US172798A - Improvement in attachments for cooking-stoves - Google Patents

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I T. R. num- ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING-STOVES.

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N0.17Z,798. Patented Jan.25,1876.

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No.172,798. Patented Jan/25,1875.

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PATENT Qrrron THEODORE R. TIMBY, OF TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN ATTACHMENTSFOR COOkING-STOVES.

Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No. 172,798., dated January 25,1876; application filed January11,1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,'THEODORE R. TIMBY, of Tarrytown, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Attachments for Cooking Stoves and Ranges, ofwhich the following is a specification:

This invention relates to the attachment for cooking stoves and ranges illustrated and described in the drawing and specification of United States Letters Patent No. 168,809, issued October 11, 1875, to the inventor ofthe present improvement.

The said attachment serves to facilitate moving griddles or othercookin g utensils from place to place on stoves or ranges, as from hotter to cooler positions, and to lift and temporarily support the utensils over or off the stove or range.

The present invention'consists in a clamp of peculiar construction for use-in connection with a support of the preferred form described in said former specification, or one of any other approved make.

This improved clamp provides for applying the attachment to stoves and ranges already in use, and of any ordinary make, so that it may be located in any desired position at the front'or on either side of the stove or range,

and removed at pleasure; so also that it may be readily rendered solid and secure when attached, and by the same means adj ustedwith nicety, so that the pivoted or sliding utensil will move freely parallel to the top of the stove or range, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure lis a plan view of a-cooking-stove provided with an improved attachment illustrating this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is afront view, showing the attachment differently located, and with its'movable parts in different positions. Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the improved attachment on a larger scale. Fig.5 is a side view on the same scale, adjoining portions of the stove being shown in section.. Fig. 6 is a rear View; and Fig. 7, aside view of another clamp, illustrating a modification.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures. j

Any ordinary stove or range is adapted to receive this improved attachment. The cpmmon down-turned edges or marginal flange a of the top plate is the only essential feature, and no alteration of the stove or range is required.

A clamp, O, is provided to embrace this flange in convenient position, and this clamp isadapted to be readily applied by a lady,

and without the aid of tools. It is shown-at the front of a stove in Figs. 1 and 2, and at one side in Fig. 3. Y The external conformation of the clamp has reference simply to neatness of appearance, 7

the avoidance ot'objectionable projections, and the re-enforcementof parts, so as to reiider the whole sufficiently strong, and at the same time small and light. This re-enforcement is accomplished by a central vertical rod, b, of the required depth, terminating in a nut-lug, c, at bottom, occupied by a horizontal screw,

8', and a pair of nut-bosses, cl, at top, occupied b vertical screws 8 s with acircular enlar e- 7 ment,'e, of the rib, to support a vertical pivot or stem,p.

The internal shape of the clamp has reference to the performance of the function of the clamp, and to the adaptation of the clamp to fit edges of different styles and proportions. A horizontal surface, f, at the upper extreme is designed to rest on or lie parallel to the flat top of the stove or range near the edge, and a vertical flange or lip, g, extending along the lower extremity, is designed tov engage with the vertical or nearly vertical extremity of the marginal flange a, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

By tightening the verticalscrews 8 8 which engage with the top of the stove or range, the clamp is lifted and the lipg is drawn up within the flange a. By tightening the horizontal screw 8, which engages with the front or side plate,the lower portion of the clamp is forced outward until the lip g is pressed tightly against the inside of the lower extremity of the flange. The clamp-is now secure against displacement, and, by tightening the screws, may be rendered perfectly solid. In doing this reference must be had to the working of the upper parts of the attachment, and by loosening one screw a little, and tightening More than three screws might obviously be employed without materially affecting the operation, or a mechanical equivalent be substituted for screws without departing from the invention. lustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. As here shown the clamp is provided with three eccentrics, s, arranged correspondingly with the screws, as above described, to engage with the top and the front or side of the stove or range. Sliding wedges might also be employed in lieu of the screws, if preferred.

The stem 12 in the illustrations is a vertical pivot, and occupies a swivel-socket, q, in the movable part S of the support or attachment proper.

The griddle A or other article is provided with a non-circular handle, h, the ,main portion of which is straight, horizontal, and of uniform dimensions. This occupies a horizontal guide-orifice, r, of corresponding form, and its sides are, by preference, hollowed, as shown, to adapt it to slide back and forth with reduced friction.

. The cylindrical portion of the support, within which the swivel-socket q is formed, is extended in the form of cheeks, between which a lever-eccentric, w, is pivoted. This engages with the top of the pivot 10, which is flat, and it has three flat or nearly fiat surfaces at different distances from the center to rest on'the pivot. The eccentric curves or inclines connect these surfaces. The first flat surface is The last-named modificationis il used when the griddle is lowered onto the stove or range, or within a pot-hole, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2; the second when the griddle is temporarily elevated to facilitate moving it on the stove or range, as illustrated in full lines in Fig. 3; and the third when the griddle is left in elevated positions on or oif the stove or range, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The shape of the eccentric is clearlyshown in Fig. 5. r

The provision in one and the same attachment for elevation, rotary or pivoted movement, and rectilinear or sliding movement,as above described, is preferred but the improved clamp is designed for use in connection with any pivoted or sliding griddle, or other article of stove or range ware w ich requires support above the top plate an parallel thereto.

I claim as my invention-- 1 The improved clamp for attaching a pivoted 0r sliding griddle or other article to the top plate of a stove or range, the same having a vertical lip or flange, g, to engage within the marginal flange of the top plate, and three or more screws, 8 8 or their mechanical equivalent, for tightening and adjusting or leveling the same, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

THEODORE R. TIMBY. Witnesses:

B. J. DOURAS, JAS. L. EWIN.

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