US395305A - Odorless and smokeless griddle - Google Patents

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A. M. AMOS.

ODORLESS AND SMOKELESS GRIDDLB;

Patented Jan. 1', 1889'.

UNITED TATES PATENT Orricn.

ALEXANDER M. AMOS, OF BUFFALO, NEXV YORK.

()DORLESS AND SMOKELESS G RIDDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,305, dated January 1, 1889.

I Application filed September 22, 1887. Serial No. 250,458. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER M. AMos, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buftalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Odorless and Smokeless Griddles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference liming-had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked theron,wl|ich form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in griddles, the object of which is to provide means whereby the smoke and odor arising from the cooking victuals maybe carried into the stove and thence out the chimney, and also to prevent grease and other matter in the griddle from sputtering on the stove and causing unpleasant smells; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts thereof, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved griddle with the hood or cover in place and its sliding door open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same, the hood being raised. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of Fig. 2 on the line X X, showing portion of hood. Fig. 4: is a detail in perspective of a portion of sliding door of hood. Fig. 5 is a detail top plan view of a portion of griddle, showing smoke or odor opening and gutter.

A represents a metal griddle of any suitable size, which has surrounding its outer edge a raised flange, a, slightly inclined inwardly.

Z) is a rim slopingdownwardly from the inside of flange a to nearly the bottom of the griddle to the usual sloping side, 0. The bot tom (Z of the griddle does not rest on the stove, but is raised slightly from it by the downwardly-projecting flange 6, being a continuation of flange a.

B is a smoke and odor opening partly in the rim 1) and partly in the bottom of the griddle, and surrounded by a flange. 71 71, projecting outwardly toward the hood or cover I), the outside portion, h, of the flange being much lower than the other to prevent the grease from spatteriug into the opening I to any great extent, as in spattering it will be thrown over the opening B against the inside of hood 1) and run down into gutter 2', which formed between the flange h of opening B and outside flange u of griddle and runs into the bottom of same.

D represents the hood or cover of the griddle, and is preferably cone-shaped, and has an opening, E, oi any suitable size. This hood sets just inside of flange (i of the grid dle, and is prevented from slipping around to any great extent by the lugs g on the edge of rim 2). On the top and center of the hood is a pin, f, over which sliding door F sets by means of slot 1;, which has an enlarged portion, Z, at one end to facilitate removal.

In operation the griddle is set on the stove over an open hole and cooking commenced, and all smoke and odor arising from it is drawn down through the opening B by the draft in the stove and passes out through the chimney. The sliding door to the hood may be open or closed, so as to regulate the draft to some extent.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A griddle, A, surrounded by an inwardlyprojecting flange, a, an inwardly-sloping rim,

11, within said flange, the griddle having a smoke and odor opening, 13, partly in said rim and partly in the bottom of the griddle, and a flange, h 72 surrounding said opening, in combination with the hood or cover D, substantially as described.

2. A griddle, A, surrounded by an inwardlyprojecting flange, a, an inwardly-sloping rim, 5, within said flange, the griddle having a smoke and odor opening, B, partly in the rim. 1) and partly in the bottom of the griddle, a flange, h h, surrounding said opening, and a gutter, 1', formed in rim 1) between the flange ter 1', in combination with the removable hood h and the flange a, in combination with the or cover D, substantially as described.

hood or cover D, substantially as described. I11 testimony whereof I affixiny signature in 3. A griddle, A, having the inwardly-proprcsence of two witnesses.

5 j ecting flange a, the outward and down- ALEXANDER M. AMOS.

wardly projecting flange 6, the sloping rim 1), with the lugs g on its edge, the sloping sides 0, the smoke and odor opening 13, and the gut- \Vitnesses:

.T. R. DRAKE, GEO. A. BURNETT.

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