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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
DANIEL E. JONES, OF DENTON, TEXAS.
OPEN FIRE-PLACE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 327,396, dated September 29, 1885.
Application filed December 24, 1884. (No model.)To all whonm it may concern:
Be it known that I, DANIEL E. JONEs, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Denton,
in the county of Denton and State of Texas,
5 have invented certain new and useful Im-
provements in Open Fire-Places, of which the
following is a specification, reference being
had therein to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device
io as a whole. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with
the parts separated in sections and ready to be
placed together; Fig. 3, a plan of lower sec-
tion; Fig. 4, a plan of upper section. Fig. 5
is a vertical section through my improved fire-
15 place. Fig. 6 is a front view of my improved
sectional fire-place. Fig. 7 is a front view of
the two sections composing one of the sides.
Fig. 8 is a top plan view of Fig. 5 on line with
the top of the fire-place.
20 This invention relates to what are known as
"open fire-places;" and it consists in a fire-
place which is composed of a number of de-
tachable sections of fire-brick or other refrac-
tory substance put together in such manner
25 as to form a substantial structure, each section
being readily removed from its fellow when
necessary to replace it by a new section, as
will be fully understood from the following de-
scription, when taken in connection with the
30 annexed drawings. In these A designates a
rectangular fire-place, and B the chimney-flue
therefor, which may be constructed in the
usual well-known manner.
C designates a slab of fire-brick which forms
35 the hearth or bottom of the fire-place. This
hearth is constructed with two side diverging
grooves, e c, and a back groove, c', as shown
by Fig. 3.
D designates the vertical back slab, the
40 lower edge of which fits into the groove c' of
the hearth C. The sides of the fire-place are
each composed of two slabs. The bottom side
slabs, E E, fit into the converging grooves c c
of the hearth, and these slabs are rectangular,
45 their top and back edges being rabbeted, as
shown at ee'. The upper side sections, E' E',
are adapted to fit snugly upon the upper edges
of the bottom sections, and said upper sec-
tions have their bottom and rear edges rab-
50 beted, as shown at e' e. The upper edges of
the sections E' E' form obtuse angles with
the back edges thereof; or, in other words,the said upper edges incline backward, as
shown by Figs. 1 and 5. When the side sec-
tions of the fire-place are properly adjusted, 55
their back edges lap over the vertical edges of
the back section, D, as shown in Fig. 8, thus
forming lock or lap joints.
F designates the cap or top section, the ends
of which rest upon the inclined shoulders 6o
formed by the rabbets e' e' in the top sections,
E' E'. The rear edge of this top section rests
upon the top edge of the back section, D. It
will be seen that the top section, F, is in-
clined backward for the purpose of directing 65
the heat into the room, and also that this sec-
tion aids in locking the upper side sections,
E' E', in their places.
For the purpose of holding all of the sec-
tions above the hearth firmly in their places, 70
I employ a clamp-bar or tie, G, as shown in
Fig. 1.
It will be seen from the above that I have a
sectional fire-place which is readily applied in
the well-known brick fire-place, and which can 75
be removed therefrom either bodily or in sec-
tions, as may be desired. It will also be seen
that should any one or more of the sections
composing the fire-place become impaired by
use the same can be readily replaced by new 8o
sections.
The sections may be made of fire-brick, ar-
tificial stone, or of any other suitable refrac-
tory substance.
Having described my invention,whatI claim 85
as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is-
1. The combination, in an open fire-place, of
a hearth grooved as described, side sections
rabbeted together, and the back vertical and 90
inclined sections jointed to the side sections,
substantially as described.
2. The combination, in an open fire-place, of
the bar G, a hearth grooved as described, side
sections rabbeted together, and the back ver- 95
tical and inclined sections jointed to the side
sections, substantially as described.
In testimony whereof I affix my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
DANIEL E. JONES.
Witnesses:
E. BIGGERSTAFF,
WILLIAM H. PIERCE,
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Jones, Daniel E. Open Fire-Place, patent, September 25, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171101/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.