Improvements in or relating to Fish and Chip Potato Cooking Ranges.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Fish and Chip Potato Cooking
Ranges.
I, JOE WILLIAM WILSON, of 17, Bath Terrace, Lockwood, Huddersfield, in the
County of York, Tin Plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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My invention in ranges for cooking or frying fish and chipped or sliced potatoes
comprises the application to said ranges of means for controlling or regulating and
shutting off the draught to suit requirements, the objects of my improvements
being, principally, to save fuel, and to prevent the unnecessary waste of heat which
now takes place.
In carrying out my invention I employ one or more plates or doors forming
dampers or draught regulators which is or are suitably hinged or pivoted in an
enclosing case or box adapted to be fitted or built up in, or contiguous to, the flue
or flues leading from the fire or fires to the chimney or uptake, said plate or
plates being so arranged as to control the area of the flue or flues, or inlets to
same. To the plate or plates commanding each flue I couple rods or levers extend-
ing to the front of the range and provided at their ends with knobs or handles,
said rods or levers, by preference, being enclosed in a casing, which may or may
not be integral with the casing in which the dampers are situated, and is made to
take the place of a portion of the brickwork.
The casing above referred to may, however, form part of the range. The rods
or levers are movable endwise, and by drawing out the same, the plates or dampers
are moved on their hinges or pivots to open the flues, the area of the openings
being determined by the extent to which the rods are moved, and the draught
therefore regulated to any extent desired.
Instead of the plates or doors, I may employ discs with openings therein which
said openings can be brought opposite each other fully, or partially, to regulate
the draught, by turning the discs around, this being done by rods arranged some-
what similar to those above described but adapted to turn in bearings, and either
connected direct to the discs or actuating same through suitable intermediate
connections.
By applying dampers to fish and chip potato ranges either with one two or more
fires, I am enabled to regulate the draught through each fire to a nicety, without
having to open the fire doors from time to time, as at present, and, when using
one or more cooking pans at intervals during the day, the fire or fires not required
for the time being can be charged with small fuel and the dampers closed or
nearly so whereby the fuel is consumed very slowly, with little waste, and when
the pan is again required, the fire or fires only need breaking up and the dampers
opening to obtain a bright fire.

page_text: When the fire is very bright, the dampers are partially closed and the maximum
amount of heat brought to bear for cooking purposes.
Doted this 11th dow of Iun 1907
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Patent Agents.
Improvements in or relating to Fish and Chip Potato Cooking
Ranges.
I, JOE WILLIAM WILSON, of 17, Bath Terrace, Lockwood, Huddersfield; in the
County of York, Tin Plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:―
My invention in ranges for cooking or frying fish or potatoes, comprises the
application to said ranges of means for controlling or regulating and shutting
off the draught to suit requirements, the object of my improvements being
principally, to save fuel, and to prevent the unnecessary waste of heat which now
takes place in these ranges.
In carrying out my invention I employ one or more plates or, doors forming
dampers or draught regulators which is or are suitably hinged or pivoted in an
enclosing case or chamber adapted to be fitted or built up in or contiguous to the
flue or flues leading from the fire or fires to the chimney or uptake, said plate or
plates being so arranged as to control the area of the flue or flues or inlets to
same.
To the plate or plates commanding each flue I couple rods or levers extending
to the front of the range and provided at their ends with knobs or handles, said rods
or levers, by preference being enclosed in a casing which may or may not be
integral with the before mentioned chamber and is made to take the place of a
portion of the brickwork. The said casing may, however, form part of the range.
The rods or levers are moveable endwise and by drawing them out, the plates or
dampers are moved on their hinges to open the flues, the area of the openings.being
determined by the extent to which the rods are moved and the draught therefore
regulated to any extent desired.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, reference is hereafter had to
the annexed sheet of drawings forming a part of this specification in which:-
:
Fig. 1 is longitudinal side elevation of my improvements:
Fig. 2 sectional plan thereof; and
Fig. 3 end elevation looking in the direction of arrow & in Fig. 1.
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Referring to the drawings, letters a, a, represent two doors or dampers which
are hinged or pivoted on spindles b, b1, in an enclosing case or chamber c
adapted to be built up or. fitted in the entrance to the flue or
chimney d to which its rear end is open as shewn in Fig. 2. At
each side of the front end of the chamber care openings e, e¹, communicating
direct with the fire places or stoves f, f, or flues leading from same to the main
flue or uptake d, these said openings being commanded by the doors or
dampers a, a, respectively. To lugs cast on the inner sides of the dampers a, a',
are connected rods g, g¹, which pass through slots in the front end of chamber c
and extend through a metal casing h to the front of the range
where they are supported in openings in a box, h which is secured
to the casing hor may be integral therewith, the extremities of said

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rods having knobs or handles 2, 2¹, secured thereon by which to
actuate the rods for opening, closing and controlling the dampers.
rods g, g', could be located in openings in the brickwork or setting of the range
instead of in the casing h, but I prefer to employ said casing as it takes the place
of some of the brickwork and the latter can be built around it without any trouble
or loss of time.
By drawing the rods g, g¹, outwardly as indicated in dotted line in Fig. 2 the
dampers a, a¹ are turned upon their centres away from the openings e, el, either to
the full extent as shewn in dotted line (Fig. 2) or to any intermediate position,
to give an unobstructed thoroughfare from the fires or stoves to the chimney d or to
regulate the areas of said openings to suit the draught required.
k is a stop piece to limit the movement of the dampers a, a' when opened to
the full.
My improvements can be applied to ranges having more than two fires or stoves,
additional dampers and actuating rods being employed and arranged with respect
to the flues, similarly to those described.
For a single range, the casing and chamber are made in the form of half of those
shewn on the drawings.
By applying dampers to fish and chip potatoe ranges either with one, two, or
more fires, I am enabled to regulate the draught through each fire to a nicety
without having to open the fire doors from time to time, as at present, and when
using one or more cooking pans at intervals during the day, the fire or fires not
required for the time being can be charged with small fuel and the dampers closed
or nearly so whereby the fuel will be consumed very slowly and with little waste,
and when the pan is again required, the fire only needs breaking up and the
dampers opening to obtain at once a bright fire.
When the fire is very bright, the dampers are partially closed and the maximum
amount of heat brought to bear for cooking purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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The combination, with cooking ranges of the description set forth, of dampers
commanding the outlets from the fires or stoves to the uptake or chimney and
means for actuating the same, all arranged and operating in the manner and for
the purposes substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 12th day of March 1898
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Huddersfield.