US865909A - Fireplace and chimney. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD SEPT. 10, 1907.

' U. Z. KEENEY. FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY.

- APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2. 1905.

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URIAS Z. KEENEY, OF MALDEN, WEST VIRGINIA.

FIRE PLACE AND CHIMNEY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 10, 1907.

Application filed August 2, 1905. Serial No. 272,383-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, URIAS Z. KEENEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malden, in the county of Kanawha and State or West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fireplaces and Chim neys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fire places and flues comprising a series of blocks or sections which form in part portions of the fre places, and having openings therethrough and adapted to be serviceably arranged in a structure or building having one or more stories and dispense with the ordinarychimney structure by having the fire places, particularly in the upper stories, formed with flue means and connected with fire places above or below by fire place sections.

In the construction of buildings, especially cottages or other frame iuclosures, it has been the usual practice to form the fire places and chimneys as a part thereof through the medium of brickwork, entailing considerable expenseas well as time and labor.

The primary object of the present invention is to first produce the several blocks or sections included in the chimney and fire place organization and set up said blocks or sections in operative position, and thus render the construction of chimneys and fire places expeditious and economical and at the same time obtain a better result.

It is proposed to form the blocks or sections of a suitable plastic composition, such as cement and sand, and thoroughly cure the latter prior to the assemblage thereof to produce the fire places and chimneys, the fire places being lined and having beds or hearths of suitable material, preferably clay of such nature as to Withstand the heat and serve as a protective means for the remaining parts of the fire place as well as the adjoining framework.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a fireplace and chimney adapted for use in a single story, and embodying the features of the invention, the fines through the blocks or sections being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section through the fireplace and chimney. shown by Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the fire place illustrating the dual form of the latter. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of a fire place section illustrating the manner of producing a single fire place with which similar flue blocks or sections are used.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indi cate corresponding partsin the several views.

The numeral 1 designates fire place sections, which, as clearly shown by Fig. 3, are of double-T form, or have opposite heads 2, connected bya central vertical partition 3 to form two opposing fire place spaces or recesses 4. Any number of these fire place sections 1 may be used, but, as shown, two are employed, one being superimposed on the other, and are adapted to be set in a partition or dividing wall of the building, so as to provide fire places in different compartments or rooms communicating with a single fiue construction. On the uppermost fire place section 1 is placed a fine contracting block or section 5. This block or section 5 may also be properly termed an intermediate fiue continuing member, and is preferably of such length and width as to fully close over the uppermost fire place section 1 and have its lower side form the top walls for the spaces or recesses 4. The fine continuing block or section 5 is formed with a pair of upwardly converging flue openings or apertures 6, separated by a longitiidinal partition 7 and registeringwith the upper extremities of the fire place spaces or recesses 4 of the sections 1. The smoke and products of combustion passing upwardly through the fiuc openings or apertures 6 e011- tinue through pairs of fiue openings or apertures 8, in blocks 9 superimposed on the block or section 5, and each other, the number of blocks 9 used depending upon the height of the building or structure in which the chimney and fire place are erected. The openings or apertures 8 are separated by a vertical partition 10 in each block 9, and all of these openings or apertures accurately register in the several blocks, and those of the lower block with the upper terminals of the openings or apertures 6 in the section 5. The fire place sections 1, the section 5, and the several blocks 9 are secured in their simplified arrangement by means of cement mortar interposed between the said parts.

In some instances it will be unnecessary to line the fire places or recesses 4, but it is preferred in the ordinary use of the improved fire place and chimney to dispose a lining of suitable thickness and material in each fire place, each of said linings consisting of a back 12, and sides 13, provided with rear interlocking mortises and tenons 14 and 15. The front edges of the sides 13 of the lining come out flush with the ends of the heads 2 of the fire place section 1, and are secured in a manner which will be presently explained. The back 12 of the lining is of the form shown by Fig. 2, and slopes rearwardly and upwardly from its lower edge-to an intermediate point, and from the latter again slopes outwardly and upwardly to the upper edge, thus giving ample thickness of material at the back of the fire place, and at the same time facilitating the direction of the smoke and products of combustion into the lower diverged portion of each opening or aperture 6 of the flue section 5, and by this means also the heat is deflected outwardly from the fire place and the draft benefited. Each fire place also has a bed or hearth 16 of suitable material, which will be formed or applied after the fire place sections and remaining elements of the chimney organization are set up. The fire place sections 1 have rods or bolts 17 molded, or otherwise disposed therein, and their opposite ends projected outwardly from the ends of the heads 2 and screw threaded. Each head 2 has one of these bolts or rods 17 therein, the bolts or rods of the lower section 1 being near the bottom of the latter, and the similar devices of the upper section 1. being near the top of said upper section. To complete the fire place, a facing 18 is applied thereover and has openings in the upper and lower portions of the side members thereof to fit over the projecting screw threaded extremities of the rods or bolts 17. The side members of the facing also have inwardly projecting flanges 20, which bear against the inner surfaces of the sides 13 ot' the lining, and after the facing has been thus applied suitable nut devices are connected to the screw threaded extremities of the rods or bolts 1'7 to firmly secure the facing in applied position. It will be observed that the parts of the lining are positively held in position in each fire place and prevented from collapsing or becoming displaced, the back being continually pressed inwardly by the sides owing to the mortise and tenon joints, and the sides prevented from falling inwardly by the flanges 20 of the facing. By thus assembling the lining and facing, the use of securing devices is reduced to a minimum, and fracture or injury of the parts of the lining is less liable to ensue, especially when such lining is formed from plastic material, such as clay or other analogous substance.

The organization illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 embodies a dual firc place, but it will be understood that the same result may be obtained by using a single fire place and slightly modifying the form of the section 1, as clearly shown by Fig. 4, the section 5 and blocks 9 being correspondingly changed, or containing only one flue opening or aperture. This is an obvious change and is fully contemplated by the invention.

The facing for each fire place can be embellished with suitable designs and ornamented by plating or other treatment in accordance with the grade of the mantel shelf and ornamentation of the latter. The material of which the blocksor sections is composed may be varied at will and likewise the mortar or other plastic means for securing the same in immovable superimposed relation.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed, is:

1. In a chimney and fire place organization, the combination of fire place sections having coinciding recesses opening outwardly therefrom, a fire place lining consisting of a back and sides jointed at the rear, a facing having inner angular terminals embracing the outer edge portions of the sides, and line blocks superimposed over the fire places.

2. In a chimney and tire place organization, the combination of tire place sections having coinciding recesses opening outwardly therefrom, a lining for the fire place consisting of a vertically disposed back and sides jointed at their ends, a facing secured over the fire place having inner angular terminals embracing the outer edges of the sides and holding the latter in upright position, the back being inclined upwardly and rearwardly to an intermediate point and then upwardly and outwardly to the top of the fire place and having its rear side vertically straight, and line blocks arranged over and communicating with the tire place,

3. In a chimney and fire place organization, the combination of fire place sections having coinciding recesses and rods extending therethrough and provided with projecting terminals, a facing fitted over and secured on the terminals of the rods and having angular terminals, a lining including sides embraced by said terminals, and fiue blocks disposed on the fire place sections and commu nicating with the latter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

URIAS Z. KEENEY.

Witnesses CHARLES B. W. Nnann, EDWARD L. Mooim.

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