Improvements in and relating to Cooking Ranges."
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 5th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"Improvements in and relating to Cooking Ranges."
We, ROBERT NISBET, of the Star Foundry, Portman Street, Kinning Park,
Renfrewshire, Ironfounder, and JoHN CAMPBELL, of 17 Keyden Street, Kinning Park
nforesaid, Range Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of our Invention to be ns
follows:-
This Invention has reforence to improvements in and relating to convertible open
and close cooking or kitchen ranges.
According to our improvements we hinge a folding flap plate or door to the rear
end of the sliding fire cover. This may be done by casting snugs on the flap plate
to fit into recesses formed in fire cover, or by having projecting pins in flap plate
fitting into bearings in sides of fire cover. An angled projecting stop or stud piece
is cast at centre of rear end of fire cover. A transverse bar is screwed or attached to
hob or fixed top plate of range to bridge across the fire cover and leave space below
it for the fire cover and folding flap to slide under it. A projecting tapered stop
or guide piece is cast at centre of this bridge piece. The usual sliding hood is fitted
over hob to slide past a fixed frame at bridgo piece. In converting from the open
to the close position the fire cover is drawn to front of hob plate and the projection
ut centre of fixed bridge piece nets on the projection at centre of folding flap and
tilts the latter from a horizontal to an angled or vertical position, while the pushing
back of the sliding hood forms an air tight joint over flap plate to close flue when to
be used as a close fire range.
To convert into an open fire the fire cover is pushed back and the flap plate by
the action of the bridge piece is brought to a horizontal position and in falling
to this position the flap plate acts on hood and pushes it forward to its front
position, rnd the fire cover would be pushed back over "back strap" to give the
clear open fire space.
Instead of the cross bar extending as a bridgo pieco it may be formed as two
arins projecting from the hob plate, and have projecting stop pieces cast on theso
arms to act on projecting studs or organs forined on the side part of rear end of
flap plate.
A sliding damper is fitted on top of back end of hood for the purpose of opening
or closing boiler flue.
“Improvements in and relating to Cooking Ranges."
We, ROBERT NISBET, of the Star Foundry, Portman Street, Kinning Park,
Renfrewshire, Ironfounder, and JOHN CAMPBELL of 17 Keyden Street, Kinning Park,
[Price 8d.]

page_text: aforesaid, Rauge Fitter, do hereby declare the nature of our Invention and in what
manuer the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement, that is to say :-
This Invention has reference to improvements in and relating to convertible open
and close cooking or kitchen rauges.
And in order that our said Invention and the manner of carrying samne into
practice may be properly understood we have hereunto appended a sheet of
explanatory Drawings in which figures 1 and 2 represent sectional clevatious and
figure 3 a plan view of a cooking range as fitted with our improvements, while
figure 4 is a transverse section.
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Referring to these Drawings:-
A
is
According to our improvements we hinge a folding flap plate or door a to the rear
end of the sliding fire cover A. This may be done by casting snugs a¹ on the
flap plate a to fit into recesses formed at A' in fire cover A, or vice versa, by having
projecting pins in flap plate a fitting into bearings in sides of fire cover A.
transverse bar bis screwed or attached to hob or fixed top plate B of range to
bridge across the firo cover and leave space below it for the fire cover A and
folding flap a to slide under it. A projecting tapered stop or guide piece
cast at centre of this bridge piece b. The usual sliding hood C is fitted over hob B
to slide past. a fixed frame at bridge piece b. In converting from the open to the
close position the fire cover A is drawn to front of hob plate B and the projection b¹
nt centre of fixed bridge piece b acts on the projection a' at centre of folding flap a
and tilts the latter from the horizontal position shown in Figure 2 to the angled or
vertical position shown in Figure 1, while the pushing back of the sliding hood C
forms an air tight joint over flap plate a to close flue when to be used as a close
fire range.
To convert into an open fire the fire cover A is pushed back from the position
shown in figure to the position shown in figure and the flap plate by the
action of the bridge piece b b' is brought to a horizontal position and in falling to
this position the flap plate a acts on the part (" of hood C and pushes it forward, and
the fire cover A would be pushed back over "back strap" to give the clear open
fire space.
Instead of the cross bar & extending as a bridge piece it may be formed as two arms
projecting from the hob plate B, and have projecting stop pieces cast on these arms
to act on projecting studs or organs formed on the side part of rear end of
flap plate.
A sliding damper C2 is fitted on top of back end of hood C for the purpose of
opening or closing boiler flue.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what wo
claim is :-
First. In convertible open and close cooking ranges, the arrangement of flap plate
on fire cover in combination with bridge piece, substantially as herein described in
reference to and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Second. The arrangement and combination of parts of an open and close
cooking range, substantially as herein described in reference to and shown in the
accompanying Drawings.