IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KITCHEN STOVES AND COOKING RANGES."
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Fitzjames Russell, of Montpelier Square,
Hyde Park, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KITCHEN STOVES AND COOKING RANGES."
MENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KITCHEN STOVES AND COOKING RANGES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Fitzjames Russell
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the '6th December 1865.
I, GEORGE FITZJAMES RUSSELL, of Montpelier Square, Hyde Park, in the
County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KITCHEN STOVES AND COOKING
RANGES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of
kitchen stoves and cooking ranges, and consists in so forming the various parts
that they will fit or register together without the necessity of employing any
screws or other fastenings. I propose to form an open casing of sheet iron to
enclose the various parts of the stove, such casing being intended to be set in-
brickwork; at the base of the casing I place a cast-iron plate having suitable
projections or guides for the purpose of receiving the fire-grate, ash-pit, oven,
boiler, and other parts of the range; the sides and back of the casing being

page_text: likewise provided with similar bars or guides. I propose to cast the various
parts in the requisite forms for fitting into the casing, wherein they are placed
successively, and when so adjusted they resemble the ordinary appearance
of a closed range, the hot plate being made to slide in grooves on the top of
the fire, oven, and boiler. In the hot plate over the fire I place an extra
slide for the purpose of using an open fire when required. The front of tho
fire may be closed by a plate hinged to the lower part of the grate in order
to close the fire-bars, but when it is desired to roast the plate is let down;
or in lieu of a plate I propose to apply a series of narrow slips of cast iron,
each of the width from centre to centre of the bars, and each binged or
pivoted to the sides of the fire-grate; then by means of a vertical rod on each
side of the fire-bars and in connection with the slips they may be opened and
closed after the system of ventilators formed of slips of glass or other material;
their edges should be rebated, so that when shut they will form better joints
than if merely butt-jointed. When they are opened and lie out horizontally
from the bars the process of roasting may be effectually carried out, the slips
of metal allowing the heat to be thoroughly conveyed to the meat. This
range can easily be put together and taken asunder, and does not require for
such purposes the aid of a smith; it is not liable to get out of order; and
when any part is worn it can easily be replaced, as all the various parts are
cast from the same patterns, so that any required part may be supplied from
a depot, and will correspond exactly with the part of the range to be
renewed. The range is therefore peculiarly adapted for exportation, as the
parts can all be packed in a separate condition and put together in a short
time. In some instances the iron casing may be dispensed with, and the
range fitted directly in brickwork and on the cast-iron base plate.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Fitzjames Russell in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th June 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE. 8
FITZJAMES RUSSELL, of Montpelier Square, Hyde Park, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her, 8
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,

page_text: the said George Fitzjames Russell, Her special licence that I, the said George
Fitzjames Russell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said George Fitzjames Russell, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF KITCHEN STOVES AND
COOKING RANGES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Fitzjames Russell, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
5 next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Fitzjames Russell, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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 certain improvements in the construction of
kitchen stoves and cooking ranges, and consists in so forming the various
parts that they will fit or register together without the necessity of employing
any screws or other fastenings. I propose either to form an open casing of
sheet iron to enclose the various parts of the stove, such casing being intended
5. to be set in brickwork; at the base of the casing I place a cast-iron plate
having suitable projections or guides for the purpose of receiving the fire-
grate, ash-pit, oven, boiler, and other parts of the range, the sides and back
of the casing being. likewise provided with similar bars or guides. I propose
to cast the various parts in the requisite forms for fitting into the casing,
wherein they are placed successively, and when so adjusted they resemble the
ordinary appearance of a closed range, the hot plate being made to slide in
grooves on the top of the side plates, and over the fire, oven, and boiler; the
various parts of the stove are also secured in position by fitting together and
by clutches in one piece entering corresponding slots in another when adjusted
5 together. In the hot plate over the fire I place an extra slide for the purpose
of using an open fire when required. The heat is caused to travel under and
over and along the sides of the oven and boiler, so that they become hented
with great rapidity. The front of the fire may be closed by a plate hinged to
the lower part of the grate in order to close the fire-bars, but when it is

page_text: desired to roast the plate is let down; or in lieu of a plate I propose to apply
a series of narrow slips of cast iron, each of the width from centre to centre
of the bars, and each hinged or pivoted to the sides of the fire-grate; then by
means of a vertical rod on each side of the fire-bars and in connection with
the slips they may be opened and closed after the system of ventilators formed
of slips of glass or other material; their edges should be rebated, so that
when shut they will form better joints than if merely butt-jointed. When
they are opened and lie out horizontally from the bars the process of roasting
may be effectually carried out, the slips of metal allowing the heat to be
thoroughly conveyed to the meat. This range can easily be put together and
taken to pieces, and does not require for such purposes the aid of a smith; it
is not liable to get out of order; and when any part is worn it can easily be.
replaced, as all the various parts are cast from the same patterns, so that any
required part may be supplied from a depot, and will correspond exactly with
the part of the range to be renewed. The range is therefore peculiarly
adapted for exportation, as the parts can all be packed in a separate condition
and put together in a short time. In some instances the iron casing may be
dispensed with, and the range fitted directly. in brickwork and on the cast-iron:
base plate.
The annexed Drawings shew elevations of the ranges and some of the
many combinations or changes of the same, which can be made or put
together all in accordance with the principles of the Invention.
Fig. 1 shews a large oven and grate; Fig. 2, a smaller example; Fig. 3,
a large grate and oven, and a small grate on the other side of the oven;
Fig. 4, a small grate and large oven; Fig. 5, a large grate and small oven;
Fig. 6, a large oven and a small one, with a small grate between the two;
Fig. 7, the same, but with a large grate. So also a small and large oven
could be placed together with a large or small grate at the side, or two large
ovens with a large grate between, or two small ovens with a grate between ;
or an oven at each end of the range with two grates between; the chimney
and boiler pipes are also shewn.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be carried into effect, I would remark, in conclusion,
that I do not limit myself to the exact details or configuration of parts I have
expressed and shewn, as the same may obviously be varied or modified without
departing from the principles of the Invention; but what I claim, and desire
to be secured to me by the herein in part recited Letters Patent, are the
improvements in the construction and arrangement of kitchen stoves and
ranges by forming them in separate parts and pieces, so that they may register

page_text: and fit when put together, and be readily taken to pieces, and so that the
various grates and ovens may be variously combined to form different
dimensions and arrangements of ranges, and also the application to the front
of the fire-bars of slips of iron after the manner of a ventilator, substantially
as herein specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Fitzjames Russell, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.
GEORGE F. RUSSELL. (L.s.)
10 Witness,
ALEX. C. M. PRINCE,
Office for Patents,
4, Trafalgar Square,
Charing Cross.