An Improved Firegrate Hanger or Trivet for Heating, Cooking, and Blowing Purposes.
Year: 1893

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Date of Application, 8th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 27th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 10th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Firegrate Hanger or Trivet for Heating, Cooking, and
Blowing Purposes.
I WILLIAM EVANS of 9 Glenhelen Street, Woodbine Street, Seedley Dear
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to an improved appliance for heating flat irons, plates
and the like, for cooking and warming food, and for other analogous domestic
purposes.
The appliance consists of a rectangular or other suitably shaped frame with
hooks for suspending it in front of a firegrate so that the frame projects horizontally
from the grate. Such a frame together with the suspending hooks could be made
cheaply from a single bar of iron, forged or bent to the proper shape. In
conjunction with this frame I use a sheet metal plate which is pivotted to the front
of the frame and which can be put to several uses. For example when raised so as
to rest against the grate bars, it acts as a shield to prevent the faces of the flat irons
which are being heated, from coming into direct contact with the bars or fuel, and
so preserves them from being dirtied or smoked. The bottom of the plate is made
with a channel or pocket which receives the foot of the flat iron and keeps it
upright and steady.
The plate when in the upright position and when applied to the grate of a kitchen
or cooking range will also act as a blower by diverting the whole air supply to
the foot of the grate. When the plate is turned down horizontally so as to be flush
with the projecting frame, it forms a platform upon which plates and other vessels
can be placed to warm them, or food may be heated and cooked by placing the vessel
containing the food on the turned down plate or platform and in front of the fire.
A cross bar on the frame supports the free end of the plate when in a horizontal
position.
In order to tilt and hold the plate at an angle when used for cooking or heating
purposes, I apply to the frame a pivotted bent rod carried in holes in the frame
sides, and made at one end with a backwardly bent continuation which occupies a
hole in the side when it is desired to hold the bent rod flush with the frame.
The other end of the bent rod carries a handle by which the rod can be drawn
backwards and forwards and turned so as to raise the bent part of the rod and also
the free end of the pivotted plate which is thereby tilted to an angle. When in
this position the backwardly bent continuation of the rod rests beneath the frame
side and supports the rod and plate in the angular position.
Different angles may be obtained by throwing the rod to the front or to the rear.
The said pivotted bent rod is a simple and cheap means for inclining the plate, but
other means might be substituted such for example as a quadrant arm, or rack, or
an excentric, or pivotted arm. The complete appliance can be cheaply made and
forms a useful adjunct for domestic purposes.
Dated this 6th day of May 1902.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.

page_text: the construction of the appliance.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the complete appliance.
Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section.
Fig. 3 is a side view.
Fig. 4 is a plan view.
The frame a of the appliance may be cheaply made from a single bar of iron
bent to the indicated shape and formed with hooks a' a' for suspending it in front
of the firegrate. In conjunction with this frame a I use a sheet metal plate 6 which
is pivotted at 6' 6¹ to the front of the frame. A stay bar c crosses the frame at
this part and serves to stiffen the appliance. The reduced ends of the bar c pass
through the tails d which support the pivots 61 61, and also through the sides of the
frame to which the bar c is rivetted.
The sheet metal plate b is capable of being put to several uses. For example
when raised to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 it acts as a shield to prevent the
face of the flat irons which are being heated from coming into direct contact with
the bars or fuel and so preserves them from being dirtied or smoked. It will be
observed that the bottom of the plate 6 is formed with a channel or pocket which
receives the foot of a flat iron. The handle of the flat iron rests on the cross bar c.
Thus the flat iron is maintained upright and steady. The plate 6 also acts when
required as a blower to blow up the fire by directing the whole air supply to the
foot of the grate. When the plate 6 is turned down horizontally so as to be flush
with the sides of the frame a it constitutes a platform upon which plates and other
vessels can be placed to warm them or food may be heated and cooked by placing
the vessel containing the food on the turned down plate or platform b and in front
of the fire. A cross bar e supports the free end of the plate 6 when thus turned
down into a horizontal position. In order to tilt and hold the plate 6 at an angle
when used for cooking or heating purposes I apply to the frame a, a pivotted
cranked rodf carried in holes in the sides of the frame and made at one end with
an eye which serves as a handle. A prolongation f from this eye occupies a
hole in the side of the frame a when it is desired to maintain the cranked rod f flush
with the frame as seen for example in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.
When it is desired to
support the plate 6 in a sloping position as in Fig. 3 I lay hold of the eye fland
draw the prolongation f" out of its hole then turn the rod so as to raise the cranked
part f. When in the position shown in Fig. 3 the prolongation f' rests beneath
the frame side and supports the rod and the plate in the indicated angular
position.
Should it be wished to support the plate b at a more obtuse angle this may be
done by turning the cranked rod towards the back instead of towards the front as
indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3.
The rod might be made with a handle at one end and a backwardly bent
continuation at the other end, but the construction shown is cheap and effective.

page_text: It will be readily understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details of
construction described and illustrated. These may to a certain extent be departed
from without substantial change in the appliance or departure from my invention.
For example the frame might be of cast' instead of malleable iron or it might be
made from stout wire or rod of another metal than iron.
The plate 6 might be made without the pocket or channel at the foot. Other
means than the pivotted cranked rod f might also be used to support the plate b.
For example I might substitute a quadrant arm, or rack or excentric or pivotted arm.
The complete appliance can be cheaply made and forms a useful adjunct for
domestic purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. The improved appliance for heating, cooking and other domestic purposes,
arranged and constructed substantially as herein before described and shown.
2. As means for heating, cooking and other domestic purposes, the improved
appliance consisting of the frame a, the adjustable plate and the moveable cranked
rod for other equivalent, constructed, combined and acting substantially as herein-
before described and as illustrated.
Dated this 25th day of Notambon 1002
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.