Improvements in and Applicable to Cooking Ranges.
Year: 1888

page_text: Improvements in and Applicable to Cooking Ranges.
I, GEORGE EDWARD KILLICK, of Crosby, Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object is to provide, for baking, boiling, stewing, roasting and cooking
generally, a range consisting essentially of a fire place and one or more ovens, and
having the following advantages, economy in fuel increased facility for cleaning out
the fire place, a feature of special advantage when a boiler is combined with the range;
rapid, and uniform heating of the oven or ovens, and ready regulation of the..
temperature in the said oven or ovens.
Under the first part of my invention a fire place applicable to cooking ranges
generally consists of a grate having in combination a movable bottom, and front, both
being retained in the required position by adjustable catches.
Under the second part I interpose between a fire place and oven a block of refractory
heat conducting material having air ways therethrough opening from the atmosphere
to the oven, preferably near the bottom thereof, and I forin a passage near the top of
the oven for the escape of heated air.
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Under the third part I provide the top and one side of an oven with an air space,
and I lead the products of combustion from a fire place under my invention over the
top, and in part down one side, of an oven to a chimney or flue.
Under the fourth part I convey heat by means of metallic conductors from the fire
place beneath the oven.
Per pro J. T. KING,
W. B. Johnson,
Agent.

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I GEORGE EDWARD KILLICK of Crosby Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
Engineer, 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 object is to provide for baking, boiling, stewing, roasting and cooking generally
a range consisting essentially of a fire place and one or more ovens and having the
following advantages economy in fuel, increased facility for cleaning out the fireplace,
a feature of special advantage when a boiler is combined with the range, rapid, and
uniform heating of the oven or ovens, and ready regulation of the temperature in the
said oven or ovens.
Under the first part of my invention a fire place applicable to cooking ranges
generally consists of a grate having in combination a movable bottom and front both
being retained in the required position by adjustable catches.
Under the second part I interpose between a fireplace and oven a block of refractory
heat conducting material having air ways therethrough opening from the atmosphere
to the oven preferably near the bottom thereof and I form a passage near the top of
the oven for the escape of heated air.
Under the third part I provide the top and one side of an oven 'with an air space
and I lead the products of combustion from a fireplace under my invention over the
top and in part down one side of an oven to a chimney or flue
Under the fourth part I convey heat by means of metallic conductors from the
fireplace beneath the oven.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 Sheet I is a front view, fig. 2 Sheet I and figs. 3 and 4 Sheet II are transverse
vertical sections through the fireplace, fig. 5 is a plan and figs. 6 and 7 Sheet I are
transverse, vertical sections at right angles to each other between the fireplace and
the oven of part of a cooking range having my improvements, the arrows show the
direction of the products of combustion. In all the views the same reference figures
denote like parts.
1 denotes the movable grate bottom hinged or pivotted at 2. 3 denotes the movable
front hinged or pivotted at 4. 5 is a rack forming part of the movable front. 6 is a
stand 'binged to the movable front. 7 is a hot plate fitted to the chimney breast 8.
9 boiler. 10. ovens. 11 flues. 12 blocks of refractory heat conducting material say
cast iron separating the fireplace from the ovens. 13 ways opening from the atmo-
sphere into the blocks. 14 ways opening from the blocks into the ovens. 15 baffle
plates for directing the air through the blocks. 16 air spaces leading over the tops
of the ovens and down one side of each to the chimney or flue.

page_text: In fig. 3 the movable bottom and front are shown open for cleaning in fig. 2 the
grate is shown. with the top closed and the bottom inclined down so as to throw heat
out in front for roasting; and over the oven for giving top heat in. fig. 4 the grate
bottom is raised, the top is open, the stand 6, and the hot plato 7 lowered. Air passes
from the atmosphere by the way 13 through the blocks 15 where it is heated and by
the ways 14 into the ovens, outlet ways are provided on the tops of the ovens leading
to flues or as desired. Valves or dampers may be used to close the inlet and outlet
ways. If desired the blocks may be extended under the ovens to convey heat thereto
by conduction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
First. Constructing fireplaces for cooking ranges with a grate having a movable
bottom and movable front substantially as set forth.
Second. The combination of an oven fireplace and interposed block having air
ways substantially as set forth.
Third. In fireplaces under my invention constructing an oven with an air space at
the top and one side substantially as set forth.
Fourth. The combination of a fireplace and oven under my invention with metallic
heat conductors substantially as set forth.
Dated this 19th day of January 1889.*
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.