Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 7th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 13th Jan., 1888
I, JOHN CAIRD PARKER, of 33 Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, in the County of
Renfrew, North Britain, Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention,
to be as follows, that is to say:—
My said Invention has for its object to improve and simplify the construction of
certain parts of cooking ranges, by means of which the ranges can be converted
from close-fire to open-fire ranges and vice versa at pleasure.
In carrying out my Invention I employ a movable hood piece made with a flat top
and vertical sides, and fitted to slide backwards and forwards on guides on the top of
When the lood
the hob and through an opening in the back coving of the range.
piece is pushed in its front end is closed by a door which is hinged by its top edge to
the front end of the top plate of the hood piece. The pushing in of the hood piece
makes the range a close-fire one; and when the hood piece is drawn out to make an
open-fire range the door is turned up inwards by one or two rods the inner ends of
which are held back by coming against the coving plate or other fixed part; if pre-
ferred the door may be arranged to turn on its bottom edge as an axis, being closed
The inner
when the hood piece is pushed in by the action of a fixed incline upon it.
end of the top of the hood piece is formed by a hinged plate which when the hood
piece is pushed in is caught by a hook at the bottom of a rod connected to the inside
of the coving plate at a point some distance above the hood piece. This rod makes
the plate turn up and thus allow an upward passage for the smoke. This back plate
may be fitted to slido instead of being hinged and may be opened when the hood
piece is pushed in by projections on it coming against the back of the flue.
Dated this Seventh day of March 1887.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Cooking Ranges.
I, JOHN CAIRD PARKER, of 33 Kenmure Street Pollokshields, in the County of
Renfrew, North Britain, Ironmonger, 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, that is to say:
My said Invention has for its object to improve and simplify the construction of
certain parts of cooking ranges, by means of which the ranges can be converted from
close-fire to open-fire ranges and vice versa at pleasure.
And in order that my said Invention and the manner of performing the same may
be properly understood I hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings to be
hereinafter referred to and showing three modifications of my improvements.
Figures, 1, and 2, on the accompanying sheet of drawings are vertical sections
showing one modification of my rang in the close-fire and open-fire conditions.
Figures, 3, and 4, are similar views of a second modification. Figures, 5, and 6, are
a plan and a horizontal section of the movable hood. Figure, 7, is a vertical section
showing a third modification of the range as in the open-fire condition. In these
drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like parts wherevor
they are repeated.
In carrying out my Invention according to the modification shown in figures, 1,
and 2, I employ a movable hood piece, 8, male with a flat top and vertical sides, and
fitted to slide backwards and forwards on guides on the top of the hob, 9, and through
an opening in the back coving, 10, of the range.
When the hood piece, 8, is pushed
in (figure 1) it front end is closed by a door, 11, which is hinged by its edge to the
front end of the top plate of the hood piere, 8. The pushing in of the hood piece, S,
makes the range a close-fire one the usual covering plate, 12, being then placed over
the fire and when this plat, 12, is removed and the hood piece, 8, drawn out to make
an open-fire range (figure 2) the door, 11, is turned up inwards by two rods, 13, jointed
at their front ends to the bottom edge of the door, 11, their inner ends being made
with hooks which work in slots, 14, in the sides of the hood piece, 8, these hooks
being held back by coming against the coving plate, 10, (or other fixed part) on the
hood piece being drawn oui. At the inner end of the top of the hood piece, 8, is
formed a hinged plate, 15, which when the hood piece, 8, is pushed in is caught by a
hook at the bottom of a rod, 16, connected by its upper end to the inside of the
coving plate, 10, at a point some distance above the hood piece, 8. This rod, 16,
makes the plate, 15, turn up and thus allow an upward passage for the smoke.
preferred the front closing door, 11, may be arranged to turn on its bottom edge as
an axis as shown in figures, 3, 4, 6, and 7, being hinged to the hob plate, 9, and closed
when the hood piece, 8, is pushed in, by the action of inclines, 17, formed on the insides
of the sides of the hood piece, 8, on projections 18, on the top edge of the door, 1.1.
If
The binged plate, 15, at the inner end of the top of the hood pioco, 8, may be turned
up by hand on the hood piece, 8, being pushed in instead of by means of the rod, 16,

page_text: as hereinbefore described, a bent rod, 19, being used (figures 3, and 4) its lower end
being so placed as to catch the inner edge of the plate, 15, and its outer end being
fixed to the inner end of a sliding rod, 20, passing through a socket in the coving
plate, 10, and having a handle, 21, on its outer end so that when the hood piece, 8, is
pushed in the sliding bar, 20, can be pulled out by hand and the plate, 15, turned up
when required. The back plate, 15, may be fitted to slido on the top of the hood
piece, 8 (figure 7) instead of being hinged thereto being pushed into the fluo by the
front end of the hood piece, 8, and pulled out by a pin or projection on the inner end
of the hood piece, 8, acting on the underside of the plate, 15. The plate, 15, is pre-
vented from being pushed in too far and the upward passago for the smoke is kept
open when the hood piece, 8, is pushed in by projections, 22, on the plate, 15, coming
against the back, 23, of the flue.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to bo performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1-In cooking ranges the improved combination of a movable hood with a movable
front door and back plate the parts being arranged and operating substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and as shown in figures, 1, and 2, of the
accompanying drawings.
2-In cooking ranges the improved combination of parts for opening and closing
the front door of the movable hood substantially as herein before described with
reference to figures, 1, and 2, of the accompanying drawings.
3-In cooking ranges tho improved combination of parts for opening and closing
the front door of the movable hood substantially as herein before described with
reference to figures, 3, 4, 6, and 7, of the accompanying drawings.
In cooking ranges the improved combination of parts for raising the hinged
back plate substantially as herein before described with reference to figures, 1, and 2,
of the accompanying drawings.
5-In cooking ranges making the back plate of the movable hood to slide upon the
forward part of the hood substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to
figure, 7, of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Sivih dow of Dream 1007
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.