IMPROVEMENTS IN SUPPORTING THE SHELVES OF THE OVENS OF COOKING RANGES AND OTHER OVENS
Year: 1884

page_text: We JOHN FREDERIC WRIGHT and GEORGE ERNEST WRIGHT both of Essex
Works Broad Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick Gas Stove Manu-
facturers do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SUPPORTING THE SHELVES OF THE OVENS OF COOKING RANGES AND OTHER
OVENS" to be as follows:-
The shelves of the ovens of cooking ranges and other ovens are ordinarily
supported in slides fixed to the sides of the oven. By this the ordinary method of
construction the thorough cleaning of the said slides is rendered impracticable and
the fat and other matters projected from the food cooked in the said ovens on to
the said slides or volatile matters condensed thereon give rise to unpleasant odours
as the heat volatilises or decomposes the matter on the said slides.
The object of our invention is to support the shelves of the said ovens in such a
manner that the said supports can be readily removed from the oven and after
being cleaned readily replaced.
In supporting the shelves of the ovens of cooking ranges and other shelves
according to our invention we attach the slides by which the shelves are supported
to a metallic frame by riveting or otherwise. This frame is of a size and shape
suitable to fit against the side of the oven and may be fitted in its place in the
oven by sliding in grooves in the top and bottom of the oven But we prefer to
connect the frame carrying the slides to the side of the oven by means of hinges.
By this arrangement the frame carrying the slides can be brought outside the oven
by turning it on its hinges and after the slides and frame have been cleaned can be
turned back into the oven the said frame in this case not requiring to be detached
from the oven for the purpose of cleaning it and the slides.
The arrangements described are applied to the slides on both sides of the oven.
Dated this second day of August 1884.

page_text: We JOHN FREDERIC WRIGHT and GEORGE ERNEST WRIGHT of Essex Works
Broad Street Birmingham Gas Stove Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature
of our invention for. IMPROVEMENTS IN SUPPORTING THE SHELVES OF OVENS, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The shelves of the ovens of cooking ranges and other ovens are ordinarily
supported in slides fixed to the sides of the oven. By this, the ordinary, method of
construction the thorough cleaning of the said slides is rendered impracticable and
the fat and other matters projected from the food cooked in the said ovens on to
the said slides or volatile matters condensed thereon give rise to unpleasant odours
as the heat volatilises or decomposes the matter on the said slides.
The object of our invention is to support the shelves of the said ovens in such a
manner that the said supports can be readily removed from the oven and after
being cleaned readily replaced. In supporting the shelves of the ovens of cooking
ranges and other shelves according to our invention, we attach the slides by which
the shelves are supported to a metallic frame by riveting or otherwise. This frame
is of a size & shape suitable to fit against the side of the oven & may be fitted
in its place by sliding in grooves in the top and bottom of the oven.
But we
prefer to connect the frame carrying the slides to the side of the oven by means of
hinges By this arrangement the frame carrying the slides can be brought outside
the oven by turning it on its hinges and after the slides and frame have been
cleaned can be turned back into the oven, the said frame in this case not requiring
to be detached from the oven for the purpose of cleaning it and the slides.
The arrangements described are applied to the slides on both sides of the oven.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, & in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. The arrangement for carrying the Shelf Slides of ovens by means of grooves
or hinges in the manner described above so that they can easily be removed for
cleaning.