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what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. A feeding-chute for stoves, provided with a swinging door and a pivoted latching device 5 constructed to act automatically in locking the door in a closed position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 2. A pivoted feeding-chute for stoves, pro- vided with a swinging door to close the open- io ing in the stove after the fuel has been dis- charged, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
3. A pivoted feeding-chute for stoves, pro- vided with a swinging door and an automatic or self-acting latchifig device to lock the door 15 in a closed position, substantially as and for the purpose described. In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses. WILLIAM DUDLEY MIAYFIELD. Witnesses: IKE T. 1MAYFIELD, NV. D. M. MASON.