Improvement in Cooking Apparatus.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov.,
1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Cooking Apparatus.
I, WILLIAM EDWARDS BAXTER, of Main Street, Frankfort, in the County of
Franklin, and State of Kentucky, United States of America, Dental Surgeon,
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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to
letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification:-
This invention is in the nature of a cooking apparatus for campers, for house
use, and for wood, charcoal, gas, oil etc., wherein is provided an oven and a stove
the stove being formed in detachable sections and such sections being adapted when
separated to be stored within the oven, the oven being also adapted to contain
pans, dishes, etc., sufficient to constitute a limited camp kit the whole being
adapted for compact storage adapting the improvement for pleasure or army
camp purposes as will be understood from the following description.
The invention consists in certain features of construction and novel combination
of parts as will be described and pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings-
Figure 1, is a perspective view of the apparatus ready for use;
Figure 2, is a vertical cross section on about line 2-2 of Figure 1;
Figure 3, is a vertical longitudinal section on about 33 of Figure 1;
Figure 4, shows the parts packed ready for storage or carrying from paint to
point;
Figure 5, is a perspective view of the parts packed the door of the oven being
open;
Figure 6, is a perspective view of the oven shell;
Figure 7, is a perspective view of the inner casing;
Figure 8, is a perspective view illustrating the stove, some of the parts being
detached;
Figure 9, shows a different form of joint between the sides and end of the stove;
Figure 10, is a detached section on about line 10-10 of Figure 7;
Figure 11 is a perspective view showing the stove and oven adjusted so as a
coffee-pot or the like may be heated at the same time the oven is in use;
Figure 12, shows the stove supplied with lids und adapted for heating purposes.
My apparatus comprises an oven A and stove B, the stove being detachably
connected with the oven preferably by means of projections C on one part entering
sockets or seats C on the other. As shown and preferred, the sockets are
downwardly opening seats formed in the under side of the oven shell, and the
sides B and the end Ba of the stove have dowel like projections C entering sai.l
seats C¹, the stove being thus detachably engaged with the oven in such manner as
to permit the easy separation of the oven and stove, the oven serving at the same
time to retain the sections of the stove in engagement, as will more fully appear
hereinafter.
The oven A is formed with a shell D and an inner casing E; the shell is pre-

page_text: ferably formed with an imperforate end D¹, and sides D3 and its bottom and
top D³, D are perforated to cause draft and permit the circulation of heat from
beneath, through and out of the top of the shelf. To facilitate the application of a
stove pipe, the stove pipe 15 may have flanges d do to lap above and below the
top plate, the stove pipe opening having a notch for the passage of flanges d³ in
applying and removing the stove pipe. At its open end which may preferably
be stoutly wired, the shell is provided with inwardly projecting lugs of boit
seats, which co-operate with the fastening bolts presently described in securing
the casing E within the shell. These lugs d and the fastening bolt are preferably
formed with interengaging portions. The lugs d are preferably bent
in substantially U-shape forming hooks in which fit the flanges of the bolt,
one of such flanges and the hook receiving it having coin-ident opens to
receive the shackle of a padlock so the parts can be locked together when the
bolt I is adjusted to secure the inner casing within the outer shell. This shell
is preferably made of stout sheet iron.
The inner casing is fitted in the open end of the shell and is provided with
spacing pieces F, by which it is held separated a suitable distance from the walls
of the shell. These spacing pieces F are preferably of spring metal so they readily
adjust between the casing and shell and also aid in causing the fastening bolt to
bind tightly in the seats of the outer shell. Also being made of spring metal
the spacing ⚫ieces will not tend to puncture or distort the outer shell. While
these spacing pieces might be secured in such manner as to leave only one end to
form a spacing strip, it is preferred to make them somewhat in U-shape and
secure them between their ends to the inner casing so both ends may be bent as
desired. While for convenience in inserting and removing the casing it is pre-
ferred to secure said spacing strips to such casing it is manifest they might be
secured to te inner side of the shell without departing from some of the broad
principles of my invention.
The casing as stated, fits in the outer open end of the shell and is in turn
provided at its end with a flange G projecting outwardly and lapping againt the
open end of the shell, thus serving to prevent exit of smoke or gases at the front
of the oven. This flange has notches g to pass the lugs d and preferably has a sub-
flange G¹ forming somewhat a seat frame for the hinged door H of the inner
casing.
This door H may be hinged at one side as shown in Figures 4 and 5, or at the
bottom as shown in Figures 1 and 7.
As will be seen, the inner casing fits removably in the shell which allows for
thorough cleaning, and 1 provide it with a fastening by which it may be locked in
position in such shell, this fastening is preferably a bolt I, pivotally secured with
relation to the casing and movable into and out of engagement with the shell.
As shown this bolt is supported on the hinge door H of the casing and it is pre-
ferred to pivot the bolt at i centrally between its ends so both ends thereof may be
turned into engagement with the oven shell. It is also preferred to provide this
bolt with a handle J, which may be rigid as shown in Figure 4, or foldable as
shown in Figure 7, and to connect that handle with the bolt on opposite sides of
the pivot so the handle may be utilized in turning the bolt into and out of locked
position, as well as for hand-hold in carrying the oven when packed for storage
and for manipulating the door of the inner casing. The bolt I is preferably
formed of spring metal bent upward at its ends to cause it to operate with a spring
action beneath the seats d of the shell, and such bolt has its ends j co-operating
with lugs d.
