Year: 1889

page_text: I, MICHAEL MARY BROPHY, of the firm of James Slater & Co., 251, High Holborn,
in the county of London, Engineers, 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:—
My invention relates to apparatus for grilling by means of gas and has for object to
provide a more simple and efficient means than heretofore used for adjusting the
position of the grill relatively to the gas flames and to provide means for altering the
angle of the grill so that the meat, fish or other substance being grilled can be
subjected to more or less heat at any required part.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 is a front view of a grilling apparatus with my improvements applied
thereto.
and
Figure 2 is a side elevation partly in vertical section on the line A, B of Figure 1,
Figures 3 and 4 are horizontal sections on the lines C D and E F respectively of
Figure 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the drawing.
a is the ordinary oven or chamber wherein the grilling is effected and which
is supported on the framing a and b, 6 are perforated pipes which serve as burners..
c, c are two brackets which are preferably T-shaped in cross section as shown
clearly in Figure 1, and which serve to carry the grill or grid d. These brackets c, o
are each attached at one end to the upper part of a tubular rod e, which rods e, e pass
through bearings f, f in the lower part of the oven a and are connected by links 9 to
the arms h, h of a bifurcated lever h the said lever being pivotted on a cross shaft i
mounted in brackets attached to the framing at. The lever h¹ passes between two
segmental plates ; attached to the frame of the apparatus and provided with ratchet
teeth with which engages a weighted pawl k pivotted to the lever h¹.
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By this arrangement if the lever ¹ be moved upon its pivot, it will alter the
horizontal position of the brackets c, c and consequently of the grill resting thereon
relatively to the burners b, the pawl k serving to maintain the lever h¹ in any position
in which it may be placed.

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The lever is provided with a handle h' to enable it to be operated, and the
pawl k is provided with projections k¹ which allow of it being easily disengaged from
the teeth of the plates ; by the fingers of the hand which grasps the handle h³ to
operate the said lever h¹.
The grill d as shown in Figure 3 is formed of a rectangular frame d¹ and cross
bars d, the back of the frame being provided with extensions d³, d³ having notches d'
which engage with the forked ends of rods arranged and sliding within the
tubular rods e. These rods are connected by links to the prongs m of a forked
lever m², the said lever being pivotted on the cross-shaft and carried below the
lever where it passes between two segmental plates n attached to the said lever h¹
and having ratchet teeth n' with which engages a weighted sliding pawl n³ having
projections n similar to the projections k₁ of the pawl k and for the same purpose.
The lever m² also passes between the plates and is provided with a handle m³.
By this arrangement if the lever m¹ be in the position shown in Figure 2 and the
lever m¹ be depressed it will cause the rods to raise the extensions d³ of the grill d
and thereby cause the said grill to assume an angular position relatively to the
burners b, the pawl n² serving to maintain the lever m² in any required position. In
Figure 2 the grill is represented by dotted lines as having been placed in such a
position.
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. In apparatus for grilling by means of gas the combination with the grill of
mechanism for adjusting the said grill in a horizontal or angular direction relatively
'to the gas burners, substantially as described.
2. In gas grilling apparatus the combination with the grill of mechanism for placing
the same in an angular position relatively to the gas burners, substantially as
described.
3. In apparatus for grilling by means of gas the arrangement of mechanism sub-
stantially as herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing for
adjusting the position of the grill relatively to the gas burners.
4. The improved gas grilling apparatus herein before described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawing.
Dated the 17th day of Anril 1889