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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
MURRAY STOVER WOODS, OF NEW BIRMINGHAM, TEXAS.
S PARK-ARRESTER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 598,129, dated February 1, 1898.
Application filed April 27, 1897, Serial No, 634,184. (No model.)To all whon it may concern:
Be it known that I, MURRAY STOVER
WooDs, a citizen of the United States, resid-
ing at New Birmingham, in the county of
5 Cherokee and State of Texas, have invented
certain new and useful Improvements in
Spark-Arresters, of which the following is a
full and complete specification, such as will
enable those skilled in the art to which it ap-
1o pertains to make and use the same.
This invention relates to spark-arresters
for use in connection with the pipes or escape-
flues of cooking-stoves, heating-stoves, and
similar devices; and the object thereof is to
15 provide an improved device of this class
which is adapted to be connected with the
pipe or escape-flue and by means of which
sparks and other large substances are pre-
vented from passing out through the pipe or
20 flue, a further object being to provide a de-
vice of this class which is adapted to conserve
the heat and retard the passage thereof
through the lower portion of the escape-flue
and retain it in the stove or heater, so as to
25 economize in the use of fuel.
The invention is fully disclosed in the fol-
lowing specification, of which the accompany-
ing drawings form a part, in which-
Figure 1 is a central vertical section of my
30 improved spark-arrester; Fig. 2, a section on
the line 2 2 thereof; and Fig. 3, a view similar
to that shown in Fig. 1, but showing the up-
per plate semicircular in form and having the
opening therein on a line with the flue; Fig.
35 4, a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.
In the drawings forming part of this speci-
fication the separate parts of my improve-
ment are designated by the same numerals of
reference in each of the views, and in the
40 practice of my invention I provide a device
for the purpose herein specified which com-
prises an upright tube 5, which is provided
at its opposite sides with tubular extensions
6. The inner ends of the tubular side exten-
45 sions 6 communicate with the tube 5, as shown
in the drawings, and the outer end of one of
said tubular extensions 6 is closed, as shown
at 7, and the other is open, and secured in
and extending through said tubular exten-
5o sion 6 are longitudinal side strips or supports
8. I also provide a longitudinal casing 9,
which is composed of a top plate 10 and abottom plate 11,and one end of which is closed,
as shown at 12, and the opposite end thereof
is provided with a circular cap or plate 13, 55
which is designed to close the open end of
one of the tubular extensions 6, through which
the casing 9 is adapted to be inserted.
The casing 9 is of the same length as the side
extensions 6 of the upright tube 5, and the cap 6o
or end plate 13 is provided on the inner side
thereof with an annular flange 14 and on the
outer side with a handle 15.
The bottom plate 11 of the casing 9 is pro-
vided near each end with a large opening 16, 65
and the top plate 10 of said easing is perfo-
rated near each end, as shown at 17, and the
operation will be readily understood from the
foregoing description when taken in connec-
tion with the accompanying drawings and the 70
following statement thereof.
The herein-described device is adapted to
be connected with the pipe or escape-flue of
a stove or heater at any desired point, but is
preferably connected thei-ewith at a short dis- 75
tance from the stove or heater, or within from
two to six feet thereof, and the products of
combustion, including the smoke, sparks, and
other light substances, such as paper or simi-
lar material, when the latter is not fully con- 8o
sumed, pass upwardly through the upright
tube 5 in the direction of the arrows a and
through the large opening 16 in the bottom
of the plate 11 of the casing 9, and the sparks
and other substances are arrested by the top 85
plate 10 of said casing and remain in said
casing or fall into the bottom of the tubular
side extensions 6 of the tube 5.
It will be understood that the casing 9 may
be removed whenever desired, and the top 90
plate 10 thereof may be convex in cross-sec-
tion, if desired, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4,
and other changes in and modifications of the
construction herein described may be made
without departing from the spirit of my in- 95
vention or sacrificing its advantages.
By means of my improvement I prevent
sparks and other substances from passing
through the pipe or flue and I also retard the
flow of heat therethrough and thus conserve o0
the heat and confine the same to an extent in
the lower part of the pipe or flue and in the
stove or heater, and by means of this arrange-
ment a saving is effected in fuel.
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