When the shell is in packed condition with the casing, stove sections and other
portions of the kit therein and the bolt is in engagement with the lugs d, the
whole being borne by the handle, it is evident that the greater the strain on
the handle the more firmly will such bolt be held in contact with the lugs of the
shell, preserving the parts securely in stored position.
Within the casing I provide pan supports adjustably secured so they may be

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set to position to support the pan the height from bottom of oven to cause the
bread to bake uniformly, or from such position against the wall to leave the
interior space of the casing unobstructed for the purpose of storage.
provide an upper row of supports and a lower row, the support K of the lower row
being made double armed or L-shaped and having their horizontal arms pivoted
ai k upon the bottom of the inner casing in such position that its other arm may
be swung alongside the side walls of such casing out of the way, or may be swung
inward to support the pan upon their upper ends. The upper supports L are
also L-shaped and have their upright arms pivoted at to the side of the casing
so their horizontal urms may be swung up against the top of the casing or down
to form rests for an upper pan, as will be readily understood. It is evident that
these supports may readily be adjusted to support the pans, and when turned out
of position for such use will form practically no obstructions within the casing,
but will leave the same free for the insertion of the detached parts of the stove,
The inner face of the sides, top and end of the oven are of bright tin
or other burnished material, forming an efficient heat-reflecting surface. The
bottom of the case is made of sheet iron.
pans, etc.
The stove is formed with sides B₁, end B³, bottom and door. The end B° has at
its upper end a projection C to enter the socket C' of the oven and has at its ends
the narrow forwardly projecting flanges n and also has at its ends and near the
said flanges, riveted seats 6, these seats with the said flanges form tight seats for
the inner sides of the rear edges of the sides B¹ when the same are forced into said
seats. This end B has also near its bottom a seat N¹ for engagement by the
flange 0¹ on the rear edge of the grate O, such grate being also provided with
depending flanges 08. The sides are provided at their upper edges with projec-
tions C fitting the slits in bottom C¹ of the oven, and are provided on their inner
sides near their lower edges with seats for the grate and ashpan of the stove. The
rear and side flanged edges of the grate lap inside the edge flanges n of the end B³,
and side sents. Now the bottom of the stove may be the ground or material on
which end and side pieces are placed, or the grate, or may be a separate ash pan P,
when such pan is desired, and the seats on the inner side of the sides B¹ are
preferably formed by a trip. M¹ having upper seat m for the flanges 0% of the
grate and flanges m¹ constituting the lower seat to support the ash pan. One
of the sides B has a hinged door Q which serves to close the front of the stove. It
is evident that the stove being formed in sections engaging each other as described
may be readily taken apart, and when so taken apart may be stored within the
inner casing E, such casing E being fitted and held in the shell D. Also that
when the stove is detached and stored in the casing E there is left within such
casing sufficient room to receive several nested pans, plates, cups and saucers,
knives, forks and spoons, coffee-pot, bucket and other serving and cooking articles
common to a camp kit.
The door of the stove is hinged at R and is provided at its swinging edge with
n spring latch-like portion R' which catches on the front edge of the other side B¹
and tends to lock the sides securely together at the front, the rear ends of such
sides being held by the flanges n at the ends of the piece B and by riveted
seats near top side edges of end B8, these seats keeping with the assistance with
the grate, the side pieces B₁ from falling inward.
Instead of the joint between the side pieces B and the end B³ as shown, such
joint may be a sliding joint as shown in Figure 9.
The flanges of the grate in engaging the sides and end seats of flanges of sides
and end of stove secure the end and side pieces of stove in position. The side
pieces have ventilation of draft holes as shown.
In Figure 11 the oven is turned at right angles to the stove affording a space
upon the stove in advance of the oven on which a coffee-pot or other object may
be heated.
For heating or heating and cooking purposes the oven may be removed and
lids S placed on the stove. These lids having depending flanges S₁ at their

page_text: ends which lap the sides of the stove and riveted seats S³ (see Figure 12) near
enough to such flanges, together with said flanges to grasp tightly the top edges
of the sides B' and to prevent lateral motion and operate to hold the parts of the
stove together. This is best shown in Figure 12.
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 combination with the oven having an outer casing provided at its open
end with inwardly projecting lugs, the inner casing or shell fitted removably in
the outer casing and having at its free end a flange overlapping the open end
of the outer casing and having notches or openings for the lugs of the outer shell,
the door hinged to the inner shell and the bolt pivoted to said door and turning into
engagement with the lugs whereby to hold the door closed, and the inner shell
within the outer one, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with the oven having downwardly opening seats along its
sides and at its rear end the stove back and sides having at their top edges dowels
or tenons engaging the oven seat and provided with upwardly facing hook-like
seats, the grate having edge portions engaging the said hook-like seats, the stove
back being provided at its ends with flanges overlapping the rear edges of the
sides, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. In a portable cooking apparatus, the combination with the shell, having at
its open end inwardly projected lugs or bolt seats of the inner casing or chamber
fitted in the open end of the shell and provided at its outer end with a projecting
flange-like portion abutting and closing the space between said casing or chamber
and the end of the shell, and provided with slots for the passage of the lugs or
lolt seats, substantially as set forth.
4. In a portable cooking apparatus, the combination with the shell, of the inner
casing fitting thereto such casing being provided with a door and a fastening
supported on said door, and adapted to lock the inner casing to the outer shell,
substantially as set forth.
5. In a portable cooking apparatus the combination with the shell, of the inner
casing fitted thereto and provided with a door and a fastening consisting of a
bolt pivoted to said door and turning into engagement with the shell whereby to
lock the inner casing to the shell, substantially as set forth.
6. In a cooking apparatus, the oven having an outer shell, an inner casing or
chamber fitted removably to said shell and having a door and a bolt pivoted to
said door and having a handle, said bolt being supported to turn into and out of
engagement with the shell, substantially as set forth.
7. In a cooking apparatus, the combination of the outer oven shell, the inner
casing fitted removably to said shell, the door hinged to said inner casing and the
bolt pivoted to the door and turning into and out of engagement with the shell,
such bolt having a handle located with respect to the pivot, substantially &s
described whereby it may be utilized to set the bolt into and out of locked ¡osition
as well as for carrving the oven, and whereby the weight in carrying may tighten
the bolt in fastened position substantially as set forth.
8. In a cooking apparatus, an oven provided internally with adjustably sup-
ported pan seats movable into position to support the pan, or against the inner
walls of the oven when it is desired to leave the oven unobstructed for packing
purposes, substantially as set forth.
9. In a cooking apparatus, the oven provided with upper and lower rows of pan
seats connected adjustably to the oven and movable from position against the wall
thereof out of position to support the pans, substantially as set forth.
10. In a cooking apparatus, the oven provided with adjustable pan seats com-
posed of double armed brackets having one arm pivoted to one wall of the oven
and the other arm swinging adjacent to the adjoining oven wall or out therefrom
to position to support the pan, substantially as set forth.

page_text: 11. In a cooking apparatus, the oven provided upon its bottom with L-shaped
seats, one arm of the seat being pivoted to the bottom, and the other arm movable
to a position adjacent to the side wall or out therefrom, substantially as set forth.
12. In a cooking apparatus the oven provided internally with pan seats arranged
near its top and composed of L-shaped brackets having their vertical arms pivoted
horizontally to the side of the oven, and their horizontal arms swinging up against
the even toy or down to form horizontal seats on which to rest the pans, all sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
13. In a cooking apparatus, the oven provided with the pan supports adjustable
to position to support the pans or out of the way to increase the storage space in
the oven and the stove composed of separate sections adapted when detached to be
stored in the oven, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
14. In a portable cooking apparatus, a stove composed of side pieces having
longitudinal seats arranged one above the other, the grate engaging the upper
seats, the ash pan engaging the lower seats and the end pieces, substantially as
set forth.
15. In a portable cooking apparatus, the stove composed of the sides provided
with longitudinal strips, the opposite edges of which are bent forming seats, the
grate having depending flanges engaging the upper seats, the ash pan resting on
the lower seats and the end, substantially as set forth.
16. A stove having separable sides and a door hinged to one side and provided
with a spring catch engaging the other side, substantially as described.
17. In a cooking apparatus, the combination with the oven having downwardly
opening seats or sockets at its lower edge and the stove having it sides and end
portion provided with dowel-like projections entering said seats and the bottom
engaging said sides and end pieces, substantially as set forth.
18. In a portable cooking apparatus the combination with the outer shell and
inner casing, of the separating pieces secured to one of such parts and having
projecting spring ends, substantially as set forth.
19. The combination with the outer shell and inner casing of the bolt, and a
seat or seats therefor on the shell, said bolt and seat having openings adapted for
the passage of the padlock shackle whereby to lock the parts together, substan-
tially as shown and described.
20. The combination of the outer shell having hook-like lugs, one of which is
provided with perforations, the inner casing fitted in said shell and the bolt
supported on said shell and having flanges movable into engagement with the
hook-like lugs, one of said flanges having a perforation movable into coincidence
with those of the hook-like lug, substantially as shown and described.
21. The combination of the outer shell having bolt seats, the inner casing, the
bolt turning into engagement with the bolt seats, and the lock by which to secure
the bolt to the seats, substantially as set forth.
22. The combination with the top plate having an opening provided with a
notch of the stove pipe having flanges to fit above and below the top plate, the
lower flanges being movable through the notch in opening, all substantially as
shown and described.
23. In a cooking apparatus, the stove having separable sides and a detachable
top formed in section having flanges lapping along the outer faces of the sides
and seats fitting along the inner faces of said sides, substantially as set forth.
24. In a cooking apparatus the stove having separable sides and a back pro-
vided with end flanges to fit outside of and with seats to fit inside the rear ends of
said sides, substantially as set forth.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for Applicant.