An Improved Combined Hanging Bar, Draught Inducer, and Cooking Utensil.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 29th Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Combined Hanging Bar, Draught Inducer, and
Cooking Utensil.
I, JOHN JONES, of 1 Islington, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
The object of this invention is to combine in a single domestic appliance, a
hanging bar, a draught inducer and a cooking utensil, for domestic purposes.
The invention consists of a frame adapted to hang on the bars of a fire grate or
stove so that its plane is horizontal and stands out in front of the grate; this frame
carries two plates, each adapted to slide upon the frame and to pivot about one
side relatively to the frame so as to take up either a vertical or horizontal position.
One plate, which I term the front plate, is adapted to be raised vertically
against the bars of the grate, or to lie horizontally upon the frame; the other plate
which I term the back plate is adapted to take up a vertical position with its
plane parallel to the bars of the grate, or to lie horizontally and cover the front
plate when the latter is in its horizontal position. The sides and top of the back
plate are bent after the manner of a Dutch oven and the sides are provided with
slots, and a rod to which a series of hooks are attached, passes through the said
slots, the said hooks being used, when the apparatus is used as a cooking utensil,
for suspending the meat, etc., to be cooked. The slots are formed with two sets of
teeth so that the height of the bar is adjustable, and the bar is adapted to lie with
its hooks either horizontal or vertical; the ends of the rod which project through
the sides of the back plate are provided with knobs by which the hooks may be
operated.
When the apparatus is to be used as an ordinary hanging bar for heating irons,
warming dishes, etc., both plates are turned into a horizontal position, the back
plate being uppermost, the hooks of the latter lying between the two plates.
When required, say, to keep a dish of meat and gravy warm without unduly
drying up the same, the front plate may be raised against the bars of the fire grate
and the dish placed upon the back plate which rests upon the frame in a horizontal
position, the front plate thus shielding the dish from the direct rays of the fire.
The apparatus when arranged as last described serves also as a draught inducer
to promote a more rapid combustion of the fuel and, if necessary, to direct the
draught to any particular flue. The apparatus may also serve as a fire screen when
one or both plates are raised vertically.
When used as a cooking utensil, the back plate is raised into a vertical position,
the front plate lowered upon the frame, the hooks turned outwards from the back
plate and the meat suspended thereon; the distance of the back plate from the
fire can be adjusted, and a dripping tin or the like may be placed upon the front
plate.
I prefer to make the part of the hooks from which the meat, etc., is suspended
when turned into the position for cooking, semicircular in plan; the meat is
suspended from one end of the semicircular part while one side is being cooked and
then shifted along the hook, without being taken off, to the other end of the
semicircle when it is required to cook the other side; at one end of the semicircle,
the meat will present the opposite side to the fire to that which it presented at the
other end.

page_text: The bars on which the plates pivot are preferably supported in "T" pieces
which slide along the frame, and the back plate is provided with an ornamental
handle and depending curtain piece, so as to make the utensil an ornamental
appendage to the fire side. The back plate is also provided with a catch which engages
with the front plate and serves to maintain the back plate in the vertical position.
Dated this 11th day of April 1895.
SLOAN & LLOYD BARNES,
Castle Chambers, 26 Castle Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicant.
An Improved Combined Hanging Bar, Draught Inducer, and
Cooking Utensil.
I, JOHN JONES, of 1 Islington, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Mechanic,
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:
The object of this invention is to combine in a single appliance, a hanging bar,
a draught inducer and a cooking utensil, for domestic purposes.
I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings in which
Fig. I is a sectional elevation on the line A. A. of Fig. II,
Fig. II is a plan with a portion of the hood broken away to show the details,
Figs. III and IV are elevations showing the different adaptations of the
apparatus, and
Fig. V is a plan view of Fig. IV.
Throughout the drawings, similar parts are indicated by the same reference
figures, and in the case of the section, the direction in which it is viewed is indicated
by the small arrows placed adjacent to the letters denoting the plane of section.
