IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING RANGES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO FIRE GRATES
Year: 1885

page_text: I JAMES AKEROYD of 184 Bolling Street Bowling, Bradford in the County
of York, Boiler and Retort Setter do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING RANGES, PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE
APPLICABLE TO FIRE GRATES to be as follows :-
This invention relates to improvements in fire grates of cooking, and other
ranges, by which means the dead ashes are more readily removed from the fire,
and the method employed for directing the draught, causes a greater radiation of
beat from the front of the fire than heretofore. The invention further relates to an
improved apparatus for cleaning the flues pertaining to cooking ranges.
To carry out niy invention I form on each end of the bottom grate of the
range, two lugs, which rest in adjustable bearings fixed to the sides of the fire
grate. A lever is fitted to such bottom grate, with which it is lifted up and down,
alternately on the front and back lugs resting in the adjustable bearings, thereby
shaking and riddling the loose ashes out of and brightening the fire.
To the underside of the, herein before mentioned bottom grate I fix a metallic
box the bottom of which inclines downwards towards the back of the grate, where
an opening is made the whole length of the box, which admits the draught and
directs it towards the front of the fire, thus causing a greater radiation of heat
from such fire. The opening along the back of the box also allows ashes dropping
from the fire to drop out of the box.
My invention further relates to an improved apparatus for cleaning the flues
pertaining to cooking ranges, for which purpose I employ a metallic scraper,
formed to the size and shape of the flue. This metallic scraper is moved back-
wards and forwards across the flue, by means of a handle attached to it, and
passing to the outside of the range, thereby removing all the soot adhering to the
inside of such flue. Suitable openings are made in the range to withdraw the soot
collected by the metallic scraper. And where necessary holes are made in the
metallic scraper to allow the draught a free passage through the flue.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
The Bradford Patent Office,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: ARE
I JAMES AKEROYD of 184 Bolling Street, Bowling, Bradford in the County of
York Boiler and Retort Setter do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN COOKING RANGES PARTS OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS
APPLICABLE TO FIRE GRATES 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 improvements in fire grates of cooking and other
ranges, by which means ashes are more readly removed from the fire, and the
method employed for directing the draught causes a greater radiation of heat from
the front of the fire than heretofore. The invention further relates to an improved
appliance for cleaning the flues pertaining to cooking ranges.
Figure 1 in the accompanying sheet of drawings represents an elevation of a
cooking range fitted with my improvements, Figure 2 is a plan, Figure 3 is a
back view and Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section of the same. Figures 5
and 6 are a plan and end view of the fire grate bottom and Figure 7 is a separate
view of the scraper employed to clean the flue of the oven. In all the Figures
similar letters refer to similar parts.
To carry out my invention I build into or otherwise fix to the sides of the fire
grate bearings A, on which rest the four lugs B, cast or fitted on the bottom grate C.
A lever D is fixed to the projection E on the underside of the bottom grate C by
which means, to remove the ashes from the fire, the front and back of the bottom
grate C are alternately raised and lowered, thus rocking the grate on the lugs B
resting in the bearings A, thereby shaking and riddling the loose ashes out of, and
brightening the fire.
To the underside of the bottom grate C a metallic box F is fixed, the bottom of
which inclines down towards the back of the grate, where an opening G is made
the whole length of the box, which admits the draught and directs it towards the
front of the fire, thus causing a greater radiation of heat from such fire. The
opening G also allows ashes dropping through the bottom grate C to pass out of
the box F.
The above improvements may be applied to an ordinary fire grate in a similar
manner.
My invention further relates to an improved appliance for cleaning the flues
pertaining to cooking ranges which is shewn in Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7 applied to
the flue of the oven of the cooking range. H is a metallic scraper formed to the
size and shape of the flue J extending up the side and over the top of the oven K,
the connecting rod L is attached to the scraper H and the other end-passes through
the front of the range and forms the handle M-by which to clean the flue J, the
scraper is drawn forwards across the flue to the front of the range thereby removing
all the soot adhering to the inside of the flue, and openings are made in the range
at O to remove the soot collected by the scraper. The hole P in the scraper His
formed to allow the draught coming up the back of the oven K to pass into the
Ano T

page_text: It is obvious that a similar appliance may be employed for cleaning the other
flues pertaining to cooking ranges by modifying the size and shape of the metallic
scraper to suit the outline of the particular flue for which it is used.
Having now 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
(1) The application to cooking ranges and other firegrates of a rocking firegrate
bottom substantially as herein shewn and described.
(2) The combination of such rocking firegrate bottom with an underneath box
substantially as herein shewn and described.
(3) The method of cleaning the flues pertaining to cooking ranges by means of
metallic scrapers formed to the size and shape of such flues and operated by
handles passing to the outside of the flues substantially as herein shewn and
described.