Improvements in Ranges and other Stoves.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd June, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Mar., 1891-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ranges and other Stoves.
I, FREDRICK ALFRED EGLETOx, of West Croydon, in the County of Surrey,
Ironmonger, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
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This invention relates to improvements in ranges and other stoves, and consists
in making the bottom or grating of the stove moveable so that it can be raised and
lowered by any suitable mechanical means such as a rack and pinion arrangement
to regulate the size or quantity of fire required.
Dated the 3rd day of June 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Ranges and other Stoves.
I, FREDRICK ALFRED EGLETON, of West Croydon, in the County of Surrey,
Ironmonger, 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 ranges and other stoves, and consists
in making the bottom or grating of the stove movable so that it can be raised and
lowered by any suitable mechanical means such as a rack and pinion arrange-
ment to regulate the size or quantity of fire required, the said grating and
mechanical arrangement being adapted for application to existing ranges and other
stoves.
In the accompanying drawing :-
Figure is a front view of a range or stove with my improvements applied
thereto :
Figure 2 is a vertical section; and,
Figure 3 is a horizontal section of the same :
Figure 4 is a section on the line of Figure 2.
a is the movable bottom or grating which is provided with a downwardly
extending rack b and c is the pinion engaging with the rack. The pinion is
mounted on a shaft d which is carried in bearings e, e in a slotted bar or frame f
provided with lugs g to allow of it being bolted to the front of the range and
with prongs i, i adapted to enter the brickwork at the back of the range.
The front end of the shaft d projects from the front of the range and is formed square
to allow of it being rotated by means of a suitable crank or key. A. ratchet-wheel j
and pawl & enclosed by a plate I serve to prevent the grating a from moving down
by its own weight or under the weight of fuel thereon, the pawl being adapted to
be disengaged from the ratchet wheel when requiring to lower the grating. The
grating is cast with a raised edge or moulding m at the sides and back to prevent
the fuel or ashes from getting in between the grating and the sides of the fire-
place.
Amongst the advantages of my invention may be mentioned the following, viz :-
The movable grating and mechanism for operating it can be fixed to kitcheners
and ranges already in use at a trifling cost.
It will be found of advantage previous to applying my improvements to a range
or stove to remove the existing grating or bottom thereof, otherwise the ashes and

page_text: fire would accumulate upon it and tend to destroy or burn away the movable
bottom.
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 application to ranges and other stoves of a bottom or grating adapted to
be raised and lowered by a rack and pinion arrangement in the manner and for
the purposes herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The improved bottom or grating with rack and pinion arrangement adapted
to be applied to ranges and other stoves hereinbefore described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 3rd day of March 1891.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.