Improvements in and Relating to Kitchen Ranges.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 24th May, 1897
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Mar.. 1898-Accepted. 20th May. 1898
5443 Appivati, STL May, 1
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Mar, 1898-Accepted. 20th May. 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Relating to Kitchen Ranges.
We, THOMAS FLETCHER, of Thynne Street, Warrington, Manufacturer of Gas
Apparatus, WILLIAM RUSSELL, of Scotia Foundry, Pendleton, Iron Founder, and
FLETCHER RUSSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED, of Thynne Street, Warrington, Manu-
facturers of Gas Apparatus and Iron Founders, all in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the grates of kitchen ranges and its objects are to pro-
vide means whereby the bottom grid may be conveniently raised or lowered or
maintained in any desired position, and to enable a trivet or bracket shelf to be
removably attached at different heights upon the grate front.
In carrying out the first part of this invention the bottom grid is pivotted or
hinged at or near its back edge to any convenient part of the range or grate. Also
pivotted to the back of the grate and passing below the bottom grid is a suitable
arm the front end of which is pivotted to a second arm whose end projects through
the front bars of the grate. A jointed arm is thus formed the rear end of which is
pivotted to the range or grate and the front end of which, preferably after passing
through a staple or the like connected to the bottom grid, extends through the
front of the grate. This end of the arm may be moved upwards or downwards in
a suitably formed passage or slot provided with retaining devices by which it may
be held at any desired height.
In a convenient form the projecting end of the jointed arın may be provided with
a T head which extends across the vertical slot or the like in which the end moves.
The sides of the slot are provided with ratchet teeth or similar devices with which
the T head may be engaged. The inner part of the arm may be so weighted or
formed as to press continually downwards and thus hold the T head in engagement
with one or other of the teeth.
When it is desired to lower or raise the bottom grid the head of the arm is pulled
outwards to free it from the teeth, and it and the attached grid are moved down or
up to the required point, where they are held by the T head being again engaged
with the ratchet teeth.
The sides of the front of the range are provided with vertical bars or the like
which are formed with ratchet teeth or similar recesses or parts. The trivet or
bracket shelf is provided with extensions or projections which embrace the bars
and are adapted to engage with the teeth. The trivet may be disengaged from the
teeth and be moved for any required distance up or down the front of the grate,
and either be removed altogether or be held in any desired place by renewed
engagement with the teeth. In order to prevent the trivet falling or being forced
downwards when it is in place it is provided with downwardly extending arms or
similar devices which abut against the front of the grate.
Dated this 22nd day of May 1807
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: We, THOMAS FLETCHER, of Thynne Street, Warrington, Manufacturer of Gas
Apparatus, WILLIAM RUSSELL, of Scotia Foundry, Pendleton, Iron Founder, and
FLETCHER RUSSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED, of Thynne Street, Warrington, Manu-
facturers of Gas Apparatus and Iron Founders, all in the County of Lancaster, 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:-
This invention relates to the grates of kitchen ranges and its objects are to provide
means whereby the bottom grid may be conveniently raised or lowered or main-
tained in any desired position, and to enable a trivet or bracket shelf to be
removably attached at different heights upon the grate front.
In carrying out the first part of this invention the bottom grid is pivotted or
hinged at or near its back edge to any convenient part of the range or grate. Also
pivotted to the back of the grate or to the bottom grid and passing below the
latter, is a suitable arm the front end of which is pivotted to a second arm whose
end projects through the front bars of the grate. A jointed arm is thus formed the
rear end of which is pivotted to the range or grate or to the bottom grid and the
front end of which, preferably after passing through a staple or the like connected to
the bottom grid, extends through the front of the grate. This end of the arm may
be moved upwards or downwards in a suitably formed passage or slot provided
with retaining devices by which it may be held at any desired height.
In a convenient form the projecting end of the jointed arm may be provided
with a T head which extends across the vertical slot or the like in which the end
moves. The sides or front edges of the sides of the slot are provided with ratchet
teeth or similar devices with which the T head may be engaged. The inner part
of the arm may be of such a weight or be so weighted or formed as to press
continually downwards and thus always hold the T head in engagement with one or
other of the teeth.
When it is desired to lower or raise the bottom grid the head of the arm is
pulled outwards to free it from the teeth and it and the attached grid are moved
down or up to the required point, where they are held by the T head being again
engaged with the ratchet teeth.
