US1037417A

US1037417A - Bread-proving closet.

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Publication number: US1037417A
Application number: US61698611A
Authority: US
Inventors: Edward Biggs
Original assignee: HUGO JABURG; JOHN JABURG
Current assignee: HUGO JABURG; JOHN JABURG
Priority date: 1911-03-25
Filing date: 1911-03-25
Publication date: 1912-09-03
Anticipated expiration: 1929-09-03

Description

E. BIGGS.

' BREAD PROVING CLOSET. APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 25, 1911.

1,037,417, Patented Sept 3, 1912.

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EDWARD BIGGS, on NEW YORK, N. Y., Assrenoa 'ro JOHN JABUBG & HUGO NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

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BREAD-PROVING CLOSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

Application filed March 25, 1911. Serial No. 616,986.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD Brccs, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the borough of Richmond, in the city and State of New York, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Bread-Proving Closets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to proving closets, particularly such as are used in the making of bread, and it consists principally in the means by which I secure a convenient and complete closure of the closet, so that cold air will be prevented from striking the articles such as loaves of doughwaiting the time when they shall be placed in the oven for baking.

Figure 1, is a front view of a device embodying my invention, a part of the curtain having been cut away to exhibit the interior. Fig. 2, is a side view of the device of Fig. 1, as it appears when closed. Figs. 3, 1 and 5, are detail views of sections, one on line :0, m, one on line 2 7 and oneon line 2 z.

The proving closet, is primarily a box, preferably rectangular in form, some of them about 56 inches long, 68 inches high and 27 inches wide or deep, though I do not limit myself to those or any other particular dimensions, nor to angularity in the form, though that is customary, convenient and preferable. Within are shelves 20, in such number and arrangement as are desired. The sides 6, 7, back 8, top 9, and bottom 10, are preferably constructed of wood, as that is a poor conductor of heat, and mounted upon rollers 11, 13, 14: &c., for convenience, though these are not absolutely essential nor is portability. The front of the box is not closed by a door, for that is inconvenient, because of the space it occupies when open or when being opened. The word front is used to denote that part of the closet at which articles are inserted or withdrawn. The front edges of the sides 6, 7, are preferably smooth and straight. At the top or bottom of the closet, I mount a curtain 15, on brackets 16, 17 preferably so set that the front of the roller is somewhat back of the front edge of the top. This curtain may be supported on the ordinary spring shade or curtain roller of commerce. The curtain is preferably a little longer than the closet so that it may reach to the bottom and project slightly thereunder, and is of a width to entirelv close the front opening of the closet and project over. the face of the sides as plainly shown in Figs. 3 and t. At the lower ed e the curtain is preferably provided with. a. stick 18 reaching across it from side to side.

Qn each side of the closetI mount holding strips or batons, 19, hinged to the closet and adapted to turn ver and upon the front face of the adjacent side of the closet. They are quite narrow, preferably not much wider than twice the thickness of the closet wall, and of a length aboutequal to that of the closet. They are so set (as shown) that when turned inward they will clamp the edges of the curtain tightly against the front edges of the closet. At the lower end they are preferably provided with toe pieces, 21, 22, which, as the strips are turned inward to clamp the curtain, will impinge against the curtain stick and carry it under the closet wall, thereby drawing the curtain tightly against the edge of the bottom, and the fact that the curtain roller (in the one shown) is mounted to the rear of the top edge, will insure that the curtain is tightly drawn against the top edge and thus the closure is made complete.

To hold the clamping or holding strips in the closed position, as shown in Fig. 2, and at the right side of Fig. 1, I preferably provide turn buttons 24. Having drawn down the curtain and secured its side by the clamping strip, the buttons are turned and bearing against the strips and the closet walls, they hold the strips in the desired position.

It is manifest that a proving closet thus equipped may be placed where there is very little space beyond that actually occupied by its bulk when closed. It may be readily closed so that if filled with pans of bread, set there to rise somewhat before they are baked, the action of the yeast will not be hampered by a chance blast of air blowing over them, the dough will be protected from the dust such a blast might carry and the full purpose of a proving closet is accomplished, with a very simple and economical and nevertheless very complete means for closing the front. The space which would be occupied by doors is saved, the opening of the joints by the warping of the doors is avoided, the annoyance of their swinging back and forth and sometime striking the attendants is avoided, the completeness of the closure is promoted and economy in manufacture is secured. I

lVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a proving closet, the combination with the walls of an open front closet, of a curtain adapted toextend across that open front, and entirely close it and to project over the edges of the top, bottom and sides, which edges are adapted to permit said ourtain to be smoothly stretched over them, narrow holding strips secured to and pivotally mounted on the sides of the closet, and adapted to shut over and bear upon and clamp the side edges of the curtain to the closet and means for holding the said narrow strips in position, all substantially as set forth.

2. In a proving closet, the combination with the walls of an open front closet, of a curtain roller mounted at one end of the closet and slightly to the rear of the front edge of the closet, a curtain mounted on said roller and adapted to extend across that open front, narrow holding strips secured to and pivotally mounted on the closet and adapted to shut over and clamp the side edges of the curtain to the closet and means for holding the said narrow strips in position, all substantially as setforth.

3. In a proving closet, the combination with the walls of an open front closet, of a curtain adapted to extend across that open front, narrow holding strips mounted on the closet and adapted to shut over and clamp the sides of the curtain, a toe piece carried by the holding strip and adapted as described, to fold the curtain underneath the closet, and means for holding the said narnow strip in position all substantially as set forth. 7

4. In a proving closet, the combination with the walls of an open front closet, of a curtain adapted to extend across that open front, and provided with a curtain stick at its free end, narrow holding strips mounted on the closet and adapted to shut over and clamp the sides of the curtain, toe pieces carried by the holding strips andadapted, as described, to impinge against the curtain stick and fold-the curtain around the edge of the closet and hold it against said edge, and means for holding the said narrow strips in position, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this Qi" day of March 1911..

EDIVARD BIGGS.

\Vitnesses A. G. N. Vnmnmfx, RUDOLPH FENNEL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for in cents each. by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.