IMPROVEMENTS IN KITCHEN RANGES AND COOKING APPARATUS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Cundy, of 21, Victoria Road, Ken-
sington, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "IM-"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Cundy at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th August 1858.
I, JOSEPH CUNDY, of 21, Victoria Road, Kensington, in the County
of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for S
"IMPROVEMENTS IN KITCHEN RANGES AND COOKING APPARATUS" to be as
follows:-
.This Invention has for its object a mode of constructing and applying
an oven to a kitchen range or cooking apparatus, and consists of
forming the top, bottom, sides, and back of the oven of fire bricks or
tiles, and these parts are kept together and supported by tee and angle
iron. The fireplace is of the ordinary construction, but has two.
falling bars in front in place of one, and is at one side of the oveч.

page_text: The heat and products of combustion from the fire pass under a hot
plate and over the oven, then down at one side and under the oven, then
up through a flue formed at the back of the oven. When for portable
purposes, I construct cooking apparatus by enclosing the fireplace, the
oven, and the boiler in a rectangular case, and render the whole portable.
The fireplace is over the oven and under a hot plate; the heat and
products of combustion pass off at one side of the fireplace over a fire
brick or bricks, then under the oven, and then away by a suitable flue
at the end or other convenient place. The boiler is at the back of the
fire and beyond it at one end.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Cundy in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 28th February 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOSEPH CUNDY, of 21, Victoria Road, Kensington, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Fer
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seven-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Cundy, Her special licence
that I, the said Joseph Cundy, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Cundy, my executors,
administrators, 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
KITCHEN RANGES AND COOKING APPARATUS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Joseph Cundy, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, 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

page_text: Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Cundy, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention has for its object a mode of constructing and applying
an oven to a kitchen range or cooking apparatus, and consists of
forming the top, bottom, sides, and back of the oven of fire bricks or
tiles, and these parts are kept together and supported by tee and angle
iron. The fireplace is of the ordinary construction, but has two falling
bars in front in place of one, and is at one side of the oven. The
heat and products of combustion from the fire pass under a hot plate.
and over the oven, then down at one side and under the oven, then up
through a flue formed at the back of the oven. When for portable
purposes,
I construct cooking apparatus by enclosing the fireplace,
the oven, and the boiler in a rectangular case, and render the whole
portable. The fireplace is over the oven and under a hot plate; the
heat and products of combustion pass off at one side of the fireplace
over a fire brick or bricks, then under the oven, and then away by a
suitable flue at the end or other convenient place. The boiler is at the
back of the fire and beyond it at one end.
Having thus stated the nature of my said Invention, I will proceed
to describe the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, shows an elevation of a kitchen range partly in section.
Figure 2, is a plan thereof. The range is made with two falling bars
a, and b, in place of one, which will be found to offer considerable
advantages. The oven is composed of fire tiles or bricks and angle
and tee iron, by which not only can an oven be constructed at a com-
paratively cheap rate, but the same will be found superior and more
lasting than when constructed wholly of fire clay. c, c, are tee iron,
and d, d, are angle iron bearers. e, c, are the series of fire tiles or
bricks which form the oven, as shewn. I fill the joints with plastic fire
clay, cement, or putty, and thus produce a very complete oven.
The

page_text: flues for conducting the heat and products of combustion are arranged
in such manner as to pass from the fire over the oven, then down on
one side under the bottom, then up the flue g, which flue I prefer to be
of cast iron; and it becomes very hot by reason of its being in a
recess h, at the back of the fire, as is shown; and the arrows indicate
the direction of the draught. i, is the boiler, which is not new in shape
or construction. j, is a hot plate over the oven, which is also to be
arranged according to any ordinary construction, or the wish of the
user. The Drawing shows this kitchen range suitably constructed for
being set up in a fireplace, but when it is desired to be portable it is to
be enclosed in an iron case, and placed on legs or wheels, so that it may
bé moved and placed in any convenient position without requiring to
be set.
Figure 8, shows a plan in section, and Figure 4, an elevation in
section of other improvements in ranges or cooking apparatus,. where-
in the oven is below the fire, and there is a moveable cheek of fire
brick, which may be removed when the apparatus is used in a-country
where wood, and not coal, is to be the fuel employed. k, is this extra
fire brick. I, is the boiler, which is of an ordinary construction. mis
a hot plate over the fire and over the boiler, having openings for the
reception of culinary vessels to fit into, as is usually the case with hot
plates; but by reason of the oven being below the fire the hot plate
covers in the whole upper area, and there can be cooking by steami
over the boiler, and boiling and other cooking may at the same time be
carried on at the parts of the hot plate over the fire. The fire may be
either closed by a door in front, or be used as an open fire, which is not,
however, new, nor are any of the parts in themselves separately new.
o, is the oven, which is below the fire and below the boiler, but is suffi-
ciently separated therefrom as to prevent the heat being conducted off
by the boiler. The arrangenient of the flues is indicated by the arrows.
The heat and products of combustion, having passed from the fire under
the hot plate, descend, and act on one end of the oven; they then pass
under and then act against the other end of the oven and on the boiler,
and pass away by the fluc n, as indicated by the arrows. The oven in
this arrangement is shewn to be of cast iron, but, if desired, it may be
constructed as shown and described in respect to Figures 1 and 2.
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page_text: Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise details shown, so long as the peculiar
character of my Invention be retained. But what I claim is,
First, the construction of oven and combination of cooking apparatus
described by reference to Figures 1, and 2; and,
Secondly, I claim the combination of cooking apparatus described by
reference to Figures 3, and 4.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Cundy, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
FRAN HARRIS.
JOSEPH CUNDY. (L.S.)