Improvements connected with Fire-range Front Bars.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec.. 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements connected with Fire-range Front Bars.
I, ROBERT SIBBRING, of 1, White Rock Street, Liverpool, Plumber, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to front bars of fire-ranges which are cast or formed in
one piece with their side members, forming a grid, and consists in providing such
side members with lugs or flanges through which pass the studs or bolts which
secure the oven-apron (on one side of the fire) and the hob-front (on the other
side) to the range. One of these lugs (on each side of the bars) is provided with
an elongated aperture or slot, to facilitate the fixing of new bars to old ranges
in which the distance apart of the stud holes varies. The lugs or flanges are
provided with a rabbit or recessed ledge which is adapted to receive aud sustain
the fire-tile which is usually inserted in rear of the oven-apron. By providing
these lugs or flanges on each side of the bars, the bars may be fitted to ranges
wherein the oven is to the left hand and the hob to the right hand and vice versa.
Dated this Oth day of Anril 1895
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent,
.10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Applicant's Agent.
1, ROBERT SIBBRING, of 1, 'White Rock Street, Liverpool, Plumber, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement: -
This invention relates to front-bars of fire ranges which are cast or formed in
one piece with their side members, forming a grid.
Such front-bars are usually secured to the oven-apron on one side of the range
and to the hob-front on the other side by means of two bolts which pass through
holes formed in flanges or lugs on the bars.
It is frequently found, as for instance in fixing new bars to old ranges, that
the bolt holes in the bars do not coincide with those in the range, and usually
bars are specially cast to suit the holes in the range to which they are to be
fitted.
In order to overcome these difficulties I form an elongated hole or slot in each
flange of the bars so as to suit holes various distances apart in the range.
The said lugs or flanges are also provided with a rabbit or recessed ledge
which is adapted to receive and hold a fire tile which is usually inserted in rear
of the oven apron to protect the latter from the heat of the oven flue.
In the drawing hereto annexed Figure 1 represents fire-range front bars
constructed according to this invention, Figure 2 being a plan thereof.

page_text: In the drawing a represents the bars, 6 the side members thereof, and c the lugs
thereon by which the bars are secured to the oven apron and hob front y
respectively.
It will be seen that the lug c has formed in it an elongated hole or slot d to
facilitate the fixing of the bars to new or old ranges, in which the distance apart
of the stud holes may vary.
A washer provided with a longitudinal slot whose length is equal to the width
of the slot in the lug c enables such latter slot to be made of greater width than
the nuts of the bolts by which the flange is secured, thus providing an amount
of lateral as well as vertical play.
The lugs care also provided with a rabbit or recessed ledge e to receive and
hold the fire tile above referred to. By providing these rabbits or recessed ledges e
on each side of the bars, the bars may be fitted to ranges wherein the oven is to
the left hand and the hob to the right hand and vice versa.
It will be understood that the bars may either be stiff bars as represented in
the drawing or may be arranged with a hinged upper or jockey bar.
The lugs c may be provided with one slot d arranged to take both bolts on each
side of the bars, or the lower bolt may be provided for by a separate hole as
shewn in the drawing hereto annexed.
By furnishing front bars with elongated slots as above described they may be
more readily fixed to both new and old ranges, and do not require to be specially
cast with holes to suit the stud holes already therein.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Fire range front-bars in which the lugs by which they are secured to the
fire-range have formed in them a slot in order to facilitate the fixing of such bars
to new or old ranges as hereinabove described.
2. Fire range front-bars having formed upon them provisions or ledges adapted
to receive and hold a fire-tile, as hereinabove described.
3. The combination in fire range front bars, of lugs c provided with slots d and
provisions or ledges fadapted to receive and hold a fire-tile, substantially as herein-
above described with reference to the drawing bereto annexed.
Dated this 7th day of December 1895.
J. A. COUBROUGH,
Registered Patent Agent,
10 St. George's Crescent, Liverpool, Agent for the Applicant.
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