Improvements in Kitchen Ranges.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1893
Complete Specification Left. 21st July, 1893-Accepted. 26th Aug., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Kitchen Ranges.
We, HENRY HARPER WOOD, and GEORGE HARVEY, both of Chapeltown, near
Sheffield, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to ordinary kitchen ranges of all kinds, in which one or
more ovens are used at the side or sides of the fire, or in other convenient position,
and it has for its object a novel method of constructing and arranging such oven or
ovens so that they are simple effective and easily fitted, and so that they can be very
quickly and readily removed or replaced for the purpose of cleaning the surrounding
flues, or of repair.
In such kitchen ranges, the oven is ordinarily made of cast iron, or wrought iron,
or partly of each, and is fixed permanently in its place with the necessary flues
surrounding it, openings and doors being provided for cleaning such flues where
necessary, and the front of the oven being open and provided, with a door hinged to
the front of the range.
By our present invention we make the oven entirely separate, so that it can be
readily drawn in or out through the opening in the front plate of the range which
is provided with a door of the ordinary kind, the bottom of the oven being
supported upon two or more bars or angle irons extending from the front to the
back of the range, and the necessary space for flues being left round the oven,
dividing plates being arranged in the space to obtain the proper circulation of the
heat, and dampers being provided in the usual way.
The front edge of the oven is provided with a flange which when the oven is in
position fits against the front of the range, and this flange may be provided with a
rib projecting backward and fitting into a corresponding recess in the front plate,
in order to make more effectually a sufficiently tight joint, and the recess may
contain asbestos or other sufficiently refractory material to form a luting.
At the back of the range a rod or bar may be fixed projecting forward so that
its front end enters a corresponding hole in the back of the oven, a key or
equivalent fastening being fitted in the projecting end of the bar when the oven is
in its place, so that the latter is firmly and securely held.
When it is required to clean the flues, to repair the oven, or to substitute a new
one, the key or fastening is removed from the inside and the oven can be readily
drawn forward upon its supports and removed, and ready access can then be had
to the flues.
The ordinary openings and doors in the flues may also be provided.
The invention is applicable to kitchen ranges of different sorts, whether
independent or built into masonry and by its use great convenience and facility are
obtained for the purposes described.
We do not confine ourselves to the precise form and details, which may be varied
more or less as may be found desirable.
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EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvementsţin Kitchen Ranges.
We, HENRY HARPER WOOD, and GEORGE HARVEY, both of Chapeltown, near
Sheffield, 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 and accompanying drawing, that is to say :-
Our invention relates to ordinary kitchen ranges of all kinds, in which one or
more ovens are used at the side or sides of the fire, or in other convenient position,
and it has for its object a novel method of constructing and arranging such oven or
ovens so that they are simple, effective, and easily fitted, and so that they can be
very quickly and readily removed or replaced for the purpose of cleaning-the-
surrounding flues, or of repair.
In such kitchen ranges, the oven is ordinarily made of cast iron, or wrought iron,
or partly of each, and is fixed permanently in its place with the necessary flues
surrounding it, openings and doors being provided for cleaning such flues where
necessary, and the front of the oven being open and provided with a door hinged to
the front of the range.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of our invention, Figure 1 being a
view of part of a range, Figure 2 a vertical section, and Figure 3 a horizontal
section, of the same.
By our present invention we make the oven a entirely separate, so that it can be
readily drawn in or out through the opening in the front plate of the range as
shewn in Figure 1, in which it is shewn partially withdrawn, the bottom of the
oven being supported upon two or more bars or angle irons b, b, extending from the
front to the back of the range, and the necessary space c for flues being left/round
the oven, dividing plates being arranged in the space to obtain the proper circulation
of the heat, and dampers being provided in the usual way.
The front edge of the oven a is provided with a flange e (shewn on a large scale
in Figure 4) which when the oven is in position fits against the front f of the range
(which is provided with a door d in the usual way) and this flange may be provided
with a rib g projecting backward and fitting into a corresponding recess in the
front plate f, in order to make more effectually a sufficiently tight joint, and the
recess may contain asbestos or other sufficiently refractory material to form a
luting.
At the back of the range a rod or bar i may be fixed projecting forward so that
its front end enters a corresponding hole in the back of the oven a, a key or:
equivalent fastening k being fitted in the projecting end of the bar when the oven
is in its place, as shewn in Figures 2 and 3, so that the latter is firmly and securely
held.
When it is required to clean the flues, to repair the oven, or to substitute a new
one, the key or fastening k is removed, from the inside, and the oven a can be
readily drawn forward as shewn in Figure 1, upon its supports b, b, and removed,.
and ready access can then be had to the flues.
The ordinary openings and doors in the flues may also be provided:
The invention is applicable to kitchen ranges. of differents. sorts, .whether
independent or built into masonry and by its use great convenience and facility are
obtained for the purposes described:
We do not confine ourselves to the precise form and 'détails, which may be varied
more or less as may be found desirable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In kitchen ranges, the method of making the oven or ovens removeable so that

page_text: they can be readily withdrawn and replaced, substantially in the manner and for the
purposes described.
2. In combination with the front plate f of a kitchen range, having an opening
for an oven or ovens, the separate moveable oven a, substantially as and for the
purposes described and illustrated.
3. In combination with the moveable separate oven a, the supporting bars or
guides b, b, substantially as described and illustrated.
4. In combination with the moveable separate oven a, a fastening i for the
purpose of fixing the oven in its position, substantially as described and illustrated.
5. For the purpose of making a sufficiently tight joint between the separate
moveable oven and the front of the range, the rib g fitting into a recess h,
substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 91st day of July 1893
EDWARDS & Co.,
35, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicants.