US1846129A - Reversible supporting and heating attachment for open grates - Google Patents

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REVERSIBLE SUPPORTING AND HEATING ATTACHMENT FOR OPEN GRATES Feb. 23, 1932.

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Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLARA MAE GIBBS, OF FRANKFURT, KENTUCKY Application filed October 30, 1928. Serial No. 316,021.

This invention relates to supports, and es pecially to a reversible supporting and heating attachment for open grates.

The main object of this invention is to provide a very convenient, strong, durable and thoroughly practical device which is particularly useful for supporting flatirons in position to be heated by the fire in the grate, and which is also useful as an oven in which food and other substances can be warmed and kept warm.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this kind, which can be made entirely of sheet metal and securing rivets or bolts, so it can be manufactured at a comparatively low cost, and is practically unbreakable.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of this character which includes two plates, either of which is vertical, while the other is horizontal, so that either constitutes a wall or a floor, according to the position of the device when attached, in either of its interchangeable positions, on the grate;

and a further object is to provide one of these plates with reticulated portions through which heat rays can pass directly from the fire (in the grate), to the fiatirons (in the supporting receptacle).

Other objects and important features are pointed out or implied in the following details of description, in connection with the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspectiveor isometric view of the device, and- Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the right-hand end of the device shown in Figure 1, through a removable lid applied thereon, and through the upright front part of an ordinary open grate.

Referring to these drawings in detail, in which similar reference characters correspond to similar parts in the two views, and in which the upright front part of the grate is indicated at G, the invention will now be described in detail as follows:

A heavy plate or sheet of bendable metal, such as wrought iron, is bent at 5, 6, 7 and 8, so as to form a container which includes two 53 rectangular plates 9 and 10, two angular segments 11 which form side walls, and two low or narrow flanges or walls 12.

Two strips 13 have their middle parts bent at right angles at 1 1, and have their ends eX- 55 tending beyond the flanges 12 and forming hooks 15. The end walls 11 are formed with flanges 7 a which extend inward from the bends 7, and rest flat against the strips 13. These strips 13, the edges of the parts 9 and m 10, and the flanges 7 a are perforated for receiving rivets 16, or in lieu of the rivets, the parts 13, 7 a, 9 and 10 may be spot-welded or otherwise secured so as to combine in forming a rigid unitary structure such as shown in Figure 1.

Referring now to Figure 2, it is seen that one of the hooks 15 is hooked, over the top of the grate G, and of course, it is understood that the other hook 15 of the plate or wall 9 7 is also hooked over the grate G, when the de vice is supported by the grate. In this Figure (2) is shown a curved cover plate 17 which is substantially a quadrant of a hollow cylinder, and is provided with a handle 18 at its middle art. The lower edge of the cover 17 rests on the plate 10 and against the lower flange 12, while its upper edge rests upon the upper flange 12. By means of the handle 18, the cover can be quickly and easily placed, reso moved, and replaced with respect to the unit or receptacle shown in Figure 1, and will fit equally well in the position shown or in the inverted position. Moreover, it is obvious that the receptacle or unit shown in Figure 1 can be reversed so that the lower hooks 15 can be turned to the top of the grate G and engaged therewith. In placing the cover 17, the lower edge of the cover should always be against the inner side of the lower flange 7a,

while the upper edge is on the upper side of the upper flange 7a. From the foregoing, it will be seen that the device is not only very quickly and easily placed in either of its useful positions, but that its term of usefulness is extended by the provision of two pairs or sets of hooks 15, that is, a pair or set secured to the plate 9 and a pair or set secured to the plate 10. While I have shown only two hooks for each plate 9 and 10, it is understood that any number of such hooks may be provided, and that they may be located other than at the ends of the device, although this form of the device is capable of being made at a low cost, because of the superposed or juxtaposed relation of the parts 10, 7a and 13, so one rivet or fastening means 16 affects all three of these parts 10, 7 a and 13.

The perforated or reticulated parts 9a are preferably, though not essentially of the size and shape of the lower surface of an ordinary medium sized or large sized flatiron, so that such reticulated parts serve to indicate the desired position for each flatiron to be heated. By this indicating means, each flatiron can be placed so that it will not have to be moved to make room for the other flatirons which are also to be placed in the receptacle or support.

In heating flatirons, it will usually be preferable to remove the cover 17, so the front side of the device will be open, and the fiatirons can be quickly and easily placed, removed and replaced. On the other hand, when it is desired to use the device for keeping food and other substanceswarm, the cover is placed in the position shown in Figure 2. Of course the cover is substantially as long as the internal length of the receptacle, from one to the other of the walls 11, so its ends are so near the walls 11 as to prevent the escape of any considerable quantity of the heated air through the joints between the walls and the cover, the latter being only sufliciently short to permit it to be quickly and easily placed between the walls 11.

When it is desired to heat the flatirons very quickly, the device is placed in the position shown in Figure 1, so the respective flatiron's are in the positions indicated by the reticulated parts 9a. However, if the heat .in the grate is very intense, or if it is not desired to heat the flatirons very quickly, the device is reversed, so the lower hooks 15 are interchanged with the upper hooks 15, and the plate 9 will then be in the horizontal position while the plate 10 is in the vertical position; and when in this position, the heat rays can not pass directly to the flatirons,

so the irons will heat more slowly. Moreover, the device is similarly reversed when it is to be used as a heater for food, and the reticulated parts 90; being under the food, provides ventilation in connection with the joints between the lid or cover 17 and the walls 11.

In addition to the function of the flanges 12, which has been explained, it should be understood that these flanges also strengthen the upper and front edges of the plates 9 and 10, at the same time making the plates 9 and 10 more rigid.

Although I have described this embodiment of my invention very specifically, it is not my intention to limit my patent protection to the exact details of construction, arrangement and material, as specified and shown, but changes may be made within the scope of the inventive ideas as implied and claimed.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a reversiblesupporting andheating device for attachment to open grates, the combination of a receptacle including two plates at right angles to one another and adapted to alternatively constitute a floor and a vertical wall, two end walls united with the ends of said plates, and two strips each bent at right angles at its middle part and having its ends formed into hooks for inter changeable and secure engagement with the front of an open grate, said strips being united with the ends of said plates in such relation that the books can e interchangeably engaged with the front part of an open grate, one of said plates beingreticulated while the other is substantially imperforate, substantially as shown, for the purposes specified. Y

- 2. In a reversible supporting andheating attachment for open grates, the combination of a receptacle including two plates at right angles to one another and adapted toalternatively constitute a floor and a vertical wall, two end walls united with the ends of said plates, two strips each bent at right angles at its middle part and having its ends formed into hooks, said strips being united with the ends of said plates in such relation that the hooks can be interchangeably engaged with the front part of an open grate, one of said plates being reticulated while the other is substantially imperforate, the upper and outer edges of said plates being formed with flanges which extendfrom one to the other of said end walls, substantially as shown, and a cover seatable between said end walls in such relation that a lower edge rests against the inner side of one of said flanges while its upper edge rests upon the outer side of the other one of said flanges, substantially as described. I

3. In a reversible supporting and heating attachment for open grates, the combination of a receptacle including two plates at right angles to one another and adapted to alternatively constitute a floor and a vertical wall, two end walls united with the ends of said plates, two strips each bent to form supporting hooks and being'united with the ends and are secured to said edge portions and strips, substantially as shown and specified. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLARA MAE GIBBS.

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