US1788643A - Reversible stove - Google Patents

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Jan. 13,1931. A. H. TINNERMAN 1,783,643

REVERSIBLE STOVE Filed Jan. 26, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 I a. 8 Q o '5 a y K I f l/ Q 16.

4 FIE-E Jan. 13, 1931. A. H. TINNERMAN REVERSIBLE STOVE Filed Jan. 26, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 FIE E Patented Jan. 13, 1931 ALBERT H. TINNEBMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO REVERSIBLE s'rovn Application filed January 26, 1929. Serial No. 885,828.

This invention relates in general to reversible stoves and while the invention is hereinafter more fully explained 1n connec- .tion with a gas stove, it will be mamfest that other heatingmediums may readily be ployed, as, for example, electricity or oil.

A principal object of the resent invention is the provision of a stove aving the usual burner for open cooking and having also oven and broiler parts which may be in stalled at will as a right or left hand stove, or may have its parts separated and located in different parts of the same kitchen as particular conditions and space. arra ment render desirable.

, all nge- Another important object of the invention is the provision of a stove constructed of divisible units as the burner box, asunit, and the oven and broiler as a sec which may be erected in desired hand stove assembly without need of viding a fixed frame for the purpose and which on the other hand will merely require two one 0nd,

right orleft prothat the two parts be connected together in simple fashion and the whole supported upon legs attached directly to the exposed corners or ends of the assembly.

Anotherimportant object of the invention roviding e easily is the provislon of means for heating medium, whlch w1ll adapted to all of the arrangements of which a the construction is ca able.

Numerous other 0 jects and advant ages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following scription', which, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, dlscloses a preferred embodiment thereof,

' Referring to therdrawings, Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a stove made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section taken through the stove adjacent the. plane of connection between the burner box and oven box; Fig. 3 is a perspective view taken from the front of the stove and showing the-parts as yet -uncon-' nected; Fig. 4 is a front elevation of a stove withthe parts connected to make a left-hand stove; Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing the parts connected to make a right-hand st tion, Ihave shown on the drawing two separate stove parts indicated by reference characters 11 and 12. The part 11 is a combined oven and broiler part, which may have any usual or preferred construction, and the part 12 similarly is a burner box part having the usual open burners 13 and warming shelf 14. Each of these parts is complete in itself and is provided at its bottom with a 'rela tively heavy hand or reinforcing member 15. Each said part is constructed for attach ment to a similar portion of the band of the companion part at each corner and to'suit-' able stove legs or to suitable stove legs only. I This provision for the joining of the .stove parts to each other or to the legs consists 7 in two apertures 16 arranged on each face adjacent the corner. Stove legs are indicated at 17 of any usual or preferred construction, adapted however, for engagement with four openings 16'at a corner, two of such openings as hasbeen mentioned being located at the meeting faces of the stove. Bolts 18, as indicated in Fig. 3, are rovided to hold either the stove legs or tie stove parts to ether when arranged through manner, the bolts extending through the opening 16 atkthe fourcorners of the resultin assemblage.

he stove may be reversed so-that the burn'erbox is the right of the oven art by 05 removing all the bolts mentioned an bringing the exposed side face of the burner box up against the hidden side face of the oven part, bolts threadedthrough the aligned openings,- then will of the tight assemblage of the unit in the 0 posite or reversed relation of its parts. S imilarly then the legs may be positioned upon the exposed corners of the resulting assembly to support the stove in service.

It is thought unnecessary to fasten the adjacent stove sides to each other exce t at the bottom because the arrangement of the legs on the two parts at thelr outer sides tends to bring the tops of the parts into tight engagement by gravity andthe tension upon the bolts extending through the openings 16 is all that is needed to rigidly assemble the construction. Of course, other and additional fastening means may be employed if desired.

Each one of these stove parts is so constructed therefore, as to permit of the arrangement of four legs for each part and their separate erection in different parts of the same room or, for that matter, in different localities entirely, merely by attaching four supports to the corner of the particular stove part in the manner already described for attaching them at two corners.

The stove shown in the drawings of this application employs gas as a heating medlum. To permit satisfactory connection of the gas conduits on the burner box and oven when they are connected together as a unit,

' I have shown the burner box as having two conduits 20 and 21 which extend across the box from the rear to the front thereof and are connected together at the front by a manifold 22. Where the top is connected for a left-hand stove, the conduit 20 is connected to the supply line and the conduit 21 is connected to a manifold 23'at the rear of the oven. The oven manifold extends across the back of the oven and when connected at one end of the pipe 21, has the other end closed by a cap 24. When the connections are made for a right-hand stove, the pipe 21 is connected to the supply line while the pipe 20 is connected to the oven manifold.

The connection for the oven thermostat extends beyond the back of the oven near the base thereof and is provided with a s rocket wheel 25 which is connected by a ciiain 26 to another sprocket wheel 27 in the case of a right-hand stove. This wheel is attached to the stem of a valve 28 which is connected in the manifold between the oven outlet and the source of supply. In

' case of a left-hand stove, the chain is passed over a wheel 29 which is attached to a stem cooking s ace is desired. A further advantage o my invention is the fact that the burner box and oven may be readily connected together in an expeditious manner without the necessity for a rigid base which is attached to the supporting legs.

I claim:

l. A stove comprising a combined oven part and a burner box part ada ted to be reversibly arranged in adjacent re ationship, each of said parts being provided with a heating medium supply means, and one of the parts including a conduit having two valves, a gas supply control member and means for selectively connecting the member to either of said valves.

2. A stove comprising a plurality of boxlike parts, having burners therein and adapted to be reversibly arranged in adjacent relationship, each of said parts being provided with a heating medium sup ly means, one of said parts including a condhit having two valves, a gas supply control member located adjacent the vertical mid portion of one of the parts, and means for operatively connecting the member to either of said valves.

3. A stove, comprising a combined oven part and a-burner box part adapted to be arranged in adjacent relationship, each of said parts being provided with a heating medium supply means, the supply means on the oven part including a conduit extending across the part and'at the rear thereof, and the supply means on the burner box including a conduit extending across the part and at the front thereof, said parts being adapted to be interconnected by a conduit extendmg from the front to the rear of the stove,

the oven part conduit having a valve disposed therein, a as supply control mem-, ber positioned ad acent the mid-portion of the oven part, and operating means for connecting the member with said valve.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afi'ix my signature.

ALBERT H. TINNERMAN.

of. valve 30. It is desirable to have a valve on each side of the gas outlet to insure positive control of the gas under the action of the thermostat. 'By virtue of the gas connections, my invention'is applicable for enabling the burner box to be supported independently of the oven and that a plurality of burner boxes may be connected together to a. common oven in cases where additional

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