US1556453A

US1556453A - Oven-door catch

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Publication number: US1556453A
Application number: US756773A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr Henry Moecker; Hammermeister Otto; Thompson Theodore
Original assignee: American Stove Co
Current assignee: American Stove Co
Priority date: 1924-12-18
Filing date: 1924-12-18
Publication date: 1925-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 1942-10-06

Description

Oct. 6, 1925. 1 556,453

H. MoEcKER. JR. ET AL- vmznoon CATCH Filed Dec. 18, 1924 Patented Oct. 6, 1925.

UNITED STATES HENRY MOECKER, JR., OF HOMEWOOD, OTTO HAMMER MEISTER AND THEODORE THOMP- PATIENT OFFICE.

SON, OF HARVEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS T0 AMERICAN STOVE GOMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

oven-noon CATCH.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY MonoKEn, Jr., O'r'ro HAMMnRMnrs'rnr. and Trrnononn THoMrsoN, all citizens of the United States, residing at Homewood and Harvey, respectively, in the county of (look and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oven-Door Catches, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. s r

This invention relates to improvements in oven door catches, and it pertains to a construction whereby all of the parts of the catch are, concealed when the door is closed, and one part of the catch is concealed when the door is opened.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a stationary member and a spring member, and to so arrange the door that both of them are concealed when the door is closed. g

A further object of the present improvement is to provide a hollow door with a catch member located therein co-operating with a catch member secured to the stove and adapted to project into the door, whereby both members are concealed when the door is closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door having a lining separated therefrom, a spring catch located between the door and the lining, the lining having an opening and a rigid catch member secured to the stove and projecting'through the opening and having frictional engagement with the said spring member.

Further objects of the invention will appear from the following description.

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of an oven door and part of the stove or rangeframe, and the parts of the catch shown in operative relation.

Fig. 2 is a front view of Fig. 1, with the outer part of the door removed.

Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the rigid part of the catch.

Fig. 4 is a detached perspective view of the spring part of the catch.

Fig. 5 is a front view of that part of the door lining where the spring part of the catch is fastened.

In carrying out'our present improvement,

the door A comprises the outer or domeshaped part 1, having its upper edge extending upward as at '2, and then horizontally inward as at 3. The lining 4 of the door has its edge bent outward as at 5, and it telescopes the part 3 of the door and is at the inner side of the part 3, serving to space the lining in respect to the door.

The lining a has at its upper edge an inwardly extending recess 6, a vertically elongated bolt opening 7, and an opening 8.1

The frame portion 9 has the inwardlybent portion 10, the downwardly extending part 11, and the horizontally inwardly extending portion 12, which latter formsthe top of the oven.

Our improved catch comprises a spring member B, that is fastened in thereces'sed portion 6. This spring member is provided with a downwardly extending part 18 that is bifurcated as shown at 14, and the lower ends 15 bent outward. This spring member has an. intermediate outwardly extending part 16, the said bend being approximately V-shaped. The upper end of the V bends outward to form a spring lip 17. A screwbolt 18 passes from the inner side of the lining 4 through the opening 7, and the opening 14 and carries a nut 19.. It will be observed that the nut 19 is locked against turning by reason of the upwardly extending ends 15, so that the screw-bolt is applied to the nut from the inner side of the lining 4.

Co-operating with the spring-member is a rigid member 20, having at its front end an extension 21 that passes outward through the opening 8 and co-operates with the spring-lip 17. This member 20 is attached to the part 12 of the stove by means of a bolt 22, that passes through an opening 23 of the member 20, and through an opening made in the part 12, receiving a nut 24. As shown, the member 20 is provided with an outward extension 25 that passes through an opening 26 in the part 12.

InFig. 1, the parts of the catch are shown in operative position. From this figure it will be observed that the extension 21 is in frictional engagement with the door is closed all of thecatch is concealed" Within the door, and when the door is opened, only the extending part 21 is visible.

The spring part B of the catch is vertically adjustable for the purpose of regulating the spring engagement of the spring lip 17 with the extension 21. This is found necessary to regulate the spring engagement of the lip 17 with the extension 21, it it should in use require that adjustment. Furthermore, this adjustment can be taken care of also, to some extent, by means of the elongated opening 7 through which the bolt 18 passes.

It will be observed that the member 20 is held by a single bolt, due to the fact that it has a. projection 25 that passes through an opening 26 of the part 12.

Attention is also directed to the tact that the spring member B is held against any lateral movement from the fact that it rests in an inwardly extending cavity 6, made in the lining 4.

From the above construction it will be seen that only a single bolt is necessary for each part of the catch to hold them against lateral movement, thus reducing the e:\' pense in manufacture and in assembling.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination with an oven and a hollow door having a lining, of a catch comprising a spring member attached to the inner side of the door lining, the spring projecting opposite the said opening, a member secured to the oven top and projecting through the said opening in the door lining, and engaging the spring member.

2. The combination with an oven of a hollow door having a lining provided with an opening, a spring member secured to the inner side of the lining below thesaid opening and projecting to the said opening, a

member secured to the under side of the oven top and projecting through the lining opening and engaging thespring member for the purpose of holding the door closed.

3. The combination with an oven and a hollow door therefor provided with a lining having an opening, a spring member secured to the inner side of the said lining and projecting to the said opening, a bolt passing through the door lining and through the spring member, the lower end 01"" the spring member bent outward for the purpose described, and a member secured to the oven top and projecting through the said opening into the hollow door and engaging the spring member for holding the door closed.

t. The combination with an oven and a hollow door having a lining, the lining prov ded with an opening and with an inwardly projecting bulge below the said opening, a spring member secured in the bulge portion its upper end projecting to the said opening, and a member secured to the oven top projecting through the said opening and in engagement with the upper end of the spring member, for the purpose described.

5, The combination with an oven and a door therefor ha in a lining, said lining provided with an opening, of a spring member secured to the inner side of the lining and projecting to the said opening but wider than the said opening, and a member secured to the oven top and projecting out ward through the said opening and in en gageinent with the spring member, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, we hereunto aiiix our signatures.

HENRY MOEOKER, J11. OTTO HAJvH [ERB/IEISTPEB. THEODORE THOMPSON.