US1575831A

US1575831A - Folding stove

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Publication number: US1575831A
Application number: US582631A
Authority: US
Inventors: Higham John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-08-18
Filing date: 1922-08-18
Publication date: 1926-03-09
Anticipated expiration: 1943-03-09

Description

March 9 1926. 1,575,831

J., HIGHA M FOLDING STOVE Filed August 18. 1922 JOHN m' ann',

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Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

To all whom it may concern: Be itknown that 1, JOHN HIGHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los ,Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Stoves, of which .the following isa specification.

My invention particularly pertains to a foldable stove which is designed especially for use in the open. V My principal object is'to provide a stove of the above Character which is adapted to burn a liquid fuel, and yet be utilized with solid fuel if occasion requires. 7

Another object is to provide a construction in the stove whereby it may be employed both a s'a stove and grill, either with liquid or'solid fuel. j

Another object is to provide a foldable camp stove embodying hinged panels adapted to be, positioned to form a cover for the stove, when folded, and to be arranged inan extended position to provide side shelves on the stove and also to be disposed in a vertical position to'serve as a wind-shield.

Another! object is to provide the stove with foldableleg-members ofsuch character that they may serve to hold the foldable panels in their closed position. Another object is to provide a stove embodying' a grill-portion and a stove-portion with a burner arranged beneath each of said portions, and embodying a valve for regulating one of the burners."

"With the foregoing objects in view, togetherwith such other objects and advan tages as may subsequently appear, my invention consists of the parts and in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated in'the' accompanying drawings, in which:- v

"Figure 1 is'a perspective view of the stove, showing it in its open position, with the shelves extended.

' lfigQ is a perspective view of the stove, showing the shelves in vertical position and forming-a wind-shield.

. Fig. 3.,is a detail in perspective, illustrating the manner of folding the shelves to form-a cover for the stove, and illustratin the manner in which the cover may be hel VHIGHAM, OF LOS.ANGELES,CAL1FORNIA; .4

" nonninefsrovnf g1 its closed position by a foldableleginem- Fig. 4 is a detail in section as seen on the limited of Fig. 2 showing the removable gri I .Morespecifically, 10' indicates a burner housing, which is boX-like'in form, andlconn prises a bottom-wall, end-walls 12 and Q13, and side-walls 14 and 15, and providedwith a demountable top member 16, comprising an integral plate-portion 17 1 and a grill-portion 18; the top member being supported upon projections 19 on the housing, and held in spaced relation to the bottom of the housing and positioned on a plane below the'upper edge of the housing asv particularly shown in Fig. 4, whereby cooking utensils positioned on the top member will havetheir bottom portions projecting below the upper margin of the burner housing so. that the area of impingement of the fiamesifron'i' the burner on the utensils will be protected from wind, thereby making it possible to obtain the full benefit of the flame. The top member 16 is adapted to be lifted from the housing and to be used independent thereof when it is desired to employ the stove with solid fuel, andfor which purposethe top member is provided with foldable legs 20,0n which it may be supported on the ground. Hinged on one side of the housing is a panel 21, adapted to be positioned to. extend over the top of the housing and form acover therefor, and is also adapted. tobe positioned to extend to one side ofthe housing, as shown in F ig. 1, to form a'shelf; leg-members 22 being pivoted on the outer edge of the panel 21 and adapted to be positioned tovbear on the ground andform a support for the panel. to dispose the latter in a horizontal position. Hinged on theends of the. panel 21 are panels 23 and 2 1, on the outer ends of which are hinged leg members 25 and 26forn1ecl of wire, having side members 27, connecting with the corners of the panels 23 and 24, which side members-are connected together by a tie-member 28. Leg-

members

25 and 26 are adapted to be positioned-to rest on the ground and form supports for the outer ends of the panels 28 and24, to hold thelatter substantially in alignment withthe panel 21, and are also adapted to be folded aga nst either side of the panels 23 and 24 when folding the stove, which is effected by folding the panels 23 and 24 against the panel 21, and then folding the panel 21 over the top memberof the stove housing.

Leg

members

29 and 30 are provided at each end of the housing, each of which is formed of wire, and comprises V-shaped end portions 31, one end of which is pivoted at 32 adjacent the corner of the housing.- The outer portions of the V-members are connected together by members 33, which are adapted to bear against the under side of the hou'sing 'to limit swingingmovement of the leg-members in one direction and dispose them in a position to afford a support for the stove housing; The leg-members are designed to be swung upwardly on their pivots 32 to dispose the members 33 across the top of the stove housing transversely of the cover panel 21 to hold the latter in its closed position, as shown in Fig; 3.