The sides of the front of the range are provided with vertical bars or the like
which are formed with ratchet teeth or similar recesses or parts. The trivet or
bracket shelf is provided with extensions or projections which embrace the bars
and are adapted to engage with the teeth. The trivet may be disengaged from
the teeth and be moved for any required distance up or down the front of the
grate, and either be removed altogether or be held in any desired place by renewed
engagement with the teeth. In order to prevent the trivet falling or being forced
downwards when it is in place it is provided with downwardly extending arms,
feet, or similar devices which abut against the front of the grate."
In order that this invention may be more readily understood we have hereto
appended a sheet of drawings which illustrate a kitchen range constructed to
embody these improvements.
Figure 1 shows the grate and the movable bottom grid in plan.
Figure 2 illustrates a vertical section of part of the grate and the bottom
grid.
Figures 3 and 4 represent respectively front and side elevations of the front
part of the grate with the adjustable trivet or bracket shelf in place.

page_text: Figure 5 is a representation of a plan of the trivet. Similar letters are used to
indicate similar parts where they occur in the different figures.
A represents the body of the grate which may be of any usual or convenient
construction and is provided with the bottom grid B, which is hinged or pivotted
as at C to the rear part of the body of the grate. Beneath the grid is a jointed
arm consisting of two parts D and D¹ movably joined together by a pin or
equivalent device E. The free end of the part D is movably connected or hinged
to the grid B, and the free end of the part D passes through or between the bars F
of the grate, its extremity being provided with a T or other head G which extends
across the space between two of the bars or across a special vertical slot formed
in the front of the grate. The sides or edges of the slot or of the bars with which the
T head engages are formed or furnished with a series of teeth or equivalent
projections H. When it is desired to raise or lower the grid B the jointed arm is
straightened as shown by the dotted lines in Figure 2, as for example, by engaging
and pulling outwards the head G by means of a suitable implement J. The head
is thus released from the teeth H and is free to be moved up or down, the grid B
partaking in the movement. When the grid is in the desired position the pull
upon the head G is relieved and the jointed arm bends by its own weight causing
the head to engage with one or other of the teeth H as shown by the full lines
Figure 2. The grid is then supported by the jointed arm. The part D¹ of the
jointed arm preferably engages with the grid B, as, for instance, by passing
through a staple K which is attached to the grid.
In the grate illustrated the part D is shown as hinged to the grid, but it may,
if desired be hinged to any convenient part of the grate body.
The grid B may be mounted by dropping trunnions cast at its two rear corners into
slots in the grate body, so that, when the pin E of the jointed arm is withdrawn,
the grid may be lifted bodily and removed from the grate.
The front of the grate at the sides is provided with two projecting flanges L, L
formed with teeth or the like M pointing to the rear, a suitable space being
left between the points of the teeth and the body of the stove. The trivet or
bracket shelf N is formed with two extensions 0, 0, which embrace the
flanges L and carry projections or the like P adapted to engage with any one
of the teeth M upon each side of the grate. When it is desired to raise or lower
the trivet it is disengaged from the teeth by being partially rotated in an upwards
direction upon the projections P which can then be pushed backwards until they
come into the space between the teeth and the body of the stove. The trivet
can then be moved up or down to the desired point when the projections are
again brought into engagement with the teeth and the trivet is lowered to
the horizontal position shown. It is prevented from falling downwards or
partially rotating downwards around the projections P by means of the feet Q
which are attached to the trivet and abut against the front of the
grate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is-
1. In a grate for a kitchen range, a movable bottom grid constructed arranged
and operated substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
2. In a grate for a kitchen range, the combination with a movable hinged or
pivotted bottom grid of a jointed arm by means of which the grid may be raised
or lowered to and retained in any desired position, constructed arranged and
operated substantially as herein before described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
3. The combination with the grate of a kitchen range, of bars, flanges or the
like provided with rearwardly projecting teeth or their equivalents by means of

page_text: which a trivet may be engaged at any desired height, substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. A trivet or bracket shelf for use with the grate of a kitchen range, constructed
and arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and as
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
5. A grate for a kitchen range, constructed and arranged substantially as
herein before set forth and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of March AN 1808
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.