IE60841B1

IE60841B1 - Cooker

Info

Publication number: IE60841B1
Application number: IE31689A
Authority: IE
Original assignee: Waterford Foundry Inventions L
Priority date: 1989-02-01
Filing date: 1989-02-01
Publication date: 1994-08-24
Also published as: CA2008979C; CA2008979A1; BE1000882A7; IE890316L; IE65513B1; IES60100B2

Abstract

Cuisinière du type comprenant une source de chaleur (4) et un certain nombre d'appareillages (1, 2, 3) qui font utilisation de la chaleur et comprenant des chicanes (5a, 5b) pour diriger la chaleur de la source de chaleur vers les différents appareillages (1, 2, 3), des arrets (9a, 9b) étant prévus sur les chicanes (5a, 5b) pour maintenir celles-ci dans la position déviée, les chicanes (5a, 5b) étant faites en des matériaux céramiques.

Description

J The present invention relates to cookers of the type comprising firstly a heat source, for example an oil fired burner, and secondly a number of appliances which make use of the heat, for example an oven, hot plates, and hot water tanks.

The present invention provides a cooker of the type including a heat source, a number of appliances which make use of the heat and a baffle arrangement for directing heat from the heat source to the different appliances as desired, the baffle arrangement comprising a pair of baffles located above the heat source, the baffles being 2Q suspended in parallel spaced apart relationship, and each baffle being independently pivotally movable from its suspended to a deflected position, so that heat may flow upwards to a first appliance when the two baffles are in the suspended position, or may be diverted sideways alternatively to a second appliance by deflecting one of the baffles or to a third appliance by deflecting the other baffle, in which the control arrangement for the baffles . comprises a pivot arm operable to move a baffle from the suspended vertical position to a deflected position, and a / stop so positioned on the baffle that when the pivot arm is pivoted the free end thereof is brought into engagement 0 8 41 with the stop to hold the baffle positively locked in the deflected position.

The invention also provides a cooker of the type including a heat source, a number of appliances which make use of the heat and a baffle arrangement for directing heat from the heat source to the different appliances as desired, the baffle arrangement comprising a pair of baffles located above the heat source, the baffles being suspended in parallel spaced apart relationship, and each baffle being independently pivotally movable from its suspended to a deflected position, so that heat may flow upwards to a first appliance when the two baffles are in the suspended position, or may be diverted sideways alternatively to a second appliance by deflecting one of the baffles or to a third appliance by deflecting the other baffle, in which the baffles are made of ceramic materials.

The invention will now be described more particularly with reference to the accompanying drawings which show, by way of example only, one construction of cooker according to the invention. In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cooker; Figure 2 is a sectional front elevation of the cooker with the baffles omitted; 'j Figures 3a, are partial sectional front elevations on an 3b, and 3c enlarged scale, with the baffles shown in position for the hot plate mode, the boiler mode and the oven mode respectively; and 0 Figure 4 is a sectional plan view.

Referring initially to Figures 1 and 2, the cooker comprises an oven 1, hot plate 2, hot water boiler 3, and an oil fired burner 4 which directs heat directly upwards.

Referring now to Figures 3a, 3b and 3c, the cooker 2θ comprises an arrangement of baffles 5a, 5b for directing the hot air. In Figure 3a the two baffles 5a, 5b depend from their pivot points, and the heat goes directly upwards from the oil fired burner 4 to the hot plate 2 as indicated by the arrows. In Figure 3b, the left hand baffle 5a is in the deflected position, which deflects hot air to the hot water boiler 3. In Figure 3c, the right hand 5b baffle is in the deflected position which deflects hot air to the 30 • oven 1.

Still referring to Figures 3a, 3b and 3c, the baffle control apparatus will now be described. The arrangement comprises for each baffle 5a,5b a pivot arm 6a,6b for moving the baffle. The pivot arm 6a,6b is located directly in front of the front edge of the baffle 5a,5b, and is pivotally mounted to the front of the cooker, and has a finger 7a,7b projecting a short distance backwards into the cooker so as to be engageable against the face of the baffle 5a,5b. To move the baffle 5a,5b to the deflected position, a crankhandle (not shown) is engaged in a socket 8a,8b in the pivot arm 6a,6b and accessible from the front of the cooker. The arm 6a,6b is pivoted about its pivot point so that the finger 7a,7b on the arm 6a,6b pushes the baffle 5a,5b ahead of it from the suspended position to the deflected position. The finger 7a,7b swings downwardly past the bottom dead centre position and on upwardly until eventually it engages a stop 9a,9b on the face of the baffle 5a,5b. The stop 9a,9b (omitted from Figure 4 for clarity) is so positioned on the baffle 5a,5b that the arm 6a, 6b must swing through the orientation perpendicular to the baffle 5a,5b, (indicated by line A-A in Figure 3a and line B-B in Figure 3b) and onwards into positive locking engagement with the stop 9a,9b. The location of the stop 9a,9b ensures that the baffle 5a,5b remains fixedly located in the deflected position.

( * The baffles 5a,5b are made of ceramic materials held on steel frames (not shown.) Ceramic baffles have a longer life and are less likely to distort than steel baffles

Claims

CLAIMS : t

1. A cooker of the type including a heat source, a number * 5 of appliances which make use of the heat and a baffle arrangement for directing heat from the heat source to the different appliances as desired, the baffle arrangement comprising a pair of baffles located above the heat source, the baffles being suspended in parallel spaced apart relationship, and each baffle being independently pivotally movable from its suspended to a deflected position, so that heat may flow upwards to a first appliance when the two baffles are in the suspended position, or may be diverted sideways alternatively to a second appliance by deflecting one of the baffles or to a third appliance by deflecting 2. Q the other baffle, in which the control arrangement for the baffles comprises a pivot arm operable to move a baffle from the suspended vertical position to a deflected position, and a stop so positioned on the baffle that when 25 the pivot arm is pivoted the free end thereof is brought into engagement with the stop to hold the baffle positively locked in the deflected position.

2. A cooker of the type including a heat source, a number of appliances which make use of the heat and a baffle ( arrangement for directing heat from the heat source to the different appliances as desired, the baffle arrangement comprising a pair of baffles located above the heat source, the baffles being suspended in parallel spaced apart ί relationship, and each baffle being independently pivotally 5 movable from its suspended to a deflected position, so that heat may flow upwards to a first appliance when the two baffles are in the suspended position, or may be diverted sideways alternatively to a second appliance by deflecting one of the baffles or to a third appliance by deflecting the other baffle, in which the baffles are made of ceramic materials .

3. A cooker according to Claim 1 or Claim 2, substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying drawings. MACLACHLAN & DONALDSON, Applicants' Agents, 25 47 Merrion Square,