Improvements in and connected with Cranes and Centre Poles for Kitchen Grates and Ranges.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 24th July, 1896-Accepted, 29th Aug.,
1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Cranes and Centre Poles for
Kitchen Grates and Ranges.
I, ARTHUR CHATWIN, of Market Foundry, Tipton, in the County of Stafford,
Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in and connected
with cranes and centre poles for kitchen grates and ranges the object of my inven-
tion being to so combine the said crane and pole with the centre piece of the back
of the range or grate that the arm or pole of the crane can be turned to either side
of the fire or immediately over the same and locked in this central position standing
out at right angles from the back of the grate or range like an ordinary centre
pole and can also when desired be slided back out of sight into a hole in the back
of the grate or range.
In carrying out my invention the swinging pole or arm of the crane is carried in
a horizontal position by sliding and fitting in a socket at one end and this socket is
provided with a vertical pin above the arm and another vertical pin below the arm
these two pins forming the vertical axis about which the socket with the crane arm
can turn in lugs or ears which are fixed to the centre piece of the back of the
grate or range. The said socket is made with a stop to prevent the crane from
being pulled out too far. Between the two lugs there is a hole in the centre piece
of the back of the grate of a size to admit the said arm of the crane so that when
the latter is in its central position standing out at right angles from the grate the
arm can be slided back out of sight through this hole into the brickwork behind
the grate or range. Thus the arm can be pushed back or pulled forward and used
at any length required. By the end of the arm engaging in the said hole in the
grate the arm is securely locked in its central position standing out from the grate.
The said swinging socket is by preference made in halves as if it were divided
The socket can
vertically through its vertical axis in a plane with the crane arm.
thus couveniently be made of two castings which when placed together embrace the
arm and form the socket complete with its vertical axis as aforesaid, the two halves
being kept together by the axis pins fitting in the said ears or lugs.
Dated this 24th day of October 1895.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Cranes and Centre Poles for
Kitchen Grates and Ranges.
I, ARTHUR CHATWIN, of Market Foundry, Tipton, in the County of Stafford,
Iron Founder, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 consists of the hereindescribed improvements in and connected

page_text: with cranes and centre poles for kitchen grates and ranges the object of my
invention being to so combine the said crane and pole with the centre piece of
the back of the range or grate that the arm or pole of the crane can be turned
to either side of the fire or immediately over the same and locked in this central
position standing out at right angles from the back of the grate or range like
an ordinary centre pole and can also when desired be slided back out of sight
into a hole in the back of the range or grate.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a front view of a kitchen grate with the crane or centre pole and its
supports constructed and arranged according to this invention;
Fig. 2 is a front elevation, Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation, and Fig. 4 is a
plan of the centre piece of the back of the grate and the said crane or centre pole
and its supports on a larger scale;
Fig. 5 is an end elevation on an enlarged scale of the swinging socket which
carries the centre pole or arm of the said crane;
Fig. 6 is a side elevation of one half of the said socket looking from the inside
and
Fig. 7 is a side elevation and Fig. 8 is a plan of one of the ears or lugs which
are fixed to the back of the grate to carry the centre pole or arm as hereinafter
described.
The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts in all the
figures of the drawings.
In carrying out this invention the swinging pole or arm A of the crane is carried
in a horizontal position by sliding and fitting in a socket B at one end and this
socket is provided with a vertical pin & above the arm and another vertical pin 6
below the arm these two pins forming the vertical axis about which the socket B
with the crane arm A can turn in the lugs or ears C₁ C which are fixed to the
centre piece D of the grate or range. The arm A and the hole in the socket B
are by preference made of an elongated rectangular form so that the arm will not turn
in the socket. The said socket B is made with stops 63 which come in contact with
the end ribs a¹ a² on the crane arm A and prevent the said arm being pulled out
too far. Between the two lugs C1 C2 there is a hole d' in the socket D at the back
of the grate of a size to admit the arm A of the crane so that when the latter is in
its central position standing out at right angles from the grate, as shewn in Fig. 3
and by dotted lines in Fig. 4, the arm A can be slided in the socket B and hole d
into the brickwork at the back of the grate or range. Thus the arm A can be
pushed back or pulled forward and used at any length required in a position at
right angles to the front of the grate or range and by the end of the arm A
engaging with the said hole in the grate the arm is securely locked in its central
position standing out from the grate. When the arm A has been pulled forward
as far as the stops 6 will allow the arm with the socket B can then be swung round
on its centre pins 61 63 to either the right or left hand or to any desired angle to the
front of the grate as may be required. If desired the hole d¹ in the grate or range
may be dispensed with.
The swinging socket B is by preference made in halves as if it were divided
vertically on the lines X X Fig. 5 through its vertical axis in a plane with the
crane arm. The socket B can thus be conveniently made of two castings which
are shewn in Fig. 5, and the inside view of one of which is shewn by Fig. 6 so that
when these two castings are placed together as shewn in Fig. 5 they will embrace
the arm A and form the socket complete with its vertical axis as aforesaid, the two
halves being kept together by the axis pins & fitting in the holes e in the lugs o
ears CC.
Although I prefer to make the socket B in halves as aforesaid still I do not limi
myself to this as if preferred the socket B may be made in one piece.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The combination with the centre piece of a kitchen grate or range, of a
horizontal crane arm adapted to slide in and carried by a swinging socket pivotted
to the said centre piece which latter has a hole to admit of the crane arm being
slided to and fro when in its central position, all substantially as hereinbefore set
forth.
2. The combination with the centre piece of a kitchen grate or range, of the
horizontal crane arm A adapted to slide in and carried by the swinging socket B
pivotted to the said centre piece by the ears or lugs C₁ C' the said centre piece of
the grate being either made with or without a hole to admit of the crane arm being
slided to and fro in its central position, all substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1896.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.