, as itv were, and lying loosely in contact with each other, so that the air entering through the draft-openings may easily pass up through,- causing more perfect combustion.

- Byv this practically double grate the coals `can be lifted upward off of the lower grate,

and mayI be held in such position, so that the fire may be rekindled upon the grate, if it should become extinguished, without dump-1 ing the coal from the fire-pot, and the lower grate may be raked off, if desired, while the grate.

It will be seen that as thus constructed the fire or coals can be raked and cleaned of ashes without opening any doors whatever, and all i-nconvenience from escaping dust and ashes mass of burning coal is held upon the upper will be avoided.` Moreover, no slag'or clinkers will be formed in said stove, for by the ac-l tion of the ngers all such accumulations that naturally fall to the grate are liftedup and lodged in the center of the burning fuel,

u afterA they have been freed from ashes, and' entirely consumed.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.1. A series of levers or lingers pivoted around the lower part of the upper section of the fire-pot of a stove, and forming a part of the sides ofthe same, said fingers being capab le of being raised or lowered by means of suitable mechanism to separate the ashes from the coals.

. 2. A fender-bar or` foot-rest for a stove, consisting of the curved bar J, extending around the lower part of one side of the stove and secured to the bent levers I I, extending through the walls of the stove, and connected with the framefor Operating the ngers, said fender-bar or foot-rest being adapted to'serve as a shaker for the grate, whereby said grate may be Operated tO separate the ashes from theV coals.

3. In combination with the oseillatingngers Or levers, a dumping-bottoni,V the two being capable of being simultaneously Operated by means of an annular frame suspended from the ngers, and provided with lugs engaging with lugs on the axis of the dumping-grate, said frame being operated by levers connected with a fender-bar, for the purpose of rocking said dumping-grate.

4. In combination with the ash-pit and firebox of a base-heating stove, the folding doors or dampers located below the grate, and adapted, in the manner described, to be closed against the same, to adapt the ash-pit t0 be used as an Oven.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. FOLEY, GEO. M. POWERS.

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