The invention consists of a frame 1 adapted to hang on the bars of a fire grate
or stove so that its plane is horizontal and stands out in front of the grate; this
frame carries two plates 2 and 3, each adapted to slide upon the frame and to pivot
about one side relatively to the frame so as to take up either a vertical or horizontal
position. The plate 2 which I term the front plate, is adapted to be raised
vertically against the bars of the grate as shown in Fig. III, or to lie horizontally.
upon the frame as shown in Figs. 1, II and IV; the other plate 3 which I terin
the back plate is adapted to take up a vertical position, as shown in Figs. I and II,
or to lie horizontally and cover the front plate when the latter is in its horizontal
position, as shown in Figs. IV and V. The sides and top of the back plate
are bent after the manner of a Dutch oven and the sides are provided with slots 4,
and a rod 5 to which a series of hooks 6 are attached, passes through the said slots,
the said hooks being used, when the apparatus is used as a cooking utensil, for
suspending the meat, etc., to be cooked. The slots are formed with two sets of
teeth so that the height of the bar is adjustable, and the bar is adapted to lie with
its hooks either horizontal or vertical; the ends of the rod which project through
the sides of the back plate are provided with knobs by which the hooks may be
operated.
When the apparatus is to be used as an ordinary hanging bar for heating irons,
warming dishes, etc., both plates are turned into a horizontal position, the back
plate being uppermost, and the hooks of the latter lying between the two plates;
this is shown in Figs. IV and V.
When required, say, to keep a dish of meat and gravy warm without unduly
drying up the same, the front plate may be raised against the bars of the fire grate

page_text: and the dish placed upon the back plate which rests upon the frame in a horizontal
position, the front plate thus shielding the dish from the direct rays of the fire;
this is shown in Fig. III.
The apparatus when arranged as last described serves also as a draught inducer
to promote a more rapid combustion of the fuel, and, if necessary, to direct the
draught to any particular flue. The apparatus may also serve as a fire screen when
one or both plates are raised vertically.
When used as a cooking utensil, as shown in Figs. I and II, the back plate is.
raised into a vertical position, the front plate lowered upon the frame, the hooks
turned outwards from the back plate and the ment suspended thereon; the distance
of the back plate from the fire can be adjusted, and a dripping tin or the like may
be placed upon the front plate.
I prefer to make the part of the hooks 6 from which the meat, etc., is suspended
when the appliance is used for cooking, semicircular in plan; the meat is suspended
from one end of the semicircular part while one side is being cooked and then.
shifted along the hook, without being taken off, to the other end of the semicircle
when it is required to cook the other side; at one end of the semicircle, the meat.
will present the opposite side to the fire to that which it presented at the other end..
The bars 7 and 7 on which the plates pivot are preferably supported in
Tor L pieces 8 which slide along the frame, and the back plate is provided with an
ornamental handle 9 and depending curtain piece 10, so as to make the appliance.
an ornamental appendage to the fire side. The back plate is provided with a.
catch 11 which engages with the front plate and serves to maintain the back plate
in the vertical position.
The pivoting of the plates is effected by connecting the plate 2 to the bar 7 by
means of hinge pieces 12, and connecting the plate 3 to the bar 7' by the hinge
pieces 13.
It will be noticed that the teeth of the double rack are set in opposite directions,.
and that there is a vertical distance between the horizontal parts of the teeth equal
to the thickness of the bar 5; when the bar is in position, as shown in Fig. I, it is
supported by the downward pressure of the one set of teeth and the upward
pressure of the other set. I find this method of support most convenient as the bar
can be instantly changed from one position to another by simply rotating it through
a quarter turn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven--
tiou, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The improved combined hanging bar, draught inducer and cooking utensil,.
substantially as described.
2. The herein described improved combination appliance, consisting of a frame
adapted to hang from the bars of a grate, a front plate and a back plate each
adapted to slide on the frame and to pivot about one side, the back plate being.
also adapted to form a Dutch oven; substantially as described and illustrated.
3. The improved mode of constructing and supporting the hooks 6, substantially
as described and illustrated.
4. The use of the racks formed in the sides of the back plate with reversely set
teeth to adjustably support the bar 5; substantially as described and illustrated.
5. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the improved combination.
appliance as illustrated in Figs. I to V.
Dated this 11th day of January 1896.
SLOAN & LLOYD BARNES,
Castle Chambers, 26 Castle Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicant.