An Improved Gas Stove for Cooking Purposes.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1899-Accepted, 2nd June, 1899
An Improved Gas Stove for Cooking Purposes.
I, FRED HATCHER, of Syphon Works, Park Street, Islington, in the County
of London, Stove Manufacturer, 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:-
The invention relates to that class of gas cooking store in which the burners
can be readily arranged for either grilling or boiling purposes by the use of mov-
able deflecting plates.
My invention relates to a simple construction of parts whereby certainty and
case of action of such deflecting plates are secured combined with cheapness of
production.
I will describe my invention by the aid of the accompanying drawings in which
Figures 1 and 2 are longitudinal sections of a gas cooking stove fitted with my
improvements showing the deflecting plates in two different positions. Fig. 3
is a cross section of Fig. 1 and Fig. is a plan of the deflecting plates shown in
the previous figures.
Fig. 5 is a front view and Fig. 6 is a cross section of the upper parts of a gas
cooking stove showing a slight modification.
Referring to the form shown at Figures 1 to 4 a is the body or frame of the
stove, the end plates of which are provided with a number of ledges on either
of which a tray, dish or grill can be arranged at a desired distance from the
burner tube which has openings along both sides thereof and is supplied
with a mixture of gas and air as is well understood.
ce are two perforated deflecting plates which in carrying my invention into
effect are cast in one piece the two plates ce being connected together at the
ends by curved bars and handle to cause both plates to move simultaneously.
I form the end plates of the stove body with slots and I form the deflecting
plates at the end opposite to that of the handle with arms having inclined
surfaces and flat resting surfaces and I form the handle with lugs &
also having similar inclined surfaces and flat resting surfaces cc. Thus as
shown at Fig. 1 the deflecting plates will when the handle is pulled outward,
rest at the bottoms of the slots on the flat resting surfaces of the arms and
handles when they will have their upper surfaces below the burner openings
and when the handle is pushed inwards the deflecting plates will be supported
by the flat resting surfaces of of the aforesaid parts.
In the modification shown at Figures 5 and 6 instead of forming inclined and
resting surfaces on the ends of the deflecting plates, slots of corresponding
form are made in the front and back plates of the stove body and the deflecting
plates ce are provided with studs or pins on the sides thereof to pass into said
slots. The action of the deflecting plates in this modification is similar to that
described with respect to Figures 1 to 4.
By these means no auxiliary apparatus is required for raising and lowering the
deflecting plates, but by simply sliding the latter in their guiding and supporting
slots they are placed in either position desired.

page_text: It will be evident that the shape of the parts may be somewhat varied without
departing from the peculiar character of my invention and I would remark that
I lay no claim to the general construction of the stove and burner.
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. A gas cooking stove having deflecting plates capable of being arranged either
above or below the burner jefs by simply sliding them in their guiding and
supporting slots, substantially as herein set forth.
2. A gas cooking stove having deflecting plates provided at their ends with
resting surfaces at different levels and with inclined surfaces connecting said
resting surfaces so that by simply sliding the said deflecting plates in their
guiding and supporting slots they can be arranged either above or below the
burner jets, substantially as herein set forth.
A gas cooking stove having a deflecting plate on each side of the burner tube.
which deflecting plates are connected together at each end by bars and also at one
end by the handle and are provided with resting surfaces and inclined surfaces
so that by simply sliding the said deflecting plates in their guiding and supporting
slots they can be arranged either above or below the burner jets, substantially
as herein set forth.
4. A gas cooking stove having a deflecting plate on each side of the burner
tube, which deflecting plates are connected together at each end by bars and also
at one end by the handle and are provided with side studs or projections passing
through slots in the frame such slots being formed with resting surfaces and
inclined surfaces so that by simply sliding the said deflecting plates in their
guiding and supporting slots they can be arranged either above or below the
burner jets, substantially as herein set forth.
Date this let day of May 1990
HARRIS & MILLS,
23. Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.. Agents.