Improvements relating to Cooking-ranges or Kitcheners.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1896-Accepted, 15th Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Cooking-ranges or Kitcheners.
I, RICHARD WADE BOYD, of the Firm of Alexander Boyd & Son, Ironmongers,.
105 New Bond Street, in the County of London, 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 relates to cooking-ranges or kitcheners and is designed to increase
the usefulness of such ranges and their adaptability for various purposes.
According to one part of my said invention, I provide at the upper part of the
range an adjustable rail for the drying or airing of clothes and the like, which rail
can be readily moved out from the front of the range when required for use, and.
pushed in again out of the way when not wanted.
According to another part of my said invention, I provide in front of the grate a.
shelf or table capable of being raised and lowered and of being secured at any
desired height in front of the fire for cooking purposes or for warming or keeping.
warm articles of food, plates, dishes and the like.
Another feature of my present invention, is the provision of a wirework support
or false-top to the hot-plate or stove-top for the purpose of supporting a short
distance above the same vessels containing articles of food or other things which
require only a moderate amount of heat.
In carrying my said invention into practice I make the range or kitchener with
the usual oven or ovens and boiler or boilers and with the usual dampers and other
fittings. At the upper part of the range, and preferably in addition to the ordinary
warming shelf or grid, I provide an airing-rail which extends across the front of
the range and which has rods or bars extending rearwardly and arranged to slide
in suitable guides attached to the sides of the range. The said airing-rail can,.
therefore, be drawn out to a suitable distance from the front of the range so as to
permit of clothes or other articles "being hung upon it to dry or air; and, when
not in use, the said rail can be pushed in close to the front of the range so that it.
will be out of the way.
I make the range with the usual movable ash-pan, and I provide the said
ash-pan with a socket in which is adjustably secured, by means of a set-screw or
in any other convenient manner, a rod or leg extending downward from a shelf or
table in front of the grate so that the said shelf or table can be adjusted to and
secured at any desired height relatively to the fire. Or the said shelf or table
may be made with more than one rod or leg fitted to slide up and down in suitable
sockets on the ash-pan. This adjustable shelf or table can be conveniently used.
for browning pastry, making toast and for other cooking operations, or for warming:
or keeping warm articles of food, plates, dishes and the like.
On the hot-plate or top of the stove I provide a raised wire tray or false-top.
consisting of a piece of strong flat wirework mounted on feet or otherwise supported
a short distance above the hot-plate, so that anything can be safely heated thereon.
without the risk of being overheated by contact with the top of the stove itself.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
First. A cooking-range or kitchener provided with an adjustable airing-rail,
substantially as and for the purposes above specified.

page_text: Second. A shelf or table adjustably secured to the ash-pan so that it can be
adjusted to and secured at any desired height in front of the fire, substantially as
and for the purposes above specified.
Third. The provision of a raised wirework tray or false-top to the hot-plate as
and for the purpose above specified.
Fourth. A cooking-range or kitchener having my improvements applied thereto
substantially as above described, and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 24th day of June 1896.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.