When it is desired to employ" the

panels

21, 23 and 24 as wind-shields the panel 21 is swung to a vertical position on the housing and the'panels 23 and 24 areswungoutward- 1y to extend along the ends of the housing, as'sho'wn in Fig. 2; the end panels 23 and 24 being, then positioned inside the end-walls 12' and 13 and resting on the cover panel 16'.

Mounted within the housing is a burner 34, comprising a pair of spaced burner-heads 35 and 36, connected together by a conduit 37; extending over burner 35 is a generator tube" 43 leading from any suitable source of hydro-carbon supply; being here shown as connected t'o'a reservoir 46, through a regulating valve 47. The operation of the invention isapparent from the foregoing.

It will beob'servejd that one of the burner heads is positioned beneath the plate portion 17 of the top member 16 and the other burner head is located beneath the grill portion 18 of the top member, which arrangement'i's advantageous in that it adapts the device for employment either as a stove or as a grill or both ;'it being desirable in cooking operations to place some articles to be cooked over an open fire, in which event the grill portion is employed, and in other instances to place them where they will not be subjected to the action of open fire, in which event they are placed on the plate p0rtio'n'17.

By providing the top'member 1'6 with the plate portion 17 and grill portion" 18, and employing the same in combinationwith the double burner-heads, the use of separate plates't'o cover a burner is obviated The top member 16 being'demountable is adapted to be positioned in the burner housing with the plate'portion 17 extending" over either of the burner-heads 35 and 36, which is desirable inasmuch as there are times when" only one of tliebuinei lieads need be employed, -which, with the burner constructed as here shown, would be the burner indicated at 35; the burner 36 only being operated in conjunction with burner 35; and in like manner the grill portion 36 may be positioned over the burner as desired.

I claim:

1. In a folding stove, a box-like burner housing, having bottonr, side and end walls, a demountable top member for said housing comprising a one piece plate portion and grill portion, and a double burner arranged in said housing with one burner disposed beneath the plate portion and the other burner located beneath the grill portion of the top member; said top member being adapted to be disposed to locate the plate portion or the grill portion over either burner.

2 In a folding stove, a box-like burner housing having bottom, side and end walls, a burner in said housing,- a' top member on said housing having an integral plate portion and grill portion, a cover panel hinged to said housing ad ap'ted to be folded over the top member 'and to be extended to one side of the" housing to form a shelf, means for supporting said cover panel in its extended position, a panel hinged to each end ofsaid top panel adapted to extend at an angle to the panel or on a plane therewith, and meansfor supporting said end panels substantially on a' plane with a cover panel when the latter is disposed horizontally;

3. In a folding stove, box-like burner housing having bottom, side and end walls, a burner in said housing, a top member on said housing having an integral plate portion and grill portion, a cover panel hinged to said housing adapted t'o' be folded over the top member and to be extended to one side of the housing to form a shelf, means for supporting said cover panel in its extended position, a panel hinged to each end of said cover panel adapted to extend at an angle to the panel or'on a plane therewith, and means for supporting said end panels substantially on a plane with a cover panel when the latter isdi'sp'os'e'd' horizontally, said end' panels also adapted to be" folded against the cover panel when the latter is folded over the housing and a pair of leg members pivoted at each end of said housing; the leg members of each pair being connected by a cross bar adapted to extend beneath the housing and to abut thereagainst to limit pivotal movement of the legmeinber's' in one direction and also adapted to" be positioned to extend across, the top of the housing in engagement with the folded cover panel to hold the latter in its folded position.

4. In a folding stove, a box-like burner housing, a! cover panel hinged to one sideof said housing adapted to be positioned to extend over thehousing or to one sidethereof, leg members hinged on said cover panel, end

panels hinged on said cover panel, leg memhousing, having bottom, side and end Walls, bers hinged on said end panels, said end a burner in said housing, a top member on 10 panels being adapted to fold against the said housing having a plate portion and a cover panel, and leg members pivoted on the grill portion, said top member being remov- 5 housing adapted to engage the cover panel. ably supported in said housing, and arto hold the latter and the end panels in their ranged on a plane below the upper edge of folded position on the housing. said housing.

5. In a folding stove, a box-like burner JOHN HIGHAM. a