US1318229A - Kitchenola - Google Patents

Description

l. H. PETERS.

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Patented Oct. 7,1919.

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KITCH ENOLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented 0ct. 7, 1919.

Application led November 19, 1918. Serial No. 263,166.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAco H. PETERS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing` at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Kitchenolas, of which the ollowing is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, reiatively inexpensive and eilicient kitchen cabinet combining in its capabilities the features ot' a storage rece tacle for the various provisions and utensi s incident to cooking, a stove or heating apparatus, and a sink and related elements for facilitating the cleansing of the cooking utensiis, dishes and the like, all of the several elements being arranged in compact form so as to occupy the minimum space so that the apparatus 1s particularly at apted for use in kitchenettes o1' small kitchens Where the Hoor space is liniited, as in apartment houses and the like.

Further objects and advantages will appear in the course of the following description it bein understood that changes in form, proportion and details may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a general outside viewof a cabinet embodying the preferred form of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing certain'of the compartment closures` open to .illustrate the disposition of the contents.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken in the lane of the heating apparatus.

Flg. 4 is a similar view taken in the plane of the sink. n

Essentially 1K2"the apparatus is provided above the plane of the table portion 10 with a cabinet subdivided to form a plurality of` compartments of which that to the left facie same and represented as 11 is adapted brackets 13 to adapt it to be swung forwar to an advanced position to give ready access thereto for fllin Y etc., said bin being equipped with a si ter attachment 14 and the compartment being fitted with upper and lower doors or closures 15 and 16. either or both of which maybe rovided on their inner surfaces with receptac es for smaller articles used in the kitchen in connection with culinary operations. At the rightthe cabinet constituting the su er-structure 'of the apparatus is provide at the bottom, for example, with the compartment 17 in which may be arranged canisters or similar receptacles 1 8 for sugar, salt and the like and re ceptacles 19 for spices and condiments while supported within convenient reach at 20 may be a sugar dispensing apparatus, said compartment 17 being fitted as shown with a closure consisting of a flexible or-rollcr curtain 21. Above said compartment and also to the right of the apparatus may be arranged a shelved compartment 22 having doors 23 and adapted for the reception of dishes or the like. The inner surfaces of these doors also may be Vfitted with receptacles 24 and 25 for small articles.

The table of the cabinet may consist of a hinged lid 26 'for covering the top of a stove 27 or other heating apparatus arranged in the compartment 28 below the plane of the table, and a second hinged section 29 covering a sink 30 which may be in the form of a drawer or may be supported by a drawer structure, a leaf 31 being hinged to said sectlon 29 and supported by a brace 32,`said leaf projecting near the side wall of the lower portion of the cabinet to cover aA tank or reservoir 33 'for the fuel olusedin oonnection with the heating apparatus. The leaf obviously ma be raised to facilitate filling the tank an when in its normal osition constitutes an extension of the tab e of the cabinet. Beneath sink receptacle 30 there may be arranged a series of drawers or other receptacles 34, 35 and 36 and also a biscuit or kneadin board 37 while under the compartment w ich contains the heating 1 @apparatus may be arranged a shelf compertinent 38 having doors 39 andl adapted or containing cookin utensils such as ots, kettles and the like, 't e inner surface ci) the .doors being equipped withbrackets or rests for small articles such as graters, cooking forks or spoons and the like.

It will be understood that while an oil heatin apparatus is shown a gas stove may be -su stituted therefor, proper and Well known connections being ormed therewith so as to supply the same from the house service'syst'e'm and while when the heating or cooking apparatus is not in use the movable table top section 26 may 'be in a horizontal position to form a rest or support for various receptacles as in mixing or preparing foods,

' in Fig. 2 exp .the raising thereof to the position indicated oses the stave while the section of the table top thus displaced constitutes a shield or guard in rear of the burners for the protection of the upper portion of the cabinet and the contents thereof. The front of the heatin compartment also is preferwbly provid with a shelf door 40 adapted to be let down to a horizont/a1 position in front of the stove for su orting cooking utensils and is rovided willig vents 41 which ive access to air required by the burners of t e stove.

The table section 29 is hinged at its ri ht edge to the leafl which in turn is hingeat its rear extremity, as shown at 43, so 'that while the said section with the hingedly attached leaf or shelf 31 may be raised and swung rearwardly to an upright position to give access to the sink drawer and also to the uel tank when the sink is adapted to be used for the ordinary urpose as in washing dishes, the said section 29 may be swung laterally upon its hinge connections `with the leaf 31 to allow Contact with the upper surface of the latter, in which position it constitutes a drain board, theexposed or normally lower surface thereof being grooved asat44.

F-rom the foregoing description it will be seenthat practically all of the operations incident to cooking and serving meals can be performed in connection with an apparatus such as described, the various provisions, utensils, condiments and the like being within easy reach of the o 'ator and that after the preparation of t e food the .cooking thereof may 'be accomplished merely by exposing the heating apparatus by raising a section of the table top, and in the same way ready access may be had to the sink for the purpose of cleansing receptacles from time to time or after the completion of the meal, and the. various articles ma then be stored in their proper places an be covered or protected by the closing of the several compartment doors which presents a neat and attractive outside a pearance.

What is cl'ai is:

1. A compartmental kitchen cabinet having a pluralltyof compartments, a stove carried 1n one of said compartments, a sink carried in another of said compartments, a table portion covering the stove and sink compartments, the latter consisting of independently movable sections, that covering the stove compartment being hingedly mounted` for rearward swinging movement to form a shield in rear of the stove, that covering the sink compartment being mounted for lateral movement for inversion to form a drain board when thus inverted.

2. A compartmental kitchen cabinet having a plurality of compartments, a stove carried in one of said compartments, a sink carried in another of said compartments, a table portion covering the stove and sink compartments, the latter consisting of independently movable sections, that covering the stove compartment being hingedly mounted for rearward swinging movement to form a shield in rear of the stove, that covering the sink compartment 'being mounted for lateral' movement for inversion' to form a drain board when thus inverted, said sink covering section being provided with a hinged terminal leaf projecting laterally beyond the sink compartment and mounted Vor swinging movement in a direction at right angles to the movement of the sink covering portion proper.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

JACOB H; PETERS.

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