An Improved Dutch Oven.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Dutch Oven.
TOM URQUHART CLARKE 12ª Clarendon Avenue Leamington Saddler do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A metal box or Dutch oven, open at the front with hooks at side to hang on
wide open
the blower door of kitchen or other range, when the blower door
the front of oven is at right angles to the fire, and when the blower door is at
right angles to the fire or half closed the front of oven comes directly opposite
the fire. The heat in the oven can be regulated by slightly opening the blower
door or by sliding the oven along the said blower door. When no blower door
is available the oven can be made with hooks, hinges or other appliances whereby
it swings from the side or corner in the same way that it would if attached to
a blower door. The said box or oven is fitted with tray and hooks, the said
hooks are passed through the top or roof of oven, to enable the article being
cooked to be easily turned from the outside by means of a loop or other
arrangement attached to or continuation of, the hook or hooks.
The advantages are, that it is a much handier, safer and cleaner way of using a
Dutch oven than the systems now in vogue.
Doted this 19th day of January 1895.
An improved Duten Oven,
I TOM URQUHART CLARKE of 12 Clarendon Avenue Leamington in the
County of Warwick Saddler 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:-
My invention consists of a metal box or Dutch oven open at the front with
hooks at side to hang on the blower door of kitchen or other ranges when the
blower door is wide open the front of oven is at right angles to the fire or half
closed the front of oven comes directly opposite the fire. The heat in the oven
can be regulated by slightly opening the blower door or by sliding the oven
along the said blower door when no blower door is available the oven can be
made with hooks hinges or other appliances whereby it swings from the side
or corner in the same way that it would if attached to a blower door.
The said box or oven is fitted with a tray and hooks the said hooks are passed
through the top or roof of oven to enable the article being cooked to be easily
turned from the outside by means of a loop or other arrangement attached to or in
continuation of the book or hooks. The advantages are that it is much handier
safer and cleaner way of using a Dutch oven than the systems now in vogue.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto two sheets of drawings upon which I bave
fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements together with the mode of
carrying the same into effect.

page_text: Figure 1 is a view of the front of a range having an ordinary blower or fire door
with my Dutch oven in position for cooking.
Figure 2 is a view of the same Dutch oven in position when turned away from
the fire for attention to the contents.
Figure 3 is a diagram plan of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is also a diagram plan of Figure 1 but showing the oven turned away
from the fire.
Figure 5 is a similar view shewing the means for hanging the Dutch oven when
no fire door is provided to the range.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the bracket shewn in Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a view shewing an equivalent arrangement for toasting.
Figure 8 is an enlarged elevation of the supports A¹ in Figure 4.
Figure 9 is a plan of Figure 6.
In carrying my invention into effect I form my Dutch oven box A of any
suitable shape with the hooks or clips a¹ at one or both sides arranged for the
purpose of engaging with and hanging upon the blower or fire door B when open
at right angles to the grate or range C as shewn by Figure 1. It will readily be
seen that for attention to the contents it is only necessary to open the fire door B
right back as shewn by Figure 4 while for regulating the heat the oven A may be
drawn back from the fire, the hooks or clips a' in that case sliding along the door B
or the door may be slightly turned upon its hinges thus bringing the contents of
the oven more or less out of the direct line of the heat.
In case of ranges where no blower door is provided or available the hook or
bracket D is provided which clips the top c¹ of the grate or range and with which
the hooks or clips a¹ engage for the support of the Dutch oven. The centre rod d'
of the bracket is provided with the screwed end d² and a wing nut d³ for the purpose
of tightly clipping the grate or a spring clip may be provided at the point d' in
which case the bracket may be provided with a joint at d³ to enable it to be turned
back in the same way as the fire door B.
The said box or oven may be fitted with tray a³ and hooks a³ the said hooks
being carried up through roof of oven and provided with heads a to enable the
article to be turned without moving the oven. This arrangement may be formed
in skeleton as shewn by Figure 7 where the tray a² and hooks a³ are carried by the
supports A and brackets a and a' which form an equivalent of the oven A and
which are in turn adjustably supported upon the door or bracket B by the hooks or
clips a'. The Dutch oven or its equivalent skeleton toaster may be provided with
an arrangement for adjusting the height as shewn on Sheet 2 Figures 7, 8, & 9 in
which the brackets a and a' are bent at a and hooked on to the studs as by which
the brackets a and a' can be raised or lowered as may be required. In the case of
the Dutch oven the bent hooks a' would be attached to the side of the oven for the
purpose above described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
The mode of and means for hanging a Dutch oven A or its equivalent upon or
from the fire door B or bracket D substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and shewn upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of Februar 180
T. U. CLARKE.