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(No Model.)

Z. M. MOE.

VENTILATING APPARATUS FOR KITCHEN OR: OTHER APARTMENTS. No. 430,667. Patented June 24, 1890.

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ZORAIDA M. MOE, OF NANUET, NEW YORK.

VENTILATING APPARATUS FOR KITCHENS OR OTHER APARTMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,667, dated June 24, 1890.

Application filed May 22, 1885- $erial No. 166,418. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZORAIDA M. MOE, of Nanuet, in the county of Rockland and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ventilating Apparatus for Kitchens or other Apartments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to ventilating apparatus for kitchens and other apartments.

The object is in a simple, ready, and efficient manner,by adaptation to ranges, stoves, or fire-places already in position, to provide means for ventilating an apartment or for removing vapors and odors arising in kitchens from substances in process of cooking, and this without interfering with or obstructing the draft of the range, stove, or fire-place.

"With this object in view the invention consists in the combination, with the flue proper of a range, stove, or fire-place, of a ventilating-pipe extending upward through and located wholly or in part in and protected by a portion of the range, stove, or fire-place, said pipe being inclined at its upper part or extremity its upper end communicating with the flue, preferably at the lower part thereof, without entering the same, and its lower end communicating with the apartment, whereby uninterrupted passage of air from the apartment in a direct line into and through the flue is insured; whereby, also, when the passage of air through the ventilating-pipe by reason of high initial heat is greater, the draft through the flue proper is increased; whereby, also, when by reason of higher initial heat the passage of the products of combustion is greater, draft through the ventilatingpipe is induced; whereby, also, the ventilating-pipe is not exposed to cold and the falling or retarding of the products of combustion due to cooling is prevented; whereby, also, the lower outlet of the ventilating-pipe may be located at the point desired at which to withdraw the vitiated air without necessitating the use of bends or sharp angles, which impede the onward passage of the air, whereby, also, the admission of the air from the ventilating-pipe to the flue is accomplished without involving the introduction into the latter of a part of the ventilatingpipe, thus avoiding the obstruction of the flue, and whereby, finally, the provision of separate passages for the productsof combustion and for the escape of vitiated air, from the apartment is avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, I have illustrated one form of embodiment of my invention.

Figure 1 represents a View in front elevation, with a portion of the upper part broken away to disclose the interior and show the situation of application of the invention with relation to the parts, the ventilating-pipe and connections being shown in section, the View illustrating my invention applied to a range; and Fig. 2 represents a detail view of the preferred construction of damper, with means for operating the same.

In the drawings, A indicates an ordinary cooking-range, of which the top alone, provided with the usual stove-holes, is shown, and B designates the ordinary draft or smokeescape pipe.

0 designates the chimney-flue.

D represents a ventilating-pipe which may be entirely inclined, but which I prefer to make with one inclined and one vertical part, as shown. This ventilating-pipe is located in and protected by a portion of the range, as shown, and extends downward into the space above the cooking part of the range, itslocation being such that the vapors and odors arising from the cooking-stove may enter the lower opening of the ventilating-pipe. The upper end of the ventilating-pipe communicates with the lower part of the fiue (3 without entering said fine. I prefer to provide the lower end of the ventilating-pipe D with a damper substantially of the construction shownthat is to say, the damper D is hinged at a to a damper-frame D which is fixed at the bottom of the pipe or passage D. The damper D may thus be raised into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 or lowered to the position shown in dotted lines, the former position opening and the latter closing the passage.

E designates a lever for operating the damper, pivoted at b, one end E of which forms a finger-piece for operating the lever,

position shown by full lines in Fig. 2, and the.

pawl c is swung into engagement with the teeth 6, in order to hold the damper in its elevated position. When the damper is to be closed, the hand is applied to the end E of the lever, and by the thumb or finger thepawl c is withdrawn from the teeth 6, thereby permitting the lever E and damper D to swing downward into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. The pawl c has a. pr0- jection or finger-piece 0, whereby it may be swung into and out of engagement with the teeth 6, and the finger-piece c and the handpiece E of the lever are in such close proximity that they may both be manipulated by the thumb and fingers of one hand in order to open or close the damper.

The operation is as follows: A fire being started in the range, the damper D may be opened in the manner above described, and retained in its open position by the mechanism adapted for the purpose. The vapors and fumes from the material being cooked upon the stove, as well as other vitiated air from the room, are immediately drawn into the ventilating-p'ipe and outward through the chimney-flue not only without interfering with the operation of the latter to withdraw the products of combustion from the range, but when the temperature of the vitiated air or vapor is greater really assisting the operation of the flue. The inclined position of the pipe D renders unnecessary the introduction of the pipe into the interior of the chimney-flue,

thus affording greater economy in construe tion, and at the same time avoiding any obstruction of the flue proper. The body and upper outlet of the ventilating-pipe being entirely within the range, they are protected against cold, and this construction affords an obvious advantage over one in which the ventilating-pipe is exposed to the atmosphere before its communication with the chimney-flue, the latter construction serving to condense the vapors that arise and interfere materially with the operation of the device.

'Having thus fully described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the fine of a range,

stove, or fire-place, of an upwardly-extending inclined ventilating-pipe, located within the range, stove, or fire-place, communicating at its upper end with the chimney-flue without entering the same, and at its lower end with the apartment, the lower end being located directly above the range, stove, or fire-place, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination, with the range, stove,

or fire-place A, having the smoke-pipe B, and flue C, of the ventilating-pipe D, vertical in the lower and inclined in the upper part of its length, located within the range, stove, or fire-place, and communicating at its upper end with the interior of the chimney-flue without entering the latter at its lower end with the apartment, and havingits lower end directly over the range, stove, or fire-place, and provided with a damper, substantially as described.

. ZORAIDA M. MOE. Witnesses.

FREDK. HAYNES,

MATTHEW PoLLooK.

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