Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 19th Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Dec., 1887
[JOSEPH DOWNHAM of Fleet Street, Bury, in the County of Lancaster, Ironmonger,
do hereby declare the nature of iny invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to improvements upon that class of field or camp oven forming
the subject of Letters Patent No. 4353, granted (on the 8th April A.D. 1885) to
John James Mellor, and consists in utilising the flat heating surface at the top of the
said oven as additional oven or hot close accomodation.
In performing my invention I either construct an additional compartment or oven
upon the top of the main oven and forming one piece therewith, or this additional
oven is made separate and capable of removal.
In this manner I obtain a closet or oven which, although not heated to the same
temperature as the main oven, is yet sufficiently heated to keep dishes and their
contents "hot" and for warming plates, and for other analagous purposes.
Dated this 16th day of March 1887
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Field or Camp Ovens.
I JOSEPH DOWNHAM of Fleet Street, Bury in the County of Lancaster, Ironmonger,
do hereby declare the nature of my 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 refers to that class of field or camp oven forming the subject of
Letters Patent No. 4353, granted (on the 8th April A.D. 1885) to John James Mellor,
and consists in utilising the flat heating surface at the top of the said oven as additional
oven or hot closet accommodation.
And in order that this my said invention may be the more readily understood and carried
into pratical effect I have hereunto annexed a drawing illustrative of my improvements
and will now proceed to describe the same with the assistance of the various Figures
and letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig. 1. represents a front view and Fig. 2 a side view of a Mellor's Patent field or
camp oven with my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 3 represents a perspective
view of a modification of my improved additional oven or hot closet shewn separately
from the main oven.
In performing my invention as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 I construct an additional
compartment or oven a upon the top of the main oven constructed by preference of
sheet metal and forming in this case one piece with the main oven.
This oven a is
fitted with a hinged door c and internally with a shelf d which is a fixture or capable
of removal.
In this manner I obtain a hot closet or oven which although not heated to the same
temperature as the main oven, is yet sufficiently heated to keep dishes and their
contents "hot" and for warming plates and for other analagous purposes.
In Fig. 3 I shew a form of oven or hot closet e which is similar to the oven a in
Figs. 1 and 2 but in this case-this additional oven e is separate from the main oven
and capable of removal therefrom. It is constructed without a bottom so as to allow
the top of the main oven to be utilised as an enclosed hot plate.
When placed upon the top of the main oven the over-hanging edges of this
additional oven fit over the front and the back of the main oven and thus ensure its
exact position.
It will be apparent that this modification of my invention is applicable to new or
existing field or camp ovens.

page_text: Having thus 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:
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1st. The improvements in or applicable to field or camp ovens substantially as
herein before described.
2nd. The improved construction and arrangement of field or camp ovens substantially
as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
3rd. In a field or camp oven the employment of an additional oven or hot closet
arranged upon the top of the main oven substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.