Improvements in or connected with Ovens.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
Improvements in or connected with Ovens.
I, EDMOND WALTER TYRRELL RICHMOND of Academy Street, Warrington
in the County of Lancaster, Gas Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in gas ovens, cooking range ovens,
or the like, and is mainly designed to enable the oven to be more effectually
cleaned of the fat, grease, dirt and other matters which accumulate in them during
use and give rise to unpleasant odours.
In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to fasten the slides
or brackets on which the shelves are supported direct to the oven sides, instead
of to a loose frame as has sometimes been the case hitherto. These brackets may
be permanently secured to the sides or detachably fastened thereto so that they
can be removed if and when required. The entire sides of the oven are hinged
in such a mannor that they can be turned on their hinges into the position most
convenient for the purposes of cleaning. Any suitable means are provided for
fastening the sides in position when the oven is in use, but it will be seen that the
shelves themselves when in place will prevent the sides being swung round on their
hinges, as I prefer to arrange the sides to swing only one way.
The mode of action is as follows:-
When the oven is dirty and requires cleaning, the shelves are removed from the
slides or brackets. This enables the oven sides to be swung round on their hinges
into the position most convenient for cleaning them, and the swinging round of
the sides also exposes the back and top, of the oven. If preferred however the
back and top may be hinged also, though this is rarely necessary, as the swinging
round of the sides exposes them sufficiently for the purposes of cleaning. When
the slides or brackets are detachable from the sides these are also removed, cleaned
and replaced.
I have described one way in which my invention may be carried into effect, but
it is obvious that having given the general idea, certain alterations in the
construction and arrangement of the oven may be made without departing from
the principle of my invention.
Dated this 16th day of January 1894.
Improvements in or connected with Ovens.
1, EDMOND WALTER TYRRELL RICHMOND of Academy Street,-Warrington
in the County of Lancaster, Gas Engineer, 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 certain improvements in gas ovens, cooking range
ovens, or the like, and is mainly designed to enable the oven to be more effectually
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during use and give rise to unpleasant odours.
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In carrying my invention into effect, the plan I prefer is to fasten the slides or
brackets on which the shelves are supported direct to the oven-sides, or lining
plates, instead of to a removable loose frame, as has sometimes been the case
hitherto. These brackets may be permanently secured to the sides or detachably
fastened thereto so that they can be removed if and when required. The entire
sides or lining plates of the oven are hinged in such a manner that they can be
turned on their hinges into the position most convenient for the purposes of cleaning.
Any suitable means are provided for fastening the sides in position when the oven
is in use, but it will be seen that the shelves themselves when in place will prevent
the sides being swung round on their hinges, as I prefer to arrange the sides to swing
only one way.
In the accompanying drawing-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the oven;
Figure 2 a sectional plan, and
Figure 3 a side view of one of the oven sides or lining plates.
A is the oven, A¹ its walls, B the slides or brackets, C the sides or lining plates
of the oven which are hinged at c to the walls A'; Da loose plate forming the
top of the oven, and E a loose plate forming the back. All these lining plates are
preferably made of iron or steel and enamelled on one or both sides. When the
oven is dirty and requires cleaning, the shelves are removed from the slides or
brackets B, also the top plate D. This enables the oven side lining plates C to
be swung round on their hinges into the position shown by dotted lines, the most
convenient for cleaning them, and the swinging round of these lining plates
releases the loose back plates E. If preferred, however, the other linings of the
oven (back, bottom and top) may be hinged also, though this is rarely necessary, as
the swinging round of the sides exposes the back sufficiently for the purpose of
cleaning. When the slides or brackets B are detachable from the sides C, these
are also removed, cleaned and replaced.
I have described one way in which my invention may be carried into effect,
but it is obvious that having given the general idea, alterations in the construction
and arrangement of the oven may be made without departing from the principle of
my invention.
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―
1. The improvement in gas ovens, cooking range ovens or the like, which consists
in forming the sides of the oven, or the side, back, bottom and top lining plates or
any one or more of them, hinged in such a manner that they can be swung on their
hinges when required into the position most convenient for cleaning them, substan-
tially as described.
2. The combined arrangement or construction of parts forming my improved
oven, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 16th dex of November 1201