Boilers
AssigneeTrianco Redfyre Limited
InventorThomas A. Babbage
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Abstract
A solid fuel boiler has a facia for radiant heat to pass into a living room while the flue hopper, the flueways and ash pan are accessible from another room or out-building. A dividing wall is shown. By separating the radiant and aesthetic side of the boiler which is in the living room from the operating side, dust and dirt often associated with filling and emptying the boiler is confined to the other room or out-building. The flueway is relatively narrow which improves heat-transfer; this is possible because chimney sweeping can be done without having to pass brushes through the flueway.
Claims9
A solid fuel domestic appliance comprising a framework having a front portion and a rear portion and adapted for fixing in an aperture of a partition wall so that simultaneous access to said front and rear portions is prevented, means defining a combustion chamber in the front portion, a flue outlet for communication with a chimney and a fuel hopper mounted in said rear portion so as to be accessible only from behind said partition wall, means supporting a firebed beneath said fuel hopper at the base of the combustion chamber, a discharge throat of restricted size at the base of said fuel hopper so that fuel flows forwardly and downwardly from said hopper to said firebed to maintain a natural angle of repose therein, a transparent facia mounted in the front portion of the appliance to display the burning firebed, and a relatively narrow flue-way leading from said combustion chamber obliquely rearwards and upwards to said flue outlet, and an access door in the flue outlet to enable the flue-way to be cleaned and the chimney to be swept.
A building including at least one appliance positioned in an aperture of a wall thereof, said appliance comprising a framework having a front portion and a rear portion and adapted for fixing in an aperture of a partition wall so that simultaneous access to said front and rear portions is prevented, means defining a combustion chamber in the front portion, a flue outlet for communication with a chimney and a fuel hopper mounted in said rear portion so as to be accessible only from behind said partition wall, means supporting a firebed beneath said fuel hopper at the base of the combustion chamber, a discharge throat of restricted size at the base of said fuel hopper so that fuel flows forwardly and downwardly from said hopper to said firebed to maintain a natural angle of repose therein, a transparent facia mounted in the front portion of the appliance to display the burning firebed, and a relatively narrow flue-way leading from said combustion chamber obliquely rearwards and upwards to said flue outlet, and an access door in the flue outlet to enable the flue-way to be cleaned and the chimney to be swept.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.