Specification of William Chesterman : stoves.

  • Chesterman, William.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Specification of William Chesterman : stoves. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chestermans Improvements in Stoves. sensitive, a bent pipe or pipes, as represented in Figure 8, may be inserted into the water box i, the vertical part of the pipe descending between the fire box and the external cylinder. Another variation of this part is to insert a straight pipe or pipes in the bottom of i, as in Figure 9, and place the box i out of the centre so far as to bring the said pipe or pipes into the vacant space 5 between the fire box and the cylinder. Another plan which I consider to answer the purpose still more completely is represented in Figure 10, and consists of a pipe coiled round the fire box, the two ends of which are inserted in the box i. This pipe may be carried from the stove round an apartment or elsewhere before it be made to return into the box i, and the water 10 circulating therein will considerably increase the effect of the stove in distri¬ buting its heat. Figure 11 is a sectional view of the mouth-piece e detached from the fire box; the door in front being opened shows a cylindrical tube, having its inner extremity bevelled off, and closed by the plate v, hinged at top, and shutting by its own weight. To supply the fuel and still keep this tube 15 closed, a scoop, Figure 12, is contrived, with which the fuel is put into the door or mouth-piece, until the rim or flange y fits against the face of the mouth-piece, when the rod passing through the handle projects the fuel out of the scoop into the fire box d, the valve or plate v yielding to admit it, and closing again on withdrawing the rod. Figure 13 is a variation of a stove 20 when applied for the purposes of cooking. It is a vertical section, in which 1 is the ash-pit; 2, the ash-pit door; 3, the grate; 4, 4, the boiler or vessel for containing water, the cylindrical opening through the centre of which, when lined with fire clay or brick, forms the fire box. The upper part of the boiler may be made of larger dimensions than the body of the stove, 25 if it be thought desirable, in order to suit the purposes for which it is in¬ tended, and on its top and sides may be fitted the various vessels required for steaming and other cooking operations. 5 is the flue pipe; 6 is the oven, having a flange or rim on its upper edge fitting into the sand joint 8, which sand joint is fitted to the inside of the cylindrical opening in the boiler, 30 and near to the top. 9 is the cover to the oven, fitting to it in the usual way. When the oven is not in use it may be removed, and a cover 10 fitted in its place into the sand joint 8. The fuel is supplied through the cylindrical opening before mentioned on removing the oven or the cover 10, as the case may be. 35 I do not confine myself to any particular mode of communicating the motion so produced in the cup p, to the closing or opening the passage for admitting air to the fire, nor to any particular situation of the water box in relation to \