Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 15th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 16th Dec., 1887
I, MALCOM COCKBURN, of Gowanbank Iron Works, Falkirk, in the County of
Stirling, North Britain, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention
to be as follows, that is to say :-
My said Invention has for its object to construct in an improved manner the front
grating of a cooking range in combination with a movable upper part which corre
sponds to what is known as a falling bar, but which is made so that it can be opened
or closed without a hinged door or pair of doors.
In carrying out my Invention the front grating is cast with sides extending up to
the hob, and which are made with slots through which pins are fixed to the upper
movable part. The pins are fixed at the ends of the bottom of the movable part
which can be turned down upon them into the horizontal position. When the
movable part is turned up projections on its upper corners engage behind projections
at the tops of the side pieces, or behind the front plate of the range, the movable
part being raised a little to engage or disengage the projections, the slots in which
the pins work allowing of the part being raised for that purpose.
The upper
movable part of the grating may be arranged to be flush with the lower part when
turned up, or if preferred, it may be arranged to project a little when turned up.
A sliding plate is fitted to the upper movable part and is made with openings which
when it is in one position coincide with openings in the movable part, the plate
closing the openings when it is moved across. With this arrangement for making
the upper movable part open or closed there is no hinged door to interfere with an
oven door at either side of the range.
Dated this Sixteenth day of Feb 1887
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: I, MALCOM COCKBURN, of Gowanbank Iron Works, Falkirk, in the County of
Stirling, North Britain, Ironfounder, 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 construct in an improved manner the front:
grating of a cooking range in combination with a movable upper part which corre
sponds to what is known as a falling bar, but which is made so that it can be opened
or closed without a hinged door or pair of doors.
My improvements will be clearly understood with the aid of an accompanying sheet
of explanatory drawings to be referred to in the following particular description.
Figure, 1, of the drawings is a front elevation of the improved grate front with the
upper part turned up. Figure, 2, is an edge or side elevation of the grate front, and
figure, 3, is a vertical section as at right angles to figure, 1. Figure, 4, is a front
elevation of the grate front with the upper part turned down; and figure, 5, is a
corresponding vertical section as at right angles to figure, 4. In these drawings the
same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like parts wherever they are
repeated.
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In carrying out my Invention the front grating, 6, is cast with sides, 7, extending
to the hob, or top plate of the range; and these sides are made with slots or
shallow grooves, 8, to receive pins, 9, fixed to the upper movable part, 10. The
pins, 9, are fixed to the ends of the bottom of the movable part, 10, which part can be
turned down into the horizontal position as shown in figures, 4, and 5, the pins acting
as hinges. The movable part, 10, is prevented from being turned down more than to
the horizontal position by projections, 11, formed on it and which bear up against the
bottom ends of ribs or flanges, 12, formed on the inner parts of the sides, 7, of
the grate front, 6. When the movable part, 10, is turned up projections, 13, on its
upper corners engage behind projections, 14, at the tops of the side pieces, 7, (or it
might be behind projections on the front plate of the range) the movable part being
raised a little to engage or disengage the projections, 13, 14, the slots or grooves, 8,
in which the pins, 9, work allowing of the part being raised for that purpose. The
movable part, 10, may be arranged, as shown, so as to be flush with the lower part, 6,
when turned up, or if preferred, it may be arranged to project a little when
turned up.
A sliding plate, 15, is fitted to the upper movable part, 10, and is made with
openings which when it is in one position coincide with openings in the movable part,
the plate, 15, closing the openings when it is moved across. With this arrangement
for making the upper movable part, 10, open or closed, there is no hinged door to
interfere with an oven door at either side of the range.

page_text: 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 :-
Providing a cooking range with a grate front having an upper movable part with
a sliding plate for closing openings in such movable part, the parts being constructed
and combined together in the improved manner, substantially as hereinbefore
described.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.