Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application; 22nd May, 1895-Accepted, 22nd June, 1895
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I, FRANK SIDEBOTHAM RIPPINGILLE, trading as The Frank Rippingille
Stove Company, of Plume Street, Aston, in the County of Warwick, Manufacturer,
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 relates to improvements in cooking stoves, my object being to
provide an oven for attachment to such stoves for the purpose of warming plates,
dishes, and like utensils without interfering with the cooking operations
simultaneously proceeding upon the stove, or causing displacement of any of the
cooking or boiling utensils.
In order that my invention and the method of carrying the same into effect may
be the more readily understood I append hereunto one sheet of explanatory
drawings to be hereinafter referred to and in which
Figure 1 is a plan, and Figure 2 an end view representing an oil cooking stove
having my plate oven attached thereto, the hinged or removable top or cover being
shown as open in each view.
Figure 3 is an end view of the stove with the plate oven in section, representing
an independent plate holder within the same.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate the same parts.
I form my oven A from iron plates or other suitable material, having one side
open, and with a hinged or removable top, side, or end, for the insertion of the
plates, dishes, or like utensils. I attach or suspend the oven to the stove preferably
by hooks such as B or other suitable connections, or support the same upon
brackets such as C rivetted or otherwise attached to the stove. The oven is in all
cases so attached to the stove that its open side is adjacent to the back, front, or
either end of the stove, to which it is attached, and thus an enclosed space is
formed into which the heat is radiated from the stove, and the plates D or
other utensils contained therein are rapidly raised to a sufficient temperature for
service.
I sometimes employ an independent plate or dish rack or holder such as E,
Figures 2 and 3, constructed from wire or other material, for the purpose of
containing the plates to be warmed in the oven.
Although I preferably attach the oven to the back of the stove as illustrated in
the accompanying drawings, I do not limit myself to such an application of my
plate oven, but sometimes attach the same to either end or to the front of the
stove as may be the more convenient.
I do not limit myself to any particular method of suspending or attaching the
plate oven to the stove, or to any one method of opening the same for insertion,
and withdrawal of the plates, dishes, and other utensils, but make such modifications
in these and other details as may be required without departing from the essential
features of my invention.
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 improved method of warming plates, dishes, and like utensils, by means

page_text: of an oven attached to the exterior of a cooking stove substantially as herein
described.
2. The use of an independent oven for attachment to the exterior of a
cooking stove having a hinged or other opening and arranged substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described and as illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
3. The combination of an oven attached to the exterior of a cooking stove, with
a plate rack or holder, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described
and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant