New or Improved Gridiron and Gridiron Stand.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Gridiron and Gridiron Stand.
I, WILLIAM GEORGE DAVIES, of Glen View, Edmond Road, Clive Vale, Hastings,
in the County of Sussex, Traveller, 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 :-
My invention has for its object a stand for the support of gridirons, so as
to enable them to be used over closed and open ranges and grates, such as
kitcheners and the like.
These stands are so constructed as to permit of said gridiron being adjusted as
required, and the gridirons may be so constructed that the greater portion of the
fat and gravy escaping from the articles being cooked thereon may be collected in a
suitable receptacle.
A gridiron and stand therefor constructed according to my invention is illustrated
in side elevation Fig. 1; plan Fig. 2; and front elevation Fig. 3 in the
accompanying drawings, and by the aid of these I will now proceed to describe my
invention and the way in which it may be carried into practical effect.
My improved gridiron I construct of two side pieces a connected together by a
front piece b, and two cross pieces c, c', of which the former is provided with a
handle d whilst the latter carries a number of bars e cast, pressed, or otherwise shaped
to the form of a double channel with the dividing portion projecting above the outer
edges thereof, as shown in the enlarged section Fig. 4, so that the article being
cooked will rest only on said middle or dividing portions. These bars e when the gridiron
is used in an inclined position collect the greater part of the fat or gravy
escaping from the articles being cooked, and conveys this into an oblong receptacle f
supported in the space between the cross bar c and the front piece by hooks f
formed on or attached to the end thereof, and engaging with the side pieces a.
To support the gridiron in the required position I employ a stand constructed of
a rectangular frame g having the ends extended beyond the point of juncture with
the side, and supporting at each corner an uprighth having a number of inclined
recesses formed therein for the reception of projecting pins at each side of the
gridiron.
By varying the recesses with which the pins engage, the gridiron may be
adjusted at the required distance from the fire and inclination to cause the fat and
gravy to run into the receptacle f.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it understood
that I make no claim to the general construction of the gridiron or the use of
the trough but declare that what I claim is :-
(1.) In a gridiron double channelled bars e so shaped that the central dividing
portions project above the outer edges or sides thereof substantially as and for the
purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
(2.) A stand for gridirons constructed and arranged substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
(3.) The combination with a gridiron having double channelled bars e and
projections of a stand formed of a rectangular frame g and uprights h the whole

page_text: constructed arranged and operating substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 21st day of February 1896.
CASTLE SMITH,
"Invention" Office, Mitre Court, Fleet Street, London, E.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.