Improvements in Cooking Ranges.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1892-Accepted, 23rd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cooking Ranges.
We, GEORGE KINNAIRD of the firm of Kinnaird and Ferguson, Queens Park
Foundry, Cavendish Street, Glasgow, and ROBERT FLEMING MCADAM Foreman-
with said firm do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to cooking ranges and more especially of the kind
described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to us No. 16,461 of 1887-
and it consists in fitting at the rear of the fire cover a flap damper which is pivoted
on the back strap or other convenient part of the hob so that when the fire cover-
is drawn forward to form a close fire the damper hangs vertically or nearly so and
intercepts the direct passage of the fire gases at the rear of the fire to the chimney
flue, whilst upon the fire cover being pushed back to form an open fire the said
damper flap is raised to an approximately horizontal position by the cover.
The inclined regulating door on the sliding flue piece over the hob is checked to.
rest on the front edges of the framing when the flue piece is drawn forward to form.
an open fire.
Dated this Twenty-third day of September 1891.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cooking Ranges.
We, GEORGE KINNAIRD of the firm of Kinnaird and Ferguson, Queens Park
Foundry, Cavendish Street, Glasgow, and ROBERT FLEMING MCADAM, Foreman
with said firm, 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 :-
This invention relates to cooking ranges and more especially of the kind
described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to us No. 16461 of 1887.
In the accompanying drawings Figures 1 & 2 are vertical sections and Figure 3
is a perspective elevation of a cooking range illustrating the invention which
consists in fitting at the rear of the fire cover A a flap damper B which is pivoted
at bon the back strap C or other convenient part of the hob so that when the fire
cover is drawn forward to form a close fire as represented at Figure 1 the dampèr B..
hangs vertically or nearly so and intercepts the direct passage of the fire gases at
the rear of the fire D to the chimney flue E, whilst upon the fire cover A being
pushed back to form an open fire as represented at Figure 2 the said damper flap B.
is raised or tilted to an approximately horizontal position by the cover A.
The inclined regulating doorf on the sliding flue piece F over the hob is checked
to rest on the front edges of the framing when the flue piece is drawn forward to.
form an open fire.
To facilitate lighting the fire an auxiliary damper G. is or may be provided
which on being withdrawn permits of the fire gases passing directly to the
chimney whilst the fire cover closes the fire notwithstanding that the damper B.
is closed

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is :
In a cooking range the flap damper B operated by or from the sliding fire cover
substantially as described.
Dated this Eighteenth dev of Tune 1809
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.