US1062450A - Take-down cook-range. - Google Patents

Description

G. FRAZER.

TAKE-DOWN 000K RANGE.

APYLIOATION TILED DBO. 4, 1912. 1,062,450. Patented May 20, 1913.

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G. FRAZER.

TAKE-DOWN (100K RANGE.

APPLICATION FILED-D1104, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1913.

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TAKE-DOWN COOK RANGE. APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 4, 1912.

Patented May 20, 1913.

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GEORGE FRAZER, OF EUGENE, OREGON.

TAKEDOW1\T COOK-RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 20, 1913.

' Application filed December 4, 1912. Serial No. 734,848.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE FRAZER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Eugene, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Take Down Cook- Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to stoves and more particularly to cook ranges, my object being to provide a cook range which may be taken down and conveniently packed upon the back of an animal used for such purposes.

The fulfilment of this purpose necessitates a departure from the usual type of cook range, and in accordance therewith I provide the sides and base of the range in permanently attached form, the upper intermediate portion and the fore and rear doors being removable and being in use adapted, with a top plate, to cooperate with the permanently attached portions of the range for the purpose of forming a complete struct-ure including an oven.

My invention resides in the features of construction and arrangement to be now described with reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view with the top plate removed, illustrating the permanently attached portions of the range in full lines, and the removable oven top in dotted lines,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is a similar view taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the removable oven top, Fig. 5 is a similar view of one of the oven doors. Fig. 6 is a front elevation illustrating the stove taken down and disposed on the back of a pack animal.

Referring now to these figures, the two side port-ions A and A of the range are permanently connected by means of the base A, thus forming a substantially U-shaped casing of which the side portion A is provided with an upper fire pot B with its door B and the ash pit C with its door C in which is mounted the usual draft controlling member 0 The inner wall of the range side A extends downwardly to the base plate A of the stove and thus completely separates the ash pit from the space between the said base plate of the stove and the oven base A. Thls space in the base of the range however communicates with the space between the inner and outer walls of the range side A, between which outer walls extend spaced transverse plates 1) and D forming between them a flue, their lower port-ions being extended between the base plate A of the stove and the oven base A for some distance across the base of the oven. 7

The inner walls of the two range sides A and A are provided with internal brackets E in which the corner plates F of the removable oven top F are adapted to engage, this oven top comprising, as particularly seen in Fig. 4:, a plate adapted to extend in a substantially horizontal position between theoven sides A and A and having forward and rear upstanding flanges F to which are secured the keepers F for the oven doors to be hereinafter described. The plate F is also provided with upstanding handles F by which it may be disposed in and removed from the position just described.

At their lower front portions the range sides A and A are provided with bearings a and a, which are adapted to receive the lower side trunnions 91 of the forward and rear oven doors, one of which is illustrated in detail in Fig. 5. This door G is shown as provided with a catch G which is adapted to engage with the keeper F whereby to maintain the door in closed position, it being understood that the cooperating trunnions g and the bearings a and a form hinges upon which the doors have movement in a vertical direction.

With the parts as thus described in assembled position, it will be seen that an oven is formed between the range sides A and A above which oven is left a spaceof considerable proportions below the plane of the upper edges of said range sides, which space communicates as is usual with the fire pot B whereby to receive the product of combustion therefrom.

The upper portions of the range sides A and A and the cooperating flanges F of the oven top are provided with angle bars F extending along their inner surfaces whereby to receive and support the top plate H of the stove in the manner clearly illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, this top plate being provided with a flanged stove pipe opening H which fits over the upper end of theflue formed by the plates D and D as before described.

Within the upper end of the flue just mentioned and at substantially the upper edge of the inner wall of the range side A where it is joined with the oven top F, is mounted a damper I, the controlling handle I of which is movable to position the same either in the upright position as indicated in Fig. l, or in a position extending across the fine. In the former position, the products of combustion from the fire pot will be forced to pass across the top of the plate F and downwardly between the inner and outer walls of the range side A at-the sides of the smoke flue and thence across the base of the oven until they pass into the inner end of the flue, all as indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1.

If however the damper I is turned to a horizontal position, a direct draft is permitted across the top of the oven and upwardly through the upper portion of the smoke flue and the flanged opening H of the top plate and thence through the smoke pipe which in practice is attached thereto.

Thus from the foregoing it will be apparent that a range constructed and assembled as shown and described, will operate to etficiently perform the functions usually present in ranges and that in addition, the top plate H of the stove, the oven top F, and the fore and rear oven doors G may all be readily and quickly removed, leaving merely a U-shapcd casing which may be conveniently and securely lashed upon the back of a pack animal after reversal in order that the range sides A and A shall extend downwardly at the animals sides. Such a construction is a great benefit to campers, prospectors, and in fact any parties or persons who are constantly moving from place to place as may be clearly seen from Fig. 6 in which the U-shaped casing is shown inverted on a pack animal, the oven top F being disposed on the casing base with the forward and rear doors G between its upstanding flanges F and the stove top plate H being inverted on the flanges F The latter may be lashed by suitable means.

I claim:

1. A take-down cook range comprising a substantially U-shaped casing, intermediate oven parts removably associated with the casing and adapted to cooperate therewith, and a removable top adapted to cooperate with the upper portion of the casing and the oven parts when the latter are in position.

' 2. A take-down cook range comprising a substantially U-shaped casing, the sides of which are formed with inner and outer walls and are open at their tops, intermediate oven parts removably associated between the said side portions of the casing and adapted to cooperate therewith to form the oven, and a top plate l'emovably associated with the upper portions'of the casing sides and the oven parts and cooperating therewith for the purpose described.

3. A take-down cook range comprising a casing having inner and outer U-shaped walls which are spaced apart, the inner wall at one side of the casing extending from the top to the bottom of the same whereby to prevent communication with the other portions of the casing, a fire pot formed within said casing side and having an ash pit below the same, a smoke flue formed within the other side portion of the casing and extending downwardly therein and partially across the base of the casing, an oven top removably connecting the said side portions of the casing below their upper ends, forward and rear oven doors having removable hinged connections with the casing, and a top plate supported upon the upper ends of the casing sides and the sa1d oven top.

4. A cook range comprising a U-shaped casing, the upper portions of which are provided with internal brackets, an oven top having outstanding corner plates adapted for detachable engagement within the said casing brackets whereby to removably associate the said oven topbetween the side portions of the casing, upstanding handles car ried by the said oven top whereby to permit of its convenient withdrawal, and a top plate removably supported by the upper portions of the casing sides above the sald oven top for the purpose described.

5. A cook range comprising a U-shaped casing, the side portions of which are provided with interior brackets adjacent their upper ends, an oven top plate having extending corner plates adapted for detachable engagement within said casing, brackets whereby to connect the casing sides ad acent their upper ends, said oven top, plate having upstanding flanges at its forward and rear portions which are provided with keepers, bearings carried by the lower portions of the casing sides adjacent their lower ends, oven doors having lower outstanding trunnions adapted for engagement withm the said bearings whereby to form hinged connections, handles carried by the said oven doors and provided with catches adapted for engagement with the said keepers, and a removable top plate supported by the upper portions of the said casing sides above the oven top.

GEORGE FRAZER. Vitnesses RoY CAIRNS, G. N. FRAZER, Sr.

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

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