Improvements in Cooking Apparatus.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Mar., 1893-Accepted, 8th Apr. 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cooking Apparatus.
I JOHN EYRE RUSSELL, Ironfounder, of Peel Foundry, Derby in the County
of Derby, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention relates more particularly to kitcheners which are capable of being
used open or closed, but the invention is also partly applicable to cooking stoves, or
ranges generally, and the invention consists in certain additions whereby the
efficiency of these cooking apparatus is increased.
In kitcheners to be used either open or closed, the vertical flue connected directly
with the fire-place, is provided with doors and a hinged flap, which (when the doors
are opened out and the flap is resting upon them in an inclined position) form a
bonnet in connection with the flue, and extending more or less over the fire-place.
The portion of the hot plate over the fire may thus be removed without fear of
smoke or products of combustion coming out into the room, the bonnet serving to
collect and guide them to the flue. The bonnet also serves to guide to the flue, the
effluvium arising when boiling food over the open fire, but hitherto no means have
been provided to support a gridiron over the fire, at any height and at any
inclination.
Now, according to this invention, the edges of the doors are provided with
notches, which are inclined downwards, and inside or outside the doors, and near the
pivots, are a series of pegs or projections corresponding to the notches.
The gridiron is formed with extended side bars, which fit in between the pegs,
and with laterally projecting studs (or with a bar) which take into notches. In this
way, the grid may be set horizontally, or at any angle in either direction, and at
any height above the fire, as circumstances may require.
To the draw-out fret, is pivotted an extension piece provided with points along
its upper bar, and this extension piece is arranged so that it may be retained in a
vertical position for toasting, or be thrown outwards at an angle to support a dish
or other receiver, at an inclination in front of the fire.
This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing,
Fig. 1 being a vertical section of a kitchener showing the gridiron in position;
Fig. 2 a partial front view; and Fig. a partial plan view of the same.
Figs. 4, 5, and 6, are respectively a vertical section, a front view, and a plan,
more particularly showing the addition to the draw-out fret.
A is the fire-place and B is the fluc. C are the flue doors, and D is the hinged
flap, which, with the doors (when opened, as shown), constitute the bonnet. a a are
the downwardly-inclined notches in the outer edges of the doors, and b b the pins or
projections on the doors.
In the drawing, these pins or projections are shown inside the doors, but it
obvious they may be placed outside, if desired.
E is the gridiron, the side bars E' of which are prolonged to enter between the
pins or projections bb. cc are laterally-extending studs or pins on the grid
(see Fig. 2), which take into the notches a a of the doors C.
By these means, the grid may be set in any position desired, as indicated in
Fig. 1, the advantages of which will be obvious to any cook.
If the pins are
outside the doors, the legs of the grid will pass outside the rear bar of the grid,
entering the notches.
G is the draw-out fret of the usual form, and pivotted thereto, in any convenient
manner, so that it may, when desired, be made to stand vertically, is an extension
piece H. This piece is provided, along its top bar, with points d d, on which food

page_text: to be toasted may be impaled. The means for retaining this piece H in a vertical
position, as shown in the drawing, consists of a notch e in the side bar of the fret
(see Fig. 6), into which notch the piece H is pushed, when upright, but any other
means inay be employed for the purpose. This piece H may be set in an inclined
position forward (see Fig. 4), in which position it will serve to support, at an
inclination, a dish or plate containing food to be kept warm, or to be browned.
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 improvements in cooking apparatus substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. In kitcheners capable of being used open or closed, the application to the
bonnet, of means for supporting a gridiron at varying heights above the fire, and at
varying inclinations in either direction, as shown and described.
3. The application to the draw-out fret of a cooking stove or range, of an
extension piece, as and for the purpose set forth.
4. In a kitchener, the combination with a bonnet provided with means for
supporting the grid, of a gridiron having its side bars prolonged, and being provided
with laterally extending pins, or their equivalent, as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 7th day of March 1893.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.