the scheme of samovar

The most important part of a samovar, which often has beautiful shape, — tulovo ( body, wall). In tulovo, the water pours for boiling. Another equally important detail — a special cavity for fuel which is located in the center of the body of samovar, inside — is called a jug or a pipe-brazier.

In the bottom part of a jug there is a grid, to put the fuel on. Tulovo is attached to the bottom part — the pallet, the base of samovar, to which the legs are attached. This transition fr om the body to the pallet is called the neck — it more narrow, than the tulovo itself; in the top part of the neck there are ashpits — the holes, usually designed decoratively, through which the air, necessary for maintaining the burning process in the brazier, is passing. In the place, wh ere the neck and pallet connected inside, there is a bottom. Here, the combustion products of wood accumulate: ash and pieces of coal. The bottom isn't fixed tightly. It is possible to open it and remove the coal and ash.

On the sides of the body are the handles — paired, with the bent metal plates with the wooden cylinder between them. Wooden cylinders — the cones-grasps, put on special bar — podshishkas, are made for convenience to carrying the samovar from one place to another and protect hands from the danger of burning.

In front of the body, there is the crane which consists of the key and the crane branch — the bent plate connected to a key for the convenience of turning. Through the crane, the boiled water is pouring from the samovar to cups. The crane is attached to the case with the repeika — a special thickening round the crane for more reliable connection.

On the top part of samovar, the circle is put on — a cast ring which serves as a support for a cover. The cover closes the body of the samovar and doesn't let the water to boil away. In the center of the cover — the hole, equal on diameter to a pipe-brazier, the cover is strung on the brazier. Small round holes with the folding lids are punched out in the cover, they are boilers (air vents): when the samovar begins to boil, the steam is coming through the air vents.

On a cover there is the crown — a support for a brewing teapot which is often put from on top of the samovar for warming up and drying, as well as to make the tea «draw» better. The crown also hides that part of a brazier, which towers over the cover.

On the very top there is a small cover-cap. It is the choke, it closes the top hole of the brazier and stops burning process in the samovar, because it blocks the air flow in the pipe-brazier. It is necessary to remove the choke when the samovar is operating.

On the cap — the choke and a cover, there are handles, round wooden cones, they are attached with the small hollow cylinders which are put on the screw, — the bearing. Wooden cones protect hands from contact with hot metal, because the hostess touches that parts of samovar — the cover, the cap, and the side handles. The bearings are fixed by special screw nuts of the conic form — malinkas.

This scheme is invariable for the samovar any kind. The size, volume, the shape of the body and other details may change, but all of them are necessary for heating the samovar.