US457921A - Range - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

W. L. BUTTS.

RANGE.

No.. 457,921. Patented Aug. 18, 1891.

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UNITED gSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. BUTTS, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA.

RANGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,921, dated August 18, 1891. Application filed December 20, 1890. Serial No. 375,325. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. BUTTS, a resident of Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ranges; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ovens for ranges or stoves for baking, cooking, and warming purposes. y

My invention consists in arranging the ovens above the range or stove having Iiues surrounding the same upon all sides, communicating at the bottom with direct draft or iiue, and leading into the said flue at their exits, with suitable dampers for controlling the direction of the products of combustion either around the ovens on one or both sides, or causing a direct draft out of the chimney,

" and also to certain details in the construction and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view, partly in perspective, of an ordinary form of range, showing the ovens arranged above the same, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the ovens in section.

The range A may be of any usual or preferred form with the central flue B, with said central ilue leading therefrom to the chimney. Above the top plate of the range and upon each side of the central flue are ovens C C', with lues D D D2 E E E2 extending around the bottom, end, and top walls and the extension of the central I'iue forming a dividing space between them. B is the chimney or Iiue leading to the same, secured by a suitable thimble to the top plate of the ovens. The central ilue below the ovens is divided by a wall b, forming an outletopening b b2 on each side of the tine, each of which openings is controlled by a suitable slide-damper CZ d2 for causing the products of combustion to be directed to either side of the flue, for a purpose hereinafter explained. The central Hue at a point slightly above these dampers communicates with the ilues D and E, which extend under the ovens, and located in the central line on a line with the bottom of the ovens is a damper c for closing otf the direct draft between the ovens and to the chimney B. The ues D2 and E2 communicate with the direct flue above the ovens and thence with flue or chimney B.

The manner of directing or controlling the direction of the products of combustion either around one or both ovens or directly out the chimney is as follows: Then it is desired to heat both ovens for cooking or baking, the damper c is fully closed and the dampers d d2 opened, when the products of combustion will be divided and a portion caused to pass into the ues D E under the ovens, thence into the tlues D E at the ends, and thence into the fines D2 E2 above the ovens and to the Hue or chimney F. If, however, it is desired to heat one side and only keep the other slightly warm, either the damper d or d2 is closed, when the products will be thrown or directed to one side and the larger amount caused to pass either through the 'lues D D D2 or E E E2. When it is only desired to keep both sets of ovens slightly warm, the dampers d', cl2, and c are all opened, when a direct draft will be created and only the ends of the ovens next the central flue will be heated. By this construction it will be seen that as the ovens are located above the range that the products of combustion are all utilized and that a very cheap and convenient structure is obtained.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The ovens arranged above the range or stove, the lines surrounding the same, the central liue having a divided opening with independent dampers arranged below the ovens and a single damper above the same,

also in the main flue, substantially as set forth.

2. In a range, the ovens C C', arranged above the range, a central flue leading from the range and passing between the ovens, the fines DD' D2EE E2, extending around the bottom, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as end, and top Walls of the ovens, the central ue my own I hereby aiix my signature in presro below the ovens, having the dividing-Wall b, ence of two witnesses.

forming an outlet-opening b' b2 on each side,

dampers d d2 for said openings, and a. damp- NVILLIAM L. BUTTS. er c, located in the central fine on aline with Witnesses:

the bottoms of the ovens, all arranged and I). A. NISBET,

operating substantially as set forth. D. C. GIVENS